Billie Eilish transforms into her personal idealized model of a Barbie doll for the “What Was I Made For?” music video, launched as a part of the “Barbie” film soundtrack. The 21-year-old musician, who created the track with brother and co-writer Finneas, channels a ’50s aesthetic, sporting a collar-less yellow shirtdress with buttons down the chest and an A-line skirt that followers out round her patent Mary Jane pumps. Eilish’s hair is blond, swept up right into a excessive ponytail with curled ends and poufy Barbie bangs; and her make-up is smooth with a shiny pink lip and loads of highlighter. A unusual contact and refined nod to Eilish’s real-life wardrobe comes within the type of 4 chunky bubble rings and swingy, ball-drop earrings.
In fact, the storyline is instantly made apparent as we see Eilish dangle up miniature re-creations of a few of her most notable pink carpet seems in historical past, from the white tweed Chanel go well with she sported on the 2020 Oscars to the custom-made, logo-emblazoned Gucci ensemble she rocked on the Grammys that very same 12 months. Finally, a hurricane of types wipes out Eilish’s Barbie garments, all of which she plucks fastidiously from a classic 1962 doll trunk case, and her venture is ruined. “Assume I forgot the way to be comfortable / One thing I am not, however one thing I might be / One thing I watch for / One thing I am made for,” Eilish’s vocals croon, as we instantly perceive she feels as if her selection in clothes — which has been each celebrated and critiqued by many — will constantly be scrutinized, and there is frustration surrounding the strain to be excellent, each inside and out of doors.
Eilish posted concerning the launch of the video on Instagram, writing, “this video makes me cryyyyy.. it means a lot to me and that i hope it is going to imply simply as a lot to you. do not have a lot to say aside from that, i believe it is going to converse for itself🫀 :””) take pleasure in.”
Forward, see stills of Eilish’s full look within the “What Was I Made For?” video, then see the pink separates she rocked on the pink carpet on the LA premiere of the movie on July 9. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” will probably be launched in theaters on July 21.
