The melody of 1:32 when Mirabel is singing is the same melody that Isabella sings in her solo during “We don’t talk about Bruno” subconsciously telling the audience, THIS is the moment Isabelle’s dream life is being promised to her.
That's exactly what I was thinking while relistening to "we don't talk about Bruno". The power that grows isn't her ability to make perfect flowers, it's her ability to make whatever she wants and express herself!
Also when isabela sings that part in “we don’t talk about Bruno” her voice is super high, where as in this song it is fairly deeper. I think it was symbolic of her being out of her vocal range, or her being uncomfortable with her “perfect” image.
My favorite detail about Isabela's storyline is how her previously spotless dress is soiled for the rest of the movie after she performs this song number, showing how she's finally learned to embrace imperfection.
Not just her dress, but when we see the final door of the movie, it shows her in her perfect dress with irregular outlines representing the splotches of colour.
As someone who struggles with anxiety and perfectionism this song means a lot to me 🥺 “what could I do if I just grew if I was feeling in the moment? What could I do if I just knew it didn’t need to be perfect?” Wow…words to live by
Absolutely, I want to be completely perfect, and when I'm not, or when someone else is just better, I hurt because I want to be the absolute best because that's when I feel a little bit of happiness before the next battle. I need to focus less on perfect, and more on real.
Now idk if you read Daughter of the Deep (The one by Rick Riordan that is) but i have this headcanon that this is Esters power song. Her and Isabella have very similar struggles (Isabella having to live up to everyones expectations of her being perfect, whereas Ester isn't sure if she even can live up to expectations, which isn't made any easier by the fact that she's on the spectrum)
So true as someone with Autism plus severe Anxiety. I just learn that I maybe the eldest, but I figured out later in my life, that I take one step at a time and seek help.
I love how Isabella acknowledges that it was mirabel who helped her destroy her “perfect” image. Mirabel helped Isabella let loose and become who she wants to be. And at the same time help both of them build a strong bond. I also love when isabella says “changing minds” mirabel says “you’ve changed mine” because at the beginning of the movie until their argument, before this song, mirabel thinks isabella is a selfish gifted child but when isabella got to open up, mirabel understood isabella’s situation and helped her with it.
NGL I think the only reason why Isabella was mean to Maribel at first is because she knew that the only person who didn't see her as perfect was Maribelle but that's just my thought lol
@@1207_dk mirabel saw isabella as perfect; she even thought of her as the golden child of the madrigals. Isabella was mean to mirabel because she thought that mirabel, the one with no gift didn’t get the same pressure as the ones with gifts that’s why mirabel is lucky. She took out her frustration on mirabel because mirabel was the one who “messed up” the perfect things that made abuela happy. During the proposal, when the vision was shown to abuela, and pepa started to cause rain, isabella was mad because the perfect proposal was ruined.
0:53 “It didn’t need to be perfect, it just needed to be” I feel like this applies to all kinds of art, especially since a lot of artists (including me) often get really frustrated when our art doesn’t come out exactly the way we want it to, but this quote and this song help us remember that the point of art isn’t to be perfect, the point is that you *made something* that’s an expression of who you are. Sure, it isn’t perfect, but who needs perfect?? You just created something!!! You just pulled *something* out of *nothing* and that is incredible!!!
For me it's the "How far do these roots go down?" line that gets me. Like she's been forced to remain shallow and "perfect" and genuinely doesn't know how deeply rooted she actually is. While Mirabel is who I identify, I see Isabella traits in one of my sisters, and... that made this beautiful and emotional. Disney nailed the issues sisters sometimes have.
I love how mirabel throws herself fully behind supporting her sister even when she has no clue what's going on for example "coming through with tarebuia" was echoed with "shes coming through with that booyah" in a perfect example of Idk what your saying but go you.
It’s very reflective of an actual sibling relationship. Hugs can be uncomfortable or sappy and not necessarily required to understand love and forgive. It’s moreso forced by your parents as a way to “make up” but communicating feelings is way better
@@XxdextriousxX Totally! She was being super literal with the "hug", but I think what the vision actually meant to say is that they should forgive one another.
May i know if a plant like that actually exists? The powdered colors were really pretty and i might be stupid to believe smth like it exists irl when it doesn't but oh well
It’s ironic how in We Don’t Talk About Bruno, Isabela sings her first part in a graceful and perfect-sounding voice. But in this song, where she finally becomes herself, she sings in a voice that sounds a lot more natural.
Not only that, it shows that Isabela really is passionate about all plants and not just "pretty flowers". Presumably Isabela studied about different plants, while Mirabel only has average knowledge.
"I'm coming through with tabebuia" "She's coming through with that booyah! I genuinely love that part, it shows that even though Mirabel wasn't understanding a thing of what was happening she still was so supportive and it's just so cute
I actually interpreted as her saying “buya” (pronounced “booyah”), which is an informal way to say “loud noises/sounds” in Colombian Spanish (though in several contexts it can be meant in a positive way). It could be a double meaning as well
I know someone’s already commented this somewhere but I just wanna restate- that Disney did a really good job in this movie with no harmful stereotypes. There might be some that are there that are subtle but I haven’t noticed any, and I think it’s really nice that Disney didn’t make Isabela cut her hair or rip her dress or lose her ‘femininity’ throughout the song. Being stereotypically feminine wasn’t the problem at all, it was the pressure that was put on her. I also appreciate that Luisa can be super strong AND feminine without being portrayed as dumb like lots of other media portrays strong women.
This☝️ Women with muscles or with glasses used to be portrayed as manly or geek, but I'm glad to see the stereotypes are starting to break. Luisa here is not less feminine than Dolores, Isabela or Mirabel, and her voice isn't overly low-pitched like bad film makers would do. And Isabela that we first see as the cringy golden child perfect princess just changes the standards around her without having to change entirely as imperfection is part of her identity. This Disney might not be the most complex one and sure doesn't have a lot of layers of understanding but it is so refreshing to see more representation from a company who used to present very little options or representation and by doing so, did harm to the way we grew up
@@emiliecrtn9464 oh it was a lot complexer than what you are normally used to with Disney, it focused on pretty heavy subjects and a real feeling family struggle and one of the darkest conflicts in history that are even based in real life with the civil wars and raiding of villages in Columbia. this movie indeed has layers and is a tale how deep rootet fear can take away what isn't supposed to be lost and how antagonizing it can be to the ones you love
"I'm so sick of pretty, I want something true, don't you?" YESSS PERIODT this song is very relevant on our current issues. Being pressured to be pretty for others in exchange of being real and true to yourself.
The way she says "Jacarandas" is so magic for me. As a portuguese speaker, it sounds so familiar, and yet so unique (since spanish speakers apparently talk the "ja" as a "ha"), i always feel a bit happy when i hear a familiar word on a movie, even if it is spanish and not portuguese, just the fact that i can recognize vaguely the word makes me feel "home". Even tho it is based on Colombia, i get this feeling of "home" throughout the entire movie, since it is really close to Brazil and some aspects of their culture are kinda similar to ours. I haven't felt so represented by an animation since Rio came out, and i'm thinking about learning spanish beacause of Encanto. (Btw, this isn't me trying to make cultural appropriation here. I know this representation isn't aimed at me, and i know that although Brazil and Colombia have their similarities, they are different cultures. I just felt represented as a Latin-American and wanted to casually share this feeling.)
I'm from Venezuela and I can totally relate. I barely see anything in mainstream media or animation about us and even though this was Colombia, a lot of it still feels familiar. So happy our neighbors got a Disney movie 😁
1:31 I love how they reintroduce the leitmotif from Isabella's part in We Don't Talk About Bruno since this is the prophecy he was referring to. I'm a sucker for stuff like that.
That's what you get when the person writing the soundtrack writes musicals. Every movie that he scores has amazing callbacks to other songs in the movie and references to pop culture like that. His skill is amazing, and I love how he writes to the strengths of his performers rather than making them adjust to his vision.
@@lunarialoonatic He wrote all of the original songs, even the one Carlos Vives performs... and that straight up sounds like a Carlos Vives song. Germaine Franco wrote the score.
I just have to say I love how Disney treated each character in this movie. The total lack of a villain plot is a masterful stroke that is echoing Pixar and Ghibli films and it's definitely pushing them in the right direction. They consistently kept the approach of introducing a seemingly negative character only to redeem/explain them later, first with Bruno, then Isabella and then Abuela herself. And this works so well to hammer down the theme of the movie without shoving it in your face or being patronizing about it. Everyone is flawed, everyone has bad days, everyone is imperfect, everyone is special.
That being said, the overall story is a little weak in comparison to other films they've made. Like compared to Raya, which had a strong A-B-C narrative, but weak characters, Encanto has wonderfully fleshed out characters that FEEL like individuals but they don't really do all that much, there's not much of a driving narrative. Honestly I feel like they have missed a ton of potential to (especially when you look at all the stuff that was cut) to really expand and show off the powers and just what they CAN do when pushed to the limits in some kind of adventure. Like now that they've established the characters, how the magic works, etc, there's a serious adventure story waiting out there for Isabela, Luisa, Camilo and Dolores (with Mirabel being the grounded center) to really step up from just being the grandkids and into adults.
