--- title: Daisy Ridley and Barbra Streisand Recorded a Song Together description: At the Feb. 28 Academy Awards, Ridley teased that she had recently worked with a "legendary awe-inspiring jaw-dropping superstar." canonical: https://time.com/4245564/daisy-ridley-barbra-streisand-recorded-song/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-02T22:34:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:41.332Z og:title: Daisy Ridley and Barbra Streisand Have Collaborated on a Song Together og:description: May the Babs be with you og:url: https://time.com/4245564/daisy-ridley-barbra-streisand-recorded-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daisy Ridley and Barbra Streisand Have Collaborated on a Song Together twitter:description: May the Babs be with you twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daisy Ridley and Barbra Streisand Have Collaborated on a Song Together > Sponsored content. 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Not only did the 23-year-old actress take the world by storm with her performance as Rey in [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4242637/luke-skywalker-has-a-bigger-role-in-star-wars-episode-viii-says-daisy-ridley/)_,_ but now she has recorded a song with none other than [Barbra Streisand](http://time.com/4230970/barbra-streisand-vivek-murthy-heart-health/). **Read More:** [Rey Will Be Featured in _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Toys After Outcry](http://time.com/4177974/rey-star-wars-toys/) At the [Feb. 28 Academy Awards](http://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/), Ridley told [_E! News_](http://www.eonline.com/news/744732/daisy-ridley-s-singing-career-takes-off-calls-mystery-duet-partner-legendary) that she had recently worked with a “legendary awe-inspiring jaw-dropping superstar,” but didn’t reveal her partner’s identity until Tuesday when she posted a photo of her and Streisand on Instagram. “I’m gonna end this spate of pictures detailing my insane weekend with this… Ummmmmmmmmmmm…,” she captioned the picture. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4245564/daisy-ridley-barbra-streisand-recorded-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4245564/daisy-ridley-barbra-streisand-recorded-song/"},"headline":"Daisy Ridley and Barbra Streisand Have Collaborated on a Song Together","datePublished":"2016-03-02T22:34:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:41.332Z","description":"May the Babs be with you","url":"https://time.com/4245564/daisy-ridley-barbra-streisand-recorded-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Star Wars","Instagram","singers","daisy ridley","actresses","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4245564/daisy-ridley-barbra-streisand-recorded-song/","name":"Daisy Ridley and Barbra Streisand Have Collaborated on a Song Together"}}]}] ```