I’d hide all your plants when watching this one if I were you Stream the song here! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lydiathebard/isabellas-villain-song-feat-frostudio-chambersonic-3
@@curefinale4900ooooh i hope she does! as mich as i love the originals, having redos of elsa and ariel and jasmine would be epic!!! lydia your work is awesome and i am so excited for this song!
Yeah, throughout the whole thing it was like she was thinking that Isabela was just throwing a tantrum like a toddler, not reacting to the anger in Isabela at all. At the end when Isabela cries, she is like, "Oh wait, you are actually hurt."
Personally I like to think she wasn’t crying because she realized the pain she caused her, it’s because her precious little flower isn’t perfect anymore.
Here's a small detail about the song that I noticed. This isn't the first time Isabella tried expressing how she feels towards Abuella. The difference is that, in the flashbacks, Abuella had the freedom to dismiss her and walk away. Now, she doesn't have that freedom anymore. She's going to listen to Isabella whether she wants to or not. And she really doesn't want to. And it's in that moment where she is forced to see the pain she's caused that she realizes how much she messed up; but by the time she decides she wants nothing more than to fix it, it's too late. She took too long, and Isabella is done.
Or really anyone. You're right they weren't the ones who hurt her. And I think the reason she imprisoned Mariano was so he would be out of the way, she was going to let him go
I wonder if Luisa, Julieta, Augustin Peppa Felix Camilo got hurt by Isabela I hope that they aren't hurt either and I have a feeling that Bruno was hidden somewhere
I would kill to see a Dolores villain song, like how she's just so sick of holding everyone's secrets, the family's verbal burdens. And maybe her envy for Isabela.
Hmmm, Mirabelle used Bruno's song. Dolores could use Mirabelle's. From your idea, the part where Mirabelle references others gifts ("I can't move the mountains, I can't make the flowers bloom"), Dolores's could use to reveal secrets about each member. The repeated "Open your eyes" could be addressed to Mariano.
I think my favorite of all this is Alma's expression the whole time. She doesn't give anything away until the very end, and even then, just a slight crack to show her true emotions in that stone-faced appearance. The ambiguity of Alma's feelings is brilliant here too: Is she sad because she messed up, or is she sad because her perfect flower wasn't perfect after all? Great work!
Fr. Atleast with Mirabels song when she's on screen she looks mad or terrified. But for the most part here she has a stoned cool expression for the most part.
Taking what I know of Alma's personality I think the former is possible. At the start of the confrontation, she saw Isabella as a child throwing a tantrum so she figured if she stood her ground Isabella would stop. In the end, however, she realized just how much her actions were hurting her and felt remorse which is why in the last seconds she reached out to her but it was too late.
This kind of makes you wonder; if Mirabel hadn't of found Bruno and tried to stop the prophecy, just about all the grandchildren in the Madrigal family could have ended up as villains. Mirabel was always treated like an outcast. Isabela was always expected to be perfect and marry a man she didn't love. Luisa was always expected to be the strong one and bury her own "weakness". Dolores not only had to keep dark secrets she overheard, but watched as her cousin was going to marry the man she loved just so she could have a "perfect" life. So, while she heard everyone else's troubles, no one ever heard her's. Camilo is always having to be someone else and might not even know who he is deep down inside since people always see him as helpful when he's anyone else. And Bruno was seen as a harbinger of doom just by trying to warn people of events in an attempt to help them, but always blamed him for his vision's outcomes despite being powerless to stop it all by himself.
I wanted to add Pepa & Julieta Pepa would always had to hide her emotions for “perfect weather” form her own mother,she Aslo had to be happy all the time.she couldn’t be even be any other emotion Julieta had always had to help people with no pay back and people needing help becomes overwhelming and she would snaps.
@@Mvc- Not just with no pay back but what she got in return was harm to her family. Her brother is gone, her sister is a emotional wreak and all three of Julieta children are at breaking points when the movie starts driven there by Alma yes but also the villagers.
Maybe not even just if Mirabel hadn’t found Bruno. I think this is exactly what would have happened if Bruno hadn’t originally hidden the prophecy from Alma. As horrible as it sounds, I think the idea of Mirabel being a “screw up” gave the rest of them a tiny bit of room to breathe. Something they might not have had, if Alma had seen the prophecy and thrown Mirabel out for the safety of the miracle.
Also with the Bruno thing. He was told his prophecies were terrible when most were just observations of the life around him. No one deserved anything that Alma gave them, she did it to be a control freak to make sure everything went her way.
The most eerie part of these Encanto covers is how little the story needs to change to make them the villain. Isabela and Mirabel both get treated the same, the only difference being they finally snapped
This is my second time watching this and I still love that Lydia kept the line "a hurricane of Jacarandas". The irony of that one line is fantastic. An ornamental plant, famous for its beautiful blue/purple flowers, which: difficult to control once established invasive destructive to infrastructure Kills any plant life around it and drains the life (water) out of the very ground it grows. Jacaranda perfectly summarises Isabella's Villain arc.
