Alyssa Bailey
Billie Eilish brought a very fresh take on the school uniform to the Golden Globes last Sunday. Tonight, the Barbie singer did it again, putting an unexpected twist on a black corset dress at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. Eilish wore the dress over a white top. The look was by Thom Browne. Her hair was styled straight and up.
Eilish is nominated again for Best Song for the film’s track “What Was I Made For?”
Eilish and her brother, Finneas, spoke to Entertainment Weekly in December about creating the acclaimed song. The Oscar buzz surrounding the track is “surreal,” Eilish said. “The fact that we were nominated in the first place for ‘No Time to Die’ was insane.”
Eilish recalled that she was asked to write “What Was I Made For?” during “a dark, slow period of time.”
“I was also in a weird place mentally in my life,” she explained. “We were in the studio and did come up with stuff, but nothing felt right [for my next album]. I don’t think I was able to be vulnerable and self-aware about my life and surroundings. That makes it hard to write sometimes. When we had this new thing to write about that wasn’t [about] my life, it was almost relieving. I didn’t have to worry about how I felt. I could just write from the perspective of this character. What was amazing is immediately after, I realized it was absolutely about me and my life. I didn’t even mean to do that.”
Eilish added that she did not foresee the song having the resonance it has had, especially on TikTok. “I was pleasantly surprised,” she said. “That happens every time. Every time we make a song, it’s still, ‘Oh my God, I hope people like it.’”
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
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