Barbie
Summary
Singer - songwriter Billie Eilish just come through her 2d Oscar forBarbie , break an outstanding 86 - year - former disc . Eilish won the Academy Award for Best Original Songalong with her blood brother Finneas for their smash hit “ What Was I Made For ? ” The beautiful ballad is one of the highlights ofBarbie’saward - winning soundtrack , which also featured fellow Oscar nominee “ I ’m Just Ken . ”
Along with“I’m Just Ken,”Eilish’sBarbiesong beat out original Sung dynasty fromFlamin ’ Hot , American Symphony , andKillers of the Flower Moon . AfterBarbie , perhaps somewhat astonishingly , lost both Best Costume Design and Best Production Design toPoor Things , Best Original Song becameBarbie’ssolewin at the Oscars . Still , Barbiewill go down as one of themost successful moving-picture show in boxwood office history , and its soundtrack was a big part of that .
Billie Eilish Is Now Youngest Person To Win Two Oscars
At just 22 years quondam , Billie Eilish is now a two - time Oscar winner , having won in 2022 for her song “ No Time To Die ” from the James Bond film of the same name . With her Best Original Song wins , Eilish is now the youngest two - time Oscar achiever in the history of the Academy Awards . “ What Was I Made For ? ” spiel overBarbie’sheartwarming actual women montage , which is also arguably the most emotional moment in the film . “ What Was I Made For ? ” is the staring theme forBarbie , with Eilish ’s lyrics encapsulating Barbie ’s journeying .
When she deliver the goods for “ No sentence To Die , ” Eilish almost break another record for the youngest Best Original Song winner . Eilish was 20 at the time , andthat record is harbor by Markéta Irglová , who was 19 when she win the Oscar in 2008 for “ Falling Slowly ” fromOnce . Though Eilish just missed out on that record , she now holds one that is just as , if not more telling , thanks toBarbieand “ What Was I Made For ? ”
Through cunning lyrics , prefigure , and powerful instrumentation , Billie Eilish ’s title birdsong was the everlasting note for Daniel Craig ’s Bond to end on .
The Record Was Previously Held By Actress Luise Rainer
Before the 2024 ceremony , the record for the youngest person to pull ahead two Oscars belonged to German - American - British film actress Luise Rainer . Not only didRainer hold that Oscars platter , but she was alsothe first actor to win multiple Oscars and the first two win them back - to - back . Rainer won her first Oscar at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 at 26 years old forThe Great Ziegfieldand advance again the stick with year forThe Good Earth . With Billie Eilish’sBarbiewin at 22 , it ’s hard to see anyone breaking her novel record anytime before long .
