Academy Award nomineeRyan Goslingonce again shows off his ‘Ken-ergy’ in this newly released behind-the-scenes look at the making of the smash hit musical number, ‘I’m Just Ken.’ Coming courtesy ofAtlantic Records, the footage finds Gosling pouring his heart and soul into the ballad, which occurs during the events of the billion-dollar blockbuster that isBarbie. Check out the behind-the-scenes access below.
Gosling singing ‘I’m Just Ken’ is just one of the many highlights from Barbie, with the song finding Gosling’s version of Ken having something of an existential crisis of his own as he wonders why he cannot get the attention and recognition that he feels he deserves from not only his respective Barbie, but the world. The backstage footage really shows how much Gosling lost himself in the role, committing so hard to the moment that, at one point, director Greta Gerwig must stifle her laughter behind her hand.
Alongside major success for the movie itself, theBarbiesoundtrack,Barbie: The Album, has now hit the top of the charts on a variety of streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music, with ‘I’m Just Ken’ landing as many as 13 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
“You really fall in love with this hapless, but immediately sympathetic figure,” says ‘I’m Just Ken’ writer and producer Mark Ronson. “I instantly had this idea for this lyric: ‘I’m just Ken / Anywhere else I’d be a 10.’ It just seemed funny. It felt a little bit emo, like, this poor guy. He’s so hot, but can’t get the time of day.”
“He really got [that] it had to walk this line of not being funny or parody,” he adds. “But obviously, the song is also kind of ridiculous at times. So he was really amazing, and when he really did start hitting the big notes, I was like, this dude is a vocal powerhouse!”
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TheBarbiemovie finds Barbie and Ken having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Directed by Academy Award nominee Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird, Little Women), who has co-written the screenplay with fellow Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story),Barbiestars Margot Robbie as Barbie alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken, with the rest of the cast featuring the likes of Barbie will also feature the likes of America Ferrera (Superstore, Ugly Betty), Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live, Ghosbusters), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education), Issa Rae (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), Hari Nef (Assassination Nation), Ariana Greenblatt (Love and Monsters), Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse), Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night in Miami…), Michael Cera (Superbad), and Will Ferrell (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy).
Barbiehas seen massive success at the box office, grossing $1.28 billion worldwide and becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2023, and likely leading to bothaBarbieand a Mattel cinematic universe.
Barbieis now playing in theaters, and is scheduled to be released on digital formats on August 07, 2025.
