“In the very beginning,” says Mark Ronson of what proved the most marathon effort of his musical career, “there were only going to be two songs.”
Ronson, the artist and producer best known for his work with Amy Winehouse and the chart-smashing solo singles Uptown Funk and Nothing Breaks Like a Heart, had been approached about contributing a couple of tracks to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film: one song for Barbie’s big dance number and another to shed light on Ken’s (not-so-rich) inner life.
