The Harajuku Barbie and the 'Munch (Feelin' U)' raptress release their song for the upcoming live-action 'Barbie' movie along with the visuals that sees them cruising around the all-pink Barbie world.
- Jun 23, 2023
AceShowbiz - Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have officially entered the Barbie world as they have released their new song "Barbie World". On Wednesday, June 22, they unleashed the highly-anticipated "Barbie" soundtrack in full along with the music video that sees them turning into Barbie dolls.
In the visuals accompanying the track, both raptresses play in the dreamy Barbieland. They ride jet skies among the surreal pink clouds as the "Munch (Feelin' U)" femcee cruises around the all-pink town in a pink convertible.
"And I'm bad like the Barbie (Barbie) (I'm a Barbie girl)/ I'm a doll but I still wanna party (Party) (In the Barbie world)," Nicki and Ice take turns rapping the lyrics on the song, which interpolates and reinterprets Aqua's iconic song "Barbie Girl".
"Barbie World" is produced by Mark Ronson and the fourth single from "Barbie the Album", following Dua Lipa's "Dance the Night", Karol G's "Watati" and PinkPantheress' "Angel". The soundtrack album will be released the same day the Greta Gerwig-directed movie opens in U.S. theaters, Friday, July 21.
The song marks the second time Nicki and Ice collaborated. The two previously linked up on the remix of the Bronx femcee's "Princess Diana", which was released back in April. It debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Prior to the release of "Barbie World", Nicki was accused of stealing the song idea from Saweetie. During an Instagram Live, rapper JasonMartin, formerly known as Problem, claimed he was a writer on the tune that originally belonged to the "Best Friend" raptress,
"Y'all gon' give me what I deserve," he stressed. "Now, if Saweetie don't wanna trip, that's on her … But we crafted a record that was sent over to Nicki to hop on to submit to the 'Barbie' soundtrack."
He went on detailing, "She said she was gonna do it … Then all of a sudden, a new version was created. Yes, it's a sample, you can do what you want. But n***a, you can't hear one thing, say you're gonna do this, then go do your version. It ain't happening like that. Anybody that's in this business knows that that's not how this works."
Over on Twitter, Jason wrote, "As a writer on this, I can confirm this song and idea was sent to her last year to submit for the Barbie movie. It's sad to see that the original artist has been pushed off a song that was her idea and was meant for both of them. I have no side in this, but I will be compensated."
Neither Nicki nor Saweetie has responded to Jason's claims.
