Oscars 2024: Billie Eilish and Finneas Win Best Original Song for “What Was I Made For?”

Billie Eilish and Finneas have actually won Best Original Song for “What Was I Made For?” at the 2024 Academy Honors. Eilish and her sibling obtained the honor face to face at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, where they gave thanks to Barbie supervisor Greta Gerwig, their moms and dads, and much more throughout their approval speech. View it listed below.

“I had a nightmare about this last night,” Eilish claimed on top of her speech, prior to rupturing right into giggling. She proceeded:

Thanks a lot to the Academy. I seem like … I simply really did not believe this would certainly occur. I was not anticipating this. I really feel so extremely fortunate and recognized. Thanks to Greta. Where did you go? I like you! Thanks for this! I’m so thankful for this song and for this flick and the manner in which it made me really feel. And this heads out to every person that was impacted by the flick and just how extraordinary it is. And I wish to thank my group and my moms and dads. I like you men a lot.

Finneas gave thanks to songwriting partners Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt in his speech, in addition to Margot Robbie, his buddies, and his moms and dads. Eilish proclaimed her friend for having fun with Barbie dolls with her as a youngster, and a specific college choir instructor, stating, “you didn’t like me, but you were good at your job.”

The various other candidates were Barbie’s “I’m Just Ken” (carried out by Ryan Gosling), Flamin’ Hot’s “The Fire Inside” (created by Diane Warren and carried out by Becky G), American Harmony’s “It Never Went Away” (created by Jon Batiste and Semisonic’s Dan Wilson and carried out by Batiste), and Awesomes of the Blossom Moon’s “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” created by Scott George and carried out by the Osage Tribal Singers.

Previously at night, Eilish and Finneas played “What Was I Made For?” live at the honor event with added support from a band. Other Barbie cut “I’m Just Ken” likewise revived onstage many thanks to a staged efficiency by Ryan Gosling and lots of Kens, as did Becky G’s “The Fire Inside,” Jon Batiste’s “It Never Went Away,” and Scott George and the Osage Tribal Vocalists’ “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People).”