Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ in new video

Drew Weisholtz and Randi Richardson
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ in new video
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Forget bringing down the house. Ryan Gosling is bringing down the Barbie DreamHouse.

A behind-the-scenes video posted to YouTube Aug. 21. shows how Gosling's "I'm Just Ken" — the "Barbie" movie power ballad that's become a summertime hit — came together.

"I'm just Ken. Anywhere else I'd be a 10," he passionately belts out while wearing a white fur coat and colorful bandana. A horde of Kens then storm the beach that their boats just landed on.

Gosling rips off his fur coat at one point, prompting "Barbie" director Greta Gerwig to clasp her hands over her mouth in laughter.

The behind-the-scenes video also shows some of the high-profile artists that brought the song to life, including Guns 'N Roses guitarist Slash, Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese and Wolfgang Van Halen.

The song previously trended on X, formerly known as Twitter, on July 10.

“I just don’t know who I am without you,” he laments as the video opens.

“You’re Ken,” Margot Robbie’s Barbie responds.

“But it’s Barbie and Ken,” he fires back. “There is no ‘Just Ken.’”

The clip then dissolves into a shirtless Gosling (accompanied by a killer six-pack) pensively sitting as he breaks into song.

Sure, you may be distracted by Gosling's six-pack, but his voice has also caught the attention of fans. (@barbiethemovie via Twitter)
Sure, you may be distracted by Gosling's six-pack, but his voice has also caught the attention of fans. (@barbiethemovie via Twitter)

“Doesn’t seem to matter what I do / I’m always No. 2,” he sings as images of Barbie dancing with a left-out feeling Ken looking on.

“Is it my destiny to live and die a life of blonde fragility? / I’m just Ken,” he continues.

Gosling as the fur coat-wearing, singing boy toy in
Gosling as the fur coat-wearing, singing boy toy in

“Where I see love she sees a friend / What will it take for her to see the man behind the tan and fight for me?” he sings, over cheesecake shots of Gosling in a tight black shirt, a denim vest playing guitar for Barbie and doing pull-ups to keep that chiseled body in check.

As the song rolls on with more images of Ken and Barbie, Ken’s message, like his Adonis-like torso, becomes even stronger.

“I’m just Ken and I’m enough / And I’m great at doing stuff / So, hey, check me out / And I’m just Ken / Baby, I’m just Ken,” he sings, deftly holding the final two notes as the song wraps up.

Gosling's Ken is at a loss how to forge his own identity. (@barbiethemovie via Twitter)
Gosling's Ken is at a loss how to forge his own identity. (@barbiethemovie via Twitter)

Fans on X were in awe of Gosling’s pecs — er, pipes.

“and the Oscar goes too.....” raved one person.

“this spoke to me,” someone else wrote.

“RYAN GOSLING IS A GOD,” gushed one capital-letter enthusiast.

“soon to be my #1 song on Spotify,” another person commented.

The song won over fans and the movie has made $1 billion in the box office since opening in theatres July 21.

This article was originally published on TODAY.com