That might be the easiest way to understand “ What Was I Made For? ,” the existential piano ballad that just took the Oscar for best original song at Sunday night’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles. It’s a plea to the universe that we’ve all cried out in our loneliest hours — What is life and why am I in it? — with Eilish posing the song’s titular question in an ASMR whisper that breezes through the chasm between annihilation and hope. This is Eilish’s second Oscar in this category, her jazzy James Bond theme “No Time to Die” having won the trophy in 2022.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2024 02:40 UTC