Aqua – Barbie Girl

“Barbie Girl” – Single by Aqua from the album Aquarium. Released April 1997.

“Barbie Girl” is a song by Danish dance-pop group Aqua. It was released in April 1997 as the third single from the group’s debut studio album, Aquarium (1997). The song was written by Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, and Lene Nystrøm, and was produced by Johnny Jam, Delgado, Rasted, and Norreen.

This was written after the group saw an exhibit on “Kitsch Culture.”

The accompanying music video for “Barbie Girl” was directed by Danish directors Peder Pedersen and Peter Stenbæk, and depicts the band members in different scenes that a Barbie doll would be in. It has Nystrøm dressed as various Barbie dolls skulking around her swimming pool at home after Dif, dressed as Barbie’s love interest Ken, accidentally pulls her arm off. The video was also the number one most requested video in the US, having shot from 30 to number one on The Box. Uploaded to YouTube in August 2010 as of June 2023, the video has more than 1.2 billion views.

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Aqua - Barbie Girl

Aqua - Barbie Girl (Official Music Video)

Although the lyrics seem meaningless, they could be making a statement about the inflated value of sex appeal in society. With abnormally tiny waists and enormous breasts, Barbie dolls are unrealistically proportioned, which her critics claim leads to self esteem and body image issues in young girls. Barbie’s maker, Mattel, responds to these charges by pointing out that Barbie is not supposed to be realistic, and that her outlandish shape is designed so make her easy to pose and dress.