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Ryan Gosling still hasn't been asked to perform 'I'm Just Ken' at the Oscars: 'It might be too much of a risk'

"But I'm open to it."

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Updated on February 7, 2024 02:42PM EST

If the Academy doesn’t act soon, the 2024 Oscars ceremony will be lacking in some serious Kenergy.

Barbie star Ryan Gosling has revealed that he has yet to be tapped to perform his character Ken’s celebrated anthem “I’m Just Ken” — which is nominated for Best Original Song — at the show next month.

“I still have not been asked,” Gosling told Variety in a new interview. “It might be too much of a risk to have me do it. I don’t know how that would work. But I’m open to it.”

However, his costar and pal Margot Robbie told the outlet not to worry about Gosling's pending performance, if only because she said the Barbie posse are all “poking Ryan whenever we can” to belt it out at the event, telling him, “‘Do it. Come on. It’ll be fun.’”

Gosling, who is the frontman of the band Dead Man's Bones, then asked the Variety reporter what their vision is for the performance. When they replied that they expected fans would want Gosling to have a full beach breakthrough on stage, he responded, "It can’t be pared down? Okay. It’s anthemic. So we’ll need a budget.”

The performance would also be a huge full-circle moment for his beloved character, who would finally have Barbie — a.k.a. Robbie — cheering on his achievements, for a change. “I would love nothing more,” Robbie said. “That would make me — and the world — so happy.”

"I'm Just Ken" has dominated social media and the awards circuit since it debuted in the blockbuster movie last summer. Not only did it win Best Song at the Critics Choice Awards, but Gosling has since released three additional versions of the track, including a Christmas version titled "I'm Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)."

Earlier this month, its songwriters, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, performed the track — with country musician Lainey Wilson stepping in for a busy Gosling — at Clive Davis' Grammys party.

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