Paulette Verlee shares piano rework of Billie Eillish "When The Party's Over"

The Belgian neo classical pianist Paulette Verlée, shares a new solo piano rework of Billie Eilish's quietly devastating song “When The Party’s Over”. Where the original is carried by voice and atmosphere, Verlée strips it back to its bare emotional core and rebuilds it entirely from the inside, in her own harmonic language, at her own tempo, on her own terms. What remains is not a cover but a conversation: two artists, one silence, and the question of what it means to finally be alone with yourself. Previously Paulette Verlee shared “Be The One”, a piano rework of Dua Lipa’s pop hit. Two powerful female voices of our time, stripped of their contemporary sound and returned to their essence. What remains is timeless.

Both piano reworks are part of “Figure Humaine”, Paulette Verlee newest album which will be out on V2 Records on 2 October. With Figure Humaine, she presents her most personal album to date, a cycle of ten piano pieces inspired by Francis Poulenc’s cantata of the same name from 1943. Where Poulenc illuminated a single facet of the human figure, freedom, Paulette Verlée turns her gaze toward the whole: a person in search of beauty, consolation, rest, and hope. Alongside the album announcement she shares a new single

Poulenc wrote his Figure Humaine for twelve voices, a cappella. Paulette Verlée answers with a single voice: the piano. Musically, she draws on several themes from Poulenc’s work, themes that resurface throughout the cycle, transformed and retranslated into her own pianistic language.

Pou-who? Don’t worry, you don’t need to know Poulenc to enjoy this music. Figure Humaine is, above all, a new and contemporary work that's easy to dive into, no matter your background.

TRACKLIST

1. When The Party’s Over (Piano Rework)

2. Tiens

3. Oh

4. A Peine

5. Personne

6. There There

7. Qui Sait

8. Voilà

9. En Avant

10. Be The One (Piano Rework)

More about Paulette Verlée

Paulette Verlée is a Brussels-based composer and pianist who works at the intersection of neoclassical composition, electronic music and film music. Her work has a cinematic and timeless quality — soundtracks for imaginary films, built around the quiet power of the piano. Previously, Paulette released the albums choses vues à droite et à gauche (2022), Les Barricades Mystérieuses (2023) and En Attendant (2024). All titles hinting at references of Erik Satie, François Couperin and Samuel Beckett respectively. With airplay on Radio 1 and Klara, her beautiful music is also popular on streaming platforms, boasting over 2 million streams on Apple Music and Spotify. None other than Nils Frahm is a fan as well, having included Reprieve in his personal Spotify playlist.