Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, have become the two youngest people to have won two Academy Awards, at ages 22 and 26, respectively, with both victories coming from the Best Original Song category.
Eilish and O’Connell won the Best Original Song Oscar for “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” their second victory in the category.
The songwriting duo previously won for the titular song from “No Time To Die” just two years ago, which made Eilish the second-youngest winner in the category at the time at just 20 years old.
“What Was I Made For?” triumphed over “I’m Just Ken,” another nominee from “Barbie,” and three other nominees: “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony,” “Flamin’ Hot” from “The Fire Inside” and “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Like all the other Original Song nominees, Eilish and O’Connell performed “What Was I Made For?” during the ceremony.
“What Was I Made For?” also scored big at the Grammys in February, winning Eilish and O’Connell the Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media trophies. The song was also a commercial success, with more than 700 million streams on Spotify.
