And while the other nominated song from the movie won the Oscar, the performance of this song by Ryan, Mark, Wolf, Slash, the cameraman & co won the night/show.

“even though to this day he swears that Ken sang the song”

It is symptomatic that Ken would lose to Billie Eilish. Always number two, no matter what I do.

A masterful example of having your own vision but putting aside ego and focusing on supporting the bigger picture

Mark Ronson is the greatest earworm composer of his generation. It's fascinating to watch this kind of "How it took shape" process, especially for those of us with NO musical ability at all.

The instrumental track for the "Kenergy" section goes so hard

“blonde fragility” pops into my mind at random times, with or without the rest of the line or even the song. Just brilliant!

Mark Ronson's voice is straight out of the 80's...when I looked him up I didn't even realize he was British-born. Thank you Rolling Stone for committing to such an incredible interview.

Mark wrote “Shallow” with Lady Gaga it won a Oscar for a star is born! What turned into a joke went center stage at the Oscars with “I’m just Ken”. I bet that production wins an EMMY 💖💖💖

This sure makes you appreciate this song. I never understood how incredible Mark Ronson is.

What a PRODUCER! so gifted, the perfect temperament and awareness of his role.

I love how he breaks the song down bit by bit and you can really hear the beauty of this song, the melody, each note.

More track breakdown content like this please Rolling Stone. Great video!

This kind of break down gives you a whole other level of appreciation for the song and all of the creative aspects of this and ANY movie really!

Such a talented & modest man, no ‘main character’ syndrome, just a lovely human.

Thank you for remembering Amy Winehouse she was a very talented artist with a tragic life but she loved her music and that's her legacy.

why did the ending, with his descripion of RG's full body takeover to sing the song, make me emotional? The beauty and power of art!

He’s very modest

I just do not understand how a dude this amazing at what he does is like this. There's this almost wildly unaware humility to him, it's crazy.

A Van Halen was involved in the creation of this song? That makes so much sense, and Wolf elevated that whole section.

This song deserves the Oscar

So beautiful how he talks about his artists, with such admiration. The fact he knows people like Amy Whinehouse and Ryan Gosling and Slash and Greta Gerwig are the starts make stuff just better

I'm actually so impressed with this break-down and song overall. In particular Ryan's vocal is outstanding. Thank you Mark, Wolfgang,, Slash and Mark's team for making this happen!

Mark Ronson is an absolute legend

Im glad publications are doing breakdowns for the nominated tracks this year by Artists/Producers🔥🔥🔥

Now I get why Wolf was at the Oscar’s performance! What an epic, this behind the scenes is incredible

I had never heard of Mark Ronson until a few months ago, and now I see him everywhere. Talented, intelligent, modest, unassuming, yet great. What a gift he has! Also, watching this, I had never really appreciated just what goes into making these songs and these movies. Ton of work, that.

This background info is amazing and makes both the song and the movie even better!! Thank you for sharing! I´d so love to see Ryan sing in that booth

This song and Ryan Gosling deserved the Oscar. Love the Kenergy 💖💖

Absolutely love how much talent went into making such an iconic song! So cool to hear about the little tidbits we don’t get to fully appreciate while just watching the movie 💕💕

Im just overwhelmed with Mark Ronson and the talent he brings to any project.

Super video, thanks so much Rolling Stone - and Mark. As a "serious" movie (and music) fan, this movie has confounded so many expectations in the best way, because of the respect, energy and love you all gave it. All of those things really come out here - and did in the best way on Sunday night. It took a truly special song to deny you the golden statue, but in all other ways this is so much more than enough and definitely one of those times when I wish the Academy could have shared the award.

Wow, that orchestra is amazing! I've always liked that in the song and now hearing it with just that and Ryan's voice alone is magical 😍

Ryan was showing off his Disney roots

I found myself crying through the last 90 seconds of this interview. This whole process is so very moving and in someways is an exemplification of the themes of the film. I feel so much gratitude for everyone involved. Thank you for this lovely song and every way it manifested in the world. May it heal.

This is awesome, honestly I really wanted to hear this demo and it’s so cool hearing the evolution of a song

10:08 slash killing it with incredibly satisfying harmonies! ❤

Billie might have taken home the Oscar, but "I'm Just Ken" will always be the winner of my heart. It was the perfect song to take us through the changing scenes and kept me smiling all throughout. Amazing job to everyone involved

The orchestral bits are gorgeous. Love to have it broke it Down for us. Thank you

Wow! Ronson has such a lovely, soothing voice, very 10 cc!❤

This song has become its own thing. Everyone who was part of its making, brought their talent and passion for the Barbie (and Ken) vision. I enjoyed Mark talking it through, thank you 😊xx

Ack! This song makes me cry Every Single Time! It's just so raw and full of emotion. Amazing work, amazing film.

Such intelligent, talented, creative people creating work they really care about. Lovely BTS peek. ❤

Wow all I could hope for as far as behind the scenes insight to one of my favorite songs ever! Thanks so much for doing this.

Mark Ronson is amazng! He deserves more accolades!

Obsessed with this song, the instrumental is phenomenal. The movie sequence wow.

OMG! As if I weren’t already blown away by the movie performance, but then the incredible, once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster concert at the Oscars has stuck with me ever since. This song has been an earworm I don’t want to shake. And NOW this?! Mark Ronson gives so much here and is obviously a musical genius and generous soul. I thought Ryan Gosling should have won the Oscar before, but hearing about what he put into this and how he transformed something great into something profound, just makes me think he was edged out because perhaps it’s assumed that the subject matter is less serious and therefore less deserving of this award. Thank you for sharing this. It is soooooooo goooooood!!!!!

