• Billie Eilish accepted an award on Thursday for her “Barbie” tune “What Was I Made For?”
• In her speech, Eilish opened up in regards to the “darkish episode” she was in earlier than seeing the film.
• “I simply need to dedicate to anybody who experiences hopelessness,” she mentioned.

At Thursday’s Palm Springs Movie Awards, Billie Eilish accepted the Chairman’s Award for “What Was I Made For?” — her celebrated contribution to the “Barbie” soundtrack.

Eilish cowrote the tune along with her brother, Finneas O’Connell, after they watched an early movie screening. Director Greta Gerwig had requested the duo to create “Barbie’s coronary heart tune” to play throughout a pivotal emotional scene.

“I would like to say that this award and any recognition that this tune will get, I simply need to dedicate to anybody who experiences hopelessness, the sensation of existential dread and feeling like, ‘What’s the purpose? Why am I right here? And why am I doing this?’” Eilish mentioned.

The Grammy winner mentioned she understands her privilege and the way fortunate she is to be in her place, however she nonetheless questions her place on the earth.

“Sorry to be darkish, rattling, however I’ve spent plenty of time feeling that means,” she mentioned. “I simply need to say to anybody that feels that means: Be affected person with your self and know that it’s, I believe, price all of it.”

Eilish opened up in regards to the “darkish episode” she was experiencing earlier than getting concerned with the “Barbie” film, which helped her really feel much less alone.

“I used to be simply watching Barbie say and really feel issues that I actually, actually, actually resonated with and felt so near,” she mentioned. “I felt so seen, and I didn’t count on that. I believe that this film is essentially the most unimaginable, most empowering and exquisite and humorous and simply unbelievable piece of artwork on the earth, and I’m so honored to be part of it.”

Eilish has spoken at size about her connection to the tune, which displays Barbie’s journey to know humanity, come to phrases with failure, and embrace the complete spectrum of feelings.

“I used to drift, now I simply fall down / I used to know, however I’m undecided now / What I used to be made for,” Eilish sings within the first verse.

Although she initially wrote the tune from the doll’s perspective, Eilish later realized how intently the lyrics aligned along with her life.

“The following week, I used to be taking part in it within the automotive all day and taking part in it for everyone, and I used to be like, ‘That is precisely how I really feel.’ And I didn’t even imply to be saying it,” Eilish advised Zane Lowe. “It’s about my life.”

Eilish has additionally credited “What Was I Made For?” with pulling her out of a artistic stoop.

“I actually was involved that it was over for me,” Eilish revealed throughout a Hollywood Reporter songwriter roundtable. “We’d been making an attempt and it wasn’t doing what it normally would do in me. I used to be actually like, ‘Rattling, perhaps I hit my peak and I don’t know learn how to write anymore?’”

“Greta saved me, actually, actually,” she added. “It introduced us out of it and instantly we have been impressed and wrote a lot extra after that.”

The 21-year-old singer is presently engaged on her third album, the follow-up to 2021’s “Happier Than Ever.”