Billie Eilish says it’s “crazy” to be included in the list of Oscar-winning Bond song creators and that she wanted “above all” to make Daniel Craig happy.
The “No Time To Die” singer said she “didn’t want to disrespect the franchise in any way” and tried to make it “authentic.”
She and her brother Finneas O’Connell won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday.
The ‘No Time To Die’ singer didn’t want to “disrespect the franchise in any way” and tried to make it “authentic” (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
“I really wanted to pay my respects to every aspect of Bond and I’m from the US, I’m American and I didn’t want to take anything away,” she told the PA news agency, speaking of the Oscars. Interview room of the winners.
“It’s so incredible to be on the list of people who wrote Bond songs, it’s so, so crazy and I don’t really know how to process it.”
Of Craig she said: “He’s the sweetest man alive and I really wanted him to love it, I wanted him to feel like it represented his years and his last film.
“Most of all I wanted him to be happy, he’s James Bond.”
I really wanted to pay tribute to every aspect of Bond and I’m from the US, I’m American and I didn’t want to take anything awayBillie Eilish
She added, “I really didn’t mean to disrespect the franchise in any way.”
The pop megastar said the process was “exhilarating” and that the couple put “so much pressure” on themselves to make the son “perfect.”
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“It’s been such a big part of our lives for so long that we were even involved was incredible,” she said.
“It was very exciting and also scary and we had so much pressure on ourselves that we took it on ourselves.
Billie Eilish, right, and Finneas O’Connell accept the Best Original Song award for “No Time To Die” from No Time To Die” (Chris Pizzello/AP)
“We just wanted it to be perfect.”
O’Connell added, “It was really important to us that it sounded like a Billie Eilish song and a James Bond song at the same time, not one or the other.”
Eilish, 20, added that she was “thrilled” at having grown up and “appreciating the greatness around me.
“When you’re so young, it’s hard to understand how big the cause is and how important things are,” she said.
The couple performed the Oscar-winning song during Sunday night’s ceremony (Chris Pizzello/AP)
“You meet a kid… and you’re like, ‘They have no idea how cool that is.’
“I’m so thrilled that growing up has taught me to be more aware of the greatness around me.”
The couple performed the Oscar-winning song during Sunday night’s ceremony.
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/billie-eilish-its-insane-to-join-the-list-of-oscar-winning-bond-songwriters-41494058.html Billie Eilish: ‘It’s crazy to join the list of Oscar-winning Bond songwriters’