Incredible. Everyone who worked on this deserves an award ⭐️🩷

This is exactly what we want to see on this channel. More, please.

Love that, the song, the incredibly articulate walkthrough by Mark, the great film, the truly incredible performance by Ryan, the deeper meanings, the humour, all of it!

Should be the best original song for a movie...REALLY INSANE...never thought I would be obsessed with this song ang performance.

We need more Ryan singing. With Mark at the helm preferably!😍😍

Even though this song didn’t win an Oscar, the performance of this song won the Oscars and will be an iconic moment in history for all time. 💗

You can see how artists would love to work with Mark Ronson. He is so calm and collected.

As much as I love the I’m Just Ken song and dancing in the movie, I think the live performance really was incredible!

I love this song even more now!

I was spellbound through this whole thing. I love you Mark R. ❤

Had no idea mark Robson was married to Meryl streeps daughter till this awards season

And That is why It deserves the Oscar!

Mark is so cool, I admire his songwriting. I love Ryan singing I am Ken. I love Mark breaking down the song.

The mark of a great star is someone who celebrates the work of everyone around him above his own, humble and an amazing talented artist, heres to you Mr Ronson :) 😍🤩😍

YES! Ryan plus you two songwriters and the I'm Just Ken! production itself owned the Oscars. 💐Barbie💥 won the award of public opinion with Greta, Margot, Ryan and the whole cast & crew.

It is crazy how watered down Mark's English accent has become:). I love that he always pays tribute to the unforgettable Amy Winehouse. I hope he does an album with Raye to capture her purest jazz tone mixed with R&B. That would be a great project.

This was so interesting to hear Mark talk about how it all came together!

What a fantastic delivery of the production for an amazing portion of the movie

This was awesome. I love hearing musicians talk about process.

You should have won the academy award this was the best song of the year 100 percent! No other song had all the brilliance re musicians !! And the singing!!

This was so fun to watch, so great to learn about the creative process and the many collaborations. Thank you! Amazing! 💖✨

It’s become my earworm ❤ So perfect, 😍 you & Ken

When the director laughs the way we see Greta laughing you know it's a winner. The movie was great, but Ryan lifted up the Oscars single-handed. Nothing else this year made me feel really happy.

Mark seems like such a nice guy.

Ronson and Wyatt are world class craftsmen

Funniest part is the line "Can't play the regular tempo...because.. its insane" :))) right on, that is a really cool solo, hats off

This song is genius as was the soundtrack to Barbie. And regards to Ryan Gosling he is and I can just say it in one word he was a Mouseketeer . As a kid he could sing, he can act he could dance he could perform he knows his stuff.a friend of mine actually called after the performance on the Oscars saying oh my God Ryan Gosling can sing?! I said, of course he was a Mouseketeers he’s brilliant.

What an incredible collaborative work pieced together by the genius of Mark Ronson at the helm. "I'm Just Ken" is funny, poignant, and a brilliant song. I've been watching the Oscars' live version every day at least once for a great pick-me-up. It's a Rock Anthem!

Mark is incredible. Thank you for sharing your process

What an incredible video - I LOVE hearing how each part came about

Whoa. The thoughtfulness of his explanation!

What a genius Mark Robson is ..how cool would it be to have the gift of creating songs like this with just cues from Greta…he understood the assignment to a tee

Love the vintage 1960 ken on his desk!!!I have a dozen or two myself !!!

Omg, this song makes me so happy! I just love it and listen to it on KZfaq music all the time ❤

13:26 "Even though he [Ryan] swears he didn't sing the song, Ken sang the song." 😂😂😂

perfect song.

Both of the Barbie songs resonate very well with today’s young adults (and everyone else too, but especially them). With societal trends, men are feeling less and less appreciated, more in the background, more like 2nd class, and more like “accessories”. This helps to put that expression out there, and shows a way to handle it positively. And this way of not taking it too personal and handling it positively is attractive to the ladies too, which helps break out of the negative rut. So that’s why Everyone loves it so much. And then What I’m Made For just grabs your heart and wrenches it a bit, and ALL of us have had those feelings expressed in the song. Eilish’s voice just captivates you and does not let go.

I think I’ve watched Barbie too many times. Because “I’m Just Ken” and “What was I Made For” are clearly on rotation in my internal 6-CD player.

great song Mark ! the opening is amazing the rest song is like Neil Diamond meets Flash Gordon, and I love it. Catchy AF , cant get it out my head !

👏 Bravo Rolling Stone! Bring experts on and give them the forum to speak expertly.

this is amazing. great job

The correct song won, but this was THE moment of the night and probably many previous telecasts of this as well.

That mannequin wearing speedos and having a small disco ball in its lap is IMPORTANT part of the process. Can you imagine having more space to move your mouse? Not me 😀

Love it. Love it. Love it. You guys crushed it!!!

Love you, Mark! You always touch my soul with your music. 💗

It’s always so interesting to see people break down their process start to finish

Should've won the Oscar. straight up.

This was such a cool ride!

Thanks Mark and RS!! This song is so amazing-the ideas, the writing, the arrangement, the performers-all absolutely fabulous. It’s great to hear how it all happened! That creative process is fascinating, and inspiring. Also dang sexy, Mark. Way to go dude!

I love that song. Brilliant

I love to hear the whole background, iconic 🎶

Those string arrangements are insane.

I loved every minute of this.