At the Oscars 2024, nominees for best original song, Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson and a crowd of dancers gave what was undoubtedly the highest energy — sorry, Knowledgeergy — perform at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (March 10).
Dressed in a dazzling pink suit and black cowboy hat, Gosling began his performance by sitting in the audience and hitting on the apple of Ken's eye – a blushing Margot Robbie, who played the title character in Greta Gerwig's film. The actor then took to the stage, where he hugged Mark Ronson – who co-wrote the song with Andrew Wyatt – playing guitar and sat on a pink staircase with dozens of fellow Ken hat-wearing cowboy dancers. He was among them Barbie It stars Simu Liu and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who engage in intricate group choreography with a sea of 1950s Barbie haircuts.
“I'm just Ken/ Where I see love, he sees a friend,” the group sang. “What will it take for her to see the man behind the tan and fight for me?”
During the song's emotional breakdown, for which none other than Guns N' Roses' Slash appeared on stage to deliver a heartfelt guitar solo, Gosling — who was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Barbie — once again returned to the audience to hand the mic over to Robbie, fellow nominee America Ferrera, Gerwig and La La Land leading lady, Emma Stone.
The satirical ballad is one of five nominees for best original song, along with Billie Eilish and fellow Finneas Barbie hit “I'm Just Ken”, as well as Becky G's “The Fire Inside” from Flamin' HotJon Batiste's 'It Never Went Away' by American Accord, and Scott George and the Osage Singers “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” by Killers of the Flower Moon. All the nominees for Best Original Song performed their respective tracks live during the ceremony.
NEXT BarbieReleased theatrically in July, “I'm Just Ken” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 87 — making Gosling the chart-topping artist for the first time. In the film, the high-energy, multi-set number finds the Notebook The actor sings his heart out about his “blonde fragility” along with Liu and dozens of other Kens.
Watch Gosling and his Kenergetic posse perform “I'm Just Ken” below.
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