It was certainly an instant success that reached practically the entire planet in times before social networks and viral trends.

Who sings Barbie Girl?

Barbie Girl is a song by Aquaa Danish-Norwegian band made up of Danish musicians René Dif, Claus Norreen and Søren Rasted and Norwegian singer Lene Nystrøm.

What is the name of the Barbie Girl singer?

The Aqua’s singer is called Lene Nystrøm and, in the song, she has the barbie voice while René Dif, his partner, is the one who responds to Ken’s voice.

Origin of the Barbie Girl song

The band’s first name was Joyspeed and thus they released their first album with little success. In interview for Rolling Stone, Søren Rastedhe said that barbie girl was born after he went to “an art exhibition in a store in Copenhagen” where “they took many many Barbie and they made a kind of planet with them. It was big and round. That made me think “Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.” [una de las frases más populares de la canción]. I thought that was a great line. Then I wrote ‘Come on Barbie, let’s go party’”.

What is the meaning of Barbie Girl?

When Rasted shared the idea of barbie girl song reached the band members, Dif began to write his own lines – for many years he was a DJ.

In this same interview, Rasted assures that barbie girl «It’s a song about plastic surgery. Other parts of the song were mainly sexual but, when we had the Mattel lawsuitthe lawyers made us change the story […] But we weren’t really trying to make a statement. «We were just trying to write a fun song.»

What type of music is Barbie Girl?

The song has been classified within the dance music for its perfect rhythm to dance. This genre was one of the most popular of the 1990s and, being a song by a European band, it also falls into Eurodance.

What happened to Aqua?

After the premiere and success of Barbie Girl, Aqua He released two more albums but none with the success of his first single.

In 2001, the band broke up. The main reasons were the estrangements between its members, the singer’s health problems and the lack of creativity for what would be her third album. In 2003, Lene released her first solo album.

Finally, in 2007, Aqua met to do a tour and four years later they released Melomaniatheir third studio album. Currently they continue touring the world with their music as a trio.

Why isn’t the song Barbie Girl in Barbie The Movie?

As expected, Mattel was totally against the Barbie Girl song hence They sued Aqua’s record label.

“The lawsuit had 11 different claims […] They all boiled down, in one way or another, to trademark infringement. They even claimed they infringed what they called ‘Barbie pink,’” Russell Frackman, Aqua’s attorney, told Rolling Stone.

At one point in the lawsuit, Mattel argued that the song could have had another name like Party Girl, for example. The lawsuit lasted approximately five years and eventually reached the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Judge Alex Kozinski ruled in favor of MCA, the Aqua record labeland ended his opinion with the line: “The parties are advised to relax.”