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when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

WARNING !! MINOR SPOILERS
So I just saw the movie, and I'm having some mixed feelings about it.  First of all, Margot Robbie did a fantastic job, she brought such emotional weight to the story and she served, every single second that she was on screen. All the actors did good. Shout out to Michael Cera! I found his Alan so endearing, he's one of the gorls and I can see this movie reviving interest in the character (in terms of toy demand). The writing in the movie was very self-aware, even breaking the fourth wall to address that we're watching a movie starring Margot Robbie, and it was camp. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it was a little cringe. All-in-all it was a fun movie, instant classic.
The soundtrack worked a lot better than expected. The context of the Lizzo track is so goofy, it's basically played-straight narration to Barbie's morning routine, with very literal lyrics saying exactly what's happening on-screen. I don't think they actually used Ava Max or Dominic Fike? If they did, it was either instrumental backing music or end credit stuff I missed. But they played a huge chunk of Speed Drive twice in a row and it served. The two "Best Weekend Ever Edition" bonus tracks have a larger presence in the film than a majority of the standard tracks. Barbie World is an end credits song, so you don't have to hear it for long if you don't want to.
As someone who cares too much about random lore, I hate hate HATE what they did with the subjects of Midge and the inception of Barbie. They reduced Midge to a running gag, calling her the bad pregnant doll that was discontinued for being *weird*, which is untrue and also minimizes her role in Barbie history. She only appears for brief intervals so they can make fun of her existence, and they completely ignore that Alan's the father & husband despite his prominence in the film. I also HATE how they put Ruth Handler on a pedestal, praising her as the inventor of the first ever fashion doll. This isn't true. Ruth saw children in Germany playing with a doll known as Bild Lilli, and she stole the design with no authorization or credit in regards to the original inventor. Ruth did not invent fashion dolls, she just brought them to the US, and the film does revisionist history to pretend that's not the case.

I hope we're getting an extended cut later this year, cuz this scene was deleted and I wonder what else was left on the cutting room floor
 

I feel like it has demo / half-baked energy, but I feel that way about a lot of the soundtrack
The movie is SO detail oriented and (dare I say) timeless, and I wish the artists that appeared on the album would've brought that same energy instead of aiming for a trending TikTok sound. Why is the Tame Impala track only a minute and a half long? Doesn't even feel like a song at that point, it's a score piece. The production styles of everything did suit the film well though.

I feel like it has demo / half-baked energy, but I feel that way about a lot of the soundtrack
The movie is SO detail oriented and (dare I say) timeless, and I wish the artists that appeared on the album would've brought that same energy instead of aiming for a trending TikTok sound. Why is the Tame Impala track only a minute and a half long? Doesn't even feel like a song at that point, it's a score piece. The production styles of everything did suit the film well though.

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

I feel like it has demo / half-baked energy, but I feel that way about a lot of the soundtrack
The movie is SO detail oriented and (dare I say) timeless, and I wish the artists that appeared on the album would've brought that same energy instead of aiming for a trending TikTok sound. Why is the Tame Impala track only a minute and a half long? Doesn't even feel like a song at that point, it's a score piece. The production styles of everything did suit the film well though.

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

This just gave me the biggest heartbreak ever. Because wait-

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter 

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@Elle selling our data for Lana concert tix as we speak

when Lady Gaga sings "love me, love me, please retweet" and no one gets it because Musk erased Twitter