Massive music stars contributing to film soundtracks… it’s a funny old thing. Ideally, you’re left with a stone-cold classic that stands up alone (just ask Celine Dion, Berlin, Bryan Adams, or about a quarter of the artists to ever do a Bond theme) but mostly the results tend to be headscratchers. To this day, I still have no idea how on earth Justin Timberlake ended up writing the theme tune to the Trollz movie.
So, packed with huge names including Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, Barbie’s soundtrack comes with some fairly lofty (and difficult-to-meet) expectations attached. Oh, and it’s also executive produced by none other than Mark Ronson; one of the brains behind Lady Gaga’s belting theme tune Shallow in A Star is Born.