0:34 That scene instantly reminded me of tangled whenever Mother Gothel was removing the flowers from Rapunzel's hair so she would have no reminder of being outside the tower. I loved it.
I really liked that part too. It looks like she flinches as the leaf gets pulled, as if she can feel the plants' pain as her own and a small piece of her dies with it.
This and the Mirabel song highlight something I’ve always felt was true: that ENTIRE family demonstrated restraint of unprecedented levels to not lash out at Alma for EVERYTHING she’s done.
I mean…could the same not be said of the woman raising three super powered children after her home was burned, her husband (and likely other loved ones) were murdered and the village was looking to her to lead?
That restraint was due to them having a particular mindset common in families with generational trauma and problematic elders. The "just play along to pacify them because rocking the boat is not worth the trouble so-and-so will cause" mindset. It's unfortunately a rather common toxic mindset, as it allows such people to run unchecked with their problematic behaviors until things boil over and explode, which is exactly what happened in the movie.
the really extra sad part is she's also mad at Mariano when we all know he would have happily called off the wedding and engagement if he knew how much it was hurting her and how she didn't want it to happen
@@shiningdalek7185I think so aswell, but he still was a tiny bit happy because he found her beautiful and thought it was a great opportunity after all, but he never wanted to hurt her or anyone else
Despite being a dude, I connected to this song on a spiritual level. Being the scapegoat, Blacksheep and punching bag of my family, I finally embraced my villain arc in 2022 where I literally told my family that if me having boundaries offends them or makes them feel uncomfortable, good. Because I really hope it does. Still riding that high 2 years later.
Well, the idea of strangling figs is she's trapped. People would put chains around the neck so they can't move far without being strangled. Hanging vines are the chains on the ceiling they would hang people by the wrists. So it's like her dungeon.
"A hurricane of jacarandas, straggling figs, hanging vines" absolutely no alterations were made in this part and yet its one of the most sinister moments of the entire song
I absolutely love the attention to detail in this, specially at 1:06, where the statues of Isabela, formally smiling and posing all become dull sighted and glare at the camera. Gave me chills when I noticed it.
Yes! I noticed that too! At first I thought I imagined that so I rewatched that part a couple times and I got shivers up my skin when I realized that in fact yes the statues looked at the camera.
I love the fact that Isabella doesn’t trap Mirabel in the vines, and it’s an amazing details because Mirabel never went with the family and praised her for perfection. Yes, she was jealous and argued with Isabella, but Mirabel knew that Isabella was also a person, not an item or something to use. Isabella becoming the villain also means she would most likely recognize the two sisters being treated the same, abused and both opinions left unheard. Amazing detail, purely an awesome song and story.
I think if this were to actually happen in the movie Mirabel would be the first one Isabela imprisons cause she hates Mirabel so much and is always bullying her. If Isabela were to get revenge on anyone it would be Mirabel
@@victorialaing4227 except for the fact that she had no reason to. Isabella only bullied Mirabel to seem perfect. If she were to actually fight back, there would be no reason to get Mirabel involved.
I’ve always found it odd how the movie always says that Isabela’s gift is being perfect, obviously her gift is making plants. There’s lines in the movie saying “she’s never had a bad hair day” as if that’s part of her gift of being perfect, that’s unlikely sure but it can happen without supernatural intervention, the clearly magical thing about her is *conjuring plant life from thin air!* It makes me wonder how her door ceremony thing went; Isabela making some flowers and the people being amazed, I imagine Abuela saying something like “she’s perfect” as a little girl conjuring pretty flowers is so right, makes it so easy to make her the idealized little girl who’s pretty and feminine and made of sugar, spice, and everything nice. Somewhere along the line the actual gift itself got lost in translation and she was no longer just the girl who made flowers and instead was the girl who was perfect, and that became the standard she was held to because it was her gift, wasn’t it? No, no it clearly isn’t, but somehow everyone decided to overlook that.
Thing is as the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter Isabela is the metrical heir. So the pressure probably started before that. There was likely pressure to get a "good" gift even before her door ceremony. Just like there was talk of how awful it be Antonio got no power like Mirable there would have been talk of how bad it's be if the heir got a "bad" gift like Brono (or an unstable like Pepa). So when she made flowers (something pretty, feminine and in no way dangerous) there would have been lots of talk about how perfect it was and not just from Alma. PS(given how the flowers that pop out hair in a few scenes her hair actually might be connected to her power)
Bro, dang. POINT. She gets a chance and suddenly she can make jacarandas and whatnot. Her gift is probably "goddess of the harvest" or something and she'd probably be most comfortable in overalls on a tractor, but here they are calling her perfect and she has to try and live up to that!
@@sfsin3380 Very good points, didn’t even really think about how she was practically born into extra expectations of perfection; her gift being aesthetically pleasing was probably just seen as her living up to those expectations. The Madrigal family is a mess build on so many expectations and pressuring everyone to maintain them so hard they get lost in the boxes they were placed in, it’s very sad and honestly the real miracle is that they were able to pull through and start to dissemble the toxic foundation the family was built on.
