It’s protected to say we are able to by no means get (Ok)sufficient of Ryan Gosling’s Ken from Barbie.
Gosling, together with Barbie composers Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, have unveiled Ken The EP simply in time for the vacations.
The EP options the unique “I’m Simply Ken” from the record-breaking Barbie film in addition to three new variations together with “I’m Simply Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie),” “I’m Simply Ken (In My Emotions Acoustic)” and “I’m Simply Ken (Purple Disco Machine Remix).”
In addition they dropped a efficiency video for the vacation remix, which options Gosling and the scoring duo.
Following the discharge of Greta Gerwig’s summer time blockbuster, “I’m Simply Ken” went on to achieve prime 5 on Billboard’s Sizzling Rock & Various Songs chart in addition to earn greater than 100 million world streams. Barbie The Album was additionally nominated for 11 Grammy Awards, and “I’m Simply Ken” has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Selection Award.
Final month, Ronson and Wyatt spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about what went into scoring Gerwig’s movie, together with Gosling’s hit observe.
The music duo mentioned initially, Gerwig’s simply needed them to create two songs, “Dance the Evening” and a Ken tune. “It was by no means within the script [that] Ryan was going to sing,” Ronson defined. “It was identical to, ‘If we’re going to have Barbie’s good day tune, we’d like a tune from Ken’s perspective.’ ”
However then they ended up signing on to compose the entire movie in addition to including Gosling’s vocals to the soundtrack. Ronson famous that they solely had a couple of hours to document “I’m Simply Ken” with the actor, however that seeing him “performing the tune within the studio with, like, each inch of his physique” was highly effective.
Ken The EP was govt produced by award-winning artist and producer Ronson, and is now enjoying on music streaming platforms.
