It was perhaps the most eagerly awaited moment of the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony, and it did not disappoint. As rumoured, Barbie’s Ryan Gosling did indeed take to the stage with 65 of his fictional namesakes to perform I’m Just Ken, the hit song from director Greta Gerwig’s behemoth blockbuster, and when he did it, he brought Slash, Mark Ronson and Wolfgang Van Halen along for the ride.
Beginning his performance in the audience - and with fellow Team Barbie alumni Margot Robbie and Billie Eilish struggling to contain their laughter - Gosling quickly made for the stage and ran into Ronson, who was playing bass, and we got a glimpse of Andrew Wyatt on piano, too (Ronson and Wyatt are the song's two writers). Gosling then joined his Ken brethren, which included his Barbie co-stars Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Ncuti Gatwa, for his carefully choreographed turn.
