![]() As they compete for the coveted once-in-a-lifetime Spotlight Solo from Times Square, the friends discover competition isn't all about winning, it's about striving to be your best, overcoming doubts, and sharing the spotlight. Barbie! Fast friends, the two discover they share more than a name as they explore New York City and all the amazing things they have in common. Barbie swaps the sunny shores of Malibu for the bright lights of Broadway to attend an excusive summer performing arts program and meets. The video was released on the 140th September 2018, and has already gained over 15 million views in less than a week."Discover double the singing and double the fun in this all-new musical movie Barbie Big City, Big Dreams. The rest of the song shows Nicki Minaj in an array of colourful outfits, hair and backgrounds, singing along to the song with an occasional puppet in her hand. ![]() The song and Minaj are introduced by a Sesame Street-style puppet welcoming everyone to the song, with the automated clapping sound you often hear on pre recorded television shows. The music video is directed as well as produced by Hype Williams, who took a fairly simple approach with the visually depicting song. Minaj took to twitter to emphasise the all the individuals she called out and talked about in the song were all people she knew well and was close to, so there no pain intended by it, simply “light hearted fun”.įor most part of the song, the backing track is the same as the “Just Playing (Dreams)” track, until the last verse of the song where the beat completely changes to an upbeat, almost chaotic one – a more traditional demonstration of today’s rap and hip-hop music scene. Needless to say, the song was met with some backlash. ![]() The chorus consists of Minaj’s version of “Just Playing (Dreams)” chorus, singing about how she dreams of being intimate with the rappers she just mentioned. “Drake worth a hundred milli, he always buyin’ me sh*t”, or “had to cancel DJ Khaled, boy, we ain’t speakin'”, are some of the few famous faces she mentions. From rapper Drake to professional boxer Mike Tyson, Minaj pokes fun at an array of male celebrities. In Minaj’s version it’s the polar opposite: she calls out and jokingly insults today’s most popular male athletes and artists. ![]() sings about his love and desire for renowned female R&B singers at the time. “Barbie Dreams” is Minaj’s personal rendition of rapper The Notorious B.I.G.’s recrd “Just Playing (Dreams). So, it appears she it took it upon herself to change that notion – and “Barbie Dreams” does just that. Of course, a lot of her music as been deemed as “inappropriate” or “crude” or even “disgusting”, but Minaj has always emphasised how women are often judged for singing about embracing their sexuality or talking about their sexual endeavours, while men are celebrated for them. Minaj was one of the first female rappers to break the sexist and misogynistic tone that a majority of rap and rappers follow – by simply singing as sexually as her male counterparts. Nicki Minaj (whose real name is Onika Maraj) has come a very long way since her infamous “Super Bass” track back in 2011. ![]()
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