Billie Eilish continues big Grammy night with song of the year win
LA TimesBillie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won the Grammy for song of the year. Billie Eilish has won the Grammy for song of the year, her second time taking home the Recording Academy’s marquee songwriting prize. Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?,” co-written with brother Finneas O’Connell, was the emotional centerpiece of last year’s “Barbie,” the box-office success of 2023. “I’m shocked out of my balls.” She also thanked Greta Gerwig “for making the best movie of the year” with “Barbie.” “It’s hard to feel deserving ever, but we certainly don’t right now,” O’Connell added. “When I did meet-and-greets back in the day, would be talking to me and I literally would think, ‘Oh my God, if you actually knew me, you would not like me.’ It’s very interesting to be an ideal in somebody’s mind, and they actually have no idea who you are.” Eilish bested Taylor Swift, fellow “Barbie” soundtrack artist Dua Lipa, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo for the Grammy.