Barbie: Dua Lipa’s song was rewritten several times until it fit the scene, reveals Mark Ronson

Barbie: Dua Lipa’s song was rewritten several times until it fit the scene, reveals Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson, who produced the ‘Barbie’ soundtrack, revealed part of the creative process for tracks on ‘Barbie The Album’

Mark Ronsonwho produced the soundtrack for Barbiesaid in an interview with Variety who had to rewrite “Dance the Night”, with Dua Lipaseveral times so that the music fits well with the scenes.

“When Margot do that ‘come here’ with your fingers, that’s when I want to sing ‘Come along for the ride'”, the singer reportedly said during the track’s creative process, according to Ronson. “In fact, we designed this song almost like a score,” the producer continued.

Already Dominic Fike, who plays “Hey Blondie”, “saw the way Ken looks at Barbie when she’s not paying attention” and said “hey, blondie”. “It’s like when a girl you like at school doesn’t look your way, so you throw rocks or something,” he joked. Mark.

Lizzo also watched the film in the studio. She “just started improvising with what was happening on screen,” the musician revealed. “We don’t hesitate to call out the ridiculous.”

“I wasn’t in the room with Sam [Smith]but we watched scenes together and talked a lot, and he had a really nice conversation with Greta about some very deep things that went through my head, about the feminine mystique and all kinds of things. Everything was so visually driven.”

“I’m Just Ken” was initially made based on the script and conversations that the producer shared with the directors Greta Gerwig It is Noah Baumbach: “It was a quiet, humble ballad when we wrote it, but as soon as we saw the scene we realized, ‘This is like Saving Private Ryanbut with Nerf balls,’ so we rebuilt it.”

Ronson still praised Billie Eilish It is Finneas O’Connell for the composition of “What I Was Made For?”: “I know that Billie It is Finneas They only saw 20 minutes of the film to write their song, but they were so moved and understood the emotional weight and general meaning of the film, even in a very crude way.

Source: Rollingstone

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