Ever since Dua Lipa dropped "Dance the Night," her disco-pop soundtrack to Barbie , on May 25, the catchy song has been keeping the party going. The song features prominently in the Barbie movie, when Margot Robbie's Barbie throws "a big rave party with all the Barbies and planned dances," and all Barbie and Kensi dance to it. Custom Songs”. At the same time, the lyrics reveal the conflict at the heart of the story: perfection versus reality.
The "Dance Night" scene is full of glamor and sparkle, but it also reveals that everything is wrong in Barbieland. Halfway through their big ball, Barbie told a friend, "This is the best day ever. Yesterday, tomorrow, and every day from now on." And then came the real record-breaking moment. : "Have you ever thought about dying?" she asked.
This moment and the song that accompanies it perfectly capture Barbie’s struggle. Although she looks perfect on the outside, her inner turmoil pushes her into a full-blown existential crisis. She was the quintessential Barbie to the world, but she felt like she was becoming "the Barbie with irrepressible thoughts of death."
Lipa explained in a July 29 Instagram post celebrating the song's success that she and her "Dance the Night" collaborators Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt and Caroline Ailin always wanted to showcase Barbie's "perfect/imperfect self" dichotomy. The singer wrote in part that they "began planning to write a song based on Barbie's inner thoughts at that moment, based on the rest of her story and the premise of the entire movie."
View on Instagram
The song provides the perfect, positive vibe, and the lyrics alone reveal that pain and conflict are there too. As the song progresses, the true meaning becomes clearer; there are lyrics like "My heart may be burning, but you won't see it on my face" and "Lately I've been/Close to the edge." They reflect Barbie's confusion as she copes with new feelings in Barbie Land, ultimately propelling her on a journey of self-discovery into the real world.
As Robbie explained to Rolling Stone in June, "The lyrics you hear are in response to what's happening on the screen, so the music becomes more than just music—it becomes an enhanced content for the audience to watch and experience. device and must be the voice of the audience.”
Read the full lyrics to "Dance the Night" below.
baby you can
Find me under the light
There are diamonds under my eyes
turn up the tempo
Don't you want to just
Let's go for a ride together
Oh my clothes are so tight
You can see my heartbeat tonight
i can handle the heat
Baby believes the most
That was my moment to shine
Because every romance
shake and bend
don't care
when the night here
I don't cry
Baby, no chance
I can dance, I can dance, I can dance
watch me dance
danced all night
My heart may burn but you won't see it on my face
watch me dance
danced all night
I'll still make the party go smoothly, meticulously
Recently I have been
Move closer to edge
Still in the best condition
I keep the pace
I will handle it
I didn't miss a step
Because every romance
shake and bend
don't care
when the night here
I don't cry
Baby, no chance
I can dance, I can dance, I can dance
watch me dance
danced all night
My heart may burn but you won't see it on my face
watch me dance
danced all night
I'll still make the party go smoothly, meticulously
when my heart is broken
You'll never see it, you'll never see it
when my world shook
I feel alive, I feel alive
I'm not safe
don't you know me
I can dance, I can dance, I can dance
even if tears flow
They are diamonds on my face
I'll still keep the party going, meticulously
even if tears flow
They are diamonds on my face
I'll still keep the party going, meticulously
watch me dance
danced all night
My heart may burn but you won't see it on my face
watch me dance
danced all night
I'll still make the party go smoothly, meticulously
when my heart is broken
You'll never see it, you'll never see it
when my world shook
I feel alive, I feel alive
I'm not safe
don't you know me
I can dance, I can dance, I can dance
dance all night
