![]() You’re like, “Oh, let me speak from this character’s perspective,” and you say something that you maybe weren’t even brave enough to say about yourself.Įilish: What was funny about this one was that it was this character that I really did relate to, but I didn’t even realize that I was relating so much. And then of course, the other thing that’s funny is that you set out to write a song about Barbie for the “Barbie” movie and end up writing, in Billie’s case, exactly how she feels. When you’re writing a song that you feel has to be autobiographical and touches on how you really feel and speak to your soul, you could be coming up with the best lyric but you’re like, “Yeah, but it wasn’t in December!” - that kind of goofy, nitpicky thing. The first is that it gets you out of your own way. Add to this the unrelentingly serious music video Eilish directed for the song, and it’s clear just how much heaviness “What Was I Made For?” brings to the movie, and soundtrack… but it’s a weight Greta Gerwig’s film was meant to bear.Įilish and Finneas spoke with Variety from their studio in Los Angeles.ĭo you feel that assignment writing is a good thing for you, creatively?įinneas: I think it’s a like twofold positive. But they also took the cue for the opening lines from the first hints of Barbie’s existential crisis in the film’s opening.Ī possibly even more haunting couplet - “I’m sad again, don’t tell my boyfriend / It’s not what he’s made for” - recognizes that sometimes the people in our lives may not be emotionally intelligent Ken-ough to deal with someone else’s moments of depression. She and Finneas were inspired by the penultimate scene in which Barbie embraces being all that is human - anxiety and mortality included. That may not be everyone’s all-consuming experience of the mostly comedic “Barbie,” but for a good segment of the audience, the doll movie is a tear-jerker, and its emotional climax is signaled by the arrival of Eilish’s tender, yearning ballad, which gave the main character the “heart song” filmmaker Greta Gerwig felt was missing from the movie. What the fuck is Billie doing on the soundtrack? Why is there going to be a sad song? That doesn’t make any sense.’ And I remember just being like, ‘Guys. “I remember everybody being like, ‘What the hell? It’s gonna be a fun, cute, girly, pink movie for the summer and we’re all going to be laughing. "The BFF Song is mine and my bestfriends actual bestfriend song!!! we sing it to each other daily, especially if we get upset with each other cause we can never stay mad.Billie Eilish remembers being aware there were some puzzled - or just wary - reactions when a song she and Finneas co-wrote, “What Was I Made For?,” was one of the last tracks announced for the “ Barbie” soundtrack. "We have a 5 yr old and a 20 month old who love your music!!! It's actually music that we, as adults, can listen to and not go crazy when we hear it over and over again. It is so nice to have children's songs that bear endless repetition!"~Paul "We finally had our party yesterday and your CDs were a big hit. Now high school students are singing the duck song in the hall ways in Mississippi. She played the duck songs to her students. "I sent your songs to my daughter who is a math teacher. "I am inspired by what you do and I am thrilled my children love your work. ![]() thank you for making me smile (: " ~Vanessa "Your songs put a smile on my face even at my darkest moments. ![]() "The Duck Song is the most popular song at my school right now. "Bryant Oden is by far one of the best musical artists I have heard in a long long time" ~Eddy "My whole high school totally loves The Duck Song!" ~Mike "I'm almost 35 years old, and I can come home from a long, hard, bad day at work and listen to your songs and feel instantly better. "When I'm down, I listen to your songs and they cheer me right up."~Tony ![]() "I'm a 17 year old guy enlisting in the Marine Corps and I love the Duck Song." ~Kyle ![]()
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