Barbie the Album
Barbie: The Album | |
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Soundtrack album by various artists | |
Released | July 21, 2023 |
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Length | 44:05 |
Label | Atlantic |
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Singles from Barbie: The Album | |
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Barbie: The Album is the soundtrack album for the 2023 film Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. It was released by Atlantic Records on July 21, 2023, the same day as the film's North American theatrical release.
Background
On May 25, 2023, Rolling Stone reported that the Barbie soundtrack would be produced by Mark Ronson and would feature original songs by Ava Max, Charli XCX, Dominic Fike, Fifty Fifty, Gayle, Haim, Ice Spice, Kaliii, Karol G, Khalid, the Kid Laroi, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, PinkPantheress, Tame Impala, and cast members Dua Lipa and Ryan Gosling, with additional surprise artists being revealed at a later date.[1][2] That evening, the soundtrack's partial tracklist was released.[3]
On July 6, 2023, Billie Eilish was announced as the soundtrack's first surprise artist.[4][5] Eilish's inclusion on the album had been speculated after she posted a neon pink Barbie sign on her Instagram account a week prior.[6] On July 10, 2023, Sam Smith was announced as the soundtrack's second surprise artist.[7]
Production
Before signing on to the Barbie project, producer Mark Ronson received a text from his friend, Barbie music supervisor George Drakoulias, that simply stated, "Barbie?"[8][9] Before Barbie rehearsals could begin in two weeks' time, director Greta Gerwig needed a disco song that would form the basis of highly-choregraphed dance number. She sent Ronson a playlist of what she had in mind for the soundtrack—"guilty pleasure music" or "Peloton pop"—including songs from Andrea True Connection and Xanadu.[4] Ronson and colleague Andrew Wyatt created a backing track that Gerwig loved and used for the cast's dance rehearsals. This song would later become "Dance the Night" by Dua Lipa.[8][10][11]
Over the course of a year, Ronson was tasked with curating a soundtrack that matched Gerwig's vision for Barbie. Gerwig and Ronson had made a "wish list" of artists they wanted on the soundtrack, and as the film was being edited in post-production, they would show scenes from the film to these artists.[4][8] Ronson stated, "Everybody would watch the scene and come back a week or two weeks later, and got exactly to the heart of everything we were trying to do."[10]
In April 2022, Aqua's manager Ulrich Møller-Jørgensen stated that the band's 1997 hit "Barbie Girl" would not be included on the film’s soundtrack.[12] However, actress Margot Robbie, who plays Barbie, reportedly begged Gerwig to include the song in the film, and Gerwig assured Robbie that she would find a way to incorporate the song in "a cool way."[10] Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice were then signed to perform a remix of the song for the soundtrack, titled "Barbie World". Aqua are credited as both co-writers and performers on the track.[13][14]
Release
Barbie: The Album was released on July 21, 2023. In addition to several variants of vinyl records and cassette tapes offered on the soundtrack's official website, the album was also released in exclusive colors and designs for Target, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Hot Topic, and Urban Outfitters.[15][16] Ahead of the soundtrack's release, listening parties were held at select record stores in the United States, Latin America, and Europe on July 18.[17]
Singles
On May 22, 2023, Dua Lipa announced that her single "Dance the Night" would be released at midnight on Friday May 26 BST.[18] The accompanying music video was also released that day and included a cameo by Gerwig.[19] Ronson shared a screenshot of a direct message he sent to Lipa on Instagram in 2022, asking her to co-write and perform a song on the soundtrack for a "huge 60-person dance number", which would later become "Dance the Night".[20][21] On June 10, "Dance the Night" debuted at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.[22] It peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 29.[23]
