W hen Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear took on the role of songwriters for "Moana 2," they didn't just level up in terms of the visibility of their careers. They made history. The 26 and 23-year old ...

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear stepped in where Lin-Manuel Miranda left off and crafted music "Beyond" expectations for the Disney sequel "Moana 2." Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...

Part of the time Los Angeles songwriting duo Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear were working on music for “Moana 2,” Bear was on tour with Beyonce. With Bear playing keyboards in the mononymous ...

Pianos anchor both Abigail Barlow’s and Emily Bear’s Los Angeles apartments. Self-described “Barbie girl” Barlow, 25, has a shiny magenta lacquered Yamaha U1, as brightly hued as her hair ...

TikTok sensations Barlow & Bear are no stranger to the spotlight. Besides the fact their Unofficial Bridgerton Musical won a Grammy (and basically broke the internet), popstar Abigail Barlow has ...

When Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear took on the role of songwriters for “Moana 2,” they didn’t just level up in terms of the visibility of their careers.They made history. The 26 and 23-year ...

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear stepped in where Lin-Manuel Miranda left off and crafted music "Beyond" expectations for the Disney sequel "Moana 2." ...

It’s a moral that felt very apt for the experience songwriters Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear had while writing it, as they were forced to do something they’ve always avoided: work together ...

Abigail Barlow (left) and Emily Bear Maggie Shannon. A year later, in 2022, Barlow & Bear met with the creative team for Moana 2 — a sequel to the 2016 animated film about the titular young girl ...

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear were big fans of “Moana” — and its earworm-y songs — when they saw the film as teenagers in 2016. So when Disney floated the idea, eight years later, of the ...