The first song is a nightmare Mal had because she's pushing down her villain side and pretending to be a perfect princess Edit: space between gives undertones of Mal loving Evie like she totally glanced at her lips in the beginning but that might have been dove leaking through cuz she came out after she left Disney
im pretty sure back in the day they admitted to read Mal/Evie fanfiction too LOL its funny to think that they were shipping their own characters while filming and thats why they had so much chemistry
I don't watch DCOMs bc I expect them to be good lmao, I watch them because they're cheesy and stupid and you don't have to think too hard. And at the end of it all you've had some fun
Context for the dog! His name is Dude, and he’s sort of a school mascot. The guy with white hair (Carlos) is the son of Cruella DeVille and used to be terrified of dogs despite never seeing one. He met Dude and he now loves dogs and is basically his owner.
I never even knew there was a parody version of Ways To Be Wicked! I thank you for commenting this and I’m now informed and going to check it out after watching this video.
I was gonna comment this but I was unsure if I was misremembering what he did listen to in his first descendants vid (did he do 2, is this his second or third? I don’t remember)
It's still funny to me that Mal is like "My friends just got turned to stone, imma start singing" 🤣 Also you are not the only one who gets vibes from Mal and Evie, and it feels very intentional
Omg yes I feel the same about "Once upon a time" I mean sure it's disney so she she has to sing but I feel like the chorous is too upbeat for "my friends literally just died"
Petition for him to finish the songs from Julie and the Phantoms! At *least* You Got Nothing to Lose for the high notes Edit: Unsaid Emily is a must, and I think he would love Now or Never bc it’s awesome and highlights the boys
15:37 so basically Cruella’s son and this dog end up having a very unlikely friendship. the whole opposites attract character trope. it’s actually really well done in this show and I love their character dynamic.
3:16 Cameron (white haired guy) really hard a really nice voice. R.I.P Cameron, he was such a sweet boy. He didn’t deserve to disappear this early in his life. I think i’m gonna cry again.
So Ways To Be Wicked is something that only happened in Mal's mind. (Purple) Basically, she's missing the freedom she had when she was evil, because now she's in love with the king (Beauty and the Beast's son), and she's constantly under pressure. So in her mind, she just see her and her friends corrupting everyone in the wicked side.
The context of the movies and all of the references to everyones villain/hero parents in the lyrics and designs makes the songs even more enjoyable imo! I really recommend watching it if you enjoy the music :)
They had amazing chemistry. Honestly I love Mal and Ben together (I don't really care for Evie and Doug) but I would not have been against Mal and Evie as a couple...
Seeing him react to these with no context is my favorite thing 😂 he should definitely react the movies Edit: the more I re watch his reactions the more I notice how much he loves Dove Cameron’s voice so I’m here to recommend the listen to some songs from Liv and Maddie. Also love that he thinks Mal and Evie are a couple cause it’s definitely the vibes I get from Space Between 😂
In regards to the relationship between Mal and Evie, A LOT of the fans were desperately reading into it, and I think that song was their way of being like 'this is the best we can do under the chains of Disney', which was still greatly appreciated by almost ALL of the girls and gays hahaha [Edit to clarify that I am one of the gays that I'm speaking of, and there is no ill-will meant to either groups, just saying we appreciate the representation where we can get it]
Many people do. And I see it. But unlike Mal and Ben, I think Jane/Carlos and Jay/Lonnie isn’t a bad canon ship. I just wish Bal (the name-) didn’t feel like it was forced.
So glad you did Space Between. Its one of my favourites and hit very hard for me a few years ago. I also cant take the knights seriously in Night Falls since I noticed the suits of armour are made out of foam and spray painted clothing 😅. Like, i get WHY they were made that way but it makes ne laugh so much 😂
Every time I listen to Ways To Be Wicked and What's My Name I'm reminded of when the trailer for D2 first came out and those songs as a preview. Oh my gosh I was soo hyped!
I think you got it right man! That “you cannot build a castle on a mountain made of sand” line, I don’t know if it was for sure her intention but it does sound a lot like a passage in Matthew 7:24-27. In other words ya nailed it!
Yes Jesus is telling a parable about two different men. The wize man who builds his house on rock meaning sturdy and firm then the fool who builds his house upon sand.
In my opinion, I think Once Upon A Time is an underrated banger. I don’t hear enough ppl talking about it. It’s such a beautiful ballad and it may not be Queen of Mean or Good to be Bad, but it is an amazing song from D3. (I’m so happy I came to this vid early. I’ve never been here within the first hour).
