French composer duo Clément Ducol and Camille took home the original song award at the Oscars on Sunday for their track, “El Mal.” In January, “El Mal” earned the pair a Golden Globe in the same category.

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

For a documentary about his life, John, 77, cowrote new tune “Never Too Late” with Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and Watt. The English superstar is no stranger to the Academy, earning two previous best original song Oscars for The Lion King ’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and Rocketman ’s " (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again.”

The song 'El Mal' from 'Emilia Perez' won the best original song Oscar, while Daniel Blumberg won best original score for 'The Brutalist.'

Emilia Pérez was already the villain of the 2025 Oscars, but songwriter and French singer Camille Dalmais didn’t help her film’s reputation when she started singing, unprompted, during her acceptance speech for Best Original Song.

Clément Ducol, Jacques Audiard, and Camille, March 2025 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

In the end, Emilia Pérez won only two Oscars, potentially resulting from the backlash against the film after the discovery of some offensive tweets by Gascón that were posted in 2020 and 2021.

Zoe Saldaña took home her first Oscar, a best supporting actress nod for her role in “Emilia Pérez.” Now she can also say she’s also the singer of an Oscar-winning song: “El Mal,” marking the film’s second win of the night.