“What an honor!” Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen joined Ryan Gosling at the Oscars to rip through their Barbie mega-ballad, I’m Just Ken – and the internet can’t get enough of it

Ryan Gosling, Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen at the Oscars 2024.

Here's something you don't read on GuitarWorld.com every day: Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen teamed up with Ryan Gosling for a show-stealing live performance of I’m Just Ken at last night's Oscars ceremony. 

The Barbie movie was one of the guitar world’s more surprising stories of 2023, after it was widely reported that the soundtrack would feature both Slash and Van Halen, who would lend their rhythm and solo services on one of the film's standout ballads.