It’s even better than Queen of Mean for me because it has true emotion and I actually like Mal as a character. I hate Audrey and her motivations for being a villain is stupid 😭😭
I tried reading the books in middle school but a little way through the first book in our library you couldn’t read the words and it was covered with like black ink
@@Betsymcdonough I don't think it's that stupid Her grandma is clearly mentally abusive and forces her to be perfect, so when someone comes in and ruins EVERYTHING she had going for her future, it drives her to a path of evil I think it's kind of cool
I liked the song, but I see why most people don’t, Dove’s voice is probably why I really like it. Some of the lyrics are good like “it’s not your father’s fairytale, it’s not your mother’s fault you failed” and “life is not a storybook, but life unfolds in chapters”. But I don’t think Descendants 3 was that good, and they didn’t built it up well so that’s probably why people ignore the song (the movie having Mal wanna close the barrier and lying to everyone felt too forced)
Has anyone suggested Sofia the First music yet? I remember hearing My Once Upon a Time for the first time and being struck by how much it sounded like something from Sofia the First, which, for the record, also has shockingly good music! And has anyone suggested Lemonade Mouth? It's another Disney Channel Original Movie with a great soundtrack! Also, I'm just gonna sneak a second request down here for Scooby-Doo and Star Stable music, because the hex Girls and Miscreants need some Mathew love! Thank you for reading, have a great day, and stay awesome!
He really needs to. I’ve always felt embarrassed liking the show/music at my age, but it’s quality so-also considering I like MLP-I probably shouldn’t care.
I'll never forget the first time I saw "Space Between". My niece used to be hugely into Descendants, so whenever she was over it was almost always playing on the TV. And I'd never really seen any of them up to that point, but it was just one time when I walked out and that song started, and I also really thought they were gonna kiss when they leaned their heads in lol.
I had a very similar experience. I was introduced to Descendants through my nieces and nephews who I was watching over while my dad and half brother were at lunch. I hadn’t seen the first one, so I didn’t have a lot of context.
You have to listen to the longer version of space between! The lines "Be proud of all the scars, they make you who you are" "I know you have to stay, BUT ILL NEVER REALLY LEAVE YOU" I have no clue why it isnt in the official music video but its such a good part of the song and I love them sm
"Night Falls" is my favorite song from all of the movies. And yeah, Mal (Dove Cameron's character) has slightly different hair colors each movie. Purple in the first movie, a lighter purple (bordering on magenta) in the second movie and a darker bluish purple in the third movie. I highly recommend watching the movies. It really helps give context for all of the songs.
Sometimes I’ll just be in my room and then sing “MOTHERRRRRRR always knows best, SHOW HERRRR pass every test, HEARRRRR HERER VOICE IN MY HEAD” I love that part 💀
This so perfectly captured how i feel about the descendants movies. By all rights they should be a cheap, cheesey Disney channel cash grab but they're so good! The costumes and backgrounds have so much love in them, the actors were obviously having so much fun, the messages are good and every song is an absolute banger!! I love them so much and if that stuff interests you you should definitely watch them!
Night Falls is one of my favorite Descendants songs, the best part for me is the change in the chorus each time. It goes from Watch Your back, to Back to Back, to Got Your Back, as the song progresses and they start working together.
They are NOT villains! They are the children of villains. The first one in this video was Mal’s dream about not fitting in in the kingdom and wanting to go back to the isle.
He finally reacted to my favorite song!! Also character names, Evie has blue hair, Mal has purple hair, beanie guy is Jay, and the white haired boy(a.k.a the boy who always has the dog) is Carlos.
And yet another 20 minutes VERY well spent :) I love watching people being blown away by the descendants songs (and Julie and the phantoms too, let’s face it). You and me is probably my favourite song. It’s so good, and the choreography is also very cool!
Space Between is right behind What’s My Name and Queen of Mean for me. My favorite ballad at the very least. Their relationship is just so sweet. I didn’t even fully watch the movies (and I still haven’t seen the third one) and their chemistry was insane to me.
Hey hun, answers about the dog. His name is Dude and we were first introduced to him in the 1st Descendants movie, he is the campus mutt in Auradon ! He was chasing Carlos (who was taught to fear/hate dogs by his Mom Cruella) and Ben said he was harmless so then Carlos warmed up to Dude and they basically became besties. Dude gains the ability to talk during Descendants 2 and helps rescue Ben off the pirate ship (you’ve reacted to the song that plays just before which was the “rap battle” between Uma (girl with blue braids) and Mal (girl with purple wig). Dude has some more features in Descendants 2 and 3 but I think you get the idea. He’s always by Carlos’s side :)
actually dove cameron has mentioned before that she ships mal and evie, and said in her heart mal is in love with evie so its not disney canon that they're together, but space between made them pretty much canon in everyones hearts
So it’s funny that you though Evie and Mal were a couple after listening to “Space Between” bc it was said to have been written for Mal and her lover Ben (the guy who tried to be cool/evil in “Chillin Like A Villain”) but he couldn’t vocally keep up so they gave it to Evie (blue haired actress)
best explaination i can give for the dog is that it belongs to the school but really bonded with Carlos (white hair'd guy) in the first movie so now he follows them around
I recommend reacting to some songs from a concept album of a musical called EPIC, it's about Greek myth, specifically The Odyssey. The concept album isn't finished but there's the first 9 songs that are finished, and it's really good (trust me). There are other sonys where putting clips together mzkes the full song, like Ruthlessness, Done For, Not Sorry For Loving You, and The Challenge. (The clips the creator has shown - on RU-vid shorts and Tiktok - already seem so cool, it's an all-song musical like Hamilton, with 40 in total)
Everybody has more chemistry than Mal and Ben, we all saw Mal and Evie’s in Space Between, but I also saw A LOT for Evie and Ben in Chillin Like A Villain and for basically all their scenes in Descendants 2, same for Uma and Ben in their scene when he was tied up and she explained her life story
RIP Cameron. I remember to this day how I cried when I found out. The first actors death that made me cry that much. Probably because he was so young and lovable. ❤ he deserved better
I couldn't help it...literally the second that you said they are.gods; my mind went immediately to "Well, I mean, you already did see that Hades is Mal's dad?"
