‘Barbie’ Made A Very Unexpected Joke About An Indie Rock Legend

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The Barbie soundtrack album is full of artists you would expect in a Barbie movie, like Lizzo, Charli XCX, and Dua Lipa. Even the Matchbox Twenty song makes sense, considering director and co-writer Greta Gerwig’s affinity for bands that reached their commercial peak in the 1990s. But a Stephen Malkmus reference That came out of nowhere.

Spoilers to follow, but during a sequence where the Barbies are intentionally making the Kens feel so smart as a distraction, one of the Kens tells a Barbie that the Pavement singer and guitarist was influenced by the Velvet Underground’s Lou Reed. Or something to that effect. I can’t remember the exact context because I was busy being feeling seen.

Unless Oppenheimer has a Silver Jews joke, Indie Rock Twitter is now Team Barbie.

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