Ryan Gosling's 2024 "I'm Just Ken" Oscars Performance
Well folks, it happened. As the world has watched the 2024 Oscar winners crowned in real-time, the performances of the nominees for “Best Original Song” have kept the Ken-ergy up and running. And when it came time for Ryan Gosling to sing Barbie’s “I’m Just Ken,” the reactions from Margot Robbie and Billie Eilish were so hysterical, that it was almost better than the performance.
Of course, their shocked and laughing faces mirrored what basically everyone was thinking before Gosling’s song and dance number at L.A.’s Dolby Theatre really got going. After Robbie, Greta Gerwig and Eilish's amazing reactions, the pink-suited singer took the stage with several of his co-Kens from the Barbie cast, including Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, and Ncuti Gatwa, the Barbie theatrics really took off. And yes dear fans, the chant of “Can you feel the Ken-ergy?” was kept in the live show.
Of course, their shocked and laughing faces mirrored what basically everyone was thinking before Gosling’s song and dance number at L.A.’s Dolby Theatre really got going. After Robbie, Greta Gerwig and Eilish's amazing reactions, the pink-suited singer took the stage with several of his co-Kens from the Barbie cast, including Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, and Ncuti Gatwa, the Barbie theatrics really took off. And yes dear fans, the chant of “Can you feel the Ken-ergy?” was kept in the live show.
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00:00It doesn't seem to matter what I do
00:06I'm always number two
00:10No one knows how hard I try
00:14Oh I
00:17Have feelings I can't explain
00:21Driving me insane
00:25All my life been so polite
00:29I'll sleep alone tonight
00:32I'm just kidding
00:34Anywhere else I'd be a tank
00:37Is it my destiny to live and die
00:41A life of blind fragility
00:46I'm just kidding
00:47Where I see love she sees a friend
00:51What will it take for her
00:53To see the man behind the tank
00:57And fight for me
01:11I want to know
01:13Is love too low to be the real thing
01:18Is it a crime
01:19If I'm not hot when I'm in my feeling
01:24Is my mind finally healing
01:27Am I dreaming
01:31I'm no dreamer
01:42Can you feel my energy
01:47Feel so real my energy
01:50Can you feel my energy
01:53Can you feel my energy
02:02I'm just kidding
02:04Anywhere else I'd be a tank
02:07Is it my destiny to live and die
02:11A life of blind fragility
02:16I'm just kidding
02:17I'm just kidding
02:18Where I see love she sees a friend
02:21What will it take for her
02:23To see the man behind the tank
02:27And fight for me
02:30I'm just kidding
02:31Hang on, hang on
02:33And I'm praying that the rain stops
02:37So hey, check me out
02:40Yeah, I'm just kidding
02:43My name's Ken
02:45So am I
02:47Put that manly hand in mine
02:50So hey, world, check me out
02:53Yeah, I'm just kidding
02:58I'm just kidding
03:12I'm just kidding