FILE – Ryan Gosling poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the “Barbie” movie, July 12, 2023, in London. On Wednesday, Dec. 20, Gosling — the Ken to Margot Robbie’s Acclaimed actor Ryan Gosling takes on the role of Ken, Barbie’s perfectly quaffed and tanned significant other. His dramatic performance of the film’s original song “I’m Just Ken August 27, 2023 6:00AM. Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. Ryan Gosling is Kenough in this new look at his “ Barbie ” performance. Released to help promote the blockbuster film’s smash soundtrack Ryan Gosling's turn as Ken in the blockbuster "Barbie" film has spawned his very own EP.. Along with collaborators Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Gosling's "Ken: The EP" features not only his show-stopping track "I'm Just Ken" from the Grammy-nominated "Barbie" soundtrack, but also alternate versions of "I'm Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)," "In My Feelings Acoustic" and "Purple Disco Machine Ryan Gosling stars as Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, and Issa Rae, Simu Liu and Kate McKinnon also feature as other iterations of Kens and Barbies. America Ferrera and Will Ferrell play humans. Merry Kristmas Barbie Wednesday, Dec. 20. ♬ I’m Just Ken - Ryan Gosling Called 'I’m Just Ken: Merry Kristmas Barbie', the single arrives on December 20, and it seems like it will be a Gosling portrays the iconic sidepiece to Barbie ( Margot Robbie) in Greta Gerwig's highly-anticipated comedy. And in a new sneak peek video from the film, we see “the man behind the tan” singing about what it's like to be “just Ken.”. Check it out below. In the musical clip, we see Ken show off his muscles, strum a guitar, (attempt to And I’m great at doing stuff. So, hey, check me out, yeah, I’m just Ken. My name’s Ken and so am I. Put that manly hand in mine. So, hey world, check me out, yeah I’m just Ken. Baby, I’m just Ken. “I’m Just Ken” was written by Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson. It’s a great balance of being silly and serious and why it works so 3Dip.