Barbie It is the highest-grossing film of 2023 as it enters its final weeks. And Ken, the character he played Ryan Goslinghas had a lot to do with the success of the film with Margot Robbie.
Ryan Gosling, the Canadian candidate for two Oscars, who turned 43 on November 12, sometimes regrets having coined the phrase “Kenergy.” However, speaking on Saturday at the Hitmakers event in Varietyembraced the idea of ”Kenergy,” a term he said he invented during a press conference for the hit movie Barbieto describe musician, composer and producer Mark Ronson.
Gosling was at Hitmakers, presented by Sony Audio, to give Ronson, the executive producer behind the soundtrack for Barbie and co-producer and co-writer of some of its most notable songs, this year’s honors for Soundtrack of the Year. In doing so, Gosling defended Ronson as being the prime example of “Kenergy” in the real world.
“What is ‘Kenergy’, other than a word I made up at a press conference so I wouldn’t have to answer any questions, which has haunted me ever since?” Gosling said as he laughed on stage. “Well, it’s a noun that I’ve come to understand as the strength and vitality required for a sustained period of ‘Kenning’. What is ‘Kenning’, other than another random word I made up? It’s a verb. For Ken it’s to give more than is necessary or required to reflect so that others can shine. I don’t know how to describe Mark Ronson better than that.”
The singer of I’m Just KenGosling joked that “until six months ago, the whole world didn’t give a damn about Ken. He was just this 70-year-old doll with no crotch, no house, no car, no job and no voice, and look at him now! He has “a Grammy-nominated power ballad and the voice of an angel. What happened? It’s simple. She met Mark Ronson and her life changed forever. But he wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last.”
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Gosling highlighted Ronson’s long list of hits he’s been behind, from artists like Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Adele, Duran Duran, Diplo and the late Amy Winehouse.
“Believe me, if Marc Ronson has ever synthesized your essence into music, you’ll want to give him an award too,” he added.
Accepting the award, Ronson said, “There’s no way to follow that!” And he noted, “I was so in love with Greta Gerwig and the vision of her that if she had told me to put up ‘Barbie’ fly signs up and down the West Side Highway, I probably would have done it there too.” moment …
It was a pleasure to sit with all of these artists and watch them watch clips of the film for the first time. And I watched their eyes literally open wide as they were absorbed by Greta’s bright, heartfelt Technicolor vision,” Ronson said, as his prize fell to the floor.
The film’s music earned 11 Grammy nominations in seven categories, including song and record of the year. In the category of Best Song Written for Visual Media, four of the five nominees are from its soundtrack.