@@Stingra87 I'm actually not bothered by the scale of the story in this particular case. Encanto is obviously a character study, and as such, I don't think they needed to go big. Keeping it intimate and tightly connected to the characters is what allowed them to explore them as deeply as they did. Even the fact that they keep Bruno in rather than send him out of the picture works, because the story is always wrapped around the characters, it's tight and simple and that gives the writers the free space to flesh out their personalities. This cast is very big. In order to give each character their time to shine, the story cannot take a big chunk of the real state. Even the songs are each and every one tied directly to the characters and fulfills an important narrative purpose. There is no "Ice song" or "Shiny" song in here. Each piece of this movie is put there very deliberately for a reason. Raya had a clear structure, but both the character treatment and the pacing were supremely aweful. It was clear the writers didn't know what to do with their massive world-building cache and decide it to stuff it all together to the detriment of any kind of emotional impact in the story. It's like a textbook example on the hero's journey and the 3-act story but never goes beyond that, a textbook. You could literally strip every single character from Raya and replace it with any other character and the story would work exactly the same because they are basically props without a personality. Raya could be a child, or an adult man, or an old lady. Or Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter or Marty McFly. The plot would be exactly the same. You could shave off her entire cast of secondary characters, and the plot would be exactly the same. In Encanto, every single family member (except for maybe Camilo) has a role in moving the plot forward, you remove any of them and the story halts.
@@girlwithanaccent7533 I very much liked how they generally kept the problem quite small because it reflects real life as well. We think of certain problems as so big and life changing when they are not hard to solve
@@gpaderx6105 love story??? It used the superpower aspect to bring in a younger audience whilst keeping the older audience intrigued with the family issue side of things. Something that is a very real common issue
I really REALLY love the "bring it in bring in" part (also the "fig!"). It's been done many times in songs but it was super unexpected. I thought they were going to do it all the way through but it makes it so much better it's at where it is. I would pay to just hear that part on loop
"can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful it's carnivorous, a little just won't do" my favorite part of the entire song, it just flips off the end of the tongue so beautifully, this song is so good
Before this song, I hated Isabela. But after listening to it, she seemed so genuine and… misunderstood? Like she wanted to be imperfect, and I loved that!
I think it becomes clearer in the song then it does the argument because they are both angry and yelling at each other. They can’t truly grasp what each other is feeling until after they kind of calm down and really talk (aka the song)
I feel like their ages play a lot into this. Isabela is 21, and mirabel is 15. We know that they get their gifts when they are five. And the lines "You just seem like your life's been a dream since the moment you opened your eyes" and "all I know are the blossoms you grow" show how their ages play into it. Isabela is 6 years older than mirabel, meaning that Isabela had had her gift already when mirabel was born, meaning that all she really did know was Isabela after she got her gift, when everyone began to think of Isabela as perfect. Mirabel never knew how Isabela was like before she got her gift and she truly always thought that Isabela had always been 'perfect' because that was actually all she knew about Isabela.
As the oldest in my family, I can confirm this does impact things. I have the same age gap with one of my siblings. Her memory kicks in when I'm already taking my mom's place in the household after my parent's divorce. She didn't really have a perception of me as a child as a result. I personally relate to both Isabella and Luisa as a parentified child who needed to be good at everything.
It’s really good too that in 1:32 we can see Mirabel realizing that! The first parts of each of her line was “You just seem..” and “All I know..” which was what she thought about Isabela because she never really got to know her before her gift. The fact that Mirabel’s verse here also parallels Isabela’s verse in We Dont Talk About Bruno is brilliant. And then she says “But It’s awesome to see..” because she actually gets to see the real Isabela this time.
The line 'I owe this all to you' is such wonderful. It shows how Isabela truly acknowledges Mirabel for changing her life. The perfect child is gone but the perfect bond is formed.
*this is base on what i think about Isabela* Since Isabela is the firstborn, the first grandchild, the first niece, first sibling and first cousin u can really tell why she needs to be the PERFECT GOLDEN CHILD, because she's the first in all. The family will probably most likely have high expectations for her making her having to live up to her family's expectations, and the burden of perfection
@@aundrereid73 yes it's confirmed, at first i thought it was Dolores but it turns out she's just few months younger than Isabela (but they still share the same age tho)
I don’t think isabella’s power was ever to be perfect. It was simply to create beauty, which comes in all shapes and sizes. The perfect image was created by her family 😭
I like this a lot. This makes sense too bc of the line “it didn’t need to be perfect, it just needed to be” being yourself/creating what you feel in the moment should be enough
remember the scene where Dolores tells that her boyfriend wants 5 kids from Isabela. She grows flowers in her hair out of shock. All pink except one white one. Abuela picks it out of Isabela‘s hair and throws it away. That shows a lot, who taught her to be perfect
I really appreciate this number as an ex gifted kid and an oldest child- I totally thought they were going to villainize Isabella, but it’s nice to see her redeemed and the trappings of her role in the family explored. I can’t stop replaying it- help-
I don't understand how this song isn't as popular as the others, It's an amazing song that has some pretty hefty meaning, On par with surface pressure in my opinion.
@@FireBlock101 it is popular, Just not as popular as "we don't talk about Bruno" or "surface pressure" Or at least I don't hear it nearly as much as the other two songs.
I relate to this too much My parents always need me to be perfect Good looks,good teeth,good grades ,good at music and good at sports I can’t ever catch a break because there is one thing or another “______ do this” “Do that” I’m sick and tired of it And yet they tell me I haven’t done anything I got trauma and depression at a very young age and started doing bad stuff I was close to end it all but there were some people that helped me through this life and I love them so much and I’m glad I met them :)
Yeah, especially when Isabella sang “He told me that the life of my dreams would be promised and some day be mine” in contrast to Mirabel stating her obvious feelings toward her in “You just *seem* like your life’s been a dream since the moment you opened your eyes”. It’s a neat detail that shows how much they just assume about each other and blindly hate, resulting in their disconnect.
Fun thing, is, his prophesy was spot on. She did get the life of her dreams in the end, and her power did grow. When she let loose and started growing things other than just pretty flowers :)
Before the Surface Pressure reprise in All of You Luisa sings the same melody, so I think it’s like a sisters leitmotiv! It’s my favourite melody in the whole movie btw
I love how this movie with the struggles of every member Luisas stuggle of protecting the family and if she can even protect them Isabellas stuggle to be be perfect Mirabels struggle of being sidelined and feel unwanted Camillos struggle to figure his life out and who he is Delores struggle to keep her secrets which is harder to contain since she hears so much Pepas stuggle to stay happy and not stressed Juleitas struggle to make sure her children and family is not hurt physically and emotionally Abuelas struggle to keep the magic growing. And to keep everything under control Brunos struggle of being loved and being a burden to the family
@@randomkinkajou5747 Antonio and Camilo are like the two that's the hardest to pin down what they struggle with- and Delores somewhat fits into this category as well. (The hate on cousins is strong /j) Antonio is well 5 years old- not to say 5 year olds can't struggle with stuff it's just he hasn't had more than a decades worth of life to have something to grate at him.
@@randomkinkajou5747 he's too innocent and young to have these problems. He's, I'm assuming, never had that stress of expectations weighing on him because he just got his gift (sure Abuela gave him the "your gift is perfect" speech, but it hasn't sunken in yet at that point, and it makes sense why it wouldn't: he's basically still in that phase where he's exploring his gift and noticing just how cool it is), and he's mostly just helping out Mirabel in the movie. He hasn't had that moment where he realizes the perfection demanded out of the rest of the family yet, so he's still doing what he wants. He's basically the only one in the family who's the closest to okay.
@@a_viewer5386 I just realised that he's scared of being alone and that kinda links to his powers because he can be able to speak to anyone around him including Mirabel, the jaguar, rats and possibly the butterflies too and I listed all those different characters because they are with him and his family always plus they're important to the plot
In floral symbology, the Jacaranda flower is a symbol of rebirth, while the tree itself is a symbol of new wisdom. A hurricane of Jacarandas- a flurry of new perspective!
Out of all the gifted Madrigals, I feel like Abuela knew that Isabela’s gift was the least helpful to the community. Based on what we see in the film, she only used her power for plants that are not crops, so even there, she couldn’t or didn’t use her power in that way either. This is why I feel like she was the most pressured to be beautiful and perfect, because Abuela didn’t want anyone to think a Madrigal wasn’t an asset to the community. She became a show instead of an actual person. That’s why the pressure of getting married was on her as well, even if Dolores is the same age as her. If she couldn’t be “useful” with her powers, the next best thing would be to produce more “useful” Madrigals. Not to mention her being the first grandchild (and first child of Julieta), so Abuela wouldn’t want the community to think badly of her. Just a thought! Edit: to those saying she could grow other plants all along, yes, I concede, but I also think she didn’t even know she could do those until What Else Can I Do. Someone said that maybe at first, she could only do flowers, which ties in to what I think Abuela saw in her. Edit #2: to those saying Camilo’s gift was the most useless, I don’t think so. He could take the place of anyone in the community, be tall if things needed to be reached, be small if he needed, and his appearance isn’t the only thing that he has going for him. His body can morph into the physical abilities of others as well.
I find that interesting, but does it say anywhere that she can't grow crops? I don't really see why she couldn't unless she could only grow flowers, but there are vegetables that start off as blooms that look like flowers, so I don't see why she couldn't grow crops.
