trying to fix wish's cringiest song 

Why would they say “eloquent dancers” when “elegant dancers” was right there???

I'm kinda shocked that he's in highschool, he comes off as the kinda youtuber who's like 25 with a music degree

“Trying to fix wishes cringiest song” DO YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA HOW LITTLE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN?

"Get that through your system" "SOLAR!!!" destroy me, i hate this

Literally just changing the pronoun from "I" to "we" would have been so easy to make the "are" work 😭

"What was passed down generationally?" ...Trauma?

“If you just see the mushrooms then you’ll understand?” I didn’t see the mushrooms, they already ate them in the writing room.

“This is when it became clear that Lin-Manuel Miranda was too busy” unfortunately yep 😭

Disney trying to gaslight us that this movies good 😭🙏

The most annoying part of the line “Watch out world here I are” is that they LITERALLY could replace I with We and it would make sense

WHY IS NO ON TALKING ABOUT THE MESSAGE AT THE START! LOVE U MAN FOR ADDRESSING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE!

Everybody yelling about the redundancy in "living for free & not charging rent" but not pointing out the "nebulae in a nursery" BRO NEBULAE BY DEFINITION ARE NURSERIES FOR STARS.

I see why English teachers get so mad now even I get dealt psychic damage from "here I are"

In the movie, when the stupid goat says "That's where all the balls of gas come from" the camera is pointed directly at the goats butt. It's a random fart joke in the middle of the majestical magical wonder song. It's horrible

11:25 For those wondering what the hell "that's where gas balls come from" is, this was a reference to Lion King, when Pumba says he thought stars were gas balls, which they actually are. So, yes, it is a fart joke, but it made sense in The Lion King, because there is the contrast of Pulba saying something intelligent that is discredited as a fart joke.

“when it comes to the universe, we’re all shareholders” feels like such corporate drivel that it made me physically recoil

The line "watch out world here i are" just hurts my soul in so many ways

This song is the worst offender of the movie because nearly all the lines have an easy, obvious fix. ELEGANT dancers. GROWS a pine. Here WE are.

Honestly, just the use of the word “shareholders” in this song makes it feel corporate and soulless. Like it lets you KNOW that Disney’s just making this movie for money and they don’t care

"generationally" definitely could've been "through the family tree"

"Shareholders" and "Front yard" are such weirdly pedestrian imagery, for a fantasy story about a mythical kingdom. Like, they shouldn't have... stocks... in this world.

"if you see the mushrooms then you'll understand" oh.. So that's what the writers were on..

this movie’s entire soundtrack literally sounds like something you’d be forced to listen to, leather-strapped to a chair as a form of torture in guantanamo bay

thank you so much for supporting my country! ❤️ 🇵🇸

I think "watch out world here I are" is possibly the worst lyric i have ever read in my life

"so your dust is my dust?" "...what" "i don't fuckin know just go along with it" 😂

I'm looking at the mushrooms and from what I can gather, the song is trying to say that all of the atoms in the universe came from supernovas so therefore we are all made up of stardust. That's what "so your dust is my dust" means or whatever. But they explain that in the stupidest way possible

“so YOUR dust, is MY dust?” “…what?” “i dont fuckin know, just go along with it” PLEASE 😭😭😭 this video is already pretty funny and had me snorting, but i really love the asides with asha and valentino being confused 😭

As an English major, this song is melting my brain. From them mixing up "eloquent" and "elegant," using "excitatory" incorrectly, the "here I are," and every sentence having the most incorrect word order, I'm starting to understand the AI accusations. I understand that songwriters sometimes break grammar rules to make the lyrics work better, but in this song, every choice they made hurt them. I cannot comprehend how it is this bad, your version is way better

I like how he's not being paid for this but doing a better job than what they ever could.

Thanks so much for speaking up for Palestinians. Major respect.

Thank you for speaking up about Palestine. RU-vid has been a hellscape for anyone having morally correct opinions for as long as I can remember so I really appreciate it 👍

English teacher here, "turns a pine from a seed" does NOT make sense. Your videos analyzing these songs are amazing, btw!

