Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell made Oscar historical past by changing into the 2 youngest two-time winners in Academy Awards historical past, as they picked up the very best tune trophy for a second time Sunday night time for “What Was I Made For?,” their contribution to the “Barbie” soundtrack.
The pop-star siblings beforehand received for “No Time to Die,” the title tune for the 2022 James Bond movie. At 22, Eilish has now grow to be the youngest two-time winner in Oscar historical past; at 26, O’Connell is believed to be the second youngest twin winner.
“What Was I Made For?” was certainly one of two nominated “Barbie” songs. “I’m Simply Ken,” the comedian lament sung by Ryan Gosling, was the opposite (by one other pair of earlier winners, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, who penned “Shallow” for 2018’s “A Star Is Born”).
However whereas “I’m Simply Ken” was carried out on-camera within the movie, as a part of the beachfront battle and elaborate dance quantity, Eilish’s tender ballad — a melancholy meditation on the complexity of human feelings — added emotional depth to the story and was extensively predicted to win. Director Greta Gerwig referred to as it “Barbie’s coronary heart tune.”
Eilish and O’Connell already received the Golden Globe and two Grammys (together with tune of the 12 months) together with Society of Composers & Lyricists honors for “What Was I Made For?” Additional boosting it within the odds was an estimated 633 million streams for the Eilish tune, far outpacing the 105 million reported for “I’m Simply Ken.”
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