@@titaniafae4114 that’s true, which is why I said “based on the film”, cuz I’m not so sure hehe. But when she goes through town, she isn’t going through their fields, rather growing flowers for show. I assume that Abuela would’ve rather she did have those crop powers, but because she isn’t using them like Luisa, she doesn’t have them? Hope that makes sense 😅
@@zeze-sv2zb I can see that, though tbf they never really showed any actual fields or crops like that, so I just assumed she could really grow anything or maybe she has the ability but doesn't use it because of how she was surprised when she made a cactus.
@@zeze-sv2zb I assume she can grow flowering plants (Angiosperms), which are most plants. She could definitely grow crops since most if not all are Angiopserms.
@@titaniafae4114 or this but I’m not sure if she can grow ferns since they aren’t a flowering plant and never shown either. Since her whole schtick is flowers before this song, BUT she did say grow anything she wants so maybe she could grow any plant.
The way the music is composed in this song is genius. In the beginning Isabela vocal is out of beat with the music slightly, which I think represents Isabela’s newfound discovery of her other side: irregular and wild. And also the part where Mirabel sang that she thought her sister was living the life of her dream is also reference to Isabela’s part in “we don’t talk about Bruno”. Overall beautiful soundtrack ✨
Cool etymology fact: The names Jacaranda and Tabebuia come from the language Tupi, spoken by a lot of natives in South America (mainly Brazil). Jacaranda comes from Tupi-Guarani (yakara’nda) and it stands for "Fragrant". While it's unclear which branch of Tupi Tabebuia came from, the name is an abbreviation of "tacyba bebuya", which means "ant wood" Sincerely, a Guarani-Kaiowá native
My cousin is Brazilian and this fact is so cool as I have tons of family from there. I am not Brazilian tho because they married into my family. But I still love the culture :)
I loved the mention of jacarandas, there's a big tree of these outside my house, and when the flowers fall and everything is covered by the bluish purple flower it's beautiful!
She was so misunderstood. Everything she did was because she felt she had to be 'perfect'. I'm glad she realized otherwise :) All of her plants, roses or not, are beautiful and are filled with personality.
I just looked at the Commons am really good so I like to all of them and I want you guys to keep up the good work I’m not really typing this I am using voice cousin only for big Cuz. Are you never mind but you guys are awesome and I don’t want anybody stop you guys fuck the good work you guys really got to go to work.😊❤🎉
While everyone is going crazy on We don't talk about Bruno and surface pressure, here I'am captivated by this song because of the meaning and encouragement it brings in me
in the flashback i couldn’t help but realize that the grandkid that resembles abuela the most is isabella and it got me thinking, maybe abuela saw herself the most in isabella, only wanting her to live the perfect life that she didn’t get. i still can’t believe that disney really perfected a movie dealing with generational trauma like this, it’s phenomenal tbh.
Omg that's so true. If you take a look at the family portraits of everyone when they got their gifts, for every single member you can see Abuela just standing there with a simple smile holding the candle with both hands. But in the picture of Isabela in her door, Abuela has an arm around her and has a bigger smile. She totally sees herself in Isa and has a stronger bond with her
@@valeriaferrari9737 that’s a great catch i rewatched it to find the portraits and ur so right!! (if anyones wondering it’s around 00:11:45 in the movie) the attention to detail in this movie is insane
also, if you go through Bruno's vision frame by frame, the person Mirabel was hugging could just have easily been Abuela, since she and Isabel bear so much resemblance!
Isabella's actor is such a great singer, props to them! The team also made a great improvement with Isabella, especially the animation during the song, this song is so upbeat just amazing. Also shows how much mirabel cares for her in the end.
I know, I love both her acting and voice! She really matched this angry sister type. Really effective and tells a story behind her character of how she was treated as the always perfect sister. When in reality, she's tired and wants atleast something to go her way. Since, she's always forced to do something she doesn't want to. Idk, I just love her singing!
i love this part " The way is clearer cuz you're here, and now i owe all this to you what else can i do " it gave me butterflies. Edit: ty for 300+ likes!
I was about to flip when it looked like they were about to make Isabella the villain because that's such a cheap and easy way to hate on 'perfect' 'feminine' older sisters, but then THIS song came along... this movie in general is phenomenal
Honestly when Isabella started revealing that her struggle was being the “perfect child” it kind of hit me like with being the “good child.” You know, people always expecting you to be good and not wanting to cause conflict.
I love the foreshadowing. In Bruno's song she sings that the life of her dreams would be promised to her and her power would be about growing plants, and this was sung after a list of bad events, which Mirabel thought of as just her constantly being lucky and perfect when it could mean that the "ideal" life wasn't what she wanted or that her happier imperfect life would come to be. She also sings later of how she's fine, trying to convince herself that she has to marry the guy (forgot his name)
She probably even thought Bruno got her future because she misunderstood, imo She most likely thought that he meant the life Abuela wanted for her would be her's, instead of *her* ideal life And that's why she's trying so hard to convince herself that she'll be fine, because if Bruno said that's what life she'd have then it was bound to happen and she couldn't change it But Bruno's vision comparing her power to grapes instead of flowers foreshadowed the truth
really like how the song made it seem like the vision was already fullfilled, because isabella’s life is almost everyone else’s definition of a life of their dreams. So while it looked like she was the only one who actually got a good vision, in reality she’s probably facing the same bitterness everyone felt about the vision she received.
At 1:47 isabella sings the bottom harmony which suggests that mirabel is taking the lead in helping her rise, but when this same motif is repeated in all of you, it seems like isabella sings the higher melody which shows how she's more bold in expressing her true self
i love how before this song, isabela is wearing a pink dress, like abuela alma, but then after this song, she is wearing blue, to match her side of the family, symbolising she's being herself instead of being abuela's perfect child
love how mirabel was doing the annoying "let just hug it out and get this over with," but after isabella acknowledged her inner struggle, mirabel drop the thought and move on to support her sister.
I think Mirabel and Isabella's previous animosity towards each other stemmed from them both being jealous of each other. Mirabel always felt overshadowed by her "perfect," "golden-child" sister who commanded so much attention, while Isabella felt pressure from her family to be perfect and get married, and likely envied Mirabel who avoided much of that due to her lack of a gift.
I cried at Surface Pressure but this made me cry too. The way Isabel acknowledges that Mirabel helped her, the way Mirabel just hype her up. Ahh. This movie is one of the greatest shit Disney gave us.
She was so tired of being a perfect potted flower but this song represents her taking her own roots and continue growing but instead pretty perfect flowers, she grows beautiful, *true* , wild vegetation and I really love that about her
@@poiisedaracknos793 yes my top 3 but I like "What Else Can I do" then "WE don't talk about Bruno" then "Dos Orugitas" ❤ THE WHOLE SOUNDTRACK IS JUST BOMB
I love how at 1:33 Mirabel sings Isabela's earlier melody from We Don't Talk About Bruno, showing that she's really only known Isabela for how she's been presented- rather than her true self.
I love this song because as an artist it's easy to constantly trash art that I don't find "perfect". Its easy to get disappointed and discouraged from something you love. You'll be okay if it isn't perfect, you put in all your emotion into your art, and that's all that matters.💞
“I’m so sick of pretty I want something true” Need I say more? Also it’s such a nice detail that in this part 1:48 the lyrics turn purple which is the color that you combine with the other two colors from the individual characters.
I just made something unexpected Something sharp Something new It's not symmetrical or perfect But it's beautiful and it's mine What else can I do? Bring it in, bring it in Good talk, bring it in, bring it in (what else can I do?) Let's walk, bring it in, bring it in Free hugs, bring it in, bring it in I grow rows and rows of roses Flor de mayo By the mile I make perfect, practiced poses So much hides behind my smile What could I do if I just grew what I was feeling in the moment? (Do you know where you're going? Whoa) What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect? It just needed to be? And they let me be? A hurricane of jacarandas Strangling figs (big, big) Hanging vines (this is fine) Palma de cera fills the air as I climb And I push through What else can I do? Can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful, it's carnivorous, a little just won't do I wanna feel the shiver of something new I'm so sick of pretty I want something true, don't you? You just seem like your life's been a dream Since the moment you opened your eyes (How far do these roots go down?) All I know are the blossoms you grow But it's awesome to see how you rise How far can I rise? Through the roof, to the skies Let's go! A hurricane of jacarandas (whoo) Strangling figs (go) Hanging vines (grow) Palma de Cera fills the air as I climb And I push through What else, what else? What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment? (Seize the moment, keep goin') What can you do when you know who you wanna be is imperfect? But I'll still be okay Hey, everybody clear the way, whoo! I'm coming through with tabebuia (she's coming through with tabebuia) Making waves (making waves) Changing minds (you've changed mine) The way is clearer 'cause you're here, and well I owe this all to you What else can I do? Show 'em what you can do What else can I do? There's nothing you can't do What else can I do?
