Interpersonal Meaning in Billie Eilish Interview: Hit Me Hard and Soft Album

Abstract

This study aims to examine conversation in interviews with Billie Eilish about her new
album by identifying mood systems, speech functions, and the interpersonal relationship
that Billie Eilish built with the interviewer. The research employs a descriptive qualitative
method with a discourse analysis approach and document analysis as the data collection
technique. According to the findings of this study, the most common mood type is
declarative mood, followed by interrogative mood (polar and wh-interrogative mood),
imperative mood, and exclamative mood. Meanwhile, the most common speech function
is a statement. Furthermore, to be aware of how Billie Eilish establishes interpersonal
relationships by examining mood and residue, combining mood types, applying the speech
function, and the interacting contract. Studying interpersonal meaning may help us
understand how language can produce meaning in a social context and how the interaction
between Billie Eilish and the interviewer.