@@JhadeSagrav Exactly, perfection was just her family role and had nothing to do with her gift but they ended up conflated together because perfect girl making perfect little flowers fits into gendered ideas of what women should be expected to be. Makes me wonder what it was like for Luisa who’s gift conflicts so heavily with what typical expectations of gender role’s are, she seems appreciated in the family regardless but now I wonder what would happen if she was born before Isabella and if she would be more disappointing to the family if they weren’t already satisfied by the presence of their perfect flower princess.
2:43 I love that little detail that through all boasting and expressing her anger the grandma passed all that off as Isabella having some tantrum but it took a single tear for it to finally get it through her head all of that was coming from a place of legitimate pain, not just a spoiled brat being told No. And as she tries to get her attention we see it’s too late and she’s turned her back on her.
The flower metaphor at 1:18 is absolute perfection. The way she compares herself to the flowers that she grows, how she isn't capable of caring for her flowers if no one ever cared for her. I'm no botanist or gardener, but plants need to be taken cared of and not forcibly planted where they don't want to grow, and the same has to be said for people, especially needing a loving, supporting family that encourages you to be yourself. Absolute perfection. Also, it goes without saying that the vocals carry the message even further.
I like the detail of the vines not imprisoning Mirabel, Camilo or Antonio. Even though she is upset with the rest of her family for the pressure and not doing anything to stick up for her, she doesn’t want to hurt the children because they hadn’t contributed to her perfectionist attitude. Luisa and Dolores both are shown early in the video to play with the old Isabela but do nothing about Abuela’s pressure and ways even when they became adults. So the three youngest (and Bruno I suppose though he never shows up in the video at all) are free because they are innocent in this issue.
Isabella knows how mirabel doesn’t want to have her married off and thinks of keeping her alright and safe. She also knows that mirabel is trying to change her and remove abuela’s ways so she doesn’t trap her.
Mirabel and now Isabela? I hope we get a Luisa villain song next. They've treated her as just free labour since she was just a little girl. Let her be selfserving for once!!
Honestly the way the grandmother treated them in the movie I wouldn't blame any of them if they turn feeling or just straight-up lost it in the movie Miracle had every right to tell her off
I can definitely relate to the “I’m not perfect, no matter how hard I try I’ll never be good enough” feeling as an oldest child in a family of four kids
And we all see how even when confronted with anger and desperation, Abuela stonewalls her and gives her an expression that this is exactly what she expected. That would be devastating for Isabella to have to see.
Yikes. Ever since seeing the original "What Else Can I Do," I've held that Isabela is the most dangerous member of the Madrigal family. This is the second Isabela villain song I've seen, and they both end with implied carnage, so I take it I'm not the only one who thinks that. You almost had me crying for her. It was an amazingly good touch, showing what *growing up* as Isabela was like. Poor little baby Izzy... and there was that one scene that almost turned into the adult Isabela protecting her childhood self, and I'm a huge sucker for that trope.
Either that or the weather control, at least directly. I'd bet Bruno could be terrifying too though, Precogs are difficult to deal with at the best of times.
What's the other Isabella villain song? Ever since seeing the movie I've thought Isabella was the one most likely to become a villain, especially with that hidden temper she has.
@kittynet200mewmewpower oh yeah that one. I think I was gonna listen to it but was worried it'd be too sad. Lydia's are usually like "I'm gonna kill you and destroy everything you have" vibes, not really sad.
Isabela went from hopeless, asking "What else can I do?" to rising up and instead saying, "Now the one who's trapped isn't me, it's you." 10/10 Lydia, thank you for blessing us with another stunning song.
Can't wait!! I think Dolores should have a villian song cuz shes so use to hearing everything and like she could literally use people's secrets against them if u think about it Edit:I LOVE THE SONG OMGGGGGGG!!!
@@TheTroygarg fr she must be going insane😭she hears thinks CONSTANTLY. Every sound, every wall creak, SHE CAN HEAR AN EYE TWITCH. IMAGINE HEARING ALL THOSE SENSES FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE EVER SINCE YOU TURNED 5. Anyone would honestly go crazy😭
Y'know what'd be really cool. A Dolores and Camilo villain song. Both of them working together to kill the family from the inside out. Dolores turning the family on on itself as Camilo disguised as other people and even family members actually murdering everyone.
@@Firewall546 OMG I LOVE THAT. That would be so cool! and i feel like the more camilo is pushed onto his villain side more, his forms sort of get more distorted because i feel like his personality and emotions are linked onto whoever form that he takes, and since he changes into a new person every day, it starts to mess with his head, the more the song goes on if that makes any sense
Great work as always. Something I couldn't help but notice is that Alma seems notably more composed in comparison to when Mirabel went Awol. She herself said at the end that she was so scared of losing the miracle that she forgot who it was for. She might’ve subconsciously realized that her pushing her family to be perfect was causing so much strain earlier and just repressed the guilt? And Mirabel snapping instead of Isabella took her more off guard because she didn't have any pressure on her to be the pride of the family.