Lyrics: “I just made something unexpected Something sharp Something new It's not symmetrical or perfect But it's beautiful and it's mine What else can I do? Bring it in, bring it in Good talk, bring it in, bring it in (what else can I do?) Let's walk, bring it in, bring it in Free hugs, bring it in, bring it in I grow rows and rows of roses Flor de mayo By the mile I make perfect, practiced poses So much hides behind my smile What could I do if I just grew what I was feeling in the moment? (Do you know where you're going? Whoa) What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect? It just needed to be? And they let me be? A hurricane of jacarandas Strangling figs (big, big) Hanging vines (this is fine) Palma de cera fills the air as I climb And I push through What else can I do? Can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful, it's carnivorous, a little just won't do I wanna feel the shiver of something new I'm so sick of pretty I want something true, don't you? You just seem like your life's been a dream Since the moment you opened your eyes (How far do these roots go down?) All I know are the blossoms you grow But it's awesome to see how you rise How far can I rise? Through the roof, to the skies Let's go! A hurricane of jacarandas (whoo) Strangling figs (go) Hanging vines (grow) Palma de Cera fills the air as I climb And I push through What else, what else? What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment? (Seize the moment, keep goin') What can you do when you know who you wanna be is imperfect? But I'll still be okay Hey, everybody clear the way, whoo! I'm coming through with tabebuia (she's coming through with tabebuia) Making waves (making waves) Changing minds (you've changed mine) The way is clearer 'cause you're here, and well I owe this all to you What else can I do? Show 'em what you can do What else can I do? There's nothing you can't do What else can I do?”
i love how this part connects with bruno's vision; he said her power would grow, and now she's learning she can make more than what she made for years, she's getting her perfect life because now she doesn't have to put on a smile everyday to be the picture perfect image that her family bestowed upon her, as well as the bond between her and mirabel getting stronger over how the family (+ mirabel) treated isabella because of the image she had to put up.
Inside the context of the scene alone it reads very much like "how deeply ingrained is this idea that only brings me misery?", but I've read people taking it as sort of a "why, grandma?" moment, tending to "why does it exist in the first place?". An insteresting take, if you ask me, that would make it that Isabela of all people is the first to question in a way that could bring the generational trauma to light, but in the end she's still human and embrancing the good feeling she likely never had before or haven't in a long time spoke louder
This song and the character of Isabela really meant a world to me. I grew up feeling like I should never dissapoint my family, like I was suppossed to be always there for them no matter what my feelings were and like I was suppossed to be the perfect girl (not really because of my parents, they're great and really loving and caring). I always tend to avoid conflit at any cost, people pleaser type. To me this song means it's OK not to be what people expects, it's funny and pleasant to let it go sometimes and you can't always please everybody
I love the part where mirabell says "but it's awesome to see how you climb " showing her sisterly suport. Also love how the letters slightly shift as a new word is added
This song is a perfect example that you don’t have to be perfect. This song helped me learn that lesson and I love and thank Isabela and Mirabel for that! Thank you, Lin-Manuel Miranda for this beautiful song.
She was jealous of Mirabel because if she didn't have her flower gift, then she wouldn't have had so many expectations put on her by Alma. But she was unaware about that fact that Mirabel was a burden
I think no one noticed how great the line "I make perfect PRACTICED poses", which says that in her whole life she isn't perfect, but has to be perfect.
I loved how loving this family was!! Also when mirabel spilt everything to her father, it was really unexpected for me. It’s usual for the main character to just keep it in, but I never expected the whole family eventually finding out so soon. This movie is definitely unique to the other Disney movies. Disney needs to make similar ones!
I love the character of Isabella because she's not typical 'Disney princess character' that always waits for true love. I'm impressed that she refused to get married and started to find her own life.
Disney has been breaking that standard Disney Princess mold (waiting for love and almost immediately getting married) in recent years. I think they tried that with Frozen, by making the prince (Hans) the villain. But I honestly like what they did in Encanto better. Instead of making the guy (Mariano) evil they made a character (Isabela) that didn’t hate him but wasn’t interested in marrying him. I also like when Dolores mets Mariano and he says “Let’s get married.” Dolores replies with “Slow down.” it makes it a bit more realistic.
Isabela is an amazing character. She has so much more to her and she pushed in down inside her because it wasn't perfect. She creates beauty, and beauty isn't always perfect.
Mirabel had always accepted who she was, it's simply amazing because she holds no resentment towards everyone, other than Isabela. That's why Bruno's vision shows Mirabel embracing Isabela. Letting go of resentment can be very powerful and even life-changing. Each character grows in this movie, a really top notch production. Hopefully when the covid madness is gone, this is re-released but in theaters.
My favorite part of the song is when she helps up Mirabel warning her about the Carnivorous Sundews, like that’s a big sister moment and showed she was no longer mad at her
The melody of 1:32 when Mirabel is singing is the same melody that Isabella sings in her solo during “We don’t talk about Bruno” subconsciously telling the audience, THIS is the moment Isabelle’s dream life is being promised to her.
it's also subtly hinting that it was the moment that mirabela is putting herself in isabela's shoes and understanding completely how she feels
thats actually so sick i never heard it before :0
That's exactly what I was thinking while relistening to "we don't talk about Bruno". The power that grows isn't her ability to make perfect flowers, it's her ability to make whatever she wants and express herself!
Also when isabela sings that part in “we don’t talk about Bruno” her voice is super high, where as in this song it is fairly deeper. I think it was symbolic of her being out of her vocal range, or her being uncomfortable with her “perfect” image.
I love that. These two are so precious.
My favorite detail about Isabela's storyline is how her previously spotless dress is soiled for the rest of the movie after she performs this song number, showing how she's finally learned to embrace imperfection.
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@@sace3 oh the irony
Not just her dress, but when we see the final door of the movie, it shows her in her perfect dress with irregular outlines representing the splotches of colour.
@@haiaraM IRONy?
@@Autoskip REALLY???
1:01 I really love when she sings “a hurricane of Jacarandas” I think it sounds so satisfying and appealing to my ears
Same here
Same with me. Another part I love is the line, "Can I deliver us a river of sundew / Careful it's carnivorous, a little just won't do..."
sameee
same lol
@@brianmolina8818 IKR ITS SO GOOD FOR SOME REASON
As someone who struggles with anxiety and perfectionism this song means a lot to me 🥺 “what could I do if I just grew if I was feeling in the moment? What could I do if I just knew it didn’t need to be perfect?” Wow…words to live by
We are in the same metaphorical boat!
Absolutely, I want to be completely perfect, and when I'm not, or when someone else is just better, I hurt because I want to be the absolute best because that's when I feel a little bit of happiness before the next battle. I need to focus less on perfect, and more on real.
Now idk if you read Daughter of the Deep (The one by Rick Riordan that is) but i have this headcanon that this is Esters power song. Her and Isabella have very similar struggles (Isabella having to live up to everyones expectations of her being perfect, whereas Ester isn't sure if she even can live up to expectations, which isn't made any easier by the fact that she's on the spectrum)
Yep. I cant get through that line without choking up :(
So true as someone with Autism plus severe Anxiety. I just learn that I maybe the eldest, but I figured out later in my life, that I take one step at a time and seek help.
I love how Isabella acknowledges that it was mirabel who helped her destroy her “perfect” image. Mirabel helped Isabella let loose and become who she wants to be. And at the same time help both of them build a strong bond. I also love when isabella says “changing minds” mirabel says “you’ve changed mine” because at the beginning of the movie until their argument, before this song, mirabel thinks isabella is a selfish gifted child but when isabella got to open up, mirabel understood isabella’s situation and helped her with it.
Oo
NGL I think the only reason why Isabella was mean to Maribel at first is because she knew that the only person who didn't see her as perfect was Maribelle but that's just my thought lol
@@1207_dk mirabel saw isabella as perfect; she even thought of her as the golden child of the madrigals. Isabella was mean to mirabel because she thought that mirabel, the one with no gift didn’t get the same pressure as the ones with gifts that’s why mirabel is lucky. She took out her frustration on mirabel because mirabel was the one who “messed up” the perfect things that made abuela happy. During the proposal, when the vision was shown to abuela, and pepa started to cause rain, isabella was mad because the perfect proposal was ruined.
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Atleast Isabela is aware that because of Mirabel, she became true to herself and her power grew just like Bruno said
0:53 “It didn’t need to be perfect, it just needed to be” I feel like this applies to all kinds of art, especially since a lot of artists (including me) often get really frustrated when our art doesn’t come out exactly the way we want it to, but this quote and this song help us remember that the point of art isn’t to be perfect, the point is that you *made something* that’s an expression of who you are. Sure, it isn’t perfect, but who needs perfect?? You just created something!!! You just pulled *something* out of *nothing* and that is incredible!!!
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HELLL YEAAA ARTISTS UNITE!!! I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH
++1 Agreed 🎨🎨
No, it should be good also lol
@@KRplusChannel-iq5to perfect doesn't equal good though, that's the whole point of the comment
For me it's the "How far do these roots go down?" line that gets me. Like she's been forced to remain shallow and "perfect" and genuinely doesn't know how deeply rooted she actually is. While Mirabel is who I identify, I see Isabella traits in one of my sisters, and... that made this beautiful and emotional. Disney nailed the issues sisters sometimes have.
I love how mirabel throws herself fully behind supporting her sister even when she has no clue what's going on for example "coming through with tarebuia" was echoed with "shes coming through with that booyah" in a perfect example of Idk what your saying but go you.
I like how Mirabell didn't continue trying to get a hug out of Isabella throughout the song, she genuinely cared :)
same, i was really worried that throughout the whole thing, she's going to keep on asking for a hug
But she ended up getting one at the end and it was genuine.
