Billie Eilish launched her simmering contribution to the soundtrack of the summer time’s hottest must-see on Thursday morning (July 13), the Barbie film soundtrack ballad “What Was I Made For?” Within the video for the dreamy monitor Eilish sports activities a Barbie-like excessive blonde ponytail and poofy bangs and wears a yellow costume (with matching footwear and earrings, after all) whereas seated at a baby’s desk to open a Barbie-themed field, whose contents she rigorously examines.
“I used to to drift/ Now I simply fall down/ I used to know, however I’m unsure now/ What I used to be made for/ What was I made for?,” Eilish sings in a breathy whisper over a delicate piano backing on the monitor co-written and produced by brother FINNEAS. “Takin’ a drive, I used to be an thought/ Seemed so alive, seems, I’m not actual/ Simply one thing you paid for/ What was I made for?”
The Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning singer directed the clip, wherein she meticulously tries to rearrange the Barbie garments on a tiny rack in a inexperienced void as wind and rain whip them round to her frustration. “Trigger I, I/ I don’t know methods to really feel/ However I wanna strive/ I don’t know methods to really feel/ However sometime I’d/ sometime I’d,” she croons on the refrain.
In accordance with a launch, the “intimate and heart-rending monitor exists because the sonic background for pivotal scenes through-out the movie, whereas superbly and poignantly highlighting the movie’s necessary message and sentiment.”
In an announcement accompanying the video’s launch, Eilish mentioned director Greta Gerwig confirmed her and Finneas a handful of unfinished scenes in January, admitting that the sibling collaborators had, “nooooo thought what to anticipate at ALLL… we have been so deeeeeply moved.. that the following day we have been writing and COULDNT shut up about it lolll andddddddddd ended up writing virtually your entire track that night time. to be actual with you this all appeared to occur in a time when i actually wanted it. i’m so so grateful for that.”
She added that the video she created for it, “makes me cryyyyy.. it means a lot to me and that i hope it’s going to imply simply as a lot to you. don’t have a lot to say apart from that, i believe it’s going to converse for itself🫀 :’’’’) get pleasure from.”
The singer teased the emotional monitor earlier this week in a video wherein a voice was heard telling Barbie (Margot Robbie), to “take my hand, shut your eyes, now, really feel,” backed by a delicate, melancholy piano and Eilish singing the title of the track. “completely over the MOOOOON excited so that you can see this,” she captioned the submit. Finneas and Eilish received one of the best unique track Oscar in 2022 for his or her collaboration on the title monitor to the newest James Bond movie, No Time to Die.
The Mark Ronson-produced soundtrack for Gerwig’s candy-colored toy story may even characteristic contributions from Lizzo, Charli XCX, Karol G, Sam Smith, co-star Ryan Gosling (with Slash), Dominic Fike, Haim, the Child LAROI, Khalid, PinkPantheress, Gayle, Ava Max, Fifty Fifty, Tame Impala and already launched singles from Dua Lipa and Ice Spice with Nicki Minaj; the film will hit theaters on July 21.
Watch the “What Was I Made For?” video under.
