“I’m Just Ken” was one of two songs from “Barbie” to earn a nomination for best original song. “What Was I Made For?” Billie Eilish was the other.
Ryan Gosling became Ken again for the 2024 Oscars with a moving (and ridiculous) live performance of “I’m Just Ken” from the original soundtrack of “Barbie”.
“I’m Just Ken” was one of two songs from “Barbie” to earn a nomination for best original song. “What Was I Made For?” of Billie Eilish It was the other one.
Before the performance, Gosling’s “Barbie” co-star Simu Liu asked the Oscar audience to turn on the lights on their phones and sing along during Gosling’s performance.
Gosling, bathed in purple lighting and dressed in a bright pink suit and pink gloves, began singing “I’m Just Ken” while in the audience sitting behind Margot Robbie, who couldn’t help but laugh. She then headed to the stage, where she joined him Mark Ronson playing bass and a handful of backup dancers. Slash also appeared on stage, contributing guitar to the song alongside Wolfgang Van Halen.
Ryan Gosling wasn’t the only “Ken” at the Oscars
Also joining Gosling on stage was his fellow Ken actors, Simu Liu, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir. At one point, Gosling returned to the audience and raised the microphone toward his “Barbie” collaborators, Greta GerwigRobbie and America Ferrera, who sang with him. He also chose his co-star “La La Land”, Emma Stoneso that he would sing.
In the weeks leading up to the Oscars, there was mystery over whether Gosling would take the stage to perform “I’m Just Ken” live. He chose not to sing the song “City of Stars” from “La La Land” at the 2017 Oscars, where his co-star John Legend performed the single. Gosling did not confirm her participation in the Oscar performance until a few weeks before the Academy Award ceremony.
Source: Ambito
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