It’s very reflective of an actual sibling relationship. Hugs can be uncomfortable or sappy and not necessarily required to understand love and forgive. It’s moreso forced by your parents as a way to “make up” but communicating feelings is way better
Yes! I was thinking the exact same thing
@@XxdextriousxX Totally! She was being super literal with the "hug", but I think what the vision actually meant to say is that they should forgive one another.
I love that scene where the flower powder gets on her. At first she is shocked, but next she starts playing with it. It shows how much she changed.
She's a botanist who was never allowed to play in the dirt before!
Actually it shows how she holded herself because she thought she needed to be perfect
@@larasmith2562 not sure if you know but she was planned to be able to create living plant's there was a potato family i believe that had a concept
May i know if a plant like that actually exists? The powdered colors were really pretty and i might be stupid to believe smth like it exists irl when it doesn't but oh well
@@maririmiki The flowers look like bromeliads. I don't think they actually do that in real life though.
It’s ironic how in We Don’t Talk About Bruno, Isabela sings her first part in a graceful and perfect-sounding voice. But in this song, where she finally becomes herself, she sings in a voice that sounds a lot more natural.
I like how at 2:25 Mirabel has no idea how those plants are actually called but still is being asupportive sister.
Not only that, it shows that Isabela really is passionate about all plants and not just "pretty flowers". Presumably Isabela studied about different plants, while Mirabel only has average knowledge.
It such a nice small detail that makes me love this song even more :)
"I'm coming through with tabebuia"
"She's coming through with that booyah!
I genuinely love that part, it shows that even though Mirabel wasn't understanding a thing of what was happening she still was so supportive and it's just so cute
aww thank u for the detail
I think Mirabel knew what she said, she just wanted to word it in a extra and fun way lol
Same
I actually interpreted as her saying “buya” (pronounced “booyah”), which is an informal way to say “loud noises/sounds” in Colombian Spanish (though in several contexts it can be meant in a positive way).
It could be a double meaning as well
I mean, I didn't understood the lyrics until I saw the video, but I spent all the song vibing hard
I know someone’s already commented this somewhere but I just wanna restate- that Disney did a really good job in this movie with no harmful stereotypes. There might be some that are there that are subtle but I haven’t noticed any, and I think it’s really nice that Disney didn’t make Isabela cut her hair or rip her dress or lose her ‘femininity’ throughout the song. Being stereotypically feminine wasn’t the problem at all, it was the pressure that was put on her. I also appreciate that Luisa can be super strong AND feminine without being portrayed as dumb like lots of other media portrays strong women.
This☝️ Women with muscles or with glasses used to be portrayed as manly or geek, but I'm glad to see the stereotypes are starting to break. Luisa here is not less feminine than Dolores, Isabela or Mirabel, and her voice isn't overly low-pitched like bad film makers would do. And Isabela that we first see as the cringy golden child perfect princess just changes the standards around her without having to change entirely as imperfection is part of her identity. This Disney might not be the most complex one and sure doesn't have a lot of layers of understanding but it is so refreshing to see more representation from a company who used to present very little options or representation and by doing so, did harm to the way we grew up
@@emiliecrtn9464 oh it was a lot complexer than what you are normally used to with Disney, it focused on pretty heavy subjects and a real feeling family struggle and one of the darkest conflicts in history that are even based in real life with the civil wars and raiding of villages in Columbia.
this movie indeed has layers and is a tale how deep rootet fear can take away what isn't supposed to be lost and how antagonizing it can be to the ones you love
I agree 100%, you put my feelings about this into words
I didn’t know what it was that made me love this song so much ... until I read your comment.
Funnily enough, she originally had a punk rock design, that would have presumably come at the end after her character arc.
"I'm so sick of pretty, I want something true, don't you?"
YESSS PERIODT this song is very relevant on our current issues. Being pressured to be pretty for others in exchange of being real and true to yourself.
RIGHT!?
Yes!
The way she says "Jacarandas" is so magic for me. As a portuguese speaker, it sounds so familiar, and yet so unique (since spanish speakers apparently talk the "ja" as a "ha"), i always feel a bit happy when i hear a familiar word on a movie, even if it is spanish and not portuguese, just the fact that i can recognize vaguely the word makes me feel "home".
Even tho it is based on Colombia, i get this feeling of "home" throughout the entire movie, since it is really close to Brazil and some aspects of their culture are kinda similar to ours. I haven't felt so represented by an animation since Rio came out, and i'm thinking about learning spanish beacause of Encanto.
(Btw, this isn't me trying to make cultural appropriation here. I know this representation isn't aimed at me, and i know that although Brazil and Colombia have their similarities, they are different cultures. I just felt represented as a Latin-American and wanted to casually share this feeling.)
Appreciation isn't appropriation you're fine!
I'm from Venezuela and I can totally relate. I barely see anything in mainstream media or animation about us and even though this was Colombia, a lot of it still feels familiar. So happy our neighbors got a Disney movie 😁
In the part of Flor de Maio too
I completely feel you! Im from brazil as well (santa catarina specifically) i feel the same way!
@@beta_banter3013 I'm from Pernambuco
1:31 I love how they reintroduce the leitmotif from Isabella's part in We Don't Talk About Bruno since this is the prophecy he was referring to. I'm a sucker for stuff like that.
That's what you get when the person writing the soundtrack writes musicals. Every movie that he scores has amazing callbacks to other songs in the movie and references to pop culture like that. His skill is amazing, and I love how he writes to the strengths of his performers rather than making them adjust to his vision.
Yes !! I need a musical analysis of this score. I love noticing the leitmotifs throughout the movie ♡
lin manuel is incredibly talented in that regard. hamilton might as well have been motifs the musical
@@rubenherrera904 Manuel didn’t write this movie tho right? Or are you referencing his other work
@@lunarialoonatic He wrote all of the original songs, even the one Carlos Vives performs... and that straight up sounds like a Carlos Vives song. Germaine Franco wrote the score.
I just have to say I love how Disney treated each character in this movie. The total lack of a villain plot is a masterful stroke that is echoing Pixar and Ghibli films and it's definitely pushing them in the right direction. They consistently kept the approach of introducing a seemingly negative character only to redeem/explain them later, first with Bruno, then Isabella and then Abuela herself. And this works so well to hammer down the theme of the movie without shoving it in your face or being patronizing about it. Everyone is flawed, everyone has bad days, everyone is imperfect, everyone is special.
That being said, the overall story is a little weak in comparison to other films they've made. Like compared to Raya, which had a strong A-B-C narrative, but weak characters, Encanto has wonderfully fleshed out characters that FEEL like individuals but they don't really do all that much, there's not much of a driving narrative. Honestly I feel like they have missed a ton of potential to (especially when you look at all the stuff that was cut) to really expand and show off the powers and just what they CAN do when pushed to the limits in some kind of adventure.
Like now that they've established the characters, how the magic works, etc, there's a serious adventure story waiting out there for Isabela, Luisa, Camilo and Dolores (with Mirabel being the grounded center) to really step up from just being the grandkids and into adults.
@@Stingra87 I'm actually not bothered by the scale of the story in this particular case. Encanto is obviously a character study, and as such, I don't think they needed to go big. Keeping it intimate and tightly connected to the characters is what allowed them to explore them as deeply as they did. Even the fact that they keep Bruno in rather than send him out of the picture works, because the story is always wrapped around the characters, it's tight and simple and that gives the writers the free space to flesh out their personalities. This cast is very big. In order to give each character their time to shine, the story cannot take a big chunk of the real state. Even the songs are each and every one tied directly to the characters and fulfills an important narrative purpose. There is no "Ice song" or "Shiny" song in here. Each piece of this movie is put there very deliberately for a reason. Raya had a clear structure, but both the character treatment and the pacing were supremely aweful. It was clear the writers didn't know what to do with their massive world-building cache and decide it to stuff it all together to the detriment of any kind of emotional impact in the story. It's like a textbook example on the hero's journey and the 3-act story but never goes beyond that, a textbook. You could literally strip every single character from Raya and replace it with any other character and the story would work exactly the same because they are basically props without a personality. Raya could be a child, or an adult man, or an old lady. Or Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter or Marty McFly. The plot would be exactly the same. You could shave off her entire cast of secondary characters, and the plot would be exactly the same. In Encanto, every single family member (except for maybe Camilo) has a role in moving the plot forward, you remove any of them and the story halts.
@@girlwithanaccent7533 I very much liked how they generally kept the problem quite small because it reflects real life as well. We think of certain problems as so big and life changing when they are not hard to solve
I just think Encanto was a love story to the 'humans gifted with superpower' films that tends to overportray them badly
@@gpaderx6105 love story??? It used the superpower aspect to bring in a younger audience whilst keeping the older audience intrigued with the family issue side of things. Something that is a very real common issue
I really REALLY love the "bring it in bring in" part (also the "fig!"). It's been done many times in songs but it was super unexpected. I thought they were going to do it all the way through but it makes it so much better it's at where it is. I would pay to just hear that part on loop
I know specially the dances and her screech so upbeat!
"can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful it's carnivorous, a little just won't do" my favorite part of the entire song, it just flips off the end of the tongue so beautifully, this song is so good
Before this song, I hated Isabela. But after listening to it, she seemed so genuine and… misunderstood? Like she wanted to be imperfect, and I loved that!
