This Barbie is able to celebration. Dua Lipa launched “Dance the Evening,” a brand new unique tune and lead single for the Barbie film, and it is a glowing disco observe that lives as much as its title. If you happen to’re a fan of her album Future Nostalgia (who wasn’t?), this shall be proper up your alley. You have most likely already heard snippets of the tune already from the trailers.
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Lipa, who enchanted us along with her dance-worthy 2020 album, is an ideal musical match for Barbie. The singer instructed Dazed that director Greta Gerwig mentioned “that the entire movie was impressed by disco. There’s lots of very glittery and pop moments in it.” Identical to Lipa’s signature sound.
Along with offering music for the summer season blockbuster, Lipa additionally seems within the movie as Mermaid Barbie. She admits that Gerwig’s involvement is what drew her to the challenge. The director’s “movies by no means actually really feel just like the male gaze. They’ve very attention-grabbing feminine protagonists,” Lipa instructed Dazed.
And whereas the precise plot of Barbie stays secret—even its star, Margot Robbie, is just sharing minor particulars—Lipa briefly weighed in on what to anticipate from the movie.
“Barbie, the doll, has this concept of what perfection ought to be,” she instructed the journal. “The movie–and there’s lots of range within the forged–is touching precisely on the buttons that possibly it presses, and reveals a special story.”
Many extra tunes for Barbie are additionally on the best way. Barbie the Album is dropping in July 21, the identical day because the movie, that includes unique songs from artists like Nicki Minaj, Ava Max, Charli Xcx, Dominic Fike, Dua Lipa, Fifty Fifty, Gayle, Haim, Ice Spice, Kali, Karol G, Khalid, Lizzo, Pinkpantheress, Ryan Gosling, Tame Impala, and The Child Laroi. And sure, that appears to imply Ryan Gosling is releasing his personal Barbie tune, too.
Earlier than we are able to dive into the album, take a hearken to “Dance the Evening” and skim the complete lyrics under:
Child you may
Discover me beneath the lights
Diamonds beneath my eyes
Flip the rhythm up
Don’t you wanna simply
Come alongside for the experienceOh my outfit so tight
You may see my coronary heart beat tonight
I can take the warmth
Child greatest consider
That’s the second I shineCuz each romance
Shakes and it bends
Don’t give a rattlingWhen the nights right here
I don’t do tears
Child no likelihoodI might dance, I might dance, I might dance
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
My coronary heart might be burning however you received’t see it on my face
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
I’ll nonetheless hold the celebration operating not one hair misplacedRecently I’ve been
Shifting near the sting
Nonetheless be trying my greatest
I keep on the beat
You may depend on me
I ain’t lacking no stepsCuz each romance
Shakes and it bends
Don’t give a rattlingWhen the nights right here
I don’t do tears
Child no likelihoodI might dance, I might dance, I might dance
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
My coronary heart might be burning however you received’t see it on my face
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
I’ll nonetheless hold the celebration operating not one hair misplacedWhen my coronary heart breaks
You’ll by no means see it, by no means see it
When my world shakes
I really feel alive, I really feel alive
I don’t play protected
Don’t you recognize about meI might dance, I might dance, I might dance
Even when the tears are flowing
They’re diamonds on my face
I’ll nonetheless hold the celebration going not one hair misplaced
Even when the tears are flowing
They’re diamonds on my face
I’ll nonetheless hold the celebration going not one hair misplacedWatch me, dance
Dance the evening away
My coronary heart might be burning however you received’t see it on my face
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
I’ll nonetheless hold the celebration operating not one hair misplacedWhen my coronary heart breaks
You’ll by no means see it, by no means see it
When my world shakes
I really feel alive, I really feel alive
I don’t play protected
Don’t you recognize about meI might dance, I might dance, I might dance
Dance the evening
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Tradition Editor at ELLE.com, the place she oversees protection on TV, films, music, books, and extra. She was beforehand an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There’s a 75 p.c likelihood she’s listening to Lorde proper now.