Camille On Music “As A Force For Good And Progress” As El Mal From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Takes Best Original Song

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“We are so grateful,” said Camille, letting out a great “whoo hoo” as she and Clément Ducol accepted the Oscar for Best Original Song for El Mal in Emilia Perez. “We wrote El Mal as a song to denounce corruption and we hope it speaks to the role that music and art can play and continue to play as a force of the good and progress in the world.” The pair wrote the music and, in a rare occurrence, shared the lyric credit with Jacques Audiard, director of the much-nominated Netflix musical crime drama Ducol and Camille are also up for Best Original Score for Emilia Pérez.

Saldana, who performs with Karla Sofía Gascón, just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. The film received 13 nominations, the most of any in the field.

But it’s been dogged by controversy over resurfaced racist tweets by trans star Gascón. She plays a ferocious Mexican cartel boss who undergoes surprising transition with the help of Rita, Saldana’s character.

In El Mal, Saldana jumps and dances from tabletops, exposing the hypocrisy of the Mexican elite. The composers have said they wrote six versions of the song. “We wanted to make the song feel like a cabaret in hell,” Ducol said in a video clip as a dapper looking Mick Jagger introduced the category.