To me, I think she’s calmer because Isabela isn’t directly threatening the candle or the miracle like Mirabel was. She doesn’t feel anything until she sees Isabela crying because to her, it’s not as serious until that moment.
Oh, wow. Mirabel and now Isabela as a villain? That’s extra cool, thank you, Lydia. Can you maybe do Luisa, too? When the pressure gets too hard on her and she snaps... Or Pepa? That could be such a wild storm… Or maybe even Abuela? I mean, she low-key already is a villain in this story, but not that much and with a redemption arc… But imagine the sad love song about butterflies even more tragic, and with a twist of her getting this miracle and using it for revenge…
The fact that even her *door* reflected what was about to happen (i.e. becoming angry) just goes to show how much Isabella has felt over the years, and that with only one slight change; even a flower can spread its thorns (as cringe as it may sound)
I love how she threatens to destroy abuela, but at the last second her compassion overcomes her and she leaves abuela to think about her crimes instead.
I love that childhood flashback of Isabella wanting to be imperfect before her grandma comes in and pressures her to meet her expectations Along with the fact that she’s more mad at her grandma more than Mariano since he was just oblivious with Isabella’s situation and blinded by love
Especially since she wasn't being imperfect she was just a kid trying to have fun but she was expected to sit still and look pretty to make abuela happy
Oooooh YES! I’m so excited for Isa’s poison ivy era 👏🏽 Also this has gotta be my favorite Disney villain rollout from you so far Lydia AHH! Tia’s song was stunning and I can’t wait for this one!
Wow that's very emotionally deep lyrics right there, I like how she finally stretched out her true surpressed colors while changing not just her home but herself as well.
The part from 1:00 to 1:08, especially the part where the topiaries change to reflect Isabela dropping her perfect persona, and them looking at the camera, is just _perfect._
This song shows just how dangerously close Isabela was to becoming a villain. Just like Mirabel, Anna, Merida, Anastasia, and even Cinderella. Had Mirabel been even just a fraction of a second too slow, then something like this that wasn't in Bruno's vision could've easily occurred. That's what i love about your series: you always strategically set their villainous origins at just the right moment where they could've turned to the dark side. And after seeing your post about how Asha is next, honestly I never considered the scene where Magnifico crushes Asha's mother's wish right front of her as another potential point where she could've snapped. I had only considered the scenes where Asha learned the truth about Magnifico or where she learned that one of her own friends had betrayed her and sold her out.
I could actually see this one working as a single narrative with Mirabelle's Villain Song. Alma pushes Isabela too far, and this in turn sparks Mirabelle to realize she's had it even worse than Isabela. A Villain sister duo!
Or Mirabel snapped, left, destroyed casita like in her villain song, and they rebuild and treat Mirabel like she never existed. Basically what they did with Bruno but on steroids. Alma would become more controlling and Isabela would snap and try to meet up with Mirabel
@@pangaeawriter8766 yeah but that would still be a cool idea. Mirabel going awol and inspiring the rest of her family to do so. I feel like Mirabel would also bring Bruno with her
I love how in both the Mirabel villian song and in this one, the real villian is Abeula. Sometimes the pressure to meet expectations can be more destructive than any external threat. As always great story telling, singing and art!
The truth is that this is more like Isabela's real song, rather than "villain"... Poor Isabela. Like Mirabel, she really had its own issues too... Loved the lyrics!
Yeah this honestly isn’t a villain song, it’s just her reaching her breaking point. After this she’s not gonna be a villain she’s probably just gonna go try to live her life
Camillo would be nice, but I think he would spend the song shifting all the time, making him really confusing to follow (and maybe a bit hard to animate, I dunno)
@@orianefaton1885Well I think it could be a song about him being done with having to physically change into someone else in order to help as if him helping as just Camilo isn’t enough like when he was asked to help someone put up a small banner by Abaela but instead of just asking him to help, she says that they need two of the person that was putting the banner up.. That would sting and it would get really tiring having to change yourself constantly just so you can be helpful to someone and your family… He doesn’t have to be changing his appearance the whole time. It could just be in a small flashback and maybe having him change his appearance at the end into something terrifying or something like that. hope that makes sense.
@@SamAkira2002 I see and I will clarify what I meant. I think he would shift his appearance into the one of the person he is talking to. Essentially spiting venom at them while wearing their face. Either that or taking the face of someone whose words would hurt them deep. Like when talking to Abuela, if he feels peticularly mean, taking Pedro's face.
A lot of people mentioned how Mirabel could’ve easily become a villain during her song but thinking about it that whole family was one bad day away from snapping.
This is so true. I'm hoping for a villain song where Dolores finally can't take it anymore and gets rid of EVERYTHING so she can finally get some peace and quiet...