Yes, literally before this song she confessed about it
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Really? Guessed I zoned out when she said it, because I don’t recall lol
@@nxbula7540 she said it in mirabel and isabela's fight
Am I the only one who memorised that entire fight
I think it becomes clearer in the song then it does the argument because they are both angry and yelling at each other. They can’t truly grasp what each other is feeling until after they kind of calm down and really talk (aka the song)
I feel like their ages play a lot into this. Isabela is 21, and mirabel is 15. We know that they get their gifts when they are five. And the lines "You just seem like your life's been a dream since the moment you opened your eyes" and "all I know are the blossoms you grow" show how their ages play into it. Isabela is 6 years older than mirabel, meaning that Isabela had had her gift already when mirabel was born, meaning that all she really did know was Isabela after she got her gift, when everyone began to think of Isabela as perfect. Mirabel never knew how Isabela was like before she got her gift and she truly always thought that Isabela had always been 'perfect' because that was actually all she knew about Isabela.
I never really though about their ages, Thanks for this, Now i can add another thing into my list of reasons why Encanto is grea
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As the oldest in my family, I can confirm this does impact things. I have the same age gap with one of my siblings. Her memory kicks in when I'm already taking my mom's place in the household after my parent's divorce. She didn't really have a perception of me as a child as a result. I personally relate to both Isabella and Luisa as a parentified child who needed to be good at everything.
It’s really good too that in 1:32 we can see Mirabel realizing that! The first parts of each of her line was “You just seem..” and “All I know..” which was what she thought about Isabela because she never really got to know her before her gift. The fact that Mirabel’s verse here also parallels Isabela’s verse in We Dont Talk About Bruno is brilliant. And then she says “But It’s awesome to see..” because she actually gets to see the real Isabela this time.
isnt Isabela mirabels younger sister ?
The line 'I owe this all to you' is such wonderful. It shows how Isabela truly acknowledges Mirabel for changing her life. The perfect child is gone but the perfect bond is formed.
I keep listening to 2:24 because of Mirabel singing "she's coming through with that booyah!" It's so satisfying and amazing
*this is base on what i think about Isabela*
Since Isabela is the firstborn, the first grandchild, the first niece, first sibling and first cousin u can really tell why she needs to be the PERFECT GOLDEN CHILD, because she's the first in all. The family will probably most likely have high expectations for her making her having to live up to her family's expectations, and the burden of perfection
Was it made clear that Isabela was the eldest? I would think it’s Luisa just because of her power and her song.
We can assume she's the oldest one because she's the first one to get a marriage proposal. At least that's what I think.
@@aundrereid73 isabela is 22, luisa is 19, mirabel is 15
@@bangchan6817 how do u know it?
Wiki?
Edit: yeah, Disney wiki
@@aundrereid73 yes it's confirmed, at first i thought it was Dolores but it turns out she's just few months younger than Isabela (but they still share the same age tho)
I don’t think isabella’s power was ever to be perfect. It was simply to create beauty, which comes in all shapes and sizes. The perfect image was created by her family 😭
I like this a lot. This makes sense too bc of the line “it didn’t need to be perfect, it just needed to be” being yourself/creating what you feel in the moment should be enough
this yes
Imperfections make perfection, right?
remember the scene where Dolores tells that her boyfriend wants 5 kids from Isabela. She grows flowers in her hair out of shock. All pink except one white one. Abuela picks it out of Isabela‘s hair and throws it away. That shows a lot, who taught her to be perfect
Or not even beauty, but just plants and organic things
I really appreciate this number as an ex gifted kid and an oldest child- I totally thought they were going to villainize Isabella, but it’s nice to see her redeemed and the trappings of her role in the family explored. I can’t stop replaying it- help-
I don't understand how this song isn't as popular as the others,
It's an amazing song that has some pretty hefty meaning,
On par with surface pressure in my opinion.
wtf
Wait its underated? I thought it was popular
@@FireBlock101 it is popular,
Just not as popular as "we don't talk about Bruno" or "surface pressure"
Or at least I don't hear it nearly as much as the other two songs.
I literally only came here bc it was one of the only songs that stuck with me after so long of the movie being out
I relate to this too much
My parents always need me to be perfect
Good looks,good teeth,good grades ,good at music and good at sports I can’t ever catch a break because there is one thing or another
“______ do this” “Do that” I’m sick and tired of it
And yet they tell me I haven’t done anything
I got trauma and depression at a very young age and started doing bad stuff I was close to end it all but there were some people that helped me through this life and I love them so much and I’m glad I met them :)
1:32 Mirabel’s vocals kinda follow the melody in Isabella’s bit in We Don’t Talk About Bruno. Nice.
wait that's a sweet detail
Yeah, especially when Isabella sang “He told me that the life of my dreams would be promised and some day be mine” in contrast to Mirabel stating her obvious feelings toward her in “You just *seem* like your life’s been a dream since the moment you opened your eyes”. It’s a neat detail that shows how much they just assume about each other and blindly hate, resulting in their disconnect.
Fun thing, is, his prophesy was spot on. She did get the life of her dreams in the end, and her power did grow. When she let loose and started growing things other than just pretty flowers :)
Before the Surface Pressure reprise in All of You Luisa sings the same melody, so I think it’s like a sisters leitmotiv! It’s my favourite melody in the whole movie btw
That's Lin Manuel's talent, he does it a lot I his songs and it's magical every time
I love how this movie with the struggles of every member
Luisas stuggle of protecting the family and if she can even protect them
Isabellas stuggle to be be perfect
Mirabels struggle of being sidelined and feel unwanted
Camillos struggle to figure his life out and who he is
Delores struggle to keep her secrets which is harder to contain since she hears so much
Pepas stuggle to stay happy and not stressed
Juleitas struggle to make sure her children and family is not hurt physically and emotionally
Abuelas struggle to keep the magic growing. And to keep everything under control
Brunos struggle of being loved and being a burden to the family
What about Antonio?
@@randomkinkajou5747 Antonio and Camilo are like the two that's the hardest to pin down what they struggle with- and Delores somewhat fits into this category as well. (The hate on cousins is strong /j)
Antonio is well 5 years old- not to say 5 year olds can't struggle with stuff it's just he hasn't had more than a decades worth of life to have something to grate at him.
@@randomkinkajou5747 he's too innocent and young to have these problems. He's, I'm assuming, never had that stress of expectations weighing on him because he just got his gift (sure Abuela gave him the "your gift is perfect" speech, but it hasn't sunken in yet at that point, and it makes sense why it wouldn't: he's basically still in that phase where he's exploring his gift and noticing just how cool it is), and he's mostly just helping out Mirabel in the movie. He hasn't had that moment where he realizes the perfection demanded out of the rest of the family yet, so he's still doing what he wants. He's basically the only one in the family who's the closest to okay.
@@a_viewer5386 I just realised that he's scared of being alone and that kinda links to his powers because he can be able to speak to anyone around him including Mirabel, the jaguar, rats and possibly the butterflies too and I listed all those different characters because they are with him and his family always plus they're important to the plot
@@randomkinkajou5747 that makes sense damn you're smart
The overlapping technique of Lin Manuel in 1:30 always create an exquisite vibe!
In floral symbology, the Jacaranda flower is a symbol of rebirth, while the tree itself is a symbol of new wisdom. A hurricane of Jacarandas- a flurry of new perspective!
idk why but “a hurricane of jacarandas” makes me so happy
It’s very pleasing to the ear. Same with as “flor de mayo by the mile”
Samee.. it's one of the best part imo
yesyesyes
give me a feeling i cant describe...
Out of all the gifted Madrigals, I feel like Abuela knew that Isabela’s gift was the least helpful to the community. Based on what we see in the film, she only used her power for plants that are not crops, so even there, she couldn’t or didn’t use her power in that way either. This is why I feel like she was the most pressured to be beautiful and perfect, because Abuela didn’t want anyone to think a Madrigal wasn’t an asset to the community. She became a show instead of an actual person. That’s why the pressure of getting married was on her as well, even if Dolores is the same age as her. If she couldn’t be “useful” with her powers, the next best thing would be to produce more “useful” Madrigals. Not to mention her being the first grandchild (and first child of Julieta), so Abuela wouldn’t want the community to think badly of her. Just a thought!
Edit: to those saying she could grow other plants all along, yes, I concede, but I also think she didn’t even know she could do those until What Else Can I Do. Someone said that maybe at first, she could only do flowers, which ties in to what I think Abuela saw in her.
Edit #2: to those saying Camilo’s gift was the most useless, I don’t think so. He could take the place of anyone in the community, be tall if things needed to be reached, be small if he needed, and his appearance isn’t the only thing that he has going for him. His body can morph into the physical abilities of others as well.
I find that interesting, but does it say anywhere that she can't grow crops? I don't really see why she couldn't unless she could only grow flowers, but there are vegetables that start off as blooms that look like flowers, so I don't see why she couldn't grow crops.
@@titaniafae4114 that’s true, which is why I said “based on the film”, cuz I’m not so sure hehe. But when she goes through town, she isn’t going through their fields, rather growing flowers for show. I assume that Abuela would’ve rather she did have those crop powers, but because she isn’t using them like Luisa, she doesn’t have them? Hope that makes sense 😅
@@zeze-sv2zb I can see that, though tbf they never really showed any actual fields or crops like that, so I just assumed she could really grow anything or maybe she has the ability but doesn't use it because of how she was surprised when she made a cactus.
