Meryl Streep didn’t maintain again her appreciation for Billie Eilish and Finneas after the 2 made historical past on the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards on Thursday.
Streep, who was available to current the International Star Award to Carey Mulligan, praised the siblings after they accepted an award for the tune “What Was I Made For?” off the “Barbie” soundtrack.
“You have delivered the Barbie love bomb,” mentioned Streep of the observe from the hit 2023 movie.
She continued: “You saved the movies last summer, all of our jobs. You’ve delivered joy to countless generations and genders of people. And you should surf that wave, kids – until you’re old and deserve to be jaded like me.”
Streep’s remarks arrived after Eilish and Finneas grew to become the primary songwriters to obtain the Chairman’s Award on the ceremony, in line with Deadline.
The observe acquired 5 nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards, together with within the Song of the Year class.
Eilish, in an acceptance speech on the ceremony, mentioned she was moved by “Barbie” after experiencing a “dark episode” across the time when the siblings had been requested to work on the tune.
“I was just watching Barbie say and feel things that I really, really, really resonated with and felt so close to,” Eilish mentioned.
“And I felt so seen and I did not expect that and I think that this movie is the most incredible, most empowering and beautiful and funny and just unbelievable piece of art in the world and I’m so so honored to be a part of it.”
