Billie Eilish Teases New Song, ‘What Was I Made For?’ From ‘Barbie’ OST
A new Billie Eilish song, What Was I Made For?, has been teased on the latest trailer for the eagerly awaited Barbie The Movie.
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The full release of the song will come this Thursday (13 July) and Eilish has already promised her fans it will make them “sob”. To announce the song, the superstar shared a photo on Instagram of the Barbie logo with the track’s title written above it. The caption read: “We made this song for Barbie and it means the absolute worrrrllld to me. This movie is gonna change your lives and hopefully, this song will too. Get ready to sob.”
Eilish is the latest star to reveal that they will be contributing to the Barbie soundtrack album. Singles already released from Barbie so far are Dua Lipa’s Dance The Night, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice‘s collaboration Barbie World, PinkPantheress’ song Angel, Karol G’s Watati, and most recently, Charli XCX‘s Speed Drive.
Billie’s upcoming song, “What Was I Made For?” featured in the new Barbie movie trailer. pic.twitter.com/xF6sXBGfqJ
— billie eilish (@billieeilish) July 10, 2023
Barbie The Movie will be released in cinemas on Friday 21 July, and the soundtrack is out the same day.
The film will star Margot Robbie as the titular icon and Ryan Gosling as her love interest, Ken. Until today, the rest of the cast was kept under wraps. Joining Robbie’s classic Barbie is Issa Rae’s president Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s gymnast Barbie, Nicola Coughlan’s diplomat Barbie, Alexandra Shipp’s writer Barbie, Emma Mackey’s physicist Barbie, Ritu Arya’s journalist Barbie, Sharon Rooney’s lawyer Barbie, Hari Nef’s doctor Barbie and Ana Cruz Kayne’s judge Barbie. Other stars set to appear are Michael Cera, Helen Mirren, Will Ferrell and Jamie Demetriou.
BARBIE: THE ALBUM TRACKLISTING (Atlantic Records/Warner Bros. Pictures)
1. Lizzo – Pink
2. Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
3. Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice – Barbie World (with Aqua)
4. Charli XCX – Speed Drive
5. Karol G – WATATI (feat. Aldo Ranks)
6. Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
7. Tame Impala – Journey To The Real World
8. Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken
9. Dominic Fike – Hey Blondie
10. Haim – Home
11. TBA
12. The Kid Larry – Forever & Again
13. Khalid – Silver Platter
14. PinkPantheress – Angel
15. Gayle – butterflies
16. Ava Max – Choose Your Fighter
17. Fifty Fifty – Barbie Dreams (feat. Kali)