@@zeze-sv2zb I assume she can grow flowering plants (Angiosperms), which are most plants. She could definitely grow crops since most if not all are Angiopserms.
@@titaniafae4114 or this but I’m not sure if she can grow ferns since they aren’t a flowering plant and never shown either. Since her whole schtick is flowers before this song, BUT she did say grow anything she wants so maybe she could grow any plant.
The way the music is composed in this song is genius. In the beginning Isabela vocal is out of beat with the music slightly, which I think represents Isabela’s newfound discovery of her other side: irregular and wild. And also the part where Mirabel sang that she thought her sister was living the life of her dream is also reference to Isabela’s part in “we don’t talk about Bruno”. Overall beautiful soundtrack ✨
2:17 Isabela says “what can you do when you know who you wanna be isn’t perfect? But I’ll still be okay!” And honestly that hit hard.
Cool etymology fact: The names Jacaranda and Tabebuia come from the language Tupi, spoken by a lot of natives in South America (mainly Brazil). Jacaranda comes from Tupi-Guarani (yakara’nda) and it stands for "Fragrant". While it's unclear which branch of Tupi Tabebuia came from, the name is an abbreviation of "tacyba bebuya", which means "ant wood"
Sincerely, a Guarani-Kaiowá native
so cool!!
yesss! as a Brazilian I was so excited when they mentioned these
thanks for this! ❤
My cousin is Brazilian and this fact is so cool as I have tons of family from there. I am not Brazilian tho because they married into my family. But I still love the culture :)
I loved the mention of jacarandas, there's a big tree of these outside my house, and when the flowers fall and everything is covered by the bluish purple flower it's beautiful!
Isabella: Changing minds
Mirabel: You've changed mine
I started SOBBING
I like how mirabel and isabela relationship goes from "😒🙄🤨😐👎🏻" to "🥰😚🥺🤗🫂👍🏻"
Solved by Singing!
The last "what else can I do?!" at 2:46 is my favorite part... been singing that around the house all day. My sister threw a shoe at me :D
2:32 when she said I owe this all to you. That's was cute she appreciates her sister more than ever and it shows.
She was so misunderstood. Everything she did was because she felt she had to be 'perfect'. I'm glad she realized otherwise :) All of her plants, roses or not, are beautiful and are filled with personality.
I just looked at the Commons am really good so I like to all of them and I want you guys to keep up the good work I’m not really typing this I am using voice cousin only for big Cuz. Are you never mind but you guys are awesome and I don’t want anybody stop you guys fuck the good work you guys really got to go to work.😊❤🎉
While everyone is going crazy on We don't talk about Bruno and surface pressure, here I'am captivated by this song because of the meaning and encouragement it brings in me
1:33 It’s a tiny thing, but Mirabel singing “You just seem like your life’s been a dream” etc is to the tune of “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
in the flashback i couldn’t help but realize that the grandkid that resembles abuela the most is isabella and it got me thinking, maybe abuela saw herself the most in isabella, only wanting her to live the perfect life that she didn’t get. i still can’t believe that disney really perfected a movie dealing with generational trauma like this, it’s phenomenal tbh.
Omg that's so true. If you take a look at the family portraits of everyone when they got their gifts, for every single member you can see Abuela just standing there with a simple smile holding the candle with both hands. But in the picture of Isabela in her door, Abuela has an arm around her and has a bigger smile. She totally sees herself in Isa and has a stronger bond with her
@@valeriaferrari9737 that’s a great catch i rewatched it to find the portraits and ur so right!! (if anyones wondering it’s around 00:11:45 in the movie) the attention to detail in this movie is insane
also, if you go through Bruno's vision frame by frame, the person Mirabel was hugging could just have easily been Abuela, since she and Isabel bear so much resemblance!
And the fact Mariano slightly resembles Abuelo makes it creepier and makes Isabela's confession sadder
@@jackielantern6 yess!!
Isabella casually wants hella carnivorous plants and I love that
Lol
i could imagine Isabela keeping a buncha pet venus flytraps 💀
ecCeNTriC
@@youtubesangryopinionramble1465 As the owner of a venus flytrao, sundew and a pitcher plant, I agree✋💀
Isabella's actor is such a great singer, props to them! The team also made a great improvement with Isabella, especially the animation during the song, this song is so upbeat just amazing. Also shows how much mirabel cares for her in the end.
It’s Diane Guerrero, she was in Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin.
I know, I love both her acting and voice! She really matched this angry sister type. Really effective and tells a story behind her character of how she was treated as the always perfect sister. When in reality, she's tired and wants atleast something to go her way. Since, she's always forced to do something she doesn't want to. Idk, I just love her singing!
1:53 this part always hype me up and makes me shout i dunno why
i love this part " The way is clearer cuz you're here, and now i owe all this to you what else can i do " it gave me butterflies.
Edit: ty for 300+ likes!
I love how she acknowledges that mirabel is the one who broke her free from the perfect image she was in
I was about to flip when it looked like they were about to make Isabella the villain because that's such a cheap and easy way to hate on 'perfect' 'feminine' older sisters, but then THIS song came along... this movie in general is phenomenal
I can't imagine how they did a great character development over just a song. mygod
I called it tbh, seems out of character for main title Disney film to stick to such a cheap trope
"flor de mayo, by the mile" THATS SO SMOOTH OMG
Honestly when Isabella started revealing that her struggle was being the “perfect child” it kind of hit me like with being the “good child.” You know, people always expecting you to be good and not wanting to cause conflict.
I love the foreshadowing. In Bruno's song she sings that the life of her dreams would be promised to her and her power would be about growing plants, and this was sung after a list of bad events, which Mirabel thought of as just her constantly being lucky and perfect when it could mean that the "ideal" life wasn't what she wanted or that her happier imperfect life would come to be. She also sings later of how she's fine, trying to convince herself that she has to marry the guy (forgot his name)
Mariano i believe
She probably even thought Bruno got her future because she misunderstood, imo
She most likely thought that he meant the life Abuela wanted for her would be her's, instead of *her* ideal life
And that's why she's trying so hard to convince herself that she'll be fine, because if Bruno said that's what life she'd have then it was bound to happen and she couldn't change it
But Bruno's vision comparing her power to grapes instead of flowers foreshadowed the truth
really like how the song made it seem like the vision was already fullfilled, because isabella’s life is almost everyone else’s definition of a life of their dreams. So while it looked like she was the only one who actually got a good vision, in reality she’s probably facing the same bitterness everyone felt about the vision she received.
At 1:47 isabella sings the bottom harmony which suggests that mirabel is taking the lead in helping her rise, but when this same motif is repeated in all of you, it seems like isabella sings the higher melody which shows how she's more bold in expressing her true self
"Changing minds!"
"You've changed mine!"
I love it so much :)
i love how before this song, isabela is wearing a pink dress, like abuela alma, but then after this song, she is wearing blue, to match her side of the family, symbolising she's being herself instead of being abuela's perfect child
love how mirabel was doing the annoying "let just hug it out and get this over with," but after isabella acknowledged her inner struggle, mirabel drop the thought and move on to support her sister.
I think Mirabel and Isabella's previous animosity towards each other stemmed from them both being jealous of each other. Mirabel always felt overshadowed by her "perfect," "golden-child" sister who commanded so much attention, while Isabella felt pressure from her family to be perfect and get married, and likely envied Mirabel who avoided much of that due to her lack of a gift.
2:30 “Changing minds” , “You’ve changed mine” MY FAV PART 😭
I cried at Surface Pressure but this made me cry too. The way Isabel acknowledges that Mirabel helped her, the way Mirabel just hype her up. Ahh. This movie is one of the greatest shit Disney gave us.
She was so tired of being a perfect potted flower but this song represents her taking her own roots and continue growing but instead pretty perfect flowers, she grows beautiful, *true* , wild vegetation and I really love that about her
Unpopular opinion this is the best song in the movie ❤ (my opinion)
Not unpopular after 3 weeks of listening this on repeat
agreement
I liked the family madrigal song at the start thats my favorite one
This and we don’t talk about Bruno are tied for best song (as well as dos orugitas)
@@poiisedaracknos793 yes my top 3 but I like "What Else Can I do" then "WE don't talk about Bruno" then "Dos Orugitas" ❤ THE WHOLE SOUNDTRACK IS JUST BOMB
I love how at 1:33 Mirabel sings Isabela's earlier melody from We Don't Talk About Bruno, showing that she's really only known Isabela for how she's been presented- rather than her true self.
That “hey everybody clear the way!woo!” Sounds so cute
I love that part
I know her voice is so feisty, really amazing rapper
I love this song because as an artist it's easy to constantly trash art that I don't find "perfect". Its easy to get disappointed and discouraged from something you love. You'll be okay if it isn't perfect, you put in all your emotion into your art, and that's all that matters.💞
ughh i love the part when mirabel says "what else, what else?" shes so excited to see her sister grow and embrace herself its so beautiful 😞
"But its awesome to see how you rise" is the best part- Mirabel being excited and happy to see her sister happy and growing into herself.
