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1 day agoWhat happened at last night's American Music Awards
The American Music Awards showcased iconic performances and honored both legends and current stars in Las Vegas.
"I've done nothing but make friends all year and gotten so close with people that I wasn't with before, and became friends with people I used to be friends with again. It's just been a year filled with friendship, honestly even though I was saying there was a lot of things I want to do, that was the real... thing that I wanted to do," she explained after being asked whether she achieved what she wanted to in the past year.
In its muted opening sequence, Eilish coats that titular lyric in sarcasm: Man, am I the greatest, she sighs, reflecting on a doomed relationship that seems to have suffered from some lopsided affection. As the song builds to its cathartic conclusion, though, a soaring melody allows her defenses to drop away. I loved you, and I still do, she sings. Just wanted passion from you, just wanted what I gave to you.