Meryl Streep Praises Billie Eilish & Finneas: “You Have Delivered The ‘Barbie’ Love Bomb”

Meryl Streep praised Billie Eilish and Finneas as she took to the podium at the Palm Springs Film Awards last night, where she presented Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award, Actress, for Maestro. She started off by paying tribute to the songwriting duo who had just received an award for their song “What Was I Made For?” from the Barbie soundtrack.

They became the first songwriters to ever receive the Chairman’s Award at Palm Springs. In a moment that brought back memories of Steven Spielberg’s remarks to Tom Cruise last year when he thanked him for saving the movie business with Top Gun: Maverick , Streep told Billie and Finneas that they “have delivered the ‘Barbie’ love bomb, You saved the movies last summer and all of our jobs.

You’ve delivered joy to countless generations and genders of people, and you should surf that wave, kids, until you’re old and deserve to be jaded like me.” Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was the highest grossing movie of 2023 with $1.4 billion in ticket sales, and is the highest grossing Warner Bros.

film in history. You can watch Streep’s speech below. Meryl Streep praises previous #PSIFF2024 winners this evening Billie Eilish and Finneas and Paul Giamatti before she presents Carey Mulligan with her International Star Award, Actress award for ‘Maestro’ pic.twitter.com/dnvpcf1Z1V — Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 5, 2024.