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Teen sensation Billie Eilish will perform at the 92nd Academy Awards.
Newly minted Grammy winner Billie Eilish will perform live at the Oscars ceremony next month, organisers said on ednesday night, raising eculation she may debut er recording of the new mes Bond movie eme song. Eilish, 18, swept e Grammy wards recently y taking the our top prizes lbum, record, ong of the year nd best new rtist. She was ly the second musician ever to win all four Grammys on the same night.
Eilish and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made the announcement on their social media feeds, but said that she would only “take to the Oscars stage for a special performance.”
The Los Angeles, USA, teen is not included in the roster of stars who will be performing music nominated in the best original song category, including Elton John, Idina Menzel, Cynthia Erivo, Randy Newman and This is Us actor Chrissy Metz.
It was announced earlier this month, however, that the Bad Guy singer had co-written and would record the theme song for the upcoming Bond movie, No Time to Die. The song has not yet been released, ahead of the movie’s arrival in theatres in April.
The James Bond theme songs have a rich history at the Oscars. Adele won the best original song Oscar for the 2012 movie Skyfall and Sam Smith won in 2016 for Spectre.
The Oscars, the highest awards in the movie industry, will be handed out at a ceremony in Hollywood on February 9.