This summer’s Barbie fever may be dying down (just a bit), but Charli XCX is ready to take us back to Barbie Land with a new music video for “Speed Drive,” her contribution to the film’s soundtrack. Check out the visual below.
Directed by Charli and Ramez Silyan, the “Speed Drive” music video doesn’t seem to have the same big budget that Barbie boasted (Charli and Devon Lee Carlson pretty much do donuts in a California parking lot for the entirety of the clip). Still, the addition of the doll’s pink Corvette convertible adds a nice touch, and a pause in the music to tease a new collaboration between the singer and Sam Smith will likely keep the internet buzzing.
“Speed Drive” is Charli’s latest banger to appear on a film soundtrack. Last year, her track “Hot Girl” served as a theme song of sorts for the horror-comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies. Looking ahead, she’ll team with Jack Antonoff to write the music for David Lowery’s Mother Mary, an upcoming A24 feature about a fictional pop star.
Greta Gerwig’s live action story about the Mattel doll has earned a whopping $1 billion at the box office, a first for a film directed solely by a woman. Of those profits, star and producer Margot Robbie is set to take home about $50 million herself.
