It’s safe to say that Billie Eilish was a hit at the Oscars. In addition to winning an Academy Award for “What Was I Made For?”, Eilish surprised her fans with her performance of the song.
Several viewers took to social media to praise Eilish and her Oscar performance. For many, it was the highlight of the show. A person wrote in X, “Billie Ellish was brilliant. Great song for a not great movie and a great performance.”
Other wrote, “It’s not me crying at Billie Ellish’s performance 😭…. Honestly, I’m crying about everything today.”
Don’t look at the #Oscarbecause I only know that Barbie was robbed, but I saw Billie Ellish’s performance and she did great ❤️ also happy for Robert Downey Jr. getting his first Oscar 👏🏻
— girl that’s going to be fine (@TeamAmerica28) March 11, 2024
Before taking the stage, Eilish got candid with the Los Angeles Times about her performance. She hoped to avoid mishaps while she performed. In particular, she feared accidentally tripping on stage.
She said: “I just don’t want to break anything. I don’t want to trip. I don’t want to spill anything. So the Grammys are like your friend’s party and we’re here and I know them, I love it. They’re friends, it’s whatever. Oscars are the coolest kids. What do the cool kids do at the table? I don’t know. It’s very intimidating. Performing at the Oscars, something I’ve done twice now: terrifying. Horribly scary. But in a big way. I love it.”
Billie Eilish talks about the creative process behind the song
Fortunately, none of Eilish’s fears came true. The musician’s performance was very successful. In the interview, Eilish also talked about performing the song in general. The melody required her to fully commit as an artist. Eilish couldn’t take half measures.
She said: “I think to some extent, yes. It’s acting, and I think in all kinds of acting it’s about commitment. You can’t half-heartedly try when you do. It wasn’t any different than how I’ve sung a lot in my life, but I think at that specific moment, especially the key that we wrote it in and the phrasing and the length of the phrases when there are certain breaths within the phrasing. , makes everything completely different. And it was definitely the difficult decision.”
He continued: “I don’t know what could have been more difficult for me. I think the way I wanted it to sound was going to be the most challenging, and it may not sound challenging, but it is. It’s very difficult to sing very, very softly and convey the message you want. But I also want it to be very enunciated and I wanted you to hear what I was saying, but also feel it. So it was a mix of both.”
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