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People Are Just Learning Incredibly Dark Meaning Behind Lyrics Of Aqua’s Barbie Girl
People are just finding out there’s an incredibly dark meaning behind the lyrics of Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl.’
The Danish Europop band found international success in the late 1990s and 2000s, with it being estimated they’ve sold over 33 million albums and singles.
Made up of vocalists René Dif, Lene Nystrøm, and Søren Rasted, and guitarist Claus Norreen, they’re best known for the hit 1997 song ‘Barbie Girl.’
Although the track is still popular to this day, many people still don’t know that there’s a not-so-innocent meaning behind it.
Once you break down the lyrics, it’s actually very inappropriate.
Many people have taken to X (formerly known as Twitter) and reacted to the lyrics, saying they are much darker than they first thought.
One X user tweets: “Ayo! I just read the lyrics for the OG ‘Barbie Girl’ song and that s*** is way too s**ual than it needs to… I mean that s*** gets dark at multiple points!”
Another person says: “The lyrics of ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua are dark as f***.”
“Karaoke has made me realize the lyrics to ‘Barbie Girl’ are reaaaaally inappropriate,” comments a third.
In the track, there is a short introduction between Barbie and Ken and the pair wanting to go for a ride.
The song goes: “I’m a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world. Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.
“You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere. Imagination, life is your creation.”
If you’ve become desensitized to the song, then you may not have picked up on the fact Barbie is telling Ken that he can ‘undress me everywhere.’
Remember, kids sing along to this.
However, the inappropriate lyrics don’t stop there, as Barbie goes on to sing: “I’m a blond b**bo girl in a fantasy world.
“Dress me up, make it tight, I’m your dolly. Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky.”
While it’s pretty understandable why the term ‘b**bo’ is problematic, there’s so much more to unpack with that second line.
In the next half of the song, Barbie continues: “Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please. I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees.”
If you’re not the best at breaking down what lyrics mean, Barbie is basically saying that Ken can get whatever he wants from her.
Another popular line from the song reads: “You can touch. You can play.”
As for that, I’m sure you don’t need me to make it any clearer what that is seemingly suggesting.
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