“It was very nice to have the ability to flip off my aware mind of ‘How do I really feel?’ and simply write from a personality who I do know precisely how she feels, as a result of I watched the film,” Eilish stated. “I by no means would have been capable of write any of that music if I had tried to be weak about my very own life and expertise, so it was actually an ideal vessel.” The music turned one of many film’s sonic by traces, and components of the instrumentation had been woven into a number of scenes.
Film soundtracks sometimes entice main Grammy consideration: Lately, Kendrick Lamar obtained eight nominations, together with greatest album, for his function as government producer of the LP accompanying “Black Panther.” (The movie took residence two Grammys in 2019.) Beyoncé obtained six nominations for her work on “Black Is King” in 2021. (She received two for the movie, which helped give her the file for many Grammy wins by a feminine artist.)
In 2002, the LP accompanying “O Brother, The place Artwork Thou?” received album of the yr, a feat beforehand achieved by “The Bodyguard: Unique Soundtrack Album” in 1994, “Saturday Evening Fever” in 1979 and “The Music From Peter Gunn” in 1959. “The Graduate” and “The Bodyguard” produced file of the yr winners in “Mrs. Robinson” and “I Will All the time Love You.”
But the “Barbie” soundtrack is exclusive in that includes so many artists who appeared to intuitively grasp the film’s candy-colored aesthetic and vary of honest moods, starting from the forlorn to the celebratory. The film was final yr’s largest popular culture phenomenon not named Taylor Swift, and the music displays its broad, cross-genre enchantment, together with songs from rappers (Ice Spice), a psych-rock band (Tame Impala), a Latin music celebrity (Karol G) and a poppy indie trio (Haim).
Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” reached No. 14 on Billboard’s Sizzling 100, received a Golden Globe final month, and now has the prospect to be the uncommon observe that takes residence each music of the yr on the Grammys and greatest unique music on the Oscars — a benchmark reached by crossover hits like Barbra Streisand’s “The Means We Have been” and Celine Dion’s “My Coronary heart Will Go On.”
“The film did convey folks collectively, from totally different walks of life and cross-sections of society — which is like, ‘When’s the final time all of us did that?’” Wyatt stated. “That’s a pleasant, celebratory factor to be part of, and it’s good to see that mirrored in no matter’s occurring within the awards class.”