'Barbie' Song "I'm Just Ken" Almost Played a Smaller Role in Film | THR News Video
The song "I'm Just Ken" was almost a much smaller part of the 'Barbie' movie. A new featurette promoting the record-breaking film's release on video on demand breaks down the "I'm Just Ken" musical battle scene and sees music producer Mark Ronson reveal this about the making of the song. Once Ronson wrote the initial version, he says that writer-director Greta Gerwig wanted more.
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00:00 ♪ I'm just Ken, but I see the love she sees a friend ♪
00:05 - The song "I'm Just Ken" was almost a much smaller part
00:07 of the "Barbie" movie.
00:08 A new featurette promoting the record-breaking film's release
00:11 on video on demand breaks down
00:13 the "I'm Just Ken" musical battle scene
00:15 and sees music producer Mark Ronson reveal this
00:17 about the making of the song.
00:19 - It went from being this song that was maybe
00:21 gonna be placed somewhere in the film
00:22 to this song that they built this kind of epic battle around.
00:26 - Once Ronson wrote the initial version,
00:28 he says that writer-director Greta Gerwig wanted more.
00:31 - I instantly knew what the Ken song should be.
00:34 Greta's like, "We love that song.
00:36 "Actually, can you make it longer?"
00:37 So we're essentially scoring like 11 minutes
00:39 just around the Ken song.
00:41 - Elsewhere in the featurette video,
00:42 Gerwig shared what inspired the beach battle scene.
00:45 - Growing up, I loved the Nutcracker.
00:47 The battle between the toy soldiers and the rats,
00:50 the absurdity of it, that's something I was thinking about
00:53 when we were creating this battle.
00:55 - "Barbie" is now available to rent or buy
00:57 on video on demand platforms.
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