One week later, on June 2, Karol G released her single "Watati".[24] Rolling Stone reported that Karol G had visited Ronson's studio to watch scenes from the film on April 15, 2023, the same day she performed on Saturday Night Live.[10] The accompanying music video for the single was released on June 15.[25]
PinkPantheress released the soundtrack's first promotional single, titled "Angel", on June 9.[26][27]
On June 10, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice announced that their single "Barbie World" would be released on June 23.[13] The music video, which featured Barbie likenesses of Minaj and Ice Spice, was also released on June 23.[28][29] "Barbie World" debuted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 8.[30]
Charli XCX released the soundtrack’s second promotional single "Speed Drive" on June 30.[31][32]
On July 6, Fifty Fifty released the third and final promotional single "Barbie Dreams" featuring Kaliii.[33]
Billie Eilish was revealed to be the first surprise artist of the soundtrack on July 6. That day, she announced that her song "What Was I Made For?" and its accompanying music video would be released on July 13.[4][5] Eilish teased the single and video in a July 12 tweet.[34]
Best Weekend Ever Edition
On the same day as the soundtrack's release, a cover of Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine" performed by Brandi Carlile and her wife Catherine Carlile and a cover of Matchbox Twenty's "Push" performed by Ryan Gosling were released as part of the deluxe edition of the soundtrack, titled Best Weekend Ever Edition.[35][36]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 65/100[37] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Evening Standard | [38] |
The Guardian | [39] |
The Independent | [40] |
Metro | [41] |
NME | [42] |
Pitchfork | 5.4/10[43] |
Rolling Stone UK | [44] |
RTÉ | [45] |
Barbie: The Album received a score of 65 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on nine critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.[37] Many critics cited the album's diversity of sound. Jim Pollock of AP News called it an "eclectic sprawl of a soundtrack that can be enjoyed from start to finish." He also noted, "The soundtrack works because the contributors understood the assignment. Collectively, they deliver a dreamhouse of songs that are each at least a little better than they have to be. The tracks succeed both as cinematic elements and as standalone songs. The result is a worthy, danceable bookend to the classic Saturday Night Fever soundtrack of a generation before." On the contrary, some critics felt that the album lacked coherence. Adam White of The Independent called the soundtrack "erratic" and noted that tracks like "Home" by Haim and "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish felt "slightly jarring when surrounded by hot-pink boppery, like a pair of Negative Nancys showing up to spoil your birthday party."[40]
Some critics have emphasized that this is a commercial operation and not an artistic one. Shaad D'Souza of The Guardian found in the project an "union of art and advertising" writing that it "makes it clear that there are charts to beat, goals to reach, and, of course, dolls to sell" believing that "someone like PC Music head and Beyoncé collaborator A. G. Cook might have been able to do for the album what Gerwig has supposedly done for her film, bringing self-referential, existentialist pathos to mainstream art". D'Souza also points out that it is a "pretty good promo for many of the pop A-listers signed to Warner Music Group (Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Charli XCX), as well as some of the C-listers (Gayle, Ava Max)."[39]
Negative reviews also felt that the album contained several weak links. Outside of "a few cute selections" like PinkPantheress's "Angel" and Dua Lipa's "Dance the Night" and "more clever than the rest of Barbie’s selections" Charli XCX's "Speed Drive", Cat Zhang of Pitchfork stated that "these throwaway products should largely be left on the shelf".[43] Tomás Mier of Rolling Stone stated that Khalid's "Silver Platter" and The Kid Laroi's "Forever & Again" "felt out of place on the record and [didn't] enhance the LP’s Kendom portion."[46] Madeline Roth of The Daily Beast wrote, "It's not as excellent or as fine-tuned as it could have been, thanks to a few busted interlopers, but there’s plenty to enjoy as the Summer of Barbie rages on."[47] Alex Rigotti of NME wrote, "The soundtrack has some wonderful highs and some miserable lows – but then again, it’s not all rosy in Barbie Land."[42]
