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Watch Ryan Gosling's incredible Oscars performance of 'I'm Just Ken'

Slash, Mark Ronson and an army of Kens also took the stage.

Slash, Mark Ronson and an army of Kens also took the stage

Ryan wears a pink suit with his arms stretched out, as other Kens surround him onstage.
Ryan Gosling performed 'I'm Just Ken' onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Ryan Gosling might not have won best supporting actor,but he won over the crowd at the 96th Academy Awards with his epic, hilarious performance of"I'm Just Ken."

Dressed in a sparkling, Barbie-pink suit, Gosling began singing from the crowd, seated behind his Barbie co-star Margot Robbie who giggled as he began the song. He removed his black cowboy hat, placed it on his sister's head, and climbed the stairs to the stage alongside Mark Ronson, one of the songwriters behind the track.

As he joined a number of suited Ken dancersincludingSimu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir and NcutiGatwa,several fans noticed heappeared to reference Marilyn Monroe's performance of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Then, he was lifted in the air by the dancers, before appearing alongside Slash, who performed a dramatic guitar solo.

Scampering back to the audience to finish belting out the lyrics,Goslingshared the mic with Barbie director Greta Gerwig, Robbie, and America Ferreraaswell as best actress winner Emma Stone.

WATCH | Ryan Gosling performs 'I'm Just Ken' at the Oscars:

"I'm Just Ken" was nominated for best original song, but lost to another compositionfrom the Barbie soundtrack, "What Was I Made For?" performed by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas. It wasEilish's second Oscar, making her the youngest person ever to win two Oscars. Shehad previously won for "No Time to Die" from the 2021James Bond film of the same name.

"What Was I Made For?" was the only win for Barbie at the Oscars.

WATCH| Before Goslingwas 'just Ken,' he was a Canadian kid who made it big as a Mouseketeer:

Proof that Ryan Gosling had rizz decades before that Oscars performance

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Ryan Gosling, surrounded by a fleet of dancers and Slash on guitar, performed a hit song from the Barbie movie at the Oscars on Sunday night. But before he was the A-list actor belting out I'm Just Ken, he was a kid from Ontario whose singing and dancing helped him make it as a Mouseketeer. Hear what Gosling had to say about his hopes back in 1993.