Since becoming a massive pop star, Billie Eilish and her brother/songwriting partner Finneas O’Connell have been branching out to write music for film, and they’ve had some incredible success with it thus far. Their first time around the bend, they had the opportunity to write the James Bond theme for No Time To Die, and it led to the pair taking to the Oscar stage to accept recognition for Best Original Song. Almost two years later, the duo are likely major contenders for the Oscars again for writing “What Was I Made For?” for the Barbie movie, and Billie Eilish is sharing how the song came to be.
How is a hit song as massive as “What Was I Made For?” even crafted? Since Eilish surprised fans in July of the song’s existence, the track has been everywhere this year, particularly as the soundtrack to a host of TikTok videos about womanhood since Barbie’s massive release. Eilish said this about the making of the song:
