AFTER RYAN GOSLING beautified cinema screens last summer season as Ken in the enormous smash hit that was Barbiethere were quickly concerns if his fantastic representation of the bleach blonde beach-loving bad kid would remain in the running for any Oscars in 2024. Luckily, the response ended up being, as Ken himself would put it, “Sublime!”– as he made a well-deserved election for Best Supporting Actor. That would not be his sole effect on the movie market’s most significant night.
A couple of weeks back, the slate of Oscars efficiencies was validated, with Billie Eilish set to perform her “What Was I Made For?” ballad along with her bro Finneas, Scott George and the Osage Singers doing “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower MoonJon Batiste (“It Never Went Away” from American Symphonyand Becky G carrying out “The Fire Inside” (from Flamin’ Hot.
After contrasting reports emerged regarding whether Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” tune from the movie would be consisted of with an efficiency of its own, he was lastly verified to be repeating his function for another night.
“I wasn’t considering it previously, and now it’s all I’m going to consider,” Gosling informed W Magazineas he joked that if he was made up for his efficiency, he would be more up for it. “Do you earn money for that? What do you make money to sing at the Oscars?” He likewise mentioned that if not, he would choose a trip to the program a minimum of– instead of needing to drive himself. Since that would fan his Ken-ergy levels.
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Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” efficiency was a show-stopping emphasize of the 2024 Oscars
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Barbie was the most significant movie of 2023 at package workplace, and while Billie Eilish enhanced the Oscar phase previously in the program with an intimate efficiency of her tune “What Was I Made For?” (which later on won the very best Original Song award), it was Gosling’s efficiency of “I’m Just Ken,” stemmed from the remarkable dream ballet series within the movie, that truly assessed the film’s significant scale and aspiration.
Gosling took the phase with strong vocals, significant phase existence, and backed by some extraordinary production, as he was signed up with on phase not just with skilled backup dancers, however likewise choreography from a few of his costars and fellow Barbie Kens, consisting of Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa, and Scott Evans.
He likewise put his rock star phase existence on display screen, beginning the efficiency in the audience before taking the phase while singing, and ultimately going back to some significant members of the audience, consisting of Barbie director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie, and his regular costar (and, later on in the program Best Actress winner) Emma Stone.