Movie 'Barbie (2023)' Poster and Billie Eilish - 'What Was I Made For?'
The Healing Music more than the Original Soundtrack 'Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?'
(The Delicious Original Soundtracks)
Everyone knows that "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish won Best Original Song at the 96th Academy Awards (Oscar 2024). This song is originally the soundtrack of the blockbuster movie "Barbie". Besides that award, this soundtrack also achieved many awards including a Grammy award, Golden Globe award and so on.
Even though this song is quite distinct from the movie’s plastic-pink aesthetic, it surprisingly became a mega-hit song. The deeper themes of this song have struck a deep chord with fans. Nevertheless, the fans acknowledge that this piano-driven ballad is not just the movie soundtrack to support its movie, "Barbie", it is more likely to be a Healing Music.
So why, why are we so sure that, "What was I made for?" by Billie Eilish is a healing music? Let's take a look.
The Healing Music More Than the Soundtrack.
If you listen to this song, you should do something beforehand. Close your eyes and forget the "Barbie" film you had watched. Don't try to understand the lyrics, but just listen to the music and melody of it. The somber piano construct with major scores would lead you to a tranquil mood at first. When the humming tunes and depressive melody are mixed with the piano music well, it becomes a melancholic song.
At this point, Eilish used "half air, half sound" vocal technique to shine the melody more and it seems like the song will go brighter later. The song would bring you to a calm and relaxed mood by its downbeat even if you don't understand the lyrics.
However if you listen to the meaning of the lyrics, especially the parts "What was I made for?", it will drop our feeling deeper and frustrated. This question is reflecting to us. Billie Eilish has said that The repeated lyrics in the chorus, “What was I made for?” could resonate with anyone questioning their identity and purpose in the world.
It is so true, we all have sometimes asked "what is the meaning of life?". Sometimes we feel like a pawn. Sometimes we lose, and sometimes we've lost our prompt. The self-questions of our inner thoughts are mentioned in the lyrics. We may feel like someone is talking about our untold concern and is consoling us.
It is so comfortable to listen to this song and it also gives a peaceful time for a while. That is why the ballad of the cute, Fun and Pinky movie with the soulful lyric written by Billie Eilish and smooth piano produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell became one of the best songs of 2023.
“I want to dedicate to anyone who experiences hopelessness and the feeling of existential dread and feeling like, what’s the point and why am I here and why am I doing this for?” Billie Eilish
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