Billie Eilish
These superstars sing at the Oscars
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The artists who will perform at the Oscars have been announced. Fans had been eagerly hoping for Ryan Gosling.
There has already been a lot of speculation about the music acts at the Oscars on March 10, 2024, but now it is official: Superstars like Billie Eilish (22) and Ryan Gosling (43) will perform on the stage of the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The Oscar Academy announced this on Wednesday.
“Barbie” songs on stage
Actor Ryan Gosling will actually perform his song “I’m Just Ken” live at the 96th Academy Awards. The song from the “Barbie” film is nominated for best song. The actor can also hope for the best supporting actor category. The ballad “What Was I Made For?”, which Billie Eilish (22) and her brother Finneas O’Connell (26) will also sing on the evening hosted by Jimmy Kimmel (56), also comes from the “Barbie” live-action film.
In addition, Becky G (26) will present “The Fire Inside” from the film “Flamin’ Hot”, Jon Batiste (37) will present his title “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony” and composer Scott George will be from the Osage Singers for the performance of “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
Fans were already hoping for the Ryan Gosling appearance
The “Barbie” soundtrack has already enjoyed a number of successes. “What Was I Made For?” won a Grammy, and “I’m Just Ken” won a Critics’ Choice Award. The song also secured Gosling his first Hot 100 placement on the Billboard charts. Still, it will be the first time the actor has performed his hit song this awards season. Although the song was also nominated for a Grammy, he was not on stage there.
In recent weeks, fans had been hoping for Gosling’s Oscar appearance. In early February, he stressed that he would be willing to perform the song live. “It might be too much of a risk to let me do it,” the 43-year-old reflected the US industry magazine “Variety”but then said, “I don’t know how that would work. But I’m open to it.”
In total, “Barbie” is nominated for eight awards at the Oscars, including in the categories “Best Picture” and “Best Adapted Screenplay”. The fact that director Greta Gerwig (40) and leading actress Margot Robbie (33) were not taken into account caused a stir.