Y'all idk why but at 2:43 her voice is so haunting and beautiful and yet so sorrowful and meaningly as well and the fact that she asks alma "what else can I do?" just makes it even more sad
Let's me honest. Any of the Madrigals could've easily gone down the villian route and that's one of the reasons why I don't believe Abuela should've had a redemption arc. I was waiting for this and you didn't disappoint! I love it!
1:00 Was absolutely amazing, I could feel a chill running down my spine…and let’s be honest…you could feel EVERYTHING Isabella feels in that moment tiredness, angriness, sadness and loneliness….it was absolutely shocking yet beautiful!
Wow! This was awesome, Lydia! In retrospect, Isabela is the most merciful villainess princess so far. She never really hurts anyone. Just traps them. Regardless, she is still dangerous. Amazing work, as always! ❤❤❤ P.S, terrified for Alice's Villain Song... 😅
Love the shift in meaning at the beginning--"Uphold the family that hurts and harms...what else **could** I do?" Really drives home the helplessness of Isabella's role and how she's trapped in it.
I like your design of her dress the vines really compliment the long flowing sleeves. Plus seeing this side of Isabella it really shows how much the grandmother had a hold on the whole family
I must say love how Abuela is disappointed in Isabela the whole video and shows only a tear at the end reaching out for Isabela only as she leaves. Far too little. Far too late.
I don't think Antonio would get one... unless you do a timeskip thing maybe. But, all the others, yes... Except maybe Julietta... I have a hard time seeing her doing it, unless she does something for her family. The "I am doing it for the family" mindset, which could have an opposition duet with Alma who is speaking about the fact Julietta may be ruining the family by harming the candle. Doing it for the brother that was shunned because of his power, for the sister who has to always try to hold her feelings to not inconvinience other,s despite the fact she is the most inconvienced by this, for her 3 daughters, her niece and nephews. I can only see Julietta as someone who would be a villain in Alma's eyes, and maybe the townpeople, as she may decides to attack the miracle/candle that made most of her family unhappy, so her family will finally be happy. ... So, she would be more of a savior for them, despite it all. Though, what would be the breaking point with her, I can't fathom.
@@orianefaton1885 I could see Antonio becoming a villain if something happens to Mirabel and no one else cares or if he realizes all the requests for his gifts are stupid. I could definitely see him snapping if Alma pulls him away from Mirabel and him yelling and the animals going crazy. For Julieta maybe she finally watches her family and realizes how overworked every family member with gifts are and how neglected Mirabel is, how much wood chopping her husband has to do so she can cook as much as she does, she also sees how Felix is always by Pepa’s side to help her with her emotions. I see Julieta destroying her food stand , yelling at Alma, and maybe even going after the candle.
It seems like Mirabel's breakdown could have led to a chain reaction within the family where others who felt repressed or neglected followed her lead, or at least had their loyalty to the family shaken
How is no one mentioning that poison ivyesque transformation sequence at 1:46 that was beautiful great work to the animator and as always great work lydia
THIS WAS SO GOOD!!! The amount of emotion, hesitance, then finally putting it all behind her and finally putting her foot down- the family unknowing of what she's doing, her throwing the engagement ring-- This may be one of my favorites you've ever made! I can't wait to watch you grow in your content and as a content creator!! Take the breaks you want/need, keep in touch with loved ones, love you so much Queen❤🌺
0:21 I honestly have zero clue why…but the part where the music halts and lets realization settle into Isabella’s face is so powerful…then the transition to her door and her expression changes, making it more angry and hurt is beautiful. Everyone did a fantastic job on these parts. Spine chilling.
i'd love to see how the abuela would react if her perfect granddaughter starting speaking up against her! this song shows what could have happened and honestly? it's really satisfying
Tbh I think she believes that since they got a gift they have it easier n just falls in line easier than Mirbelle hence y she fusses over her more than the other 2
I didn’t even realize this until you pointed it out! Julieta must see Mirabel as needing special treatment because she doesn’t have powers like her sisters! Thank you for pointing this out I probably would’ve never noticed!
Eh, I like to think Alma had something to do with that. Always taking up Isabela's time, not allowing Julieta near her. Always keeping Luisa busy working, even overworking her. Not giving Luisa breaks. Alma DIDN'T give Mirabel a job, and, in a settlement where your only doctor is someone with magical healing food, you tend to be more careful, not for fear of magic, but because you only have the one doctor and respect her enough to not overwork her. Mirabel had all the free time in the world, and Julieta didn't have much to do. She could actually take care of Mirabel, but she was stopped at every turn when it came to the other two. It happens the same way for the other side of the family. Delores is Alma's gossip channel. Alma constantly made her use a gift that hurt her. Camilo was always asked to be someone else, but never himself. Sure, he occasionally took joy in shifting for dramatic moments, or to greet people as themselves, but he spends most of his time (when not being demanded otherwise by Alma) as himself. He prefers his own skin, but is always asked to be someone else. Pepa was always having to watch her emotions. Always being happy to keep the sun shining, or being forced to be sad just so it could rain, et cetera. In fact, it was such a common occurrence that she had to change the weather, that Mirabel knew more about Pepa's son than Pepa did. In turn, Antonio was neglected by his mother, and it wasn't his mother's fault. It was Alma's. Lastly, we have Bruno. He was always asked to view the future, regardless of if he wanted to or not. He was also verbally abused when he mentioned something negative, as though they couldn't turn positive. Fish die fast, yet everyone views that one fish dying as Bruno's fault. Alma not only overworked all of her children and grandchildren, and abused them through either neglect or emotional abuse, but allowed the entire town to do the same. Truly, if anyone is the villain of this movie, it is Alma.