Mirabels gift is being the best hype person ever. Like if I'm nervous for a speech or presentation, she could easily hype me up
“I’m so sick of pretty I want something true”
Need I say more?
Also it’s such a nice detail that in this part 1:48 the lyrics turn purple which is the color that you combine with the other two colors from the individual characters.
the way she sing the *jacarandas* is so satisfying
The way she says jacarandas is just so perfect its almost inhuman. It freaks me out but still scratches my ear in a way
I just made something unexpected
Something sharp
Something new
It's not symmetrical or perfect
But it's beautiful and it's mine
What else can I do?
Bring it in, bring it in
Good talk, bring it in, bring it in (what else can I do?)
Let's walk, bring it in, bring it in
Free hugs, bring it in, bring it in
I grow rows and rows of roses
Flor de mayo
By the mile
I make perfect, practiced poses
So much hides behind my smile
What could I do if I just grew what I was feeling in the moment?
(Do you know where you're going? Whoa)
What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect?
It just needed to be? And they let me be?
A hurricane of jacarandas
Strangling figs (big, big)
Hanging vines (this is fine)
Palma de cera fills the air as I climb
And I push through
What else can I do?
Can I deliver us a river of sundew?
Careful, it's carnivorous, a little just won't do
I wanna feel the shiver of something new
I'm so sick of pretty
I want something true, don't you?
You just seem like your life's been a dream
Since the moment you opened your eyes
(How far do these roots go down?)
All I know are the blossoms you grow
But it's awesome to see how you rise
How far can I rise?
Through the roof, to the skies
Let's go!
A hurricane of jacarandas (whoo)
Strangling figs (go)
Hanging vines (grow)
Palma de Cera fills the air as I climb
And I push through
What else, what else?
What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment?
(Seize the moment, keep goin')
What can you do when you know who you wanna be is imperfect?
But I'll still be okay
Hey, everybody clear the way, whoo!
I'm coming through with tabebuia (she's coming through with tabebuia)
Making waves (making waves)
Changing minds (you've changed mine)
The way is clearer 'cause you're here, and well
I owe this all to you
What else can I do?
Show 'em what you can do
What else can I do?
There's nothing you can't do
What else can I do?
Boi what the hell boi
@@mizumiyaya shut up
Thanks you so much !!!
@@rahrety 💀
It’s.. a lyric video
Such a great lesson:
What can you do when you know who you wanna be isn't perfect?
But I'll still be okay
Ages:
Dolores - Isabela: 21
Luisa: 19
Camilo - Mirabel: 15
Antonio: 5
Lyrics:
“I just made something unexpected
Something sharp
Something new
It's not symmetrical or perfect
But it's beautiful and it's mine
What else can I do?
Bring it in, bring it in
Good talk, bring it in, bring it in (what else can I do?)
Let's walk, bring it in, bring it in
Free hugs, bring it in, bring it in
I grow rows and rows of roses
Flor de mayo
By the mile
I make perfect, practiced poses
So much hides behind my smile
What could I do if I just grew what I was feeling in the moment?
(Do you know where you're going? Whoa)
What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect?
It just needed to be? And they let me be?
A hurricane of jacarandas
Strangling figs (big, big)
Hanging vines (this is fine)
Palma de cera fills the air as I climb
And I push through
What else can I do?
Can I deliver us a river of sundew?
Careful, it's carnivorous, a little just won't do
I wanna feel the shiver of something new
I'm so sick of pretty
I want something true, don't you?
You just seem like your life's been a dream
Since the moment you opened your eyes
(How far do these roots go down?)
All I know are the blossoms you grow
But it's awesome to see how you rise
How far can I rise?
Through the roof, to the skies
Let's go!
A hurricane of jacarandas (whoo)
Strangling figs (go)
Hanging vines (grow)
Palma de Cera fills the air as I climb
And I push through
What else, what else?
What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment?
(Seize the moment, keep goin')
What can you do when you know who you wanna be is imperfect?
But I'll still be okay
Hey, everybody clear the way, whoo!
I'm coming through with tabebuia (she's coming through with tabebuia)
Making waves (making waves)
Changing minds (you've changed mine)
The way is clearer 'cause you're here, and well
I owe this all to you
What else can I do?
Show 'em what you can do
What else can I do?
There's nothing you can't do
What else can I do?”
i love how this part connects with bruno's vision; he said her power would grow, and now she's learning she can make more than what she made for years, she's getting her perfect life because now she doesn't have to put on a smile everyday to be the picture perfect image that her family bestowed upon her, as well as the bond between her and mirabel getting stronger over how the family (+ mirabel) treated isabella because of the image she had to put up.
Why is no one talking about the lyric "how far do these roots go down???"
It's such a sad implication if you really think about it
My favourite part 😭
Inside the context of the scene alone it reads very much like "how deeply ingrained is this idea that only brings me misery?", but I've read people taking it as sort of a "why, grandma?" moment, tending to "why does it exist in the first place?". An insteresting take, if you ask me, that would make it that Isabela of all people is the first to question in a way that could bring the generational trauma to light, but in the end she's still human and embrancing the good feeling she likely never had before or haven't in a long time spoke louder
This song and the character of Isabela really meant a world to me. I grew up feeling like I should never dissapoint my family, like I was suppossed to be always there for them no matter what my feelings were and like I was suppossed to be the perfect girl (not really because of my parents, they're great and really loving and caring). I always tend to avoid conflit at any cost, people pleaser type. To me this song means it's OK not to be what people expects, it's funny and pleasant to let it go sometimes and you can't always please everybody
At 1:00 I loving the backing vocals especially when she sings 'A hurricane of jacarandas'
I love the part where mirabell says "but it's awesome to see how you climb " showing her sisterly suport.
Also love how the letters slightly shift as a new word is added
To the person reading this: Even tho I dont know you, I wish you the best of what life has to offer💫🙏
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God bless everyone!
Ty you as well.
Thx same too you
the "A hurricane of Jacarandas" part is so catchyyy
ITS MY FAVE PART OMG
@@sparklyunicornlover981 sameee! it have been stuck in my mind ever since i first watched it HAHAHHA
This song is so Lin's face, urgh... I love it
This song is a perfect example that you don’t have to be perfect. This song helped me learn that lesson and I love and thank Isabela and Mirabel for that! Thank you, Lin-Manuel Miranda for this beautiful song.
I feel like isabela disliked mirabel because she didn’t have to be perfect. It was envy on both their sides.
She was jealous of Mirabel because if she didn't have her flower gift, then she wouldn't have had so many expectations put on her by Alma. But she was unaware about that fact that Mirabel was a burden
I think no one noticed how great the line "I make perfect PRACTICED poses", which says that in her whole life she isn't perfect, but has to be perfect.
And when she says “So much hides behind my smile.” she destroys Abuela’s pose. And it’s the only pose she destroys.
I loved how loving this family was!! Also when mirabel spilt everything to her father, it was really unexpected for me. It’s usual for the main character to just keep it in, but I never expected the whole family eventually finding out so soon. This movie is definitely unique to the other Disney movies. Disney needs to make similar ones!
I love the line “what can you do when you know who you wanna be isn’t perfect, but I’ll still be okay” because it’s just so… ughhhh😩😩😍
Isabella was by far my favorite character. I actually wouldn't mind her getting a spinoff.
That would be so cool
If the Madrigals got a good quality sequel show like the Tangled animated series, I would love it
@@starsiadraws well we are getting Moana, Tiana, Zootopia, and Baymax so it's not off the table.
But Camilo is the best character
@@awesomeanthonyd123 I will say probably he has the best line of the movie. "IsaBela Ur BoyfriEnds HEre!"
I love the character of Isabella because she's not typical 'Disney princess character' that always waits for true love. I'm impressed that she refused to get married and started to find her own life.
Disney has been breaking that standard Disney Princess mold (waiting for love and almost immediately getting married) in recent years.
I think they tried that with Frozen, by making the prince (Hans) the villain. But I honestly like what they did in Encanto better. Instead of making the guy (Mariano) evil they made a character (Isabela) that didn’t hate him but wasn’t interested in marrying him.
I also like when Dolores mets Mariano and he says “Let’s get married.” Dolores replies with “Slow down.” it makes it a bit more realistic.
Isabela is an amazing character. She has so much more to her and she pushed in down inside her because it wasn't perfect. She creates beauty, and beauty isn't always perfect.
This song is like if Let it Go was a duet and the sister characters weren’t estranged at the time.
And a mix of show yourself cinematography(?) wise
Idk why but the “bring it in bring it in” makes me chuckle
I love how Isabela thanks Mirabel for making her see who she truly was near the end of the song. By far my favorite song
the “bring it in, bring it in” part was so good
My favourite part 2:22 , Mirabel’s little WOO! is so addictive 😭
And that little dance bro!!
Mirabel had always accepted who she was, it's simply amazing because she holds no resentment towards everyone, other than Isabela. That's why Bruno's vision shows Mirabel embracing Isabela. Letting go of resentment can be very powerful and even life-changing. Each character grows in this movie, a really top notch production. Hopefully when the covid madness is gone, this is re-released but in theaters.
this song is criminally underrated
Why do I just feel so- alive with this song
My favorite part of the song is when she helps up Mirabel warning her about the Carnivorous Sundews, like that’s a big sister moment and showed she was no longer mad at her