Billie Eilish, alongside along with her brother Finneas O’Connell, has gained the Oscar for greatest music with What Was I Made For?, which the pair co-wrote for the Barbie film soundtrack.
Eilish and O’Connell needed to defeat a lineup that contained one other music from Barbie: I’m Simply Ken, written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and carried out by Ryan Gosling. Different contenders included Wahzhazhe (A Tune for My Folks) from Killers of the Flower Moon, and It By no means Went Away from the documentary American Symphony.
A No 1 hit within the UK and Australia, in addition to reaching quantity 14 within the US, What Was I Made For? accompanies a scene within the movie during which Barbie, performed by Margot Robbie, meets the ghost of her creator Ruth Handler (performed by Rhea Perlman). It gained greatest music of the 12 months and greatest music written for visible media on the Grammy awards in February.
“I really feel so extremely fortunate and honoured,” mentioned Eilish, dedicating the award to “everybody affected by the film and the way unimaginable it was.”
She additionally thanked her greatest good friend, Zoe, “for enjoying Barbies with me” in addition to two music academics, one in all whom “didn’t like me however you had been good at your job”.
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