The music video ends with the band having a party in a pink Barbie style house, with Ken accidentally tearing off Barbie’s arm. They all act very fake and stiff, like they are dolls themselves. They are shown driving around a make believe world in a car, and Barbie getting her hair done and getting beauty makeovers. It features band members in the music video, with Lene Nystrøm and René Dif as Ken. The music video was released in 1997 and was directed by Peter Stenbæk and Peter Pedersen. The case was dismissed and the song ruled as a parody. They insisted that the group and the record label deliberately violated the Mattel trademark and name by turning Barbie into a sexual object. Due to the explicit nature of the song, and the detachment of innocence from Barbie and Ken, Mattel filed a lawsuit against MCA Records. The lyrics of the track talk about both Barbie and Ken, and Barbie talking about she is a “blond bimbo girl in a fantasy world”, “dress me up, make me tight, I’m your dolly”. It was voted NME’s award for Worst Single in 1998. Written by all members of the band, it was based on an exhibit that Søren Rasted went to see on kitsch culture in Denmark, which featured the infamous Barbie dolls created by American toy company Mattel. One of the most popular pop songs of the 90’s, Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua released “Barbie Girl” as their third single from their debut album studio “Aquarium “(1997).
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