Hannah Lux Davis Built the ‘Barbie World’ of Her Dreams, With Nicki Minaj’s Help

It is not an exaggeration to say that Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is one of the most hotly anticipated films of this summer. Its shared release date with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (July 21) has become a meme of its own, with people all over the world claiming to be meticulously planning out their day around a “Barbenheimer” release-day double feature.

One of the many, many things to be excited about this film is its soundtrack. The mere mention of it invites plenty of questions: Who is on it? Did Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” make the cut, despite Mattel’s litigious history with the group? Is Nicki Minaj, whose entire aesthetic is closely tied to Barbie, involved? Which other current and rising pop girls are getting their moment in Barbieland?

Now that most of the tracklist for Barbie’s soundtrack—including songs by Lizzo, Charli XCX, and Ken himself, Ryan Gosling—has been announced, we know that not only is Nicki Minaj a part of the soundtrack, but she’s joined by Ice Spice on a remix of the original “Barbie Girl.” The song, “Barbie World,” dropped last week as a single ahead of the film’s release, alongside a music video that same day.

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