Billie Eilish is becoming a member of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s Barbie world with a track for the official soundtrack to the upcoming Barbie film.
The Grammy-winning artist posted information of the track, set to be launched July 13, to her Instagram Thursday. The picture — which options a lot of exclamation factors, pink emojis and an all-capped “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” in its caption — is a handwritten word that includes the track’s title “What Was I Made For?” alongside a capital B within the Barbie emblem font.
“WE MADE THIS SONG FOR BARBIE AND IT MEANS THE ABSOLUTE WORRRRLLLD TO ME,” Eilish wrote. “THIS MOVIE IS GONNA CHANGE UR LIVES AND HOPEFULLY THE SONG WILL TOO. GET READY TO SOB.”
The publish got here only some hours after a Time journal article pointed to the opportunity of a single from the “Bad Guy” songstress, alongside one other beforehand unannounced artist. Within the interview, Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter Mark Ronson, who labored on the soundtrack, teased Eilish’s involvement with out naming her.
“One of the artists is obviously one of the f-cking greatest living artists around but also had a very personal, idiosyncratic tie to Barbie as well,” he mentioned.
In a narrative revealed in Rolling Stone final month, it was first revealed that the movie’s needle drops are “highly specific” to the scenes they’re featured in. In keeping with Time, Gerwig and Ronson gave every artist on the upcoming soundtrack from Atlantic Data a 20-minute have a look at the film for a way of the tone and narrative, with every performer being informed the place the group envisioned their track within the plot.
“You’re hearing lyrics that are responding to what’s happening onscreen, so the music became more than just music — it became a device to enhance what the audience was watching and experiencing, and got to be the voice of the audience,” mentioned star Robbie.
An ’80s-style energy ballad for Ken sung by Ryan Gosling can also be among the many different songs set for the soundtrack, which already launched Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night.” The Barbie film soundtrack — Barbie the Album — will drop the identical day because the movie on July 21, and options artists Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Karol G, Khalid, Ice Spice, Charli XCX, HAIM, The Child Laroi, Ava Max and extra.
