Billie Eilish Reacting to Every Occasion Was the True Cinematic Magic of the 2020 Oscars
The 2020 Oscars was worth watching for several reasons, especially when Billie Eilish wordlessly expressed her feelings in the moment throughout the evening.
She was in attendance at the 92nd Academy Awards to cover “Yesterday” for the memoriam performance, and each time the cameras panned to the “Bad Guy” singer in the crowd, she had a reaction. It would be fair to say she stole quite a bit of the spotlight with her slightly perplexed facial expressions.
In fact, her facial expressions were a gift to the pantheon of awards show GIFs. As she reacted authentically to various things, memes came in strong and they came in immediately.
As the cameras panned to Eilish quite often throughout the telecast, she outdid herself every time. The most popular clip on Twitter was a snapshot of her reacting to Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig’s fun Best Production Design and Best Costume Design presentation that saw the comedy powerhouses cycling through charming satirical numbers. But look! There she was reacting to Eminem’s surprise performance of “Lose Yourself” that truly appeared to a surprise a number of people in the crowd. This reaction was another all-night favorite.
It is of course entirely possible that Eilish was reacting after noticing the cameras on her at these points in the production.
Case in point: https://twitter.com/bilstyjo/status/1226698406522953729
One simply doesn’t know what someone in attendance at the Oscars is truly thinking or feeling, and we may never know. Just ask Jennifer Garner. And in the case of Winona Ryder’s noteworthy face journey at the SAG awards, chalk it all up to the acoustics.
But we do know one thing: Her face launched plenty of memes, and they can be very useful. See a sampling of 2020 Oscars Billie Eilish memes below.
make billie eilish the new joker 2020 https://t.co/tI2lCVzT13
— Megan Farokhmanesh (@Megan_Nicolett) February 10, 2020
Me: is there an “ok, boomer” look?@billieeilish: pic.twitter.com/03LyQuDUzh
— drew olanoff (@yoda) February 10, 2020
"mom stop embarrassing me" - billie eilish pic.twitter.com/hJuuDUpdNq
— ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) February 10, 2020
Does Billie Eilish...know who The Beatles even are?? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/K5ErJotB5y
— Corey MacEachern (@coreymaceachern) February 10, 2020
10/10 meme economists would invest in this new Billie Eilish / drake meme format!! pic.twitter.com/qwmWETmkBZ
— Meme Economy (@MemeBroker) February 10, 2020
when a boomer says college used to cost $134 pic.twitter.com/lAKKh6IPTe
— ziwe (@ziwe) February 10, 2020
Billie is me 😏🤔 pic.twitter.com/7VCYNQWGKZ
— Sally Holmes (@sallyholmes) February 10, 2020
Billie Eilish's confused reaction to Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig is my life mood #oscars #oscars2020 pic.twitter.com/XaApD4AVnz
— Jessica Lynch (@jesskalynch) February 10, 2020
BILLIE’S FACE LMAOOOOO #Oscars2020 pic.twitter.com/7UQZ64fP7A
— peyton⁷ IS SEEING BTS (@VANTAESTICS) February 10, 2020
“would you like pineapple on that?” https://t.co/LoDYL0JJN8
— Zachary Jacobson (@JacobsonAZach) February 10, 2020
Billie eilish watching eminem perform his heart out and probably realised that whispering isn't a talent. 😂#Eminem #Oscars pic.twitter.com/BnFGqUdfRC
— Jayanth Muthalagan (@444jayanth) February 10, 2020
Reaction of the night was brought to you by Billie Eilish #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Qc8NfnCeCM
— The Geek Point (@TheGeekPoint_) February 10, 2020
Billie Eilish and her faces are the best part of the #Oscars. pic.twitter.com/Yo3rUyejtl
— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) February 10, 2020
And the best reaction goes to...Billie Eilish #Oscars pic.twitter.com/mfwtZjshRj
— Brent Lang (@BrentALang) February 10, 2020