Nigerian reality TV stars including Liquorose, Bella Okagbue, Shegzy, Diane Russet were among the Barbs and Kens that attended the premiere of Barbie, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The premiere was hosted by Warner Music at the Mall of Africa food court.
Across the globe, the Barbie frenzy has taken over; its pink fashion has taken all over social media with Nicki Minaj and Aqua’s “Barbie World” track trending on online streaming platforms.
So with all this excitement, fashionistas have spent time thinking about their outfits and it showed.
Various renditions of the famous doll’s outfit were spotted from fitness, sparkles, metallics, mini skirts and tweed.
The Kens also brought the pink heat with their suits, shorts and silky shirts.
Hollywood actors Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie would have been proud of all the outfits the Mzansi dolls put together. After all, fashion is the biggest factor about the “Barbie” movie.
The movie’s premiere was a content creator’s playing field, no wonder there were so many influencers in attendance including Kie Kie and Jay Onair.
Barbie boxes were the perfect photo-booths and it was no surprise that everyone wanted to take pictures in them.
Those who arrived early had plenty of time to get those Instagram perfect pictures, without the eyes of a growing queue.
5FM presenter Zanele Potelwa hosted the premiere and made sure that the Kens and Barbs tried out all the various activations, from touch ups at the Essence Cosmetics booth and some nail love.
Potelwa chatted with guests such as Kim Jayde and Moshe Ndiki who she quizzed about Barbie and their outfits.
The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros Pictures, and was released in South African theaters on Friday, 21 July.
The film is written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, based on “Barbie” by Mattel, and produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner.
Warner Music wanted no leaks of the movie, which is estimated to bring in millions of dollars and rands – hopefully – we know our cinemas need the money.
Security was placed inside the cinema, watching like the Hawks for those who had their phones out.
To celebrate the highly-anticipated world premiere of the film, Spotify refreshed its exclusive Barbie official playlist with new tracks, including Dua Lipa‘s Dance The Night, Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For and Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice Barbie World with Aqua.
According to Spotify, there have been more than 620, 000 Barbie-related user-generated playlists on Spotify, with top tracks like Barbie Girl by Aqua, Barbie Tingz by Nicki Minaj, and California Gurls by Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg being added to playlists.
Spotify’s across mobile listeners will enjoy “an Easter egg that transforms the progress bar into Barbie pink as fans listen to the official playlist.
A living in a Barbie World destination for free and premium users on mobile and desktop featuring the official Playlist and personalized playlists like our Barbie-inspired Hot Pink playlist along with y2k, Summer Pop, and more.
Film footage from the movie is now added to select tracks through Spotify Canvas, providing an immersive fan experience.