Slash is on Ryan Gosling’s ‘Barbie’ song ‘I’m Just Ken’
nme.comGuns N’ Roses guitarist Slash makes an appearance on the Barbie soundtrack.At the film’s premiere in Los Angeles on Sunday (July 9), Mark Ronson, who co-wrote the track ‘I’m Just Ken’ with Andrew Wyatt for the soundtrack, confirmed Slash plays guitar on the song.Speaking to Variety, Ronson described Slash as his “all-time hero”, adding: “I sent him the song and he was like, ‘This is a good song… cool, I’ll play on it.’ He kills it, he plays the solo at the end and the rhythm parts.
It’s wonderful.”You can check out a clip of the track, sung by Ryan Gosling’s Ken, below.Ronson also described the process of working with Gosling, who he said was “psyched and satisfied” with the final product.“We hadn’t met before, we just went into the studio and talked about music,” Ronson said. “As he started to get warmed up, I was like, ‘Oh my god, this guy is gonna murder this song.’ And of course he would.
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