The new Barbie trailer has been accompanie by a great musical display that. Incidentally, has cast some doubt on the soundtrack.
Yesterday we shared with you the main trailer for Barbie. The film by Greta Gerwig (Little Women) co-written with her prolific partner, Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story). The trailer expanded what we already knew about the story of the wayward Barbie played by Margot Robbie.
After being “exiled” from Barbielan for not being perfect enough. Barbie ends up in the real world, trying to find herself. She will be accompanied by her inseparable Ken from her. Who will be playe by Ryan Gosling (Star City: La la land).
Two seconds of song raises the big question with the soundtrack of Barbie
Music is a big factor in the Barbie movie, leading many to fantasize about the presence of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl.”
Months ago, the representative of Lene Nystrøm, lead singer of Aqua, assured that the song “Barbie Girl” would not be part of the soundtrack of the Greta Gerwig film. However, there may be a nuance at the end.
We will have the “Barbie Girl”, although not the original
Well known is the legal dispute between Mattel and MCA Records, Aqua’s record label, over the song “Barbie Girl”. With the manufacturer acting as the producer of the Margot Robbie film, it seemed very difficult for us to find the theme on the soundtrack.
Two seconds of song raises the big question with the soundtrack of Barbie
But, at the end of the main Barbie trailer, we hear a short snippet of the song that has made more than one raise their eyebrows.
The film has featured its lineup via Rolling Stone, but Aqua is nowhere to be found. The “Barbie Girl” that we are going to hear in the film will be a version by Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj, although it will have some fragments of the original theme.
Two seconds of song raises the big question with the soundtrack of Barbie
Barbie will be released in theaters on July 21, 2023 to bring Mattel’s most famous doll to the big screen in what will be one of the summer movies.