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Barbie and the plasticity of pop

Switched on Pop

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Pink Panther: A Bizarre Mixup

Pink Panther is an English singer, so it makes sense that maybe she's been exposed to this sort of Irish fiddle music. And I've never heard this kind of crossover, especially in a more US-centric pop soundtrack world. What a bizarre mashup to bring. There's also these weird, mortal combat like oofs used as percussion throughout the track. So putting all of these elements together, the track works super well and weirdly enough fits the Barbie ethos in a more abstract way. It plays kind of like to the open world's imagination qualities that a toy like Barbie can emulate.

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