How Dua Lipa & Mark Ronson Created 'Dance the Night' for 'Barbie' | Behind the Song 

Yes yes yes!

this is only for the oscars. pray next time that a huge comercial movie get the chance to win an oscar with both it's soundtrack and production.

It's a special breed of producers who would do this, because guys like Mark Ronson are artists in their own right and it's more like asking two artists about a collaboration

PLEAAAAASE

​@@karlox4038and grammy too. voting windows started this week until new year

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Just make this a series at this point like actors on actors! this is tremendous content an insight @@variety

This is so good, we'll done variety.

we're now getting into award seasons so yeah...

Unnecessary to say "ngl". That gets WAY overused lately. Just make your statement

As a singer myself I feel the same! Like her vocal sound is already so full on it’s own I’m wondering if it was a double take or compd vocals 😊

That’s with pitch correction…not a real vocal take 😂

@@juliekrol sorry disagree - pitch correction is exactly that... it corrects pitch. It doesn't add 'fullness' or a 'huge' sound, it doesn't replace the work of an engineer or change the natural character of a voice.

@@louisr5708 this is so true! You may have perfect pitch but if you can’t do or have the certain sound quality or vocal placement needed for a song, that’s something a computer program can’t cheat 🤭

I love the sound of this track too and it was great to come across this video. Wiki says it was mixed by Serban Ghenea. This guy has compiled a youtube video about Ghenea's vocal chain or at least what he thinks it is based on different bits of info. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xjk_Mw11Iug.html You can also get a similarly present vocal sound by using the old trick of an 1176 compressor followed by an LA-2A compressor. You can absolutely smash a lead vocal with an LA-2A, it pins it to the front of the mix but doesn't sound overly compressed. The 1176 is first in the chain set to knock down the faster, louder peaks by a few dB because the LA-2A is too slow to catch those and will still be releasing before the next fast, big peak comes in. Then with the signal smoothed out by the 1176, the LA-2A does a really nice job of the main compressor in a really organic sounding way. Maybe you already know this trick but if not, it's a good one. I love the Universal Audio LA-2A silver for this, it's an amazing sounding vocal compressor and right now it's on sale at Plugin Boutique for $29. You get 3 LA-2A's, one of them being the LA-2A Silver which has the ideal release time for vocals. The cheapest I've ever seen these things go for by a mile. I think I paid $129 for mine and that was after stalking them on various holiday sales for a couple of years. Usual price is $299 :) Universal Audio has now started selling some of their plugins in the "Native" format, meaning you don't need to own their hardware to run them. The LA's are one of the Native releases.

Really?

​@gaila.9852 yes, 6:44 alone answers that

@@laurenh6668 There are countless-and I mean countless-other people who can do that. I do not understand how that qualifies as “unbelievable.”

@@gaila.9852 Nah, sorry, you're just wrong there. There's amazing vocal control going on in that section. Condolences on your apparent inability to even hear that.

@@klaxoncow Condolences on your apparent inability to even acknowledge that many others, known and unknown, can match your fave’s vocals. What a shame it must be to not understand that.

After watching the movie you realize how much foreshadowing this song crams into a banger. Props to dua and ronson for slipping all those bits in while making it such a catchy song.

Well said

I always thought the music came first for this scene/song! That fact totally blew my mind

I'm 76 yo and fell in love with Dua bcoz of this track. It's amazing and she's brilliant

I am actually a bit surprised that from this video it appears that it was just Mark Ronson that thought of her and send her an app :)

Dua's the princess because Kylie's the queen, right?

@@martijn_ytthey have previously collaborated so no surprise that Mark Ronson would pick her for this project.

Oh please you can t compare with a Queen like Sade

Your observation is correct

These are mastering stems, which means they’re already mixed. So multiple layers and effects are already applied and merged. But yeah the girl can definitely sing and has a great timbre and control on her voice.

My second favorite artist behind Taylor. Dua is incredible. Great live show too

That’s cause Dua is recently considered a great vocalist. During her live performances, from her first album, she wasn’t spectacular vocally. Her vocals and her dancing have greatly improved. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and I’m glad to see her progression!

One of the baddest, most consistent in the game. Like HOUDINI is everything!!!

@@westcoastavengertaylor is mid.

​@@cesnav7593Yes, I agree with you she's come such a long way, especially with lions & tigers & bears

I had the same reaction, but it explains a lot!

Firstly it’s an electric guitar not an acoustic. Secondly in the movie version of the song the electric guitar is used throughout the whole song and in my opinion makes it a lot better. I have no idea why it was removed and why the single and the move versions are different, no one seems to have noticed.

@@Josh-wu7kz First of all watch the video and carefully listen to what Mark is saying. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M0TJtU2Y0s0.htmlsi=0NgUQ_XtLEacZ50l&t=353 FYI, I know the difference between an acoustic guitar and a electric guitar smh.

@@Jawnson I thought you were referring to the bit at the end. Still I don’t understand why the electric guitar was removed in the single, it made the song better imo

ABBA were still using acoustic guitars as far as the Voulez Vous album. Now, the Bee gees and CHIC were doing incredible things with electric, the "chicken scratch" being the most identifiable Disco sound.

Underated comment!

Blew my mind.

Amazing.

Do you find it difficult to perform to a click? I've refused to play or learn a song without one for many years now!

How do you know they were dancing to a clock track?

@Josh-wu7kz - In this video, Mark explains that the production team requested a click track while he was still writing the song - Just so that they could actually shoot the scene in the correct tempo before the song was even finished being written. That is how Dua was writing lyrics while watching the actual footage for the scene. They had the tempo, so they could shoot it - But the song did not actually exist yet.

They probably had BPM to go off, but yeah, that is certainly interesting. The choreo being done before the song seems unusual but it's probably done more often than we realise.

right?? i'm so impressed that the song was ready after they recorded those dance scenes. Both dua and the dancers made a create job, cause it maches perfectly

Dummy track

They were basically rehearsing and dancing to an early instrumental of the song, so they had they bpm and overall vibe already.

Maybe i misunderstood but i thought the film crew had a demo without vocals for shooting then they (Dua and Mark) wrote the lyrics and finished the song based on the video. I don’t think thats very unusual, though still cool (but i must admit i was never even near to this level of a production)

Me too. I love her kindness, humility, gentleness, calmness, positivity and intelligence, reasons why I am truly in love with Dua Dua and I know can we meet up, and I don't care about the haters opnion because of that I don't listen to them anymore 😊😍❤️

Yes, Dua brings to much of positivity!

@@Hifirrrr Dua Dua is caring and humble. I can see it in her face and eyes. I love her positivity and vibes because of that I like her as a person and I truly love her too. I never see her as a celeb anymore. She is caring to everyone

Is she preggo😮

@@davidtrig not yet. Go for it!

he sounds high lol

sounds like andy wornhol

@@BatmanHQYTmy thoughts exactly!👍

Shame he lost his British accent

If you haven't already, you should check out his TED talk about samples in music. Different topic but I could listen to his chilled, effortless expertise for hours.

insha'Allah

I agree with you, and other than your "actually", I approve of your msg. Welcome late to the Dua Lipa appreciation party.

“Delicious” is the perfect word to describe this!!