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\u201cIt was really nice to be able to turn off my conscious brain of \u2018How do I feel?\u2019 and just write from a character who I know<\/em> exactly how she feels, because I watched the movie,\u201d Eilish said. \u201cI never would have been able to write any of that song if I had tried to be vulnerable about my own life and experience, so it was really a perfect vessel.\u201d The song became one of the movie\u2019s sonic through lines, and parts of the instrumentation were woven into multiple scenes.<\/p>\n Movie soundtracks occasionally attract major Grammy attention: Recently, Kendrick Lamar received eight nominations<\/a>, including best album, for his role as executive producer of the LP accompanying \u201cBlack Panther.\u201d (The film took home two Grammys in 2019.) Beyonc\u00e9 received six nominations<\/a> for her work on \u201cBlack Is King\u201d in 2021. (She won two for the film, which helped give her the record<\/a> for most Grammy wins by a female artist.)<\/p>\n In 2002, the LP accompanying \u201cO Brother, Where Art Thou?\u201d won album of the year, a feat previously achieved by \u201cThe Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album\u201d in 1994, \u201cSaturday Night Fever\u201d in 1979 and \u201cThe Music From Peter Gunn\u201d in 1959. \u201cThe Graduate\u201d and \u201cThe Bodyguard\u201d produced record of the year winners in \u201cMrs. Robinson\u201d and \u201cI Will Always Love You.\u201d<\/p>\n Yet the \u201cBarbie\u201d soundtrack is unique in featuring so many artists who seemed to intuitively grasp the movie\u2019s candy-colored aesthetic and range of sincere moods, ranging from the forlorn to the celebratory. The movie was last year\u2019s biggest pop culture phenomenon not named Taylor Swift, and the music reflects its broad, cross-genre appeal, including songs from rappers (Ice Spice), a psych-rock band (Tame Impala), a Latin music superstar (Karol G) and a poppy indie trio (Haim).<\/p>\n Eilish\u2019s \u201cWhat Was I Made For?\u201d reached No. 14 on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100, won a Golden Globe last month, and now has the chance to be the rare track that takes home both song of the year at the Grammys and best original song at the Oscars \u2014 a benchmark reached by crossover hits like Barbra Streisand\u2019s \u201cThe Way We Were\u201d and Celine Dion\u2019s \u201cMy Heart Will Go On.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe movie did bring people together, from different walks of life and cross-sections of society \u2014 which is like, \u2018When\u2019s the last time we all did that?\u2019\u201d Wyatt said. \u201cThat\u2019s a nice, celebratory thing to be a part of, and it\u2019s nice to see that reflected in whatever\u2019s going on in the awards category.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n