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Song of the Week delves into fresh songs we can’t get out of our heads. Find these tracks and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist, and for our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our New Sounds on Spotify playlist. This week, Dua Lipa managed to inspire us all in the future Barbie film with the summer, shining “Dance in the Night.”
Folks, a legitimate contender for song of the summer has finally arrived. Dua Lipawho is set to appear in Greta Gerwig’s future cultural change MOVIES Barbie, entered the studio and went to work, assembling a pitch-perfect blend of synth-pop and disco with “Dance the Night.” It’s this sparkling sonic space where the pop star shines brightest: The similarly structured tracks of Lipa’s Future Nostalgia successfully worked its way into our playlists and hearts in 2020, and this latest drop shows that this particular spark isn’t going away anytime soon.
The song begins with dramatic strings before a beat drops that all but requires choreography; Fortunately, a playful, intricate routine is delivered during the chorus of the accompanying music video, interspersed with clips from a dance number promised in the film. “Night Dance” is the first look at very star-studded soundtrack for Gerwig Barbie, which also boasts tracks from Charli XCX, Lizzo, HAIM, and our Ken, Ryan Gosling himself. (“City of Stars” prepared him for this and only this!)
While the plot details for Barbie remains relatively slim, we know that Greta Gerwig has a strong voice as a writer and clear vision as a director, and a recent interview with Vogue gives a glimpse into the headspace she was in when writing the script around the iconic Mattell doll: Gerwig discusses the Genesis creation story, feminist theory, and grappling with mortality. She wasn’t here to play, and neither was Dua Lipa when working on this track. Additionally, the pink, disco-toned music video features a cameo from Gerwig herself.
There’s a lot of joy to be found in being young and growing up, and even if it’s not always all sunshine and rainbows (as Margot Robbie’s Barbie realizes in the film), girlhood and friendship are always worth celebrating. So for this Barbie? I will keep “Dance in the Night” on repeat until I walk into the theater on July 21st to experience the film in its entirety.
— Mary Siroky
Associate Editor
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