Reviewing the film, Courtney Howard of The A.V. Club wrote, "Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt's pop soundscape bolsters the synthetic atmosphere in Barbie Land, but they thread the needle perfectly in the Real World, blending musical themes from Billie Eilish's ballad 'What Was I Made For?' to land the palpably moving moments."[48]
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Pink" |
| Lizzo | 2:23 | |
2. | "Dance the Night" |
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| Dua Lipa | 2:56 |
3. | "Barbie World" |
| RiotUSA | Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua | 1:49 |
4. | "Speed Drive" | Easyfun | Charli XCX | 1:57 | |
5. | "Watati" |
| Ovy on the Drums | Karol G featuring Aldo Ranks | 2:46 |
6. | "Man I Am" |
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| Sam Smith | 3:07 |
7. | "Journey to the Real World" | Kevin Parker | Parker | Tame Impala | 1:27 |
8. | "I'm Just Ken" |
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| Ryan Gosling | 3:42 |
9. | "Hey Blondie" |
| Ronson | Dominic Fike | 2:21 |
10. | "Home" |
| Haim | 3:46 | |
11. | "What Was I Made For?" |
| Billie Eilish | 3:42 | |
12. | "Forever & Again" |
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| The Kid Laroi | 2:19 |
13. | "Silver Platter" |
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| Khalid | 2:45 |
14. | "Angel" |
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| PinkPantheress | 2:03 |
15. | "Butterflies" | Berin | Gayle | 2:16 | |
16. | "Choose Your Fighter" | Cirkut | Ava Max | 2:17 | |
17. | "Barbie Dreams[a]" |
| Space Primates | Fifty Fifty featuring Kaliii | 2:29 |
Total length: | 44:05 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Performer(s) | Length |
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18. | "Push" |
| Ryan Gosling | 3:23 | |
19. | "Closer to Fine" | Brandi Carlile | Brandi Carlile and Catherine Carlile | 5:52 | |
Total length: | 53:31 |
Notes
- "Barbie World" contains a sample of "Barbie Girl", written by Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif and Lene Nystrøm, and performed by Aqua.
- "Speed Drive" contains an interpolation of "Mickey", written by Michael Chapman and Nicholas Chinn, and performed by Toni Basil; and an interpolation of "Cobrastyle", written by Klas Åhlund, Joakim Åhlund, Patrick Arve, Ewart Brown, Fabian Torsson, Troy Rami, Paul Rota, David Parker and Sylvia Robinson, and performed by Robyn; which itself is a cover of "Cobrastyle", performed by Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra.
- "Watati" is stylized in all caps.
- "Butterflies" contains an interpolation of "Butterfly" performed by Crazy Town, based on a sample of "Pretty Little Ditty" as perfomed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, written by Seth Binzer, Bret Mazur, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith. It is stylized in all lowercase.
- "Barbie Dreams" contains an interpolation of "Together Again", written by Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr., and performed by Janet Jackson.
Personnel
All credits are adapted from CD liner notes.[49]
- Mark Ronson – soundtrack album producer, bass (1, 8–9), guitar (1–2), synths (1, 8–9), orchestral arrangement (1, 11), Fender Rhodes (track 2), additional production (track 11)
- Kevin Weaver – soundtrack album producer, piano (track 1), synths (track 1), orchestral arrangement (track 1)
- Brandon Davis – soundtrack album producer
- Greta Gerwig – soundtrack album executive producer
- George Drakoulias – soundtrack album executive producer
- Brandon Creed – soundtrack album co-producer
- Joseph Khoury – soundtrack album co-producer
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Questlove – drums (track 1)
- Aaron Draper – percussion (track 1)
- Andrew Wyatt – piano (track 1), synths (1–2, 8), bass (track 2), background vocals (track 8), choir arrangement (track 8), additional production (track 11), orchestral arrangement (track 11)
