This week, Halle Berry and Warner Bros Records will be releasing a movie soundtrack that’s just as much a statement to the music industry as it is to the film it’s for. The soundtrack to the Netflix film Bruised will feature only woman artists, a rarity that needs to become the standard.
The soundtrack will feature six original songs and seven previously unreleased tracks inspired by the film. The lineup of artists isn’t just some of the best women in hip-hop and R&B, but some of the best artists in all of music. Seven months after becoming the youngest African-American to win an Academy Award for her song “Fight For You,” H.E.R. lends her golden touch to the soundtrack with her song “Automatic Woman” and possibly the title track of the film, according to Berry in an interview with Variety. Cardi B not only executive produced the soundtrack and helped handpick the songs to be featured, but the record-breaking rapper also contributes her own track, “Bet It.” TikTok mastermind Saweetie and club goddesses City Girls join Young M.A, Baby Tate, Erica Banks, Big Bottle Wyana, Ambre, DreamDoll, Latto, Rapsody, and Flo Milli for an all-woman soundtrack fit for a film celebrating the complex strength of womanhood.
