Last November, the latest film by Disney, ‘Charm’, it had a limited one-month run in theaters. Not much happened with that premiere, beyond figures, until suddenly the film reaches Disney+, the company’s streaming platform. Suddenly, the film’s soundtrack begins to gain momentum, until it has become, at this time, one of the most popular in its recent history.
The global smash of the music of ‘Encanto’
And it is that after arriving Disney+, the songs of ‘Charm’ They began to rise like foam on streaming platforms such as Spotify or Apple Music. And not only its main theme, which seemed to be ‘Two Oruguitas’, but songs like ‘The Family Madrigal’ The ‘Surface Pressure’, which week after week were climbing up the world charts until hanging on the main top10s on the planet. As we said, it was supposed to ‘Two Oruguitas’, in charge of Sebastian Yatra, was to be the focal single of the project. So much so that it will be that theme that is played by ‘Charm’ the Oscar for Best Original Song, an award that is complicated by the presence of Billie Eilish among the nominees, following the theatrical release of ‘No Time To Die’.
But the ‘Oruguitas’ they would soon be completely overshadowed by the success of ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’the song that the entire community of ‘Charm’ sing chorally to explain that Bruno, the outcast uncle Madrigal, he had a prophecy about the end of the family that doomed him. And he was never spoken of again. At least officially. The theme, performed by practically the entire cast, gained so much popularity that it would end up making history.
Well, if you talk about Bruno
With the push of a couple of weeks, it was seen that ‘Bruno’ would take credit for the entire soundtrack. But what no one imagined is that it would end up reaching #1 in the UK and Billboard. In the UK it was the first song Disney to become the leader of the singles chart. There in nothing. In the United States, the second, after ‘A Whole New World’ from ‘Aladdin’, which was #1 nearly 30 years ago. Three decades of emptiness ‘Let It Go’, ni ‘The Circle Of Life’, ni ‘Colours In The Wind’ they would be able to fill To name a few absolutely memorable songs from Disney.
‘Bruno’ It became #1 in the United States with little support from the radio, and it would also be the first song in history to be a leader for more than a week. Right now, the song has been at the top of the list for fifteen days and a month as queen of the United Kingdom. The single is now the eighth most listened song in the world in Spotify, with 21.6 million views in the last week and 143 million in total. In addition, 218 million have seen the official clip of the theme in Youtube, computing only its English version. The soundtrack accumulates more than 600 million listeners in Spotify till the date.
Who is behind the song?
‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ is a song composed and produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with the co-production of Mike Elizondo. Lin-Manuel He is one of the most prolific actors in recent years in Hollywood, but above all, he is triumphing for his musical works. especially for ‘Hamilton’, a real hit on Broadway that is also available to see through a recording of the play in Disney+. The musical, which narrates the life of Alexander Hamilton in a hip-hop key, it is the work of the actor, who also acts in it, and has sold, in addition to hundreds of thousands of seats (there were long waiting lists to get tickets), millions of the original soundtrack. Almost 10 only in the United States so far, where it is certified 9 times Platinum and also has all the songs on its tracklist with at least one Gold.
Lin-Manuel has also known success with the music of ‘In The Heights’ -He is the author of its central theme as well as the producer of the film- or ‘Moana’, in which he is co-author of several topics, including the central one, ‘How Far I’ll Go’. So far he has won three awards Tony, three Grammys and two awards Laurence Olivier, Besides of Pulitzer for Best Drama for ‘Hamilton’.
Mike Elizondo, For his part, he is nominated for a Grammy for Best Producer -and has been nominated on 5 more occasions- and has worked with Rag’N’Bone Man, Ed Sheeran, Carrie Underwood, Maroon 5 o Eminemamong others.
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