{"id":63011,"date":"2023-12-19T19:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T19:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/19\/ryan-gosling-teases-im-just-ken-merry-kristmas-barbie-song\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T19:14:46","slug":"ryan-gosling-teases-im-just-ken-merry-kristmas-barbie-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/19\/ryan-gosling-teases-im-just-ken-merry-kristmas-barbie-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Gosling Teases \u2018I\u2019m Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)\u2019 Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3467462\" style=\"width: 690px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:148.42857142857%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Ryan Gosling<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Shane Anthony Sinclair\/Getty Images for Warner Bros<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ryan-gosling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ryan Gosling<\/strong><\/a> \u201cken not wait\u201d to ring in the holidays with a new Christmas version of his <em>Barbie<\/em> anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Gosling\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ryan-gosling-and-eva-mendes-are-as-in-love-as-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spouse<\/a>, <strong>Eva Mendes<\/strong>, gave fans a preview of \u201cI\u2019m Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)\u201d via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C1AY49bPvg8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Monday, December 18. In the short clip, Gosling, 43, stands next to <strong>Mark Ronson<\/strong> \u2013 who produced the <em>Barbie<\/em> soundtrack \u2013 in a music studio while swelling symphonic music plays.<\/p>\n<p>As they listen, Gosling leans in and raises the volume on a track labeled \u201cKEN,\u201d and it becomes clear that this is a kringle version of \u201cI\u2019m Just Ken,\u201d Gosling\u2019s big musical number from Barbie. Ronson, 48, isn\u2019t too happy with someone messing with his soundboard, even if it\u2019s a star from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/how-much-money-did-barbie-make-at-the-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the year\u2019s biggest film<\/a>. The \u201cUptown Funk\u201d cocreator returns Gosling\u2019s vocals to normal, prompting Ryan to raise them to the red again.<\/p>\n<p>Ronson attempts to restore Gosling\u2019s vocals to a reasonable level, but it becomes a battle that the producer doesn\u2019t feel like fighting. \u201cYou handle this, Ken,\u201d says Ronson as he exits the studio. As for how the final mix sounds, \u201cI\u2019m Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)\u201d arrives on Wednesday, December 20.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/breaking-down-every-barbie-and-ken-from-the-barbie-movie\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/A-Breakdown-of-Every-Barbie-and-Ken-From-the-Barbie-.-Movie-278.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"A Breakdown of Every Barbie and Ken From the Barbie . Movie 278 America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig.\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/A-Breakdown-of-Every-Barbie-and-Ken-From-the-Barbie-.-Movie-278.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/breaking-down-every-barbie-and-ken-from-the-barbie-movie\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span>Breaking Down Every Barbie and Ken From the \u2018Barbie\u2019 Movie<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe Barbie movie is fast approaching \u2014 but titular star Margot Robbie didn\u2019t know if it would ever come to fruition.\u00a0 \u201cI was very scared it was going to be a no. At the time this was such a terrifying thing to take on. People were like,\u00a0You\u2019re going to do what?\u201d Robbie told Vogue in [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Not Ken\u201d earned Gosling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ryan-goslings-barbie-song-im-just-ken-makes-billboard-charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his first song on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. The song reached No. 87 in August. Gosling, who was part of the rock duo Dead Man\u2019s Bones, previously charted on Billboard\u2019s Jazz and Jazz Digital Song Sales Chart with \u201cCity of Stars\u201d from 2016\u2019s <em>La La Land<\/em>. That song, however, didn\u2019t crack the Hot 100.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3467472\" style=\"width: 819px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:125%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3467472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Ryan Gosling Cranks it to Ken leven in a Preview of Im Just Ken Merry Kristmas Barbie\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ryan-Gosling-Cranks-it-to-Ken-leven-in-a-Preview-of-Im-Just-Ken-Merry-Kristmas-Barbie-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n RYAN GOSLING as Ken in Warner Bros. Pictures\u2019 \u201cBARBIE.\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Jaap Buitendijk\/Warner Bros. Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to being a Billboard hit, \u201cI\u2019m Just Ken\u201d netted a Best Original Song nomination at the 81st annual Golden Globes. It\u2019ll compete against <strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cAddicted to Romance\u201d from <em>She Came To Me<\/em>; \u201cPeaches,\u201d the song <strong>Jack Black<\/strong> performed for <em>The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em>; and two other cuts from the <em>Barbie<\/em> soundtrack \u2014 <strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cWhat Was I Made For?\u201d and <strong>Dua Lipa<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/dua-lipas-moving-away-from-disco-on-her-next-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disco swansong<\/a> \u201cDance The Night.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/what-was-cut-from-the-barbie-movie-kisses-cameos-and-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Barbie-Nearly-Had-a-Fart-Opera.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Greta Gerwig with cast on set of 'Barbie'\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Barbie-Nearly-Had-a-Fart-Opera.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/what-was-cut-from-the-barbie-movie-kisses-cameos-and-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span>What Was Cut From \u2018Barbie\u2019? Kisses, Cameos, a &#8216;Fart Opera&#8217; and More<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tIt seems like Barbie has everything \u2014 girl power, big laughs, more shades of pink than any of Us knew existed \u2014 but director Greta Gerwig had to cut a few things from the massive blockbuster. Allan\u2019s \u2018Jaws\u2019-Inspired Scene Gerwig filmed a scene that paid tribute to Steven Spielberg\u2018s classic film. \u201cWe did this shot [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A similar showdown will happen at the 66th annual Grammy Awards. \u201cWhat Was I Made For?,\u201d \u201cDance The Night\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m Just Ken\u201d are nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media,\u201d along with <strong>Nicki Minaj<\/strong> and <strong>Ice Spice\u2019<\/strong>s \u201cBarbie World.\u201d The only non-<em>Barbie<\/em> song in the category is <strong>Rihanna<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cLift Me Up\u201d from <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ryan-gosling-teases-im-just-ken-merry-kristmas-barbie-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Gosling Shane Anthony Sinclair\/Getty Images for Warner Bros Ryan Gosling \u201cken not wait\u201d to ring in the holidays with a new Christmas version of his Barbie anthem. Gosling\u2019s spouse, Eva Mendes, gave fans a preview of \u201cI\u2019m Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)\u201d via Instagram on Monday, December 18. In the short clip, Gosling, 43, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}