Whether or not you think it’s the next ‘Everything Is Awesome,’ the end credits of The LEGO Batman Movie didn’t so much roll as jump, clap, spin, sashay, and jam out with the thoroughly addicting new song, “Friends Are Family.”The film ends with Batman (Will Arnett) coming to understand the power of friendship, and it’s a lesson learned via the arrival of his nightwing buddy, Robin (Michael Cera). As director Chris McKay tells EW, the film’s end-credits song is from the POV of Robin and, as such, it’s a certifiable bop that may have stuck in your ear since you caught the film in its box-office-smashing opening run. Now, EW has an exclusive video clip of the song that’s got playlists popping and minivans bumping: the jubilant dance finale of LEGO Batman. There’s Alfred and the Joker rocking out on electric guitar! Mr. Freeze doing the moonwalk! Harley Quinn playing drums! Something called Orca doing the caterpillar! The song comes from Oh, Hush!
and features the vocals of Will Arnett and Jeff Lewis; it’s available (along with a wildly underrated new DNCE song) on the LEGO Batman soundtrack from WaterTower Music.The LEGO Batman Movie has won the box office two weekends in a row, following easily in the success of it’s LEGO Movie predecessor. Will Arnett reprises his role from the 2014 film as the Dark Knight and audiences get a chance to dive deeper into the overwhelming darkness that surrounds his very existence in all aspects at all times. Of course, The LEGO Batman Movie combines humor with themes of family in its animated superhero tale. Now, a new video epitomizes those aspects utilizing the movie’s end credits song. Today WaterTower Music released the fully animated end credits sequence from The LEGO Batman Movie. In keeping with the characterization of Batman from the first LEGO Movie, music plays an important role in the narrative – and as a plot device – and it comes as no surprise that the end credits sequence is both hilarious and a fully executed music video complete with costume changes and choreography.
Take a look above.Hush leads the song along with Arnett, who provides vocals in-character as the eponymous Batman, and they are joined by Jeff Lewis. The song – titled “Friends Are Family” – is a little bit of a spoiler for the lesson that Batman will learn over the course of the movie and does highlight many characters that appear as cameos or are surprises when they enter the action of the movie. It is tough to encourage someone who has yet to see The LEGO Batman Movie to check this music video out, but it is definitely worth a revisit afterward. Viewers also get a sense of the marriage between practical effects and computer generated images that are the backbone of any LEGO Movie that has, or ever shall be, produced. Warner Bros. was likely hoping that “Friends Are Family” would take off and become wildly popular the same way “Everything is Awesome” did during The LEGO Movie, but that remains to be seen. “Friends Are Family” is less of an ear worm, although a better song.
“Friends Are Family” is actually a really good song and the credits sequence does a great job at celebrating the weirdness of the sprawling cast of characters that make up The LEGO Batman Movie. At the same time, it lampoons tropes that viewers are familiar with from both musical theatre, movie credits and music videos themselves, adding to the comedy inherent in these representations of Batman, Batgirl, Robin et al. Repeat viewing reveals deeper and deeper levels of clever design and thinking behind the song. However, as mentioned above, there are a lot of spoilers about plot resolutions and character appearances throughout The LEGO Batman Movie. It doesn’t seem likely that people who are not fans of the movie will be seeking this video out, but if that were the case, it won’t leave much to the imagination if they do decide to stop by their local movie theater. It is, ultimately, silly in keeping with the overall tone of the feature film and will probably find a lot of love in the younger generation of viewers.
The LEGO Batman Movie release date: Feb 10, 2017The LEGO Ninjago Movie release date: Sep 22, 2017The LEGO Movie 2/LEGO Movie Sequel release date: Feb 8, 2019 BY: Ashley Victoria RobinsonWatch ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ End Credits to Relive The Dark Knight’s Musical SpectacularPosted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 by Ethan AndertonThe LEGO Batman Movie is in theaters right now, and if you haven’t taken the time to experience the exquisite joy that comes from watching this great piece of Dark Knight cinema, you should fix that immediately. As our own Jacob Hall pointed out, the movie is basically a road map for being a better fan, not just of Batman, but of anything. Furthermore, it’s a movie that has a lot of fun, including plenty of references and jokes made at the expense of the rest of the Batman movies and TV shows.Along with referencing all the Batman that came before it, The LEGO Batman Movie also lets Batman do something that he’s never really done on the big screen before.
In the end credits sequence of the movie, LEGO Batman and his crew of new friends and familiar villains participate in what is basically a big poppy music video, complete with Will Arnett delivering a Batman rap. Warner Bros. has officially released the LEGO Batman Movie end credits scene online for you and your kids to watch over and over again until you get sick of that song.While “Friends Are Family” isn’t anywhere near as catchy or funny as “Everything Is Awesome” from The LEGO Movie, it’s undoubtedly a catchy song that kids who see the movie will love. Plus, it has a lovely little message at the core of it. The real appeal is knowing that you can’t see Batman’s Rogues Gallery dancing in unison together anywhere else. In fact, it’s really kind of miraculous that it even happened for this movie.On the other hand, if you weren’t as big of a fan of the end credits as you were the opening sequence, featuring Batman battling all his signature villains to his own self-referencing theme song, you could also take the time to just watch a big chunk of that sequence, which has also been made available online:The LEGO Batman Movie is in theaters everywhere right now