This song is proving to be more than Kenough.
Ryan Gosling just reached a new professional milestone—landing a song on the Billboard Hot 100.
This musical accomplishment is thanks to Barbie's "I'm Just Ken," which features Ryan's character singing an emotional, 80s-inspired ballad bemoaning his lot in life as only a counterpart to Barbie before turning into an epic, choreographed number including all the Kens (and even featuring Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen on guitar). The song has become a huge hit, with its popularity landing it at number 87 on the chart.
"I'm just Ken / Anywhere else I'd be a ten," the tormented doll-come-to-life sings. "Is it my destiny to live and die a life of blonde fragility?"
Of course, Ryan's musical prowess should come as no surprise to fans. Not only has the 42-year-old showed off his singing and dancing skills in 2016's La La Land, but the actor was also one of two frontmen for the rock duo Dead Man's Bones along with fellow actor Zach Shields. The group released its first, and only, eponymous album in 2009.
So who penned the now-iconic Barbie ballad? Grammy Award-winning producer Mark Ronson stepped up to the plate, or should we say beach, along with Andrew Wyatt to bring "I'm Just Ken" to life.
"I don't read a lot of scripts, but it was just everything I want in a movie," Mark told Rolling Stone June 26. "I was like, 'If I don't get this gig, this is gonna be my favorite movie of the year."
And indeed, since its July 21 premiere, the Greta Gerwig film is turning out to be most people's favorite movie of the year, if box office reports are any indication.
In its opening weekend, Barbie brought in a whopping $155 million—making it not only the biggest premiere of the year so far, but also setting the record as the biggest opening ever for a film directed by a woman.
But the film had to take a long road to Barbie Land. In fact, there was a period of time where Margot Robbie wasn't even set to be cast in the titular role.
To find out who almost landed on the big screen in Margot's place as well as other secrets behind the film, keep reading.