Billie Eilish Reacts to Her First Oscar Nomination: “Peak Life Experience”

It appears to be like like Billie Eilish is nicely on her solution to attaining EGOT standing! On Feb. 8, the seven-time Grammy-winning artist snagged her first-ever Oscar nomination for her track “No Time to Die,” which is featured within the 2021 James Bond movie of the identical title. It is also the primary Oscar nomination for Eilish’s brother and artistic companion, Finneas, who cowrote the tune.

Simply hours later, Eilish reacted to her first-ever Oscar nomination. “nominated for an OSCAR 😭😭😭 thanks SO a lot to @theacademy for this nomination!! it was an absolute dream to put in writing a track for a @007 movie and i am so honored that it is nominated. peak life expertise. THANK YOU!!!”

As a result of COVID-19 theater restrictions, “No Time to Die” was launched a yr and a half forward of its accompanying movie. In February 2020, the sister-brother duo mentioned the making of “No Time to Die” in an interview with “Rolling Stone.” “We wrote and recorded the Bond track on a tour bus in Texas,” Finneas mentioned. “We did sure songs on the album in resort rooms. You recognize, that is type of at all times been our philosophy: not letting the place that we’re get in the way in which of constructing nice music.”

Eilish additionally shared that making a track for a James Bond movie was on the pair’s musical want listing for years. “I keep in mind at first of final yr we type of advised our entire workforce, ‘Hey, if any Bond issues come up, we wish to be concerned if we will probably be,'” she recalled. “‘No matter we’ve got to do we’ll do.'”

“No Time to Die” already gained a Grammy Award for greatest track written for visible media, together with a Golden Globe for greatest authentic track. The 94th annual Academy Awards shall be televised on Sunday, March 27, on ABC at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. Within the meantime, try the complete listing of 2022 Oscar nominees.