In tandem with the tune’s full launch Friday (June 23), New York rappers Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have additionally unveiled the official music video for his or her “Barbie World” collaboration.
Doused in numerous shades of pink and that includes a litany of ripped Ken-like background dancers, the “Barbie World” music video is the final word doll dream. Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, the visible finds Minaj and Spice recreating some scenes from the trailer of the Greta Gerwig-helmed movie, placing their finest Barbie poses and lording over an extravagant recreation of the Barbie Dreamhouse.
“Barbie World” marks the second collaboration between Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice. The 2 rappers beforehand joined forces, together with Ice Spice’s go-to collaborator RiotUSA, for “Princess Diana,” a remix of the unique observe from Ice’s Like EP, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Scorching 100. The tune contains a outstanding pattern of AQUA’s seminal 1997 hit single “Barbie Woman.” The Danish Europop band can be formally credited on the tune.
Within the months main as much as the official begin of the Barbie promotional marketing campaign, there have been studies that AQUA’s “Barbie Woman,” which peaked at No. 7 on the Scorching 100 again in 1997, wouldn’t be used within the movie. In 2002, Mattel, the producer behind the enduring doll, misplaced its lawsuit towards MCA Information and everybody concerned within the manufacturing and advertising and marketing of “Barbie Woman.” The Barbie creators alleged that AQUA’s tune violated Mattel’s copyright and prompted shoppers to mistakenly imagine that the corporate backed the tune. MCA additionally sued the model for defamation. In the end, each fits had been thrown out and all additional appeals had been declined.
