‘Barbie’ Conquered the World. Are the Grammys Next?

“It was very nice to have the ability to flip off my acutely aware mind of ‘How do I really feel?’ and simply write from a personality who I do know precisely how she feels, as a result of I watched the film,” Eilish stated. “I by no means would have been in a position to write any of that track if I had tried to be weak about my very own life and expertise, so it was actually an ideal vessel.” The track turned one of many film’s sonic by strains, and elements of the instrumentation had been woven into a number of scenes.

Film soundtracks often appeal to main Grammy consideration: Lately, Kendrick Lamar obtained eight nominations, together with greatest album, for his function as government producer of the LP accompanying “Black Panther.” (The movie took house two Grammys in 2019.) Beyoncé obtained six nominations for her work on “Black Is King” in 2021. (She gained two for the movie, which helped give her the file for many Grammy wins by a feminine artist.)

In 2002, the LP accompanying “O Brother, The place Artwork Thou?” gained album of the 12 months, a feat beforehand achieved by “The Bodyguard: Unique Soundtrack Album” in 1994, “Saturday Night time Fever” in 1979 and “The Music From Peter Gunn” in 1959. “The Graduate” and “The Bodyguard” produced file of the 12 months winners in “Mrs. Robinson” and “I Will At all times Love You.”

But the “Barbie” soundtrack is exclusive in that includes so many artists who appeared to intuitively grasp the film’s candy-colored aesthetic and vary of honest moods, starting from the forlorn to the celebratory. The film was final 12 months’s largest popular culture phenomenon not named Taylor Swift, and the music displays its broad, cross-genre enchantment, together with songs from rappers (Ice Spice), a psych-rock band (Tame Impala), a Latin music celebrity (Karol G) and a poppy indie trio (Haim).

Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” reached No. 14 on Billboard’s Sizzling 100, gained a Golden Globe final month, and now has the possibility to be the uncommon monitor that takes house each track of the 12 months on the Grammys and greatest authentic track on the Oscars — a benchmark reached by crossover hits like Barbra Streisand’s “The Approach We Had been” and Celine Dion’s “My Coronary heart Will Go On.”

“The film did carry individuals collectively, from totally different walks of life and cross-sections of society — which is like, ‘When’s the final time all of us did that?’” Wyatt stated. “That’s a pleasant, celebratory factor to be part of, and it’s good to see that mirrored in no matter’s happening within the awards class.”