Billie Eilish and her bro and primary partner Finneas O’Connell won the award for tune of the year at the 2024 Grammysfor “What Was I Made For?” from the Barbie soundtrack.
After Lionel Richie revealed the winner, Eilish was noticeably stunned. “Yikes … Damn, that’s foolish guys,” the vocalist stated when taking the phase.
Eilish stated she made certain there was “not a possibility” they would win. “I simply wish to state, everyone in this classification– like that was an insane list of amazing individuals! Unbelievable artists. Crazy today,” she included, describing her fellow candidates, consisting of SZA, Taylor Swift, and Miley Cyrus.
She went on to thank members of the Recording Academy and O’Connell who she called her “buddy on the planet and makes me the individual that I am today.”
Eilish likewise offered unique thanks to Barbie director Greta Gerwig for “making the very best motion picture of the year,” a pointed shout-out after the headline-making Oscars snubs for Gerwig as director and star Margot Robbie as finest starlet.
“We’re so fortunate– we simply continue to be simply deeply, deeply fortunate, fortunate individuals,” O’Connell stated. “It’s tough to feel deserving ever however we definitely do not today. We feel really simple, extremely grateful.”
Eilish’s ballad made 5 elections at this year’s event, consisting of for record of the year, finest pop solo efficiency and finest video. Eilish and O’Connell took the phase previously in the program to carry out the psychological trackAhead of their efficiency, they had actually currently won the Grammy for finest tune composed for visual media.
Eilish has actually won an overall of 7 Grammys with 25 elections. This Grammy significant Eilish and O’Connell’s 3rd in the tune of the year classification.
“What Was I Made For” was likewise chosen for an Academy Award for finest initial tune. Eilish and O’Connell formerly won the Oscar for initial tune in 2022 for the title track to the James Bond No Time At All to Die.
Other tunes chosen in the classification consisted of: “A&W” (Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & & Sam Dew), “Anti-Hero” (Jack Antonoff & & Taylor Swift), “Butterfly” (Jon Batiste & & Dan Wilson),” Dance The Night”( FromBarbieThe Album, Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & & Andrew Wyatt), “Flowers” (Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & & Michael Pollack), “Kill Bill” (Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & & Solána Rowe) and “vampire” -(Daniel Nigro & & Olivia Rodrigo).
For this year’s Grammysfemale acts comprise 7 of the 8 candidates in the leading 3 classifications– with SZA leading with 9 total elections followed by Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Eilish, Miley Cyrus and boygenius with 6 nods a piece.
The GrammyAwardstelecasted live from L.A. on Sunday on the CBS Television Network. It likewise streamed live and on-demand on Paramount+. Trevor Noah hosted.