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From Barbz to Barbie. Nicki Minaj paid tribute to the doll that impressed her personal aesthetic, teaming up with Ice Spice for “Barbie World,” the most recent reduce from the star-studded soundtrack to the Greta Gerwig-directed, Margot Robbie-starring film in regards to the iconic doll. In “Barbie World,” a tune sampling Aqua’s “Barbie World” (try our unique interview with them right here), Nicki and Ice Spice belt out a bubbly pop rap with all of the pink Barbie vibes. Its irresistible beat is an ideal match for Barbie and her Barbie World, as devastatingly stylish as it’s adorably summer-ready.
The video options clips of the movie, together with Ryan Gosling, who performs Ken, playfully flexing his muscle tissues, Barbie (Margot Robbie) and friends dancing in entrance of her Barbie Dream House, a veritable plastic doll flash mob on the seashore, and Barbie and Ken fortunately flipping over in her pink Barbie Corvette. “And I’m built like a Barbie / I’m a doll but I still wanna party,” they sassily rap. Fans are additionally handled to ice Spice in a brief flipped pink wig, Nicki on a pink jet ski, and horny male background dancers acting on Barbie’s pink outside checkerboard.
‘Barbie World’ by Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice is about to launch in 1h 30m.
It is anticipated to be the largest soundtrack single from a movie since Rihanna’s ‘Lift Me Up’ from “The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”#Barbie #BarbieTheMovie
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The Barbie soundtrack incorporates songs by Charli XCX (“Speed Drive”), Dua Lipa (“Dance The Night”), Haim (“Home”), Ryan Gosling (“I’m Just Ken”), The Kid Laroi (“Forever & Again”), Ava Max (“Choose Your Fighter,” an oddly ironic title contemplating her current assault), and extra. The soundtrack will drop on July 21, the identical day the Barbie film is launched in theatres.
Before the discharge, Nicki Minaj got here underneath fireplace when a rapper named Problem (b. Jason Martin) accused Nicki of stealing Saweetie’s thought to pattern Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” for a rap tune for the Barbie soundtrack. Jason alleged that Saweetie’s tackle the 1997 hit would have been known as “Icy Girl” and that Saweetie despatched it over to Nicki for a possible team-up. Now, if Saweetie don’t wanna journey, that’s on her,” he stated, per Vibe, “But we crafted a record that was sent over to Nicki to hop on to submit to the Barbie soundtrack.”
“[Nicki] said she was gonna do it. Then all of a sudden, a new version was created. Yes, it’s a sample, you can do what you want. But …. you can’t hear one thing, say you’re gonna do this, then go do your version. It ain’t happening like that — Anybody that’s in this business knows that that’s not how this works,” he stated. He would additionally go on Twitter to share a clip of Saweetie performing “Icy Girl.”
“As a writer on this, I can confirm this song and idea was sent to her last year to submit for the Barbie movie,” Martin tweeted. “It’s sad to see that the original artist has been pushed off a song that was her idea and was meant for both of them. I have no side in this, but I will be compensated.”
“If or when I need to detail the whole way it went down in regards to this Barbie sh-t, you will understand why all writers need to be compensated with day rates and contracts protecting their intellectual properties the day of,” he added. “Hopefully, this gets sorted out quietly. But please, no, I don’t scare easy.”
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