Listen to “Speed Drive” here:

The Barbie movie has been taking the internet by storm ahead of its release, promising to be all things camp and iconic with its star-studded cast and effective promotional campaigns. Starring Margot Robbie in the titular role, accompanied by Ryan Gosling as everyone’s favourite airhead Ken, the movie has already spawned a major fanbase and multiple memes before it has even hit cinemas.

Accompanying the movie will be Barbie The Album, produced by Mark Ronson and featuring some of the biggest names in music, including Dua Lipa, HAIM, Nicki Minaj, Lizzo, Ice Spice and Khalid.

Dua Lipa recently released her track “Dance the Night” from the soundtrack, followed by Nicki Minaj and Ice’s Spice’s collaboration, “Barbie World.”

Sharing a snippet of “Speed Drive” on Twitter, Charli XCX wrote “this barbie likes to vroom,” referencing the Barbie promotional posters as well as her own beloved track, “Vroom Vroom.”

this #barbie likes to vroom speed drive out now https://t.co/3km77uq5nK pic.twitter.com/YkqU2mILkW

— Charli (@charli_xcx) June 29, 2023

Charli XCX also took the opportunity to share an exclusive clip of “Speed Drive” in the movie, in which we see Barbie running through the real world accompanied by the track.  

umm ok cute speed drive drops in 30 minutesssss pic.twitter.com/bMkrcDfv5j — Charli (@charli_xcx) June 29, 2023

“Speed Drive” samples Toni Basil’s classic 1981 track “Mickey,” with Charli XCX telling Rolling Stone that she flipped the track to “feel quite bratty” and to be “about just being hot.”

Charli XCX also revealed to Rolling Stone that she was one of the first artists that Mark Ronson approached when beginning work on the soundtrack and discussed her personal relationship to the Barbie franchise. She said that she’s “always loved the escapism my Barbies provided with me and it’s kind of a full circle moment to be a part of this soundtrack and movie.”

Speaking about the track itself, Charli XCX shared, “I’ve always really liked singing about cars. For me, there is this intrinsic link between driving and music and feeling like you’re a star when you’re in a car.” The star opted to have her track accompany a chase scene in the movie for this very reason.

Ahead of the official release of Barbie The Album, Mark Ronson has curated a Barbie inspired Spotify playlist, which can be found here:

Listen to music from and inspired by Barbie, curated by @MarkRonson Follow the official @barbiethemovie playlist on @Spotify https://t.co/vO3kOx2Wmq pic.twitter.com/xqhhZJDWxT

— Barbie The Album (@barbiethealbum) June 26, 2023

The album will also be available to purchase on vinyl, with Barbie and Ken themselves showing you the pink and blue formats that are available for pre-order now:  

Calling all Barbie’s & Ken’s Pre-order Barbie The Album on Vinyl in Exclusive Hot Pink, Sky Blue and more https://t.co/v7ZU1n4dG5 pic.twitter.com/Vox6snmVXX

— Barbie The Album (@barbiethealbum) June 16, 2023

The Twilight Sad’s most recent album was a live version of their 2019 studio album It Wont Be Like This All The Time. The album was meant to be performed at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom in April but was cancelled due to safety concerns surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, the post-punk band held a ‘listening party’ on Twitter for fans who wished to virtually experience a live-show for their latest album.

In 2016, the band was invited to play as the opening act for The Cure on their North American Tour, giving this small indie-band from Scotland the opportunity to play large venues such as Madison Square Garden. This was a collaboration which continued through to The Cure’s European Tour which saw massive crowds in venues including London’s Wembley Stadium, and went further on into smaller gigs throughout 2019.

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This week we’d like to thank Mickey Haughton from Birmingham. It’s always great to see Mickey and his family at our gigs. He’s popped up at gigs in countries that I would never have expected and we’re always glad to see him. A genuine, unassuming nice guy. He loves music, he loves travelling and we’re really glad he loves what we do. Cheers The Twilight Sad If you would like to highlight someone to us Please email fansofthetwilightsad@gmail.com #fansofthetwilightsad

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Following their world tour with The Cure, The Twilight Sad embarked on their largest headlining show, It Wont Be Like This All the Time 2019 UK Tour in promotion of their new album. Along with the release of the newest single today, the band has also recently announced new 2021 tour dates in the UK in the coming spring and summer months.

The band is famous for their loud ear-splitting live performances and have expressed on social media that they are eager to return to the stage in 2021. Members of the rock band are known to have personal relationships with many of their die hard fans who have openly described their live sound as ‘folk with layers of noise’. Along with fan-praise, every full-length album The Twilight Sad has released, dating back to 2009, has received critical acclaim.

The new, long lost, single Tell Me When We’re Having Fun is available today and the band’s most recent album, It Wont Be Like This All The Time, Live!, is streaming on all player platforms. Tickets for 2021 live-shows are on sale now and performances for such will feature songs off the most recent 2019 album.

UK Upcoming Tour Dates:

26/05/2021 – Arts Club – Liverpool
28/05 – Barrowland – Glasgow
29/05 – Barrowland – Glasgow
31/07 – Deer Shed Festival – Thirsk
09/10 – Focus Wales – Wrexham