Issa Rae in ‘Barbie’.Photo:Max/YouTube
Max/YouTube
Issa Raeis reliving herBarbiemovie dance sequence.
Rae, 39, spoke withThe Hollywood Reporteralong with the stars of her Max comedy seriesRap Sh!t,KaMillion and Aida Osman, to walk through a variety of predictions for the upcoming 2024Grammy Awardsahead of the Feb. 4music industry awards ceremony.
When the group were asked to predict a winner for the best song written for visual media category, which includesDua Lipa’s hitBarbiesong “Dance the Night,” Rae shared that she found it difficult to learn choreography forBarbie’s major dance sequence that featured the track.
“Dancing to it was my worst nightmare. It was the worst day of my life,” she said. “It was the best day of my life being on that set. It was exciting, and then literally the first day, I had to learn the choreography to shoot the [following] day. And it was terrible."'
“Dance the Night” can be heard early on inBarbieasMargot Robbie’s Barbie throws a party at her home. Rae’s character, President Barbie, dances along to the song with a number of Barbies, Kens and other characters.
Issa Rae in ‘Barbie’.Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Rae additionally noted that “Dance the Night” was not fully complete when the production filmed the elaborate dance sequence.
“We also didn’t have the lyrics to the song,” she told the outlet with a laugh. “[Filmmaker Greta Gerwig] was like, ‘Oh, it’s going to be a Dua Lipa song,’ But all we had was the instrumental, so I was just like, ‘What the f— is this? What am I dancing to?’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
The Dua Lipa-Mark Ronson collaboration is nominated at the Grammys alongside three other tracks fromBarbieinBille Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” andRyan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken,” as well asNicki MinajandIce Spice’s “Barbie World.” Eilish’s song previouslywon best original song in a motion pictureat the 2024Golden Globe Awards. The four movie tracks are nominated alongsideRihanna’s “Lift Me Up,” which appeared in 2022’sBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.
“And for that, I want ‘Barbie World’ to win because I didn’t have to dance to that,” Rae toldTHR, throwing her Grammys support behind Minaj and Ice Spice’s track.
“I didn’t know how much that would mean to me,” she said at the time. “I’m like, ‘Oh, salute, yes!’ "
source: people.com
