Diane Warren‘s nonetheless all smiles, maintaining the religion that at some point that Oscar will make its strategy to her mantel.

We caught up with the legend herself — after 15 near-misses, the songwriter’s hoping her sixteenth shot after submitting her track “The Journey” will lastly carry that trophy dwelling.

Wins or losses, Diane’s all concerning the greater image on the finish of the day … telling us she’s past pleased with the track, particularly because it’s featured in “The Six Triple Eight” — the brand new Netflix movie she’s enthusiastic about.

Check out the video … Diane dives into how the Kerry Washington-led Netflix flick’s real-life story sparked her to put in writing the track, sung by H.E.R.