Billie Eilish and her brother/musical collaborator Finneas O’Connell won a Grammy for her James Bond movie theme No Time to Die on Sunday.
The superstar siblings looked ecstatic as they were announced the winners during the pre-show ceremony, hosted by Trevor Noah, virtually.
‘Oh my God! What?! Thank you so much, that’s so insane,’ the Everything I Wanted hitmaker, 19, gushed. ‘It was a dream to make this song. To work on this. I have no words, I can’t believe this is real.’
Breaking history again: Billie Eilish and her brother/musical collaborator Finneas O’Connell won a Grammy for her James Bond movie theme No Time to Die on Sunday
After the singer thanked Barbara Broccoli, Hans Zimmer, Daniel Craig and all those involved in the forthcoming spy film, she nudged O’Connell to speak.
‘Thanks Billie for letting me write this song with you. I feel very lucky to be your brother,’ the record producer, 23, said.
Their win made history for being the first time ‘a song for a film not yet released has won,’ according to Variety.
According to the outlet, the Grammy soundtrack traditionally ‘disqualifies a song when voters cannot yet see the movie it was written for, but the 2020 pandemic dictated a modification to the usual rule.’
Joyous: The superstar siblings looked ecstatic as they were announced the winners as they appeared at the ceremony, hosted by Trevor Noah, virtually
‘Oh my God! What?! Thank you so much, that’s so insane,’ the Everything I Wanted hitmaker, 19, gushed
The superstar siblings won their category over Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber; Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth; Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; and Cynthia Erivo and Joshuah Brian Campbell.
Eilish is also nominated for Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for Everything I Wanted.
Last year, the Bad Guy performer and O’Connell swept all four major categories at the Grammy Awards.
Sweet: Meanwhile Finneas thanked said he felt ‘lucky to be’ Eilish’s brother
At just 18, at the time, she accepted a total of five awards and became the youngest artist and the first woman to win all four of the awards’ major trophies.
The pair were shocked over winning Best New Artist, Album, Record, and Song of the Year as they truly believed the tracks Truth Hurts and Old Town Road would edge them off in most categories.
‘Yeah, if I’d bet on anyone, I would have lost money in us winning everything,’ the lead singer and songwriter of the band The Slightlys told Vogue in 2020. ‘I was hopeful about album of the year, and that’s one that I’m really proud of, because I love listening to that album front to back.’
Amazing: They made Grammy history for being the ‘first time in Grammy history that a song for a film not yet released has won,’ according to Variety
‘No, not our sibling dynamic, but it’s changed our ability to go places together, which is too bad. I wish that weren’t the case,’ he revealed. ‘We just love each other and are honest with each other, and we speak the same creative language. There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.’
As he navigates his own booming career, which included working on Selena Gomez’s hit single Lose You to Love Me, the performer doesn’t feel pressure following up Billie’s massively successful debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
‘I don’t walk away from this week thinking, ‘I can’t wait to come back in two years and win more,’ he told the publication. ‘I’m just like, ‘We did that.’ Now I’m like, cool, I can focus on other dreams of mine.
One year ago: Last year, the Bad Guy performer and O’Connell swept all four major categories at the Grammy Awards; seen in 2020
He added: ‘I really want to do music work in film and theater in the next five years.’
When reflecting on the historic night, Finneas revealed there is no way to prepare for their winning streak.
‘We were hoping…between the two of us, we had 11 nominations, so we were brave enough to hope that maybe we’d get one,’ he said when asked about expecting a sweep like they had. ‘I would have been thrilled with that.’
Winning streak: At just 18, at the time, she accepted a total of five awards and became the youngest artist and the first woman to win all four of the awards’ major trophies; seen in 2019