Elizabeth Banks: My The Beanie Bubble Playlist

Elizabeth Banks co-stars alongside Zach Galifianakis in the Apple Original Film The Beanie Bubble, which tells the story of the creation of Ty Warner’s widely popular Beanie Babies plush toys that took over America during the ’90s and the unsung heroes who helped amplify the phenomenon. “The film chronicles not only the rise and fall of Beanie Babies but also three unsung women in Ty's life,” she tells Apple Music. “This list is a combination of two things: classic hits from the Beanie Babies era—the ’80s to 1999—which pair up with Ty and Robbie's ambition to build a global toy company, and anthemic female-empowerment songs.” Read about a couple of her favorite tracks below, and if you hear something you like, add it to your library. Carly Simon, “You're So Vain” “This is the first song I thought of when asked to make this list because it describes Ty perfectly in the context of his relationship to the women in the film.” Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer” “‘Sledgehammer’ was a favorite of the mid-’80s for me personally, but it also describes the inciting incidents for my character, who literally destroys her old life and self to remake a new one with Ty.” TLC, “No Scrubs,” and Whitney Houston, “I’m Every Woman” “There are three women in the film, and when they finally all realize Ty is taking advantage of them, they each dump him in their own way. These two songs represent that unified theme for me. Both can be belted out by all and are anthems for women demanding dignity and finding strength, resilience, and unity.”