Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson, and Slash perform "I'm Just Ken" at the 2024 Oscars

On Sunday, Ryan Gosling performed his Barbie song “I’m Just Ken” at the 2024 Oscars.

Gosling was joined by songwriter Mark Ronson when suddenly Slash appeared! The performance was a love letter to Marilyn Monroe’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

An Oscars producer shares that it was Ryan Gosling's idea for his "I'm Just Ken" performance to pay tribute to the “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” sequence from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” https://t.co/Iw6hVXWcCJ

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