14:34 It _is_ a grammar rule actually, it's called "order of adjectives". Your adjectives all go in a specific order and if it's messed up at all then it sounds wrong. The order is: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. "Here's a little fun allegory" is wrong because opinion (fun) is before size (little) Common example: "So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you'll sound like a maniac."

POV: the movie was about Asha being high on shrooms

Is it just me but it sounds like, “we can start and finish wars where what killed the dinosaurs” in Heathers

why is this whole song structured like: “basic elementary school knowledge about how the world works” followed by “that’s why (thing that is not remotely explained by the previous line) happens!” please whoever wrote this song do yourselves a favour and read a book goddamn

One of the most annoying parts about this song to me is just how condescending it is, “did we just blow your mind?” “Let that one sink in till the morning” while saying absolutely nothing. It’s amazing that you were able to give some actual direction to this nothing burger of a song.

Damn you actually improved it a lot without changing too much, the final product actually made me feel inspired and a little confused while the original made me feel confused and a little overwhelmed

"So your dust... Is my dust?" To answer your question at 13:20, This lyric is meant to be about how everything is made of stardust, so everything has a little bit of "star" in them, which means that "I'm a Star!" is a semi-literal line rather than a metaphor. That's also how the movie ends, with everyone using the stardust they came from and have in them to wish Magnifico away. Not a bad idea for a third act climax and resolution, honestly, but they were really bad at explaining what they meant, and the execution was... Mediocre *at best*.

"When it comes to the universe we're all shareholders" lmao who wants to sing corporate jargon in a Disney song.

This entire song is just pointless gibberish. You can see the rough outline of what they _might_ have wanted to do, but in the end, it just flops almost as hard as the movie's box office performance

This song is just so incredibly vapid. It's hard to place what this song is analogous to in other Disney musicals. Is it really meant to be the showstopper "let's have fun!" number? In that case, the visuals alone make it fall flat. In other Disney songs about having fun, we're getting creative turns of phrase, sometimes the main character trying to escape the singers making for a fun conflict, and then the singers are trying to persuade the MC. Like - Sebastian is trying to convince Ariel how much better it is under the sea. Coda in Brother Bear is pestering Kenai throughout, but we slowly see Kenai warm up - ie, the song has a purpose, showing passage of time and character progression. It gets even worse if you compare the song's message to the "I want songs". Characters sing about very specific desires. They want more out of life, to explore the surface, the great white somewhere, a life outside a cathedral. They want to find their place as a woman, or meet someone who values them for who they are on the inside. But "I'm a star" is like I said, vapid. Basic in the worst sense. It's useless affirmation with no substance. It is very hard not to immediately think of the Incredibles - "they keep coming up with new ways to celebrate mediocrity..." Maybe in an alternate version of the story, something very terrible happens, and Asha just feels super beaten down at this point - what could characters say to her? "You had courage. You care about your family even when others are dismissive." _Specificity._ But no, simply "you're awesome, I'm awesome, everyone is just intrinsically awesome." That barely means anything. It has the usefulness of a friend saying "that's too bad" when something sad happens in your life - or when you create something, and someone says "it's good" with no further comment. I desperately hope this film will get buried in obscurity, that future generations will instead find motivation in much better Disney songs.

“Here I are” would’ve been saved if a child sang that line instead of an adult.

"Turns a pine from a seed" could so easily be changed to "GROWS a pine from a seed" and it makes grammatical sense. This song is so infuriating in how little it understands basic English.

You know a song is bad when the ENTIRE song needs to be re-written.

For the "turns a pine from a seed" line, (i'm an english student) I'm 87% sure that you need a subject for the verb "to turn". Such as "turning a page with thin fingers" works because the subject is the "thin fingers". While the subject *can* come after, this never happens in real speech. And "from a seed" makes no sense becuae you can't "turn a pine from a seed". That's like "turn the diamond to a heart" as if talking about magic card tricks. You can't **TURN** a tree because a **TREE** is **STATIONARY.** (i'm so frustrated with this song too)

I like how the Title says "Trying to" like this song is beyond saving

The worst parts are the ones that pretty much INSIST that the song is super deep. ie: “Did we just blow your mind?” And “Get that through your system.”

