“Barbie”: “What was I made for?” is perhaps the question asking the movie itself

Billie Eilish’s song “What Was I Made For?”

Nevertheless, certain moments in “Barbie” exist where the filmmakers shake off such dilemmas. The first is toward the film’s end when Barbie reunites with someone important to the girls. The ironic humor of the previous scenes has been replaced by a more cinematic perspective (which is, after all, what matters most!). It is a beautiful scene, and you can tell that the newly written music by Billie Eilish playing in the background has a tremendous effect.

The song is by far the most naive ballad of all the tracks contributed to the “Barbie” soundtrack track.

What was I made for?

‘Cause I, I
I don’t know how to feel
But I wanna try
I don’t know how to feel
But someday, I might
Someday, I might

Think I forgot how to be happy
Somethin’ I’m not, but somethin’ I can be
Somethin’ I wait for

“What Was I Made For?”

The lyrics of this song played during one of the most moving scenes in the film, will bring tears to the eyes of anyone familiar with her own life. Naturally, the song is also superimposed on Barbie’s own identity. The song is a transition from the fixed identity of “the ideal woman” to a pluralistic and idiosyncratic identity: “Somethin’ I’m not, but somethin’ I can be. By shifting from a fixed identity of “not me, but somethin’ I can be,” to a pluralistic and idiosyncratic identity = “Somethin’ I’m not, but somethin’ I can be. Perhaps, among the various “assertions” depicted in “Barbie,” the message (I dare say) in this scene (this song) is the most precious and powerful.