I'm Just Ken

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"I'm Just Ken"
Song by Ryan Gosling
from the album Barbie the Album
ReleasedJuly 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)
RecordedMarch 2022
Studio Eastcote Studios, London
Genre
Length3:42
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mark Ronson
  • Andrew Wyatt
Music video
"I'm Just Ken" on YouTube

"I'm Just Ken" is a song performed by Canadian actor Ryan Gosling for the 2023 film Barbie . It was written and produced by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and appears on the soundtrack album Barbie the Album . As of August 2023, the song had over 100 million streams on Spotify [1] and over 3 million views on YouTube. [2] It won Best Song at the 29th Critics' Choice Awards and was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards and Best Original Song at the 96th Academy Awards.

Contents

Background

"I'm Just Ken" is described as a sentimental "'80s power ballad." [3] Ahead of the film's release, marketing and promotional materials often contained the tagline, "She's everything. He's just Ken," an allusion to the song. [4]

Production

Ryan Gosling recorded "I'm Just Ken" in March 2022. Ryan Gosling by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Ryan Gosling recorded "I'm Just Ken" in March 2022.

"I'm Just Ken" was one of the first songs written for Barbie the Album . Producer Mark Ronson was inspired to write the ballad after reading the Barbie script and sympathizing with Ken's character. [4]

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.

— Mark Ronson, on writing "I'm Just Ken" for Barbie the Album [4]

Ronson recorded a demo of "I'm Just Ken" and sent it to director Greta Gerwig, although he wasn't expecting it to be included in the film. Gerwig, however, loved the song and played it for Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken. [4] Gosling stated that it affected him "deeply" [3] and asked if he could perform it in the film. [5] Gerwig had to rewrite an important scene in the film to accommodate the new addition. [4] [6]

Ronson's colleague and fellow producer on the soundtrack, Andrew Wyatt, wrote the rest of the song before Ronson flew to London to record the vocals with Gosling at Eastcote Studios in March 2022. [3] [7] In an interview with Vulture , Ronson stated, "In the studio with Ryan, it was really his performance that lifted the whole thing. All these lines that felt a little bit throwaway-ish, delivered by him, suddenly took on much more." [6] Gosling only had two to three hours to record the track. [7] [8]

After Gosling recorded his vocals, Ronson sent the track to Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, who found it "cool" and agreed to play guitar on the song. [8] Guitarist Wolfgang Van Halen and Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese also played on the track. [6] [9]

Release

Ahead of Barbie's release, Warner Bros. released a clip of Gosling's performance of "I'm Just Ken" on July 10, 2023. [10] [11] A "behind-the-scenes" music video mixing rehearsal footage with clips from the actual musical sequence in the film was released on August 21, 2023. [12]

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the CD liner notes of Barbie the Album . [13]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "I'm Just Ken"
YearAwardDate of ceremonyCategoryResultRef.
2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 15, 2023 Best Original Song in a Feature Film Nominated [14]
Best Onscreen Performance in a Feature FilmNominated
Las Vegas Film Critics SocietyDecember 13, 2023Best Original SongWon [15]
Phoenix Film Critics SocietyDecember 18, 2023Best Original SongWon [16]
2024 Academy Awards March 10, 2024 Best Original Song Nominated [17]
Astra Film Awards January 6, 2024 Best Original SongWon [18]
Critics Association of Central FloridaJanuary 3, 2024Best Original SongWon [19]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 14, 2024 Best Song Won [20]
Denver Film Critics SocietyJanuary 12, 2024Best Original SongNominated [21]
Georgia Film Critics Association January 5, 2024Best Original SongRunner-up [22]
Gold Derby Film Awards February 21, 2024Best Original SongWon [23]
Golden Globe Awards January 7, 2024 Best Original Song Nominated [24]
Grammy Awards February 4, 2024 Best Song Written for Visual Media Nominated [25]
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards March 3, 2024 Best Song Written and/or Recording Created for a Film Nominated [26]
Hawaii Film Critics SocietyJanuary 12, 2024Best SongNominated [27]
Houston Film Critics Society January 22, 2024 Best Original SongWon [28]
Iowa Film Critics AssociationJanuary 17, 2024Best SongWon [29]
Latino Entertainment Journalists AssociationFebruary 12, 2024Best SongWon [30]
North Carolina Film Critics AssociationJanuary 3, 2024Best Original SongWon [31]
North Dakota Film SocietyJanuary 15, 2024Best Original SongNominated [32]
Online Film Critics Society January 22, 2024 Technical Achievements: Original SongHonored [33]
Online Film & Television AssociationMarch 3, 2024Best Original SongRunner-up [34]
Most Cinematic MomentNominated
Satellite Awards March 3, 2024 Best Original Song Nominated [35]
Society of Composers & Lyricists February 13, 2024Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media ProductionNominated [36]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "I'm Just Ken"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [37] 66
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [38] 25
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [39] 48
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [40] 13
Germany (Official German Charts) [41] 67
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [42] 70
Ireland (IRMA) [43] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [44] 98
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [45] 25
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [46] 55
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [47] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [48] 60
UK Singles (OCC) [49] 13
US Billboard Hot 100 [50] 87
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [51] 5

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "I'm Just Ken"
Chart (2023)Position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard) [52] 69

Parodies

On the October 14, 2023, episode of Saturday Night Live , comedian Pete Davidson parodied the song as “I'm Just Pete” to mock his personal life. [53] [54]

On March 15, 2024, British comedian Lenny Henry parodied the song as "I'm Just Len" as part of his final year as host of Comic Relief's annual Red Nose Day telethon. [55]

Live performance

Gosling performed the song live at the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024. The performance paid homage to the "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" sequence from the 1953 film adaptation of the stage musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starring Marilyn Monroe, as well as the choreography of Busby Berkeley. Gosling was joined by Ronson on bass, Wyatt on piano, and Wolfgang Van Halen and Slash on guitar, as well as his Barbie co-stars Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Scott Evans. The performance was choreographed by Mandy Moore, who also choreographed Gosling in La La Land. [56] [57]

Ken The EP

Ken the EP
Ken the EP cover.jpg
EP by
Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson
ReleasedDecember 20, 2023 (2023-12-20)
Genre Pop
Length13:54
Label Atlantic
Producer Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson chronology
Barbie (Score from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2023)		Ken the EP
(2023)

On December 20, 2023, Gosling and Ronson released an extended play containing three additional versions of "I'm Just Ken" in addition to the original track. A performance video was released for the Christmas version, subtitled "Merry Kristmas Barbie", which features Gosling, Ronson, and Wyatt in the studio. [58] [59] The Christmas version was recorded and released within the span of a week. [7]

Ken The EP track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Just Ken" (Merry Kristmas Barbie)3:16
2."I'm Just Ken" (In My Feelings Acoustic)3:59
3."I'm Just Ken" (Purple Disco Machine remix)2:55
4."I'm Just Ken"3:42
Total length:13:54

Notes

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