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“It is such a wonderful tune, and the melody’s unbelievable,” the musician stated of the Barbie tune
Paul Weller coated Billie Eilish’s award-winning single “What Was I Made For?” throughout a dwell Couch Session on BBC Radio 2. The musician showcased a stripped-down model of the tune, written for the Barbie film final yr.
Weller instructed host Jo Whiley that he determined to cowl the tune after listening to it by means of his youngest daughter, Nova. “She’s a giant fan of this subsequent artist,” he defined. After the efficiency, Weller added that Eilish is “extremely proficient,” saying, “It is such a wonderful tune, and the melody is unbelievable. And the phrases – I feel it is only a nice tune.”
Weller additionally praised Eilish in a current cowl interview for Mojo. “I’ve obtained to say, man, Billie Eilish is fucking nice,” he stated. “‘What Was I Made For?’ is an unbelievable tune.”
Eilish launched “What Was I Made For?” final summer season. The tune went on to win a Grammy for Tune of the Yr and the Oscar for Greatest Unique Tune, making the singer the youngest individual to ever win two Oscars. “I am grateful for this tune and this film and the way in which it made me really feel,” Eilish stated throughout her acceptance speech.
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The singer beforehand recounted how she had been by means of some robust instances earlier than writing the tune for Greta Gerwig’s movie.
“I would love to say that this award and any recognition that this tune will get, I simply wish to dedicate to anybody who experiences hopelessness, the sensation of existential dread and feeling like, ‘What is the level? Why am I right here? And why am I doing this?’” Eilish stated throughout her acceptance speech for the Chairman’s Award through the annual Palm Springs Movie Awards. “I feel all of us really feel like that sometimes, however I feel if anyone like me, with the quantity of privilege that I’ve and the unbelievable issues that I get to do and be and the way I’ve actually not wished to be right here… sorry to be darkish, rattling, however I’ve spent plenty of time feeling that means.”
