Should you have been one of many many moviegoers that made Barbie an enormous success over the weekend, you’re in all probability nonetheless desirous about one pivotal second on the finish that entails the brand new Billie Eilish music “What Was I Made For?” Because it seems, The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey is true there with us, additionally, she has the angelic vocal cords to grace us together with her model of the emotional music.
Technically Halle Bailey is already a Barbie contemplating her Mattel Ariel doll was an enormous bestseller earlier this 12 months, however now she’s actually giving Mermaid Barbie with a current Instagram publish. The actress and singer took to social media to share an unbelievable cowl of “What Was I Made For?” and it’s completely giving me chills.
Halle Bailey actually is Princess Ariel as a human. Her unbelievable vocals have been supported by the app’s echo filter, and he or she completely elevated Billie Eilish’s music to sound like a Mermaid Barbie getting into from the depths of the ocean to sing her personal need music, not in contrast to “A part of Your World.” It’s a stunning rendition of the observe that’s merely going to depart me with goosebumps all day.
“What Was I Made For?” was written by Billie Eilish and her normal collaborator and brother Finneas O’Connell. The music was crafted after Barbie’s soundtrack producer Mark Ronson invited the songwriters to observe Greta Gerwig’s film. After Billie and Finneas skilled the film months earlier than it turned 2023’s largest blockbuster but, they have been impressed by Barbie’s themes to craft the music, which is how we acquired the hit.
Eilish shared with Billboard that she “didn’t suppose” about herself as soon as whereas writing it. Nevertheless, after the Oscar winner wrote it, she realized how each phrase actually spoke to how she was feeling in a approach she wouldn’t have been capable of faucet into with out the film serving as a immediate. Eilish’s involvement in Barbie was introduced simply weeks earlier than the film’s launch and alongside the music popping out, she launched this video, which she directed as properly:
Whereas within the context of Barbie, the music serves as an internal monologue for Margot Robbie’s Barbie as she questions her personal place on the earth, the music additionally has a double that means. It may be a moderately existentialist observe about questioning one’s place on the earth. It notably is a music Billie Eilish, and even Halle Bailey, can doubtless relate to given their lives are on show continuously. Simply have a look at the strains: “Taking a drive, I used to be a super. Regarded so alive, seems I’m not actual. Simply one thing you paid for.”
We love seeing Halle Bailey casually cowl “What Was I Made For?” as Barbie turns into the largest 2023 new film launch thus far. Barbie is in theaters now.
