Ryan Gosling's turn as Ken in the blockbuster "Barbie" film has spawned his very own EP.
Along with collaborators Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Gosling's "Ken: The EP" features not only his show-stopping track "I'm Just Ken" from the Grammy-nominated "Barbie" soundtrack, but also alternate versions of "I'm Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)," "In My Feelings Acoustic" and "Purple Disco Machine Remix."
MORE: Watch Ryan Gosling get into character in behind-the-scenes 'I'm Just Ken' videoThe holiday version of the tune also came with a performance video of Gosling, Ronson and company laying the track down in a studio bedazzled with Christmas lights, after they riff on the possibility that they're creating a year-round classic that can also be celebrated at the holidays, a la "Die Hard."
Ronson previously teased the holiday version of the hit song from the "Barbie" movie on social media.
"We first recorded this song back in March 2022 at a studio in North London called Eastcote," he wrote about the original track. "I'd never met Ryan & was a little starstruck when he walked into this no-frills studio where the Clash once made records."
He continued, "Let's be real, I'd been enjoying his work for many years -- he's a few cuts above, ya know? We had a quick, awkward 'get to know you' cup of tea & headed to the control room. I was informed I had 2 hours before he had to return to a grueling rehearsal on set, so I was already feeling up against it ... Well, it only took 2 or 3 warm up takes for me to realize not only was he going to be able to handle the vocal but it was going to far exceed anything Andrew and I could have hoped for."
MORE: See Ryan Gosling deliver Ken-ergy in 'Barbie' power balladRonson explained that he was "dying to show the song in a different context" and Gosling "demanded i go 'Full Ronson' with the arrangement (which i took to mean 2007 motown/wall of sound-obsessed me)."
Along with its success on the charts, "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie: The Album" is also up for a Grammy for best song written for visual media and a Golden Globe for best original song.