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Ken's Long​-​Awaited Package

by Jen Hajj

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After several years of rumination, this song is finally ready to be shared with the world. I thought it might be fun to release it on the same day as the new Barbie movie. This song is based on the news that broke in 2017, about the new features being added to the Ken doll. We speculated on these new upgrades, and wondered if he'd finally get that thing that he always wanted. We applaud Mattel's achievements in introducing diversity to the Barbie Universe, but we are scratching our heads a little bit about the decision to give Ken a....well...listen and find out.

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Barbie has always had one small complaint
See there's somthing about Ken that ain't
He'd like to be equipped with something really slick
And now Mattel has finally given him....
a man bun.

Can't help but be a little bit confused
Why'd they give our boy something he can't use
They went and stuck it on his head,
now he might as well be dead
Why'd they do it?
They gave poor Ken a man bun.

Now Ken comes in all the colors people come in
But he's still missing a vital piece of plumbing.
Oh, Mattel, what are you afraid of?
Girls might figure out what men are made of?
You can't protect them with a man bun.

Now we ask Mattel that you might grow a pair
And give our boy what he deserves down there
We thought you'd heard the call,
But now we're all a bit appalled.
He wanted balls.
And you gave poor Ken a man bun.

We thought you understood
He was asking for his manhood
And you responded
By giving him...
a man bun.

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released July 21, 2023
Lyrics, music and arrangement by Jen Hajj
Mixed and Mastered by Jim Nicholson at Treetop Music Workshop

Thanks to the Franco Donadio Combo for the sweet backup band and Dima Faustov for the amazing clarinet solo.

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Jen Hajj is a singer songwriter from Idyllwild, California.

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