After you finish the rest of the descendants songs, you should VERY seriously consider listening to the soundtrack of the One Piece movie Flim Red. Ado sings all of the songs and I believe that you would very much fall in love with her voice!
I would love to hear your reaction to Dove Cameron singing “If Only”, it was her solo song in the first movie. It’s a favorite, and I, like you, love her voice.
Dove/mal/purple hair used to play a seris called Liv and Maddie where she played a set of identical twins by herself. One was sporty and one was an amazing singer/actor. She then went on to start Mal, daughter of malifecent and Hades, in decendents. Now after the death of her close friend (a.k.a the dog man from your reaction, rest in peace😔) she refuses to go on with decendents and will no longer be with Disney. Now she's an amazing singer still and I'd totally LOVE for you to react to her song Boyfriend. It's so 💅 . P.S your not thr only one who got purple/Mal with blue/evie vibes. Dove actually confirmed that she always thought Mal and Evie would be a better couple 🥺🥹
Once Upon A Time hurts me SO BAD, I love it! It's not a song I remember usually (Night Falls and Did I Mention take that spot for sure), but whenever I do hear it I end up having the best kind of crisis Edit: Evie is SUCH a badass, especially in Night Falls! She is such a great character, she has layers like an onion
I loved this reaction video but still RIP Cameron Boyce (Who plays Carlos/The guy with white hair) he was such an amazing human being and performed his butt off in these movies
I love Nightfall! Not only is it amazing, but in middle school the dance team was practicing that song and the photography club walked in on their practice! They replayed it so many times to get everything right that I am not surprised it has so many views. Also! The dog is a main character. He was there to help white-hair get over his fear of dogs (101 Dalmations kid), and then ate a truth gummy that gave the dog speech. The dog became comedic relief and my dad often shit-talked the show by saying the dog had better alligned voice acting than the rest of the characters when they sang.
All I can suggest is listento - queen of mean remix and -the remixes of zombies and descendants -Sofia Carson’s version of rotten to the core for breathy high notes😊 - descendants wicked world: night is young
You have to react to “Into the Woods” songs - it’s also based on fairy tales and the music is really good. I’d recommend ‘Prologue - Into the Woods’ and ‘Your Fault’.
Would love to see you react to the actual movies since you enjoy the movies so much. They’re fun and just generally a good time aswell as all the characters have amazing dynamics. And if you liked Mal and Evie’s relationship I think you’d love them in the movies too.
every reaction ive seen in the evie and mal song is they give off major couple energy (which wouldve been better imo compared to their actual relationships LMAO)
u should do more julie and the phantoms, more teen beach movie, AND as a new suggestion u should check out the songs from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series! Its got beautiful originals and tbh their covers of the original songs are great too. They’re a super talented cast honestly I think you’d love them.
@@marybree6719 yes! and the fact that the actress who plays her, kate reinders, was actually Glinda in Wicked (where that song is from) made it so much more powerful! she got to sing that song again but with all her new cast mates as a goodbye it was so beautiful! 🥺
15:22 I am SO MAD that they spelled the song "night falls" because if they had spelled it 'knight falls' (since they are literally fighting knights) then the whole thing becomes a beautiful double meaning/foreshadowing about them fighting together in this minute until the knights fall and they're no longer under threat, which ALSO happens to foreshadow the group's cohesion falling apart literally as night falls that night. Instead it's just. Night Falls. Spoiler? Ugh.
I think you were thinking of the house built upon the sand vs the house built upon the rock when talking about "🎵you can't build a castle on a mountain made of sand 🎵"
In "Ways to be Wicked" (you would have picked up on this if you had watched the movie version rather than the music video version) the poisoned apples make people act with mischief
Some context on Ways to Be Wicked: This is the opening song of the second movie, the scene of them turning the school bad with poison apples is all in Mal's head, as she misses doing evil with her friends, now that they're "reformed".
Why is it with most patreon stuff I'm like 'Eh, maybe I'll check it out if I like the video' but with Mat's videos I'm like 'I get to hear him swear? Sign me up and devour my wallet please', and it's not even a dent let alone a devour
My high school performed ways to be wicked, (I played Jay) and we had to jump up and down and shout during “hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!” So that when we got to our solos, everyone was out of breath. Also I was taller than everyone else in the main group, and we had to do a spin with everyone’s hands on people’s shoulders, but my arm was resting on someone’s head 💀
If you love the songs, you definitely should watch the movies. Plus a lot of the songs connect to what is going on and needs done so then you’d realize what is going on. You’d love the movies
If you want to hear more of Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson together, I definitely recommend watching them sing I Put A Spell On You with Jordin Sparks for the Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash! Loved each of your Descendants videos!
