Original song written and performed for new film
Oscar, Golden Globe and multiple Grammy Award winning Billie Eilish has released “What Was I Made For?,” taken from the highly anticipated feature-length film, Barbie, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
“Think I forgot / How to be happy / Something I’m not / But something I can be / Something I wait for / Something I’m made for / Something I’m made for,” Eilish sings in the song released by Darkroom/Interscope Records.
“What Was I Made For?” was composed especially for Barbie by Billie Eilish alongside her brother Finneas who produced the track at his home-studio in Los Angeles. The intimate and heart-rending track exists as the sonic background for pivotal scenes through-out the film, while beautifully and poignantly highlighting the film’s important message and sentiment. The track also comes with an official music video, directed by Eilish. The video made its broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, MTV Biggest Pop and on the Paramount Times Square billboards. On making the song and music video, Eilish shared to her fans “to be real with you this all seemed to happen in a time when i really needed it. i’m so so thankful for that.
“What Was I Made For?” will also be released as part of Barbie The Album, the groundbreaking and star-studded musical companion to Barbie. The soundtrack was executive produced by Academy, Golden Globe and 7x Grammy Award winning artist and producer Mark Ronson and Barbie writer/director/executive producer Greta Gerwig. Barbie The Album arrives in stores and at all online retailers on Friday, July 21st in conjunction with the theatrical release of the feature film.
