Billie Eilish’s“What Was I Made For?,” featured in Greta Gerwig’sBarbie,was one oftheiconic songs of 2023. It receivedfive nominations at the 2024 Grammy Awards, winning bothSong of the YearandBest Song Written for Visual Media, and was commercially successful around t...
Barbie is beginning to see that her life isn’t what she’s always thought: “I used to float, now I just fall down/I used to know, but I’m not sure now.” She wonders: “What was I made for?” And this thought plagues her as she thinks through different moments in her life ...
“I think the life of this song outside of this movie has felt really profound. We’ve felt really lucky,” admits Finneas O’Connell of the “Barbie” track “What Was I Made For?” He wrote the tune with sister Billie Eilish and it has blossomed into that rare song from a movie...
Eilish, 22, said some people were surprised to hear she was writing a song for the “Barbie” soundtrack, given her music’s usual darker edge. “I remember everybody being like, ‘What the hell? It’s gonna be a fun, cute, girly, pink movie for the summer and we’re all go...
Billie Eilish and Finneas won the Oscar for Best Original Song for 'What Was I Made For?' from 'Barbie.'
She also contributed the ethereal“What Was I Made For?” to the soundtrack of the blockbuster movie Barbie. Cowritten with FINNEAS and featuring a wistful video showing Eilish dressed as her younger self and playing with doll sets, the ballad won the Grammy for song of the year as well ...
Oscar winners Billie Eilish and Finneas talk 'What Was I Made For?,' their Best Original Song contender from 'Barbie,' which is shaping their new era.
Billie Eilish's song 'What Was I Made For' from 'Barbie' soundtrack has garnered more than 30 million Spotify streams.
What Was I Made For?(from "Barbie") Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell/arr. Michael Brown - Hal Leonard Corporation From the blockbuster movie "Barbie," this moving ballad features a tuneful melody and tender emotions. Here's a beautifully scored setting for young bands....
In January at the Golden Globes, Eilish recalled seeing "Barbie" a year earlier. "I was very, very miserable and depressed at the time, and writing that song kind of saved me a little bit, and a year later and here we are, and it's really surreal," she said after winning for best...