Dua Lipa unveils new song from Barbie soundtrack

Dua Lipa has unveiled her new song Dance The Night, featuring on the upcoming Barbie movie soundtrack.

Dance The Night has been named as the first single off the film’s soundtrack – titled Barbie: The Album – and was released alongside a music video featuring clips of the movie and a cameo from Barbie director Greta Gerwig.

Lipa initially teased the new song’s release on Tuesday via an Instagram video. She has also been set to appear as a version of the iconic Mattel doll in the upcoming movie.

“This Barbie has a song coming this week… FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BST,” the singer captioned the video, with a snippet of the upbeat track playing in the background.

Sharing the music video on Thursday, she wrote, “DANCE THE NIGHT written for @barbiethemovie OUT NOW EVERYWHERE!!! Watch the full video on youtube and you can listen / stream the song on all streaming platforms I wrote this song with my friends @iammarkronson @wyattish @carolineailin and we hope you LOVE IT! Barbie out in cinema’s July 21st!!!!”

The tracklist for the full Mark Ronson-produced album was revealed on Thursday, featuring songs by Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, HAIM, Charli XCX, and the film’s star Ryan Gosling.

Barbie: The Album has been scheduled for release in conjunction with the Barbie film on 21 July.