i feel like this song hits so much harder than the others because as someone who has extremely strict parents, i can actually relate to this song at some level
Yesss 🌸 Isabella is a beautiful Rose hiding her thorns for too long now .... but now she is finally going to Show her family that every Rose has thorns as Sharp and spicky as a cactus 🌵🥀
Good thing Isabela didn't avenge Mirabel, but her Abuela (the real "villain") What a great villain song this turned out, Lydia. Have a happy saturday afternoon and God bless you, take care and i hope i see you soon for more, greetings from Colombia.
Absolutely imperfectly perfect like Isabella. I can just feel that suffocating atmosphere that she is trying to break free of conveyed through the lyrics and notes.
I think the best part about this is that this realistically could've happened if it wasn't for Mirabel. The house was prophesized to collapse without her, and who better to bring it down than the "perfect" girl who was forced to never be herself?
I really want a villainous song of Pepa because everything has to do with her feelings.Imagine after all these traumatic events will do to her, she will end up destroying everything 💀
Man, I'd love a Luisa villain song with how she's expected to literally hold a whole town together with her strength while masking her pressure and fear
I think they're too easy to "villainize," since they have a tragic past. In case she makes them, I think she'd leave them for the end to make them as much original as possible
This was not just an amazing-animated video, but an awesome song, I can really see Isabela as a kick-ass Disney villain if she was given the opportunity. Especially if someone like you was given the honor of writing her villain song's lyrics.
This happens with many families in real life, even if you don't want to acknowledge it. They ask too much and when we can't fulfill their expectations, we're losers to their eyes. Been there........ and sucks. Great video, it gives words that we can't say out loud.
Then Mirabel walks up to Isabel, arms up to be as non-threatening as possible. Hugs her, reaches to wipe her tears, and says: “I’m with you, big sister. She totally deserved that.”
THISSSSSS, because I noticed in the ending part with all the vines I didn’t see mirabel which leads me to think that Isabella finally recognized how mirabel felt. Because now that Isabela knows what she can really do, she finally understands how mirabel felt in the sense of always being defined by a single trait, Isabella and her perfection, mirabel and her lack of a gift.
@@outbreakperfected5704Yes, and there's two more things: First, the story in the description says that Mirabel has helped Isabela in an argument between Isa and Alma right before the song, only that she's appeared too late. Second, she hasn't got as much against her family as she has against Alma, as the direct reason of her pain and suffering, and Mariano, for agreeing to all of that. If you look closely, she only creates two cells, one for Alma and one for Mariano. The others appear to only have vines blocking the way to keep them from stopping her, and Mirabel maybe isn't there because she isn't much of a threat since she has no gift, but also because she is the last possible person to blame.
Never do the unexpected Stand up straight Stick it through Uphold the family that hurts and harms And asks to much of you What else could I do Bury weakness that exposes Kill the wild with a smile Watch as wonder decomposes How could you when I was just a child Support the family don't stray display obey You must be perfect ohh ohh You suffocate the ones you love That's not just something you forget But I'm done with your games I'll go my own way A hurricane of Jacarandas Strangling figs Hanging vines My life is mine to do it as I choose I owe nothing to you When you neglect a flower it will wilt and fade Until all of its color has drained away Paint it's petals the outcome the same You've lost the bloom you plucked and pruned The only one to blame is you Your prized precious flower is no more As new shoots arise The rose isn't there just the thorns And it's time to see how I shine How I shine A hurricane of Jacarandas Strangling figs and Hanging vines My life is mine to do it as I choose I owe nothing to you What could you possibly expect Was gonna happen when you made me Ohh ohh Tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower Are you crazy You're weak and your helpless To stop me destroying you My powers made a new And so now you'll see What else can I do Ohhhhhhhh A CHILD TOLD A SACRIFICE What else can I do MY FUTURE WAS A WORTHY PRICE TO UPHOLD ALL YOUR SINS AND LIES
This goes just as hard if not even harder than the Mirabel one imo, and holds so much emotional power too. Poor Isabella. Heck, no one deserved the pressure that they got, but if anyone was going to snap and be bitter, it'd definitely be her. Amazing job.
