Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell have won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their ballad 'What Was I Made For?' from the movie 'Barbie' [ba1f74c0]. This marks Eilish's second career Oscar, making her the youngest person to win two Oscars. The previous record was held by Luise Rainer, who won her second Oscar at 28 in 1938. Finneas, Eilish's brother and co-writer, is now the second youngest person to win two Oscars. The duo previously won an Oscar for their James Bond theme song 'No Time to Die' in 2021 [ba1f74c0].
'What Was I Made For?' has also won a Golden Globe and two Grammys in 2024. The song debuted at No. 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at No. 14 [ba1f74c0].
Eilish and Finneas are known for their success in making music for movies, having also written songs for the 'Turning Red' soundtrack [ba1f74c0].
In a unique performance at the Oscars, Slash joined Ryan Gosling onstage to perform the song 'I'm Just Ken' from the Barbie movie [42d549fb]. The performance also included Wolfgang Van Halen, Mark Ronson, Simu Liu, Scott Evans, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Ncuti Gatwa. The song, originally written and produced by Mark Ronson, was part of a big penultimate scene in the movie. The performance was described as a wonderful heartbreak epic. However, the song lost in the Best Original Song category to Billie Eilish's 'What Was I Made For?' [42d549fb].
Slash has also announced details of his new solo album 'Orgy Of The Damned' featuring various artists [42d549fb].
In another music category, Ludwig Göransson won the Academy Award for Original Score for his work on 'Oppenheimer'. This is Göransson's second Oscar, having previously won in 2019 for 'Black Panther'. 'Oppenheimer' is a film directed by Christopher Nolan and is based on the book 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' [ba1f74c0].