Barbie summer season isn’t over but — not if Charli XCX has one thing to say about it. On Wednesday (Aug. 16), the “Beg For You” singer launched her long-awaited music video for “Pace Drive,” practically one month after the theatrical launch of Nice Gerwig’s Barbie.
The English pop star saved the visible considerably easy, showing alongside social media character Devon Lee Carlson in a pink convertible automobile. Charli takes the passenger seat in a white onesie, pink feathered boa and sun shades, whereas Carlson kicks the automobile into overdrive to do doughnuts in an deserted car parking zone. Simply moments after getting out of the automobile to bounce to the monitor, Charli’s cellphone rings — to the tune of her 2016 car-centric monitor “Vroom Vroom” — and she or he accepts a name from a particular good friend who additionally seems on Barbie: The Album.
“Did you’ve an opportunity to take heed to the brand new combine, babe? What did you suppose?” Sam Smith asks her from a dressing room, sporting a satin pink gown. “I’m really on set of a music video proper now,” Charli tells the “Man I Am” singer. “Oh okay, sorry, it’s simply that we gotta submit it so we are able to get it out,” they add, to which Charli suggests, “Possibly I can name you again proper after and we are able to speak, is that good?” “Adore it,” Smith replies.
The monitor then picks up once more, and — after a make-up, hair and wardrobe adjustment — Charli wildly dances to the music in a black overcoat and pink baseball cap as Carlson continues to whip across the car parking zone. Charli later rejoins her for a drive, however they crash — seemingly a nod to the pop star’s 2022 album, Crash.
Following the discharge of Barbie: The Album, “Pace Drive” grew to become Charli XCX’s first music since 2014 to chart on the Billboard Sizzling 100, peaking at No. 73 on the all-genre tally. The monitor was featured prominently in Barbie throughout a scene through which the titular character escapes inept Mattel executives.
Watch the visible for “Pace Drive” within the video beneath.
