00:00 Their spirit is in every single piece of it. Like, there's no way that Ryan, America, myself,
00:08 like, there's no way that we would be doing the work that we did without their contribution anyway.
00:13 Mark Ronson is now a two-time Oscar nominee. The songwriter and producer received his second
00:18 nomination for Best Original Song on Tuesday for "I'm Just Ken" from Barbie,
00:23 which he co-wrote with Andrew Wyatt.
00:29 Following the nomination's announcement, Ronson, who won the Best Original Song Oscar in 2019
00:34 for "Shallow" from A Star Is Born, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about his reaction to the news,
00:39 working with Ken actor Ryan Gosling, the Barbie snubs that the internet can't stop talking about,
00:44 and more. First, Ronson revealed where he was when he learned of the nomination.
00:48 "I was actually on a plane and I was just like, I suddenly got all this barrage of texts from
00:55 people at the same time and I had a feeling it was something to do with the nomination.
01:02 My one-year-old daughter was sleeping right next to me on the plane, so I was just like
01:07 obviously holding it all inside, but of course it was super exciting, really."
01:13 The songs that are nominated for Best Original Song are typically performed at the Academy Awards
01:17 ceremony. When asked what Oscar viewers might be able to expect from the "I'm Just Ken" performance,
01:22 Ronson shared this.
01:23 "I haven't thought about any of that stuff yet, I'm not sure. I mean obviously we would love more
01:28 than anything for Ryan to perform the song. I mean that's always just been the dream since we sort of,
01:35 that first day in the studio."
01:37 He also spoke about working with Gosling in the studio and how the actor brought the song to life.
01:41 "He just brought this, you know, he brought the Ken to it. Like he brought the Ken energy. He
01:48 took this song because he's such a brilliant actor and had already like bound his Ken and
01:54 his process and what he was doing because he had already been working on the film. So when he
01:58 performed it, he brought something extra to it. Not only just a great singer but also a great
02:04 emotional conveyor of this song."
02:07 Barbie received eight 2024 Oscar nominations,
02:10 including performance nods for Gosling and America Ferreira, as well as a nod for Best Picture.
02:15 However, Barbie herself, Margot Robbie, was noticeably absent from the Best Actress list
02:20 and Greta Gerwig did not receive a nod for directing.
02:23 Ronson weighed in on the snubs and shared this about Robbie and Gerwig's influence on the film.
02:27 "I wanted Greta and Margot to be recognized for their incredible work as well. I mean obviously
02:35 Greta is for screenplay and Margot for producing the film but their spirit is in every single piece
02:43 of, like there's no way that Ryan, America, myself, like there's no way that we would be
02:50 doing the work that we did without their contribution anyway."
02:53 "I'm Just Ken" is one of two Barbie tracks nominated for Best Original Song this year,
02:57 as Billie Eilish and Finneas also received a nod in the category for "What Was I Made For."
03:01 "We loved that song the moment that we heard it and you know Andrew and I,
03:05 we even did the, we did the orchestral arrangement for that song and you know that song is,
03:10 we've wove it into the film and the melodies and stuff is in the score you know in the same way
03:16 that the do a dance the night motif is in the score like it was just so wonderful we knew that
03:21 we had to do that. It would be nice if there could be more than two songs because I feel like every
03:25 song in this film especially you know Dance the Night and Pink and Nikki and Ice like no song,
03:37 each song has just done such a wonderful thing and the kind of like
03:41 making the movie feel like it does you know the movie lifted the songs and the songs lift the
03:47 movie." For more from Mark Ronson on "I'm Just Ken" and the full list of 2024 Oscar nominees,
03:51 head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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