Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Achieve EGOT Status With Emmys Win

variety.com:

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The prestigious EGOT club just gained two new members: Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

The duo, who already have an Oscar for “La La Land” and a Tony and Grammy award for “Dear Evan Hansen,” secured their EGOT with an Emmy win for “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from “Only Murders in the Building” (co-written with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman) won for best song.

Speaking backstage after the win, Paul said, “It’s obviously thrilling and very wild to think about getting to do it alongside two of our heroes who gave us our very first job in television, makes it most meaningful.” He continued, “Getting to do it with a collaboration that was one of the most joyful that we’ve ever had in our careers on a TV show that was is one of our favorite history of television shows, on a show that is so joyful to work on.” Paul added, “What makes it all so very new?

It’s one of those things that you could actually say without equivocation, was great. We had a wonderful time. The show was wonderful.