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I’d hide all your plants when watching this one if I were you
Stream the song here! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lydiathebard/isabellas-villain-song-feat-frostudio-chambersonic-3
Once you’ve finished with everything on your princess villain list are you going to redo your old ones and turn them in to an Animatic
@@curefinale4900ooooh i hope she does! as mich as i love the originals, having redos of elsa and ariel and jasmine would be epic!!! lydia your work is awesome and i am so excited for this song!
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Oh u dropped this ladies👑👑
Sounds nice and cool and I'm a big fan
"Tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower are you crazy?" THAT LINE WENT SO HARD.
When is that line?
@@todddeprefontaine712 2:18
I thought that read Treat a plant with Poison talking about a toxic plant, NOT using pesticides.
Like a poisonous flower
I was about to comment that! That line went absolut hard and I'm here for it, had to repeat it several times!!!!
Yeah it's definitely up there with the "You're just a monster to me..." line from Belle's villain song. Hits just right and in the right tone
I loved how you made Abuela look indifferent and “are you done?” Until she saw Isabella cry in front of her. The Abuela was like, oh no.
Yes, it really hurt her that she made her child suffer so much.
one heck of a way to see you screwed up, abuela.
Yeah, throughout the whole thing it was like she was thinking that Isabela was just throwing a tantrum like a toddler, not reacting to the anger in Isabela at all. At the end when Isabela cries, she is like, "Oh wait, you are actually hurt."
Personally I like to think she wasn’t crying because she realized the pain she caused her, it’s because her precious little flower isn’t perfect anymore.
@@Ch50304its not her daughter... Its her granddaughter
Here's a small detail about the song that I noticed.
This isn't the first time Isabella tried expressing how she feels towards Abuella. The difference is that, in the flashbacks, Abuella had the freedom to dismiss her and walk away.
Now, she doesn't have that freedom anymore. She's going to listen to Isabella whether she wants to or not. And she really doesn't want to. And it's in that moment where she is forced to see the pain she's caused that she realizes how much she messed up; but by the time she decides she wants nothing more than to fix it, it's too late. She took too long, and Isabella is done.
I deeply appreciate that she does not hurt her sister or littlest cousin in this video. The actual innocent people.
Or really anyone. You're right they weren't the ones who hurt her. And I think the reason she imprisoned Mariano was so he would be out of the way, she was going to let him go
I wonder if Luisa, Julieta, Augustin Peppa Felix Camilo got hurt by Isabela I hope that they aren't hurt either and I have a feeling that Bruno was hidden somewhere
She just got everyone else out of the way but left Mirabel and Antonio alone because what can they do to stop here I mean Antonio is 5
I would kill to see a Dolores villain song, like how she's just so sick of holding everyone's secrets, the family's verbal burdens. And maybe her envy for Isabela.
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@@itsyaboithiccenby9 you’re welcome🎉
Hmmm, Mirabelle used Bruno's song. Dolores could use Mirabelle's. From your idea, the part where Mirabelle references others gifts ("I can't move the mountains, I can't make the flowers bloom"), Dolores's could use to reveal secrets about each member. The repeated "Open your eyes" could be addressed to Mariano.
I think my favorite of all this is Alma's expression the whole time. She doesn't give anything away until the very end, and even then, just a slight crack to show her true emotions in that stone-faced appearance. The ambiguity of Alma's feelings is brilliant here too: Is she sad because she messed up, or is she sad because her perfect flower wasn't perfect after all? Great work!
Fr. Atleast with Mirabels song when she's on screen she looks mad or terrified. But for the most part here she has a stoned cool expression for the most part.
I find it funny-
Taking what I know of Alma's personality I think the former is possible. At the start of the confrontation, she saw Isabella as a child throwing a tantrum so she figured if she stood her ground Isabella would stop. In the end, however, she realized just how much her actions were hurting her and felt remorse which is why in the last seconds she reached out to her but it was too late.
the art was amazing but I think in some shots Isabella looked kinda fat
I thought her name was Abuela or was that just me
This kind of makes you wonder; if Mirabel hadn't of found Bruno and tried to stop the prophecy, just about all the grandchildren in the Madrigal family could have ended up as villains.
Mirabel was always treated like an outcast.
Isabela was always expected to be perfect and marry a man she didn't love.
Luisa was always expected to be the strong one and bury her own "weakness".
Dolores not only had to keep dark secrets she overheard, but watched as her cousin was going to marry the man she loved just so she could have a "perfect" life. So, while she heard everyone else's troubles, no one ever heard her's.
Camilo is always having to be someone else and might not even know who he is deep down inside since people always see him as helpful when he's anyone else.
And Bruno was seen as a harbinger of doom just by trying to warn people of events in an attempt to help them, but always blamed him for his vision's outcomes despite being powerless to stop it all by himself.
I wanted to add Pepa & Julieta
Pepa would always had to hide her emotions for “perfect weather” form her own mother,she Aslo had to be happy all the time.she couldn’t be even be any other emotion
Julieta had always had to help people with no pay back and people needing help becomes overwhelming and she would snaps.
