Billie Eilish won the Grammy for song of the year, the second time she has taken home the Recording Academy's top songwriting award.
“What Was I Made For?” by Eilish, co-written with his brother Finneas O'Connell, was the emotional centerpiece of last year's “Barbie,” the 2023 box office hit. They also won earlier in the day. for song written for visual media.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, ohhhh my god, damn, those are stupid kids,” Eilish exclaimed after her win. “I am in shock.”
He also thanked Greta Gerwig “for making the best movie of the year” with “Barbie.”
“It's hard to feel like we deserve it once, but we certainly don't feel it now,” O'Connell added. “We feel very honored, very grateful.”
While the acclaimed film was largely a play on neon pink and an inescapable pop culture phenomenon, “What Was I Made For?” It was a relatively somber and intimate single, built on sparse piano and existential lyrics that gave emotional depth to the film.
“The whole song was an excuse to tell the truth,” Eilish told The Times last year. “When I met and greeted in the past, [fans] He'd be talking to me and I'd literally think, 'Oh my God, if you really knew me, you wouldn't like me.' “It's very interesting to be an ideal in someone's mind, and they actually have no idea who you are.”
Eilish beat out Taylor Swift (who struck out for the seventh time in a category the veteran songwriter has yet to win), “Barbie” soundtrack artist Dua Lipa, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo for the Grammy. The ballad could also win a second Oscar for original song.
Eilish has been a Grammy favorite throughout her young career, heading into 2024 with seven wins and 25 nominations. She dominated the Grammys in 2020, winning the top four awards, including album, song, record and best new artist.