I hate all the little comments like "did we just blow your mind" "it'll sink in the morning" "just look at the mushrooms and you'll understand" or like calling it an "allegory" when literally there is no hidden meaning or clever, eye-opening statement to be made. It's just a bunch of words thrown at the wall but they act like they're so clever and so much wiser than you just because you don't understand what they mean. If your message gets more cryptic the more your audience thinks about it, then you failed at delivering a message. It makes me just as mad as "watch out world here I are" Edit: also your cover slaps. I like your lyrics so much better

I think the line “here I are “ that infuriates everyone is actually a reference to the song by Prince (baby I’m a star) And he says “baby but I are , I’m a star”

I mean, not only are the lyrics better…You actually managed to turn this into a heartwarming song about writing your own story, and holding out hope when “the skies are stormy”. Loved this one

I usually get uppity with companies for dumbing things too much for kids. But using the word "shareholders" in a movie for kids, especially right next to a fart joke, is a wild decision.

You're a high-schooler??? I legit thought you were at least a college student. I'm even more amazed by your skills now

The entire song is trying to be a "circle of life" message about everything and everyone being made of stardust (this is important because stars grant wishes/have magic?) and it is also written like a "deep" 14 year old poem.

"So your dust is my dust?" "What" "i dont fucking know js go along with it"

my jaw literally dropped when i heard "watch out world here i are" 😭😭😭😭 i still cant believe disney made this trash heap of a song ngl

“Trying to fix wish’s cringiest song” step one: Delete song from movie

This song is about taking too many mushrooms, sniffing too many dusts

The opening: questions Answer for them: I'm a star

other people are saying "that's where all the balls of gas come from" is just a fart joke but its more than that. you have to remember with this movie that they were trying to squeeze in as many references to other Disney movies as they could. so while it was indeed a fart joke, it was also a reference to the fart joke in Lion King. Pumbaa: Hey, Timon, ever wonder what those sparkly dots are up there? [...] Pumbaa: Oh, gee. I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away. Timon: Pumbaa, with you, everything's gas. That's why it's disconnected from the other lyrics and sounds so unnatural

My favorite part of the movie is when Magnifico is chasing Asha and as he rides his horse offscreen, his cape stays in the top left corner. Like it just fucking freezes there. There’s genuine giant animation errors in this movie and it’s insane that nobody noticed and/or cared enough to do anything about it

Thank you for speaking up. I'm so happy to see so many creators I support stand by Palestine

The visible pain after “Watch out world here i are” is sending me ⚰️

"See thats where all the balls of gass come from" In the animation the goat drops his bum into frame implying a fart joke So in lyrics he's referencing the sun, but he actually means "haha i fart"

I'm Palestinian American and I LEGIT STARTED CRYING I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR U SPREADING AWARENESS ON A SONG FIXING VIDEO TYSM 😭😭❤

Oh my... They have like a whole studio, millions of dollars, many great writers and singers and they make this... Glory to you bud You're amazing in writing, singing and speaking english You made the song way better

15:43 "this might sink *in in* the morning" even if that is grammatically correct, it sounds so awkward in a song 😭

it's so indicative of Disney's current mindset that the idea that we're all part of this shared system is compared to being "shareholders". it's soooooo business-brained before any sort of artistry

i challenged my family to watch wish, they couldn't do it

Yeah the whole song is that you literally are made of stardust. It’s the whole “oh you don’t need to wish on a star, make your own stuff come true.” It actually sucks though because I only figured that out on the second watch

Word salad: the musical number

I’m pretty sure they were referencing the fact that everything is made from stardust but it’s such a convoluted song the message is made incomprehensible. And “We eat the leaves and they eat the sun, so that’s where all the balls of gas come from” is definitely what they’d thought a clever fart joke. The sun is a star, it’s made up of hydrogen and helium, so gas, the sun activates photosynthesis in plants, we eat plants, we fart… 💀 at least that’s what I think it’s meant to say lmao. Again, very confusing lyrics, they truly are just saying random things.

i see u, i click

The only "I'm a star" line I'll ever take is that one cutscene from Luigi's Mansion 3 where Luigi melts everybody's heart

Thank you for speaking about Palestine. I'm so glad people are soeaking out, it makes you feel so much less alone and hopeful.

I actually was OK with the “nursery from supernovas “ line. Since supernovas are what happens when stars explode and die but also what creates new stars. So a nursery of supernovas would be like a kindergarten full of growing stars, which fits the whole we’re all stars motive!

