--- description: The duo of composers on forming their musical partnership and bringing their flair to the songs of Moana 2. title: The TikTok Duo Behind the Music in 'Moana 2' on Winning a Grammy and Working With Beyoncé image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca6a2f987e1bd229/698b245d9862f5732b89d290/huFNi4ul-720.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The TikTok Duo Behind the Music in _Moana 2_ on Winning a Grammy and Working With Beyoncé by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) and [Joey Lautrup](/author/joey-lautrup/) Nov 25, 2024 7:39 PM CUT  Time Video by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) and [Joey Lautrup](/author/joey-lautrup/) Nov 25, 2024 7:39 PM CUT Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, who compose music under the name Barlow and Bear, speak to TIME about forming their musical partnership, bringing their flair to the songs of _Moana 2_, and their experiences at the Grammys and on stage withBeyoncé. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7178705/moana-2-music-barlow-and-bear-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7178705/moana-2-music-barlow-and-bear-interview/"},"headline":"The TikTok Duo Behind the Music in Moana 2 on Winning a Grammy and Working With Beyoncé","datePublished":"2024-11-25T19:39:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T13:28:05.388Z","description":"The duo of composers on forming their musical partnership and bringing their flair to the songs of Moana 2.","url":"https://time.com/7178705/moana-2-music-barlow-and-bear-interview/","keywords":["movies","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca6a2f987e1bd229/698b245d9862f5732b89d290/huFNi4ul-720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Joey Lautrup","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca6a2f987e1bd229/698b245d9862f5732b89d290/huFNi4ul-720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"huFNi4ul-720","caption":"","creditText":"Time Video","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7178705/moana-2-music-barlow-and-bear-interview/","name":"The TikTok Duo Behind the Music in Moana 2 on Winning a Grammy and Working With Beyoncé"}}]}] ```