Ryan Gosling sings “Just Ken,” the song in which Barbie’s partner confesses to living in the “friendzone”

Ryan Gosling was chosen by Margot Robbie to play Ken, Barbie’s loyal crush, with director Greta Gerwig’s approval. But while filming, he discovered a song that encouraged him to further his acting and explore his own energy Just Ken, of which we received a minute and a half of video.

the soundtrack of Barbie is largely due to the British DJ, composer and music producer Mark Ronson, winner of seven Grammy Awards and an Oscar. He is responsible for the successes rehabilitation (Amy Winehouse), Uptown funk (Bruno Mars) and Superficial (Lady Gaga). And he became the executive producer of the songs of Barbie.

Your next bet for a hit musical in the cinema is included Just Kenthe song with which the Barbie movie seduces audiences of all agesand not just girls, to fill the rooms at the premiere, next July 20 (date for Ecuador).

The story behind it has a bit of a commercial undertone. Ronson went to buy Barbies for his studio, and while at the toy store realized he hadn’t seen a single Ken doll, of any price. “Because nobody gives two cents for a Ken”. He immediately wrote to Mattel CEO Ynon Kreis, who sent him some figures from Barbie’s heartthrob, and that’s how he put together the collection he wanted, according to what he told the magazine. Vanity purse. With that spirit he sat down to compose.

And he gave it to Gosling, who gave him a performance that was both touching and hilarious, a side of him that wasn’t very well known. Ronson revealed that Gosling was the one who wanted to perform the song for the soundtrack, and then she asked to play her during the film.

Without as many appearances as Barbie, Ryan Gosling stars as Ken in the film arriving in Ecuador July 20

To do this, they had to get the approval of Barbie’s director, Greta Gerwig, and screenwriter Noah Baumbach. Ronson wasn’t so sure the filmmakers would be as humorous as he and Gosling were about a song in which Ken confesses that he’s intimidated by Barbie’s popularity, that he’s nothing when he’s not with her, and that he’s always lived in the “friend zone.” waiting for the blonde to notice.

Ronson began to question the lyrics, especially the part about: Is it my destiny to live and die in an existence of blonde fragility? What does it take to see the man behind the tan and fight for me?

In the video, Gosling and all the Kens try to create their own lives, situations where they can be without the Barbies, but literally crash in the process.

The director liked it so much that she rewrote a scene so that Gosling could grant his wish and sing Ronson’s theme. He is not fooling himself or parodying himself, is the conclusion of the composer. Yes, it’s a song that starts out a little crazy, he admitted, but when he hits the high notes and the best lyrics (and swaps the pastel colored suits for black clothes) the actor demonstrates his vocal power.

Ronson promises the audience that he will identify with or fall in love with Ken before Barbie even gets the chance.

Of course, Ken isn’t the only one singing his side of the story! Barbie has a number of critically acclaimed voices, including that of the young prisoner Billy Eilishthat goes with it What was I made for? And Sam Smith of Man that I am.