This Barbie is able to get together. Dua Lipa launched “Dance the Night time,” a brand new unique music and lead single for the Barbie movie, and it is a glowing disco observe that lives as much as its title. In case you’re a fan of her album Future Nostalgia (who wasn’t?), this might be proper up your alley. You’ve got most likely already heard snippets of the music already from the trailers.
Lipa, who enchanted us together 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 venture. The director’s “movies by no means actually really feel just like the male gaze. They’ve very fascinating feminine protagonists,” Lipa instructed Dazed.
And whereas the precise plot of Barbie stays secret—even its star, Margot Robbie, is simply sharing minor details—Lipa briefly weighed in on what to anticipate from the movie.
“Barbie, the doll, has this concept of what perfection needs to be,” she instructed the journal. “The movie–and there’s lots of variety within the forged–is touching precisely on the buttons that perhaps it presses, and reveals a distinct story.”
Many extra tunes for Barbie are additionally on the way in which. 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 music, too.
Earlier than we are able to dive into the album, take a take heed to “Dance the Night time” and skim the complete lyrics beneath:
Child you possibly can
Discover me below the lights
Diamonds below my eyes
Flip the rhythm up
Don’t you wanna simply
Come alongside for the tripOh my outfit so tight
You’ll be able to 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 may very well be burning however you received’t see it on my face
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
I’ll nonetheless maintain the get together working not one hair misplacedThese days I’ve been
Shifting near the sting
Nonetheless be wanting my greatest
I keep on the beat
You’ll be able to 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 may very well be burning however you received’t see it on my face
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
I’ll nonetheless maintain the get together working 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 secure
Don’t you realize 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 maintain the get together going not one hair misplaced
Even when the tears are flowing
They’re diamonds on my face
I’ll nonetheless maintain the get together going not one hair misplacedWatch me, dance
Dance the evening away
My coronary heart may very well be burning however you received’t see it on my face
Watch me, dance
Dance the evening away
I’ll nonetheless maintain the get together working 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 secure
Don’t you realize 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, motion pictures, 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.