Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Matt Hancock seen vibing to Ryan Gosling’s I’m Just Ken song on the beach in new TikTok clip.
The video has gone viral on TikTok and Twitter, and or is triggering British people ass they are calling for his arrest because of his atrocities during the pandemic period.
“I just knew he could be really funny but also would mine the depths of this kind of outrageous conundrum that Ken finds himself in, as a person,” director Greta Gerwig told The Times of casting Gosling. “It was the gravitas he’s able to bring as an actor that was part of what made everything so heartfelt – but also so funny.”
Ken, who has learned the ins and outs of patriarchy through the real world’s media, puts on what he believes to be the outfit of a successful and powerful man: a Sylvester Stallone-esque mink coat, a black fringe sleeveless vest, a headband decorated in electric bolts, a silver chain with a horse pendant and a fanny pack with his name in the Metallica font. (Despite everything he’s wearing, he manages to remain shirtless.)
Anywhere else he’s a ten, except in Barbieland and the Billboard charts. “I’m Just Ken,” a euphoric synth-rock masterpiece from Barbie that begs you to feel the Kenergy, has debuted on the “Hot 100” at No. 87. Co-written by Mark Ronson and sung by fragile blonde doll Ryan Gosling, the song is pretty much the “Peaches” of Barbie — Gosling croons about his relationship while going through an existential crisis alongside the other Kens. There’s also an extended bridge that wouldn’t feel out of place as a Devo B-side, but we digress. “The Ken song is about this guy that just can’t get out of his own way,” Ronson told Vulture. “We all have these masks that we put on to impress people, and all we really want to be is ourselves.” Barbie: The Album, the film’s official soundtrack, also debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. That’s very beach.
Packed with clever jokes, film references, and social commentary, the number might seem like wildly misguided chaos. In theater terms, it’s as if the princes of Into the Woods were performing the Les Misérables battle anthem “One Day More” before a West Side Story rumble on that “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” yacht, all filmed on a Busby Berkeley soundstage.
The track debuts along with the Barbie: The Album soundtrack, also released July 21 via Mattel/WaterTower/Atlantic Records. The album opens at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 126,000 units, as well as No. 1 on the Soundtracks chart and No. 2 on Top Album Sales. It’s the highest charting soundtrack on the Billboard 200 since Encanto led the list for nine nonconsecutive weeks (January-March 2022). Barbie is also the highest debut for a full-length theatrical film soundtrack since the Beyoncé-led The Lion King: The Gift also opened at No. 2 four years ago (Aug. 3, 2019, chart).
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