- Dave Guy – trumpet (track 1)
- Michael Leonhart – trumpet (track 1)
- Ray Mason – trombone (track 1)
- Ian Hendrickson-Smith – saxophone (track 1)
- MJ Buckley – saxophone (track 1)
- Ricky Reed – drum programming (1, 6), Moog Bass (track 1), piano (track 6), synths (track 6), guitar (track 6)
- Matt Dunkley – orchestral arrangement (1, 8)
- Daniel Escobar – engineering (track 1)
- Ethan Shumaker – engineering (1, 6)
- Jens Jungkurth – engineering (track 1)
- Manny Marroquin – mixing (1, 4, 6, 10, 12)
- Manhattan Center Orchestra – orchestra (1–2, 8)
- Cameron Gower-Poole – vocal production (track 2), engineering (track 2)
- Caroline Ailin – background vocals (track 2)
- Picard Brothers – keyboards (track 2), programming (track 2), additional production (track 8)
- Brandon Bost – programming (2, 8), engineering (2, 8–9)
- Jake Ferguson – assistant engineering (2, 8–9)
- Serban Ghenea – mixing (2–3, 16)
- Bryce Bordone – assistant mix engineering (2–3, 16)
- Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – additional production (track 3), Nicki Minaj vocal engineer (track 3)
- Rob Kinelski – mixing (5, 11)
- Eli Heisler – assistant mixing (5, 11)
- David Odlum – Sam Smith vocal engineer (track 6)
- Kevin Parker – recording (track 7), mixing (track 7)
- Slash – lead guitar (track 8), rhythm guitar (track 8)
- Wolfgang Van Halen – rhythm guitar (track 8)
- Josh Freese – drums (track 8)
- Mike Richiuti – piano (track 8)
- Roger Manning – synths (track 8)
- Geoff Foster – male choir recording engineer (track 8)
- Peter Cobbin – scoring engineer (track 8), female choir (track 8)
- Kirsty Whalley – scoring engineer (track 8), female choir (track 8)
- Daniel Hayden – Pro Tools recording (track 8)
- Alex Venguer – USA Orchestra recording (track 8), piano recording engineer (track 8)
- Ben Parry – choirmaster (track 8)
- Ricky Damian – engineering (track 8)
- Mike Clink – Slash recording (track 8)
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing (8–9)
- Adam Hong – engineer for mix (8–9)
- Abbey Road Studios Orchestra – orchestra (track 8)
- Ryan Raines – co-production (track 9), drums (track 9), percussion (track 9)
- Henry Kwapis – co-production (track 9), keyboards (track 9), guitar (track 9), programming (track 9)
- Dominic Fike – vocals (track 9), acoustic guitar (track 9)
- John Muller – engineering (track 9)
- Dani Perez – assistant engineering (track 9)
- Este Haim – vocals (track 10), bass (track 10)
- Alana Haim – vocals (track 10), guitar (track 10)
- Rostam Batmanglij – drum programming (track 10), synth bass (track 10), piano (track 10), synths (track 10), 12-string guitar (track 10), string arrangement (track 10), engineering (track 10)
- Gabe Noel – cello (track 10)
- Jake Hallenbeck – synths (track 10)
- Joey Messina-Doerning – engineering (track 10)
- Lauren Marquez – engineering (track 10)
- Nick Noneman – engineering (track 10)
- Billie Eilish – vocal production (track 11), engineering (track 11), vocals (track 11), synths (track 11)
- Finneas – engineering (track 11), piano (track 11), synths (track 11), electric bass (track 11), percussion (track 11), vocal arrangement (track 11)
- Louis Bell – programming (track 12)
- James Keeley – engineering (track 13)
- John Wilkenson Derisme – bass (track 13)
- Denis Kosiak – mixing (track 13)
- Jonny Breakwell – mixing (track 14)
- Andrew Grasso – drums (track 15)
- Chris Condon – drum engineering (track 15), guitar (track 15)
- Pedro Calloni – mixing (track 15)
Charts
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[50] | 1 |
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[51] | 48 |
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[52] | 28 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[53] | 57 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Various | July 21, 2023 | Standard | Atlantic | [54][55] | |
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Best Weekend Ever Edition | [56] | |||
CD | Ken: The Album | [57] |
Notes
- ^ "Barbie Dreams" is only available in the digital version, in the limited edition sky blue vinyl records, in the Ken: The Album CD, and in the Best Weekend Ever Edition.
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