Greta Gerwig listened to Dua Lipa’s ‘Barbie’ song “100 times” in one morning
nme.comGreta Gerwig listened to Dua Lipa‘s Barbie song ‘Dance The Night’ “100 times” in one morning, according to Mark Ronson.Ronson produced the soundtrack to the new movie, featuring artists including Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Charli XCX, Sam Smith, Billie Eilish, Haim, PinkPantheress, Karol G and FIFTY FIFTY.Speaking to NME in a new feature, Ronson said he was desperate to work on the soundtrack.“The minute I knew Greta was directing the film, that she was writing it with her partner Noah [Baumbach], and that it was Barbie… I signed up.
I mean, I did read the script. And the script was incredible. But honestly, if it had been bad I still would have said yes,” he said.Asked to write something quick for Barbie’s first big musical number, Ronson only had a week before choreography began to come up with something to fit the scene.“It felt like if I did a good job on that track there might be a chance to do more,” he recalled. “But it was getting close to the deadline and I didn’t have anything.
Finally, at the last minute, I had this track that I liked. I named it ‘Tastes Like Barbie’ and sent it in overnight. I knew it was already mid-morning in England, where they were filming.
I always turn my phone off before I go to bed but I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t resist checking my email.
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