‘Barbie the Album’: Bastille’s Dan Smith Says He Wrote Songs for the Movie but Got Rejected

Dan Smith, popularly known as the frontman of the band Bastille, recently revealed that he wrote songs for the upcoming official soundtrack album of "Barbie The Movie" but his tracks were rejected.

According to NME, the musician was asked by a fan if he has any plans of seeing "Barbie" or "Oppenheimer" in the future since he was talking about films at the time.

The musician said he was excited and then revealed that he almost worked on the official soundtrack of the Greta Gerwig-directed movie.

"Very excited for both of those. In fact, I wrote a couple of songs for the 'Barbie' film (that they didn't use), but it looks incredible so does 'Oppenheimer,'" he said.

As of this writing, the singer didn't reveal the reason why his songs weren't able to make it to "Barbie The Album."

Smith had been working in songs that were featured in projects within the film and television scenes. He previously wrote "Hope For The Future" which was used in the end credits of the climate emergency documentary by Orlando Von Einsiedel titled "From Devil's Breath."

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'Barbie The Album'

Last week, the movie finally announced the singers that will be included in the upcoming official soundtrack record titled "Barbie The Album."

Dua Lipa, who stars in the movie as Mermaid Barbie, already dropped the track "Dance The Night" along with a colorful music video. The lead single was a collaboration with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.

Many fans are excited about the record's release as there are countless musicians featured in it.

'Barbie The Album' Artists

Check out the artists included in the lineup below:

- Nicki Minaj
- Ice Spice
- Karol G
- GAYLE
- HAIM
- FIFTY FIFTY
- Kali
- The Kid LAROI
- Tame Impala
- PinkPantheress
- Dominic Fike
- Khalid
- Charli XCX
- Ava Max
- Lizzo
- Dua Lipa

For those who are excited to stream the songs by the artists mentioned above, the album will be available for streaming starting on July 21, 2023, the same day the movie comes out in theaters.

The first set of musicians isn't complete yet as the promotional social media post for the album noted that there will be more surprises in the future.

In other reports, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice are said to be collaborating again for their own rendition of "Barbie Girl" by Aqua.

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