@@Mvc- Not just with no pay back but what she got in return was harm to her family. Her brother is gone, her sister is a emotional wreak and all three of Julieta children are at breaking points when the movie starts driven there by Alma yes but also the villagers.
Maybe not even just if Mirabel hadn’t found Bruno. I think this is exactly what would have happened if Bruno hadn’t originally hidden the prophecy from Alma. As horrible as it sounds, I think the idea of Mirabel being a “screw up” gave the rest of them a tiny bit of room to breathe. Something they might not have had, if Alma had seen the prophecy and thrown Mirabel out for the safety of the miracle.
Also with the Bruno thing.
He was told his prophecies were terrible when most were just observations of the life around him. No one deserved anything that Alma gave them, she did it to be a control freak to make sure everything went her way.
What about Antonio
The most eerie part of these Encanto covers is how little the story needs to change to make them the villain. Isabela and Mirabel both get treated the same, the only difference being they finally snapped
The only thing that changes in Isa's story is that Mirabel wasn't there at the end, she was the heart, when she crumbled so did everyone else
Guys it has a Mariah Carey line "WHAT ELSE CAN I DOOOOO"@@edmilsonestephan7671
This is my second time watching this and I still love that Lydia kept the line "a hurricane of Jacarandas". The irony of that one line is fantastic. An ornamental plant, famous for its beautiful blue/purple flowers, which:
difficult to control once established
invasive
destructive to infrastructure
Kills any plant life around it and drains the life (water) out of the very ground it grows.
Jacaranda perfectly summarises Isabella's Villain arc.
0:34 That scene instantly reminded me of tangled whenever Mother Gothel was removing the flowers from Rapunzel's hair so she would have no reminder of being outside the tower. I loved it.
I really liked that part too. It looks like she flinches as the leaf gets pulled, as if she can feel the plants' pain as her own and a small piece of her dies with it.
This and the Mirabel song highlight something I’ve always felt was true: that ENTIRE family demonstrated restraint of unprecedented levels to not lash out at Alma for EVERYTHING she’s done.
take it from me, its tricky when its family.
@@Silvergirl231 that is indeed true.
I mean…could the same not be said of the woman raising three super powered children after her home was burned, her husband (and likely other loved ones) were murdered and the village was looking to her to lead?
@@sugarpearl9781 touché.
That restraint was due to them having a particular mindset common in families with generational trauma and problematic elders. The "just play along to pacify them because rocking the boat is not worth the trouble so-and-so will cause" mindset. It's unfortunately a rather common toxic mindset, as it allows such people to run unchecked with their problematic behaviors until things boil over and explode, which is exactly what happened in the movie.
the really extra sad part is she's also mad at Mariano when we all know he would have happily called off the wedding and engagement if he knew how much it was hurting her and how she didn't want it to happen
And he might have been forced by his own family just like herself (sure he seemed happy with the engagement on the surface, but so did Isa)
He is just a himbo
Yeah! He’s a good guy, just in the wrong circumstances!
@@shiningdalek7185I think so aswell, but he still was a tiny bit happy because he found her beautiful and thought it was a great opportunity after all, but he never wanted to hurt her or anyone else
I doub he wanted to hurt isa man just wanted someone to love and them to love him back 😢
“I owe nothing to you”
This hits so close to home. It’s my most used line after confronting my family, and the realization that set me free.
Despite being a dude, I connected to this song on a spiritual level. Being the scapegoat, Blacksheep and punching bag of my family, I finally embraced my villain arc in 2022 where I literally told my family that if me having boundaries offends them or makes them feel uncomfortable, good. Because I really hope it does. Still riding that high 2 years later.
@@sir_will_iamI'm glad that you are in a better place now.
"Strangling figs, hanging vines" sounds WAY darker in this context, oh my god!?
LITERALLYYYYYY
I think we know why. Strangling. *Hanging.*
If Isa hasn’t directed her anger outwards…
@@MONARCH_FLIESOoooo what a devastating idea, I love it
It says something similar in a different song by MilkyyMelodies.
Well, the idea of strangling figs is she's trapped. People would put chains around the neck so they can't move far without being strangled.
Hanging vines are the chains on the ceiling they would hang people by the wrists. So it's like her dungeon.
@@MONARCH_FLIESOh my….
"A hurricane of jacarandas, straggling figs, hanging vines" absolutely no alterations were made in this part and yet its one of the most sinister moments of the entire song
I absolutely love the attention to detail in this, specially at 1:06, where the statues of Isabela, formally smiling and posing all become dull sighted and glare at the camera. Gave me chills when I noticed it.
Yes! I noticed that too! At first I thought I imagined that so I rewatched that part a couple times and I got shivers up my skin when I realized that in fact yes the statues looked at the camera.
I had just noticed that, and it had just scared me a lot.
Ikr!! It’s got such an unsettling feel that makes it terrifying…
@@Butterfly_Princess264They're