holy shit. Ryan Gosling just brought the (Mojo Dojo Casa) house down at the Academy Awards with a live performance of Barbie‘s Oscar-nominated song, “I’m Just Ken.” Naturally, the Kenergy was high—and so was my heart rate.
Gosling kicked off the performance from the crowd, sitting behind his co-star, Margot Robbie, before strutting up to the stage. Gosling sported a sparkly pink suit, while his legion of backup dancers (including Simu Liu and Kingsley Ben-Adir!) wore pink cufflinks and black cowboy hats. The dancers eventually shuffled to the sides of the stage, revealing—again, holy shit—a mind-bending guitar solo from none other than Guns N’ Roses’ Slash. The Barbie star also passed the mic to Greta Gerwig and America Ferrera, who sung along from the front row. (Oh, and Gosling also broke two boards with his bare hands.)
