Billie Eilish and Finneas brought the audience to tears at the 2024 Oscars with their performance of "What Was I Made For?" which took home the Best Original Song prize.
For the second time, Billie Eilish and her elder brother Finneas have taken home an Academy Award for Best Original Song for their tune "What Was I Made For?", from the hit movie "Barbie."
"I had a nightmare about this last night," Billie said while accepting the award. "I just didn't think this would happen, I was not expecting this. I feel so incredibly lucky and honored."
The brother and sister both donned Artists4Ceasefire red “Ceasefire” pins.
Billie and Finneas also took home their first Oscar in 2022 for their song "No Time to Die," a James Bond movie theme.
Earlier during the award ceremony on March 10, the duo performed "What Was I Made For?", moving cast members, including America Ferrera and Kate McKinnon, and director Greta Gerwig to tears.
"What Was I Made For?", like the movie "Barbie", has been a huge commercial success. It reached number one in Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, and the UK, peaking at 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the Us. It received five nominations at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, and won for Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media.
Cillian Murphy made history at the Oscars 2024 by winning the statue for Best Oscar in "Oppenheimer". The movie took home seven awards in total including Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.
"Poor Things", produced by the Dublin company, Element Pictures, took home Oscars for Makeup and Hairstyling, Production Design, and Costume Design as well as Best Actress for Emma Stone. This is a record haul for an Irish-produced film that was shortlisted in 11 Oscar categories.
Billie Eilish's Irish connections
Billie Eilish, whose full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, and her brother Finneas have strong Irish roots on their father's side with Scottish heritage from their mother's side.
In 2019, Eilish played the main stage at the Electric Picnic, a music festival held at the Stradbally Estate, in County Laois. Addressing a crowd of 57,000 gathered to see the teen pop sensation she shouted to the crowd: “I’m part Irish, dude… This is my home.”
At the time, she also spoke to Today FM about her Irish connection. She told them "My whole life I've been told by my parents that, ye know, I'm Irish and Scottish and I'm like 'Okay, yay!'
"I'm mean it's cool but I just didn't have anything to base it on - never been to Ireland, ye know, I didn't know anything really. And it's been actually really cool to come here."
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