“Encanto” features a soundtrack of catchy hits from Miranda that are providing parents with a much-needed respite from Elsa and Co. “It is so refreshing to have something else to listen to,” exulted Riverdale mom-of-two Yael Buechler. “It was time to let ‘Frozen’ go,” she added, noting that “Surface Pressure” from “Encanto” is now more popular with her 3-year-old and 5-year-old than “Let It Go.” “Encanto,” which opened in theaters in November and started streaming on Disney+ at the end of December, tells the story of a quirky 15-year-old Colombian girl named Mirabel Madrigal who’s frustrated that she seems to lack the magical powers that everyone else in her family possesses. “Surface Pressure” and the irresistible “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” songs have both been smashing records.
Both tracks are in the Top 10 on the Hot 100, making “Encanto” the first Disney movie to have multiple Top 10 hits. “Bruno” recently became the first song from a Walt Disney Animation Studios film to hit the No.
1 spot on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart, melting “Let It Go” from “Frozen,” which maxed out at No. 5 in 2014. Parents are loving the songs and their rapid-fire lyrics as much as children. “I wake up in the middle of the night singing [them], but they are so dang catchy,” said Westchester mom-of-two Eva David. “It’s like ear worms — it’s going to get right into your heads.
If the music wasn’t so good, I’d probably be hating it by now — but I love me some Lin-Manuel Miranda.”Upper West Side mom-of-three Marisa Allan is equally obsessed, especially with “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” “My husband told me I was sleep-singing it two nights ago,” she said. “‘Encanto’ music is also just next level, even for Disney.”Another local mom, Allison.
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