9:02 the comment about Disney trying to copy Lin Manuel Miranda's style is so accurate 😭 they use long, fancy words and try to fit them in a fast pacing rhythm but it just doesn't have that Lin charm to it

There’s a lot of bad lines but how is no one talking about “When it comes to the universe we're all shareholders”? It’s so hackneyed and like, how a corporate ghoul would describe life rather than a whimsical Disney character.

The fact that I don’t have to be a music expert to immediately notice the fatal flaws of this song and the fact that I was constantly pausing every single sentence to take in the sheer stupidity of a lyric really speaks volumes about this monstrosity

Eloquent refers to speaking, so poetic license doesn't even work Elegant would be correct

How is a high schooler writing better lyrics than Disney?

the life just drained out of you at the "here i are" line

My physics teacher once told us that we are all literally made of stardust and I still remember it years later. Apart from the bad lyrics, this song annoyed me because it had no relevance to the story at all. I think if they leaned into this, the whole film could have been better. Alternative plot I came up with in under 1 min: Asha finds out that Magnifico only grants small, harmless wishes so that the people love him and keep giving him their wishes, but he destroys the wishes he doesn't grant to absorb their magic and make himself more powerful. Asha feels betrayed and decides to wish on a star so Magnifico won't get her magic and the star comes down and teaches her that she herself is made from stardust, so instead of wishing on a star, she should believe in herself and those around her to make her dreams come true. She spreads this message to her friends and all the people start to believe in themselves, which causes them to regain their magic and Magnifico shrivels up or something.

11:54 It's a fart joke. It's sad knowing the recent Disney and Dreamworks films have fart jokes, but the recent Illumination film doesn't.

the removal of "watch out world here i are" already makes it 50% better

10:41 “now we’re taking in all of the star exposure!” Well then I guess we’re all being bathed in cosmic radiation and slowly being burnt to a crisp.

Thank you for starting the video with support for Palestine and sharing a charity. You saw how your video blew up and decided to use those views and your influence to spread awareness. Thank you!

The use of Shareholders in general is just such a strange, corporate line that it haunts me in my nightmares

Screaming crying. The concept they're trying to talk about is so infantalized and circled around that you literally can't make out the point of the song. Like it'd be so easy to write about stardust and us being made of star stuff and how all of our atoms came through the cosmos and several supernovas to make us. There's a way to write it where you dumb it down for the kids, and there's also a dumb way to write it. They did the other one.

Only Disney would write an upbeat, positive song about how we’re all one and all connected by calling us shareholders.

I'm pretty sure the line "see that's where all the balls of gas come from" Was a bad reference to pumbaa from lion king when he said that stars are giant balls of gas, which is why it also feels like a fart joke

4:49 I think it would be “GROWS a pine from a seed” Cause… the Seed turns into a pine cause it grows and develops turns a pine from a seed is an akward way to put that change

the way i screamed at 23:23 this entire new remake was so much more enjoyable, the fact that this is a teen whose not getting paid with the ability to make a song thats more enjoyable is a huge sign for disney to do better because WHAT THE HECK. This person should be proud of themselves. They made a lot of really good remakes that were absolutely needed.

I have so much respect for the beginning message seeing a lot of higher sub RU-vidrs never bringing it up

So I THINK what the goat means when he says “I’ve known the entire time” isn’t that he knew about all this nonsensical space magic that just randomly started existing, but that he’s just saying he already knew Asha “was a star” before the weird cult of forest creatures who just met her at all told her that.

"eloquent dancers" means "linguistically talented dancers". The word they were looking for was elegant. Also, "turns a pine from a seed" doesn't make sense, it should be "grows a pine from a seed". This entire song is a pile of disconnected thoughts and random unrelated words, it makes zero sense at any given point and is generally just terrible. Thank you for suffering through this song over and over to try and make it better.

Thank you for standing with Palestine ❤🍉🇵🇸

even the notion of breaking down this song already got me thinking "oh yeah... this DOESN'T make sense. damn" also when you hit up rhymezone like "you all know what we have to do" is so real👌​👌​

Being a star sounds like an unpleasant fate. Should’ve listened to Lord Pumba.