Current:Home > FinanceEchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center|Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell are youngest two-time Oscar winners after 'Barbie' song win -TradeFocus
EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center|Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell are youngest two-time Oscar winners after 'Barbie' song win
Surpassing Quant Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-10 11:21:23
Billie Eilish and EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank CenterFinneas O’Connell took their "Barbie" ballad "What Was I Made For?" to the Dolby Theatre stage in Los Angeles and not only scored a major win — best original song — but also became the two youngest two-time winners in Oscar history at 22 and 26, respectively.
The siblings won the same award last year for “No Time to Die,” the title song for the 2022 James Bond film. Last month, their "Barbie" hit scooped up trophies for song of the year and best song written for visual media at the Grammy Awards.
Eilish began her acceptance speech by revealing she "had a nightmare" about that exact moment, and then proceeded to thank her dance and chorus teachers, joking to one of them, "You didn't like me, but you were good at your job!"
Eilish dedicated her award to "everyone that was affected by the movie and how incredible it is."
In the pair's performance on the Oscars stage, the simple song began with an understated backdrop, as if Eilish and O'Connell were in a recording studio, before the pastel-lit curtain rose to show the audience behind them.
With more than a few nods to the “Barbie” pink motif in the background, O’Connell sat at an upright piano, and Eilish, clad in an oversized black blazer and pencil skirt, kept her eyes closed and her voice barely above a whisper as she unraveled the emotional ballad. A rising curtain revealed an orchestra as Eilish clasped the mic stand with her left hand and O’Connell dutifully played the song’s melancholy melody.
Oscar best song performances:Brutally honest reviews, including Ryan Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken'
As she wound down the song to its last pensive note, Eilish smiled toward her brother. The audience’s ovation prompted a hug between the siblings as the camera cut to a teary-eyed Kate McKinnon (aka “Weird Barbie”) and much of the cheering “Barbie” team.
Other nominees for this year's Best Original Song award included:
- "The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot" (music and lyrics by Diane Warren)
- "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)
- "It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony" (Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson)
- "Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon" (Scott George)
Contributing: Melissa Ruggieri
Ryan Goslingsings 'I'm Just Ken' at the 2024 Oscars: Who else performed?
veryGood! (3)
Related
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- Florida man executed by lethal injection for killing 2 women he met in bars a day apart
- Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday and the ripple effect that will shape the 2023-24 NBA season
- Judge in Trump's New York civil trial issues gag order after Trump posts about clerk
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- It's dumb to blame Taylor Swift for Kansas City's struggles against the Jets
- Key dates for 2023-24 NHL season: When is opening night? All-Star Game? Trade deadline?
- Detroit-area mayor indicted on bribery charge alleging he took $50,000 to facilitate property sale
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- Love Island UK's Jess Harding and Sammy Root Break Up 2 Months After Winning Competition
Ranking
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- This MacArthur 'genius' knew the initial theory of COVID transmission was flawed
- First parents in America charged in school shooting to be tried after court rejects appeal
- 'Ahsoka' finale recap: Zombies, witches, a villainous win and a 'Star Wars' return home
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- 160 arrested in Ohio crackdown on patrons of sex workers
- Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday and the ripple effect that will shape the 2023-24 NBA season
- Victoria Beckham Breaks Silence on David Beckham's Alleged Affair
Recommendation
Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
TikTok Shop Indonesia stops to comply with the country’s ban of e-commerce on social media platforms
Saudi Arabia says it will maintain production cuts that have helped drive oil prices up
Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in historic vote
From family road trips to travel woes: Americans are navigating skyrocketing holiday costs
Flights canceled and schools closed as Taiwan braces for Typhoon Koinu
Elon Musk is being sued for libel for accusing a man of having neo-Nazi links
More than 500 migrants arrive on Spanish Canary Islands in 1 day. One boat carried 280 people