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NY Post
New York Post
11 Mar 2024


NextImg:Billie Eilish and brother Finneas become youngest two-time Oscar winners in history

There was getting to be the feeling that “I’m Just Ken” might actually win Best Original Song over “What Was I Made For?” — the far superior Billie Eilish “Barbie tune.”

After all, another Oscar win would make Eilish, 22, and her producer brother Finneas, 26, the youngest two-time Academy Award winners in history after their victory in 2022 for the Bond theme “No Time to Die.”

Perhaps with some voters thinking “too much, too soon,” an upset seemed to be brewing.

But now the siblings are in the history books — as they should be.

Sometimes it’s just as simple as real recognizing real — whether it’s at the Oscars or the Grammys.

And when Eilish got a standing O from Hollywood’s finest after she performed “What Was I Made For?” at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angels on Sunday night, it was an acknowledgement of just how far she was ahead of the other Best Original Song nominees.

Finneas and Billie Eilish at the 2024 Oscars.
Billie Eilish and her producer brother Finneas received a standing O after their performance of “What Was I Made For?” Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

To be honest, it wasn’t even as hauntingly heartbreaking as her performance of the tune before it went on to take Song of the Year at the Grammys last month.

But it was still real artistry on raw display that was all the chills and feels.

Billie Eilish at the 2024 Oscars.
Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” became only the 10th song in history win both the Grammy for Song of the Year and the Oscar for Best Original Song. REUTERS

“What Was I Made For?” also became only the 10th song in history to win both the Song of the Year Grammy and the Oscar for Best Original Song.

That puts it in some pretty prestigious company with the likes of “Moon River” (from 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) “The Way We Were” (from 1973’s “The Way We Were”), “Evergreen” (from 1976’s A Star Is Born”), “You Light Up My Life” (from 1977’s “You Light Up My Life”), “A Whole New World” (from 1992’s “Aladdin”) and “My Heart Will Go On” (from 1997’s “Titanic”).

Bravo, Billie and Finneas. Bravo.