Billy Idol Reacts to Exciting Oscars Announcement: 'Beyond Grateful'
- - Billy Idol Reacts to Exciting Oscars Announcement: 'Beyond Grateful'
Geca FloresDecember 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Billy Idol is celebrating a major career milestone after receiving recognition at the 2026 Oscars.
On Wednesday, the organization presented the artists and films shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards across 12 award categories. This includes Animated Short Film, Casting, Cinematography, Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Live Action Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song) and lastly Sound and Visual Effects.
For the Best Original Song category, the legendary rock star made it to the list along with other well-deserved artists.
Among those considered for the nomination are "As Alive as You Need Me to Be” from Tron: Ares, “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless, “Dream as One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash, “Drive” from F1, “The Girl in the Bubble” and “No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good, “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters, “Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest, “I Lied to You” and “Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from Sinners, “Our Love” from The Ballad of Wallis Island, “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light, “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!, “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams and of course, Idol’s “Dying to Live” from his documentary film, Billy Idol Should Be Dead.
Billy Idol attends the "Billy Idol Should Be Dead" premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on June 10, 2025 in New York City.
Following the announcement, the 70-year-old music icon took to social media to express his gratitude for the honor.
In an Instagram post, he said he was “beyond grateful” to be recognized by the Academy and shared his excitement about bringing the upcoming film to fans.
He wrote, "Dying To Live” from the forthcoming feature documentary "Billy Idol Should Be Dead" is included on the shortlist in the category of Best Original Song for the 98th Academy Awards. We are beyond grateful to the members of the Academy for this acknowledgement and cannot wait to share the film with you in early 2026!” along with the image of a theatrical release poster.
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Idol was the co-writer for “Dying to Live” along with J. Ralph and collaborators Steve Stevens, Tommy English and Joe Janiak, as mentioned by The Hollywood Reporter.
The “Eyes Without a Face” hitmaker shared what sparked his inspiration to write the song.
“Seeing the landscape of my story all laid out inspired me to want to write a song for the end of the film that brings together what I saw in the film; all the strands of my life really,” he mentioned in a statement as cited by the outfit. “It was thrilling to work together with J. Ralph. Symphonic music has a unique cinematic authenticity; we felt this was essential to capturing the range of emotions the climactic moment of the film called for.”
Billy Idol Should Be Dead made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival last June and the film is expected to hit streaming platforms sometime in early 2026.
When and Where to Watch the 2026 Oscars
The Academy will begin its nominations voting on Jan. 12 and continue until Jan. 16. The announcement of nominations will be made on Jan. 22.
Meanwhile, Ovation Hollywood will be filled with glitz and glam once again as the 98th Oscars will take place at the Dolby Theater on March 15.
Hosted by Conan O'Brien, who will be reprising his role as the host for the second straight year, the Oscars will be broadcast on ABC and stream on Hulu.
Related: Billy Idol's Emotional Reaction to Death of Dear 'Friend' and Music Legend
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