What wereBillie EilishandFinneas O’Connellmade for?
Setting records at theOscars.
Eilish and O’Connell won for co-writing"What Was I Made For?
Finneas O’Connell and Billie Eilish at 2024 Oscars.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
“, the emotionalBarbiesoundtrack song that also won Song of the Year at theGrammysearlier this year.
“Thank you so much to the Academy.
I just didn’t think this would happen, I was not expecting this.
I feel so incredibly lucky and honored.
Thank you to Greta….
This goes out to everyone who was affected by the movie and how incredible it is.”
In aninterview with EWabout the process of writing “What Was I Made For?
“, Eilish reflected on crafting the tune at a particularly dark period in her life.
“I was also in a weird place mentally in my life.
We were in the studio and did come up with stuff, but nothing felt right.
I dont think I was able to be vulnerable and self-aware about my life and surroundings.
That makes it hard to write sometimes,” she revealed.
I didnt have to worry about how I felt.
I could just write from the perspective of this character.
What was amazing is immediately after, I realized it was absolutely about me and my life.
I didnt even mean to do that.”
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