Billie Eilish is so tired of talking about her Oscar-winning song “Barbie.”
The singer, who co-wrote “What Was I Made For?” ” with his collaborating brother Finneas for the Greta Gerwig film, finally has time to talk about the fatigue of promoting the song and attending all those award ceremonies.
“Brother, no one can get enough of me,” she told Rolling Stone. “Every second of every day it’s Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, which is great, but as soon as the Oscars are over and I lose, I’m gone. I’m literally gone.
In fact, she didn’t lose the Original Song Oscar, and she and Finneas became the youngest two-time winners in Oscar history. The duo also won a Golden Globe and a Grammy for this hit.
Eilish told the magazine — in what she said was her first interview without “Barbie” in over a year — that the song became a bigger hit than she expected.
The 22-year-old hit singer is set to release her third album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” on May 17. Although she explores different sounds and more mature themes than in her previous work, she and Finneas, who was also interviewed for the profile, revealed that the opening track mirrors “What Was I Made For?”
She and Finneas had writer’s block when they created the track “Barbie,” and they ended up writing this new song first, she said.
The song, whose title has yet to be revealed, became the catalyst for the emotional and delicate hit “Barbie,” sharing its whispery sound and an equally graceful melody. It explores the myth that losing weight means gaining happiness – another emotional theme that, like that of “What Was I Made For?”, often torments girls and women as they grow up.
Eilish, 22, said she feels like she has been making music and working non-stop since she was on the A list as a teenager.
“I had this moment where I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I haven’t had fun in seven years.’ Really. I had that illusion, because who has the experience of going to the Grammys at 17 and winning five? she says. “But in life, I realized that I really hadn’t experienced much. I didn’t go out for five years. How was I supposed to experience things?
Since 2019, the singer has released two albums, written and performed songs for “No Time to Die” and “Barbie” (both of which won Oscars), headlined at Coachella, and won multiple Grammys. After the long and very rosy promotional tour for “Barbie,” she said she was relieved to be able to take a break.
That is, until his next album kicks off a whole new cycle.
