Ryan Gosling will perform Barbie anthem 'I'm Just Ken' at the Oscars

Can you feel the Kenergy?

After weeks of speculation and fan lobbying on social media, Ryan Gosling will officially sing his Oscar nominated Barbie anthem "I'm Just Ken" at the 2024 Academy Awards.

Gosling, who is also nominated for his supporting role as the Ken to Margot Robbie's Barbie, will join producer Mark Ronson on stage at the March 10 ceremony in Los Angeles, set to be hosted again by Jimmy Kimmel, EW can confirm.

Also performing this year are his fellow Best Original Song nominees: Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell ("What Was I Made For?," also from Barbie); Becky G ("The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot); Jon Batiste ("It Never Went Away” from American Symphony); and Scott George and the Osage Singers ("Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon).

Whether or not Gosling would be invited to perform has been a topic of conversation for months after his song went viral on social media and began picking up awards-season accolades. "It might be too much of a risk to have me do it," Gosling told Variety about the possibility in early February. "I don't know how that would work. But I'm open to it."

Ronson has been a vocal proponent of a singing cameo from Gosling, even saying he didn't think "I'm Just Ken" should be performed at all if it's not Gosling on stage. He and the actor even put together three new versions of the song around Christmas.

"I'm Just Ken" isn't the only Barbie jam hoping for Oscar glory. Eilish and O'Connell's "What Was I Made For?" earned the duo a Grammy earlier this year for Best Song Written for Visual Media, beating out "I'm Just Ken" as well as Barbie's "Dance the Night," which was performed by Dua Lipa and co-written by Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.

Eilish's track also won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, beating out both "Dance the Night" and "I'm Just Ken."

However, "I'm Just Ken" hasn't "just been a Ken" this season — it won Best Song at the Critics Choice Awards.

The 2024 Academy Awards will air March 10 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC.

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