Lady Gaga, Rihanna earn greatest unique track Oscar nominations

By Associated Press

LOS ANGELES: Lady Gaga and Rihanna earned Oscar nominations Tuesday in a greatest unique track class that discovered Taylor Swift neglected.

Gaga was nominated for “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” whereas Rihanna turned a first-time nominee by “Lift Me Up,” a track from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The music superstars will compete on the 2023 Academy Awards in March.

Swift’s “Carolina” from “Where the Crawdads Sing” did not get a nomination within the class. The track was thought of an Oscar hopeful after receiving nominations for different awards together with the Golden Globes.

Gaga co-wrote the “Top Gun” track with BloodPop, the uber-talented producer-songwriter who has created songs for a number of large names together with Madonna, Britney Spears and Justin Bieber. It’s the fourth nomination for Gaga, who received an Oscar in 2019 for “Shallow” with Bradley Cooper.

Rihanna made her long-waited return to music with a serious splash on the ballad “Lift Me Up,” which was written as a tribute to the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who died from most cancers in 2020. She created the track with Tems, the movie’s director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson, who took residence an Oscar 4 years in the past for his work on the primary “Black Panther” movie.

“This song touched a lot of people,” Göransson mentioned. “That’s one of many lovely issues you are able to do if you write music. There are instances when music has a life exterior of the movie. It lives on. It’s lovely to see the way it connects with individuals.”

Diane Warren acquired her 14th Oscar nomination by her track “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.” The prolific songwriter was acknowledged with an honorary Oscar on the Governors Awards final yr.

“It’s amazing to be appreciated by my peers again,” mentioned Warren, who stayed up all night time at a pizza celebration with pals whereas ready for nominations, simply as she did final yr. “I never take the nominations for granted.”

Other greatest unique track nominees are M.M. Keeravaani’s “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR,” which was written by Chandrabose, and “This is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The latter monitor was created by Mitski, David Byrne and Ryan Lott, who alongside along with his band Son Lux was additionally nominated for greatest unique rating.

“I feel like I’m on top of the world. This is the best feeling,” mentioned Keeravaani, who added that he wasn’t stunned with the nomination as a result of he was “very confident in his work.”

Keeravaani mentioned he hopes his nomination by the Oscars’ platform can spotlight different artists from India.

“It’s important so that more and more music and talented artists from my country can have a chance to get this kind of recognition, so that the world embraces India music more than ever,” he mentioned.

LOS ANGELES: Lady Gaga and Rihanna earned Oscar nominations Tuesday in a greatest unique track class that discovered Taylor Swift neglected.

Gaga was nominated for “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” whereas Rihanna turned a first-time nominee by “Lift Me Up,” a track from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The music superstars will compete on the 2023 Academy Awards in March.

Swift’s “Carolina” from “Where the Crawdads Sing” did not get a nomination within the class. The track was thought of an Oscar hopeful after receiving nominations for different awards together with the Golden Globes.

Gaga co-wrote the “Top Gun” track with BloodPop, the uber-talented producer-songwriter who has created songs for a number of large names together with Madonna, Britney Spears and Justin Bieber. It’s the fourth nomination for Gaga, who received an Oscar in 2019 for “Shallow” with Bradley Cooper.

Rihanna made her long-waited return to music with a serious splash on the ballad “Lift Me Up,” which was written as a tribute to the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who died from most cancers in 2020. She created the track with Tems, the movie’s director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson, who took residence an Oscar 4 years in the past for his work on the primary “Black Panther” movie.

“This song touched a lot of people,” Göransson mentioned. “That’s one of many lovely issues you are able to do if you write music. There are instances when music has a life exterior of the movie. It lives on. It’s lovely to see the way it connects with individuals.”

Diane Warren acquired her 14th Oscar nomination by her track “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.” The prolific songwriter was acknowledged with an honorary Oscar on the Governors Awards final yr.

“It’s amazing to be appreciated by my peers again,” mentioned Warren, who stayed up all night time at a pizza celebration with pals whereas ready for nominations, simply as she did final yr. “I never take the nominations for granted.”

Other greatest unique track nominees are M.M. Keeravaani’s “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR,” which was written by Chandrabose, and “This is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The latter monitor was created by Mitski, David Byrne and Ryan Lott, who alongside along with his band Son Lux was additionally nominated for greatest unique rating.

“I feel like I’m on top of the world. This is the best feeling,” mentioned Keeravaani, who added that he wasn’t stunned with the nomination as a result of he was “very confident in his work.”

Keeravaani mentioned he hopes his nomination by the Oscars’ platform can spotlight different artists from India.

“It’s important so that more and more music and talented artists from my country can have a chance to get this kind of recognition, so that the world embraces India music more than ever,” he mentioned.