An original song from the upcoming film Barbie will be released on May 26, Friday. Sung by Dua Lipa, the song is titled Dance the Night. The singer announced the news through her Twitter account and captioned, "This Barbie has a song coming this week."
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Greta Gerwig, the film will release globally on July 21.
The film, which features Helen Mirren as the narrator, boasts an ensemble cast, including Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp, America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa, Will Ferrell, Dua Lipa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Connor Swindells, Ariana Greenblatt, Emerald Fennell, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, Ana Cruz Kaye, and Jamie Demetriou.
Barbie is based on Mattel's popular toy line, which started as a doll and expanded into multiple accessories, clothing lines, animation, and other media. This is the first feature-length adaptation of the toy line. In the film, various actors will play different versions of Ken and Barbie.
Greta Gerwig co-wrote the film along with Noah Baumbach. The music for the film is composed by Alexandre Desplat, who earlier collaborated with the director in the 2019 film Little Women.
