His song was used to “Push” the plot forward in “Barbie.”
“There was a whole period during the ‘90s where the more successful we got, the bigger target we were. We were an easy takedown.”
Thomas said when he was approached about his song being in the film, it was explained that Ken would be fireside strumming along to his favorite band —“So I did this thinking I’d be the butt of the joke, and I was fine with that. I’m pretty thick-skinned,” he continued.
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