Billie Eilish’s award show run for “What Was I Made For?” ends tonight at the Oscars, and the musician had the chance to perform the Academy Award-nominated Barbie track for the audience. Eilish and her brother, Finneas, delivered a heartfelt, moving rendition of the song with a minimal set and background orchestra.
Watch clips from their performance below:
Their set stands in contrast to Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” performance, which was reported, ahead of the ceremony, to include 65 male dancers.
Eilish and Finneas are up or Best Original Song tonight, an honor they won before at the 2022 Oscars for their James Bond song, “No Time to Die.”
They expressed their gratitude in a statement posted to Instagram when their second Oscar nomination was announced. They said:
We are so incredibly honored to receive a nomination for “What Was I Made For?” As lifelong fans of film, music in film, and the Academy Awards, this means everything to us. We are so grateful to the Academy, its members, and to be recognized alongside so many songwriters that we respect and admire. Our deepest gratitude and thanks go out to the incomparable Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for their genius vision and execution, the entire Barbie cast and crew, Lucky Chap Entertainment, and the Warner Bros. Pictures team. Thank you to Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for weaving our song into the fabric and heart of this film so well. And a special shout-out to Margot Robbie for her incredible foresight as a producer and brilliant performance that resonate with us so profoundly when writing this song. We are truly honored. Thank you.