• When Barbie and Ken are first in the car going to the real world, the odometer on the dashboard reads 031959, a reference to the first Barbie doll launching in March 1959.
• Composer Mark Ronson wrote the song "I'm Just Ken" largely as a joke, and recorded a demo for Greta Gerwig not seriously expecting it to be included on the soundtrack. However she liked the song, and when she shared it with Ryan Gosling he felt so strongly that it added to the character of Ken he successfully advocated for it to be made a musical number in the film. Ronson remarked that he was amazed how much Gosling's interpretation of the song improved upon his original intent.
• Barbie is 23% larger than everything in Barbieland to mimic the awkward, disproportionate scale that real Barbies and Barbie activity sets are produced in. This is why Barbie sometimes appears too large for things like her car or why ceilings seem to be too low in the Dreamhouses.
• Simu Liu showed that he could backflip with a demonstration during dance rehearsals. Ryan Gosling's reaction inspired Greta Gerwig to rivalize their Kens in the story.
• Despite fan expectations Aqua: Barbie Girl (1997) will not be featured in the film. Mattel has a bad legal history with the band over the song, and unsuccessfully tried to sue Aqua over the song for "copyright infringement" only for Aqua to win the lawsuit as their single was a parody and protected under fair use.

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