Wow, the rollercoaster of emotions I just went on. Because at first, I was like HOW DARE THEY. Then I did what you did and read the lyrics... OOF. Yeah, she made the right decision. 

Okay, but counter-point: it was always my thought that Aqua was actually writing social commentary with the song. Like, women are expected to be brainless Barbies. Not that they were actually suggesting they should be. 

I get it, but I still wish it was in the credits. Or maybe it's playing on the radio in her car and they turn it off in disgust (I think that would be really funny!)

Oh no, but “Barbie Girl” is satire! I get that not everyone might see that, though. 

What I would do if I were Greta would be to hire Aqua to do a 2022 update of the song with different lyrics primed for our era. 

Whether she likes it or not, Barbie will probably always be tied to the bizarre 1997 pop hit "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. Sorry, but not on director Greta Gerwig's watch! It was reported that the tune won't be featured in her upcoming Barbie flick (

https://www.avclub.com/aqua-barbie-girl-greta-gerwig-barbie-1848861096

), which is starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and, let's face it, is going to be amazing. 

At first I thought, well wait, of course they have to feature that silly, stupid song and then I re-read the lyrics and was like, no, no, they made the right choice.

Case in point: "I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees/Come jump in, bimbo friend, let us do it again." 

Yeah, uh, Greta & co. made the right call. 

"Barbie Girl" won't be in the Barbie movie