Aqua doesn't mind that Greta Gerwig's Barbie doesn't feature "Barbie Girl"

For her own part, Nystrøm thinks Gerwig passed on “Barbie Girl” for oversaturation reasons—using the track could’ve been too obvious, or as Nystrøm puts it, “cheese on cheese.” Søren Rasted sees the whole thing as more comical than anything, joking: “We should say we turned it down. Ryan Gosling is not good enough!”

If anything, Aqua’s members are proud of their track’s longevity in the cultural conscience, especially since they initially only sought to make a “fun song.” “We had the line, ‘C’mon Barbie, let’s go party,’ and thought it was great,” Rasted reveals. “[…]We didn’t put that much thought into it. The hook just worked really, really well.”

“A good melody never dies, it just keeps on giving,” Nystrøm agrees. “And ‘Barbie Girl’ is a perfect example of that.” Although “Barbie Girl” may not be a part of Gerwig’s film, it’s certainly easy to see how the song’s ceaseless camp and sugary sweetness influenced the general cultural perception of Barbie. If that iconically baritone “C’mon Barbie, let’s go party” hook doesn’t fit Ryan Gosling’s description of “Ken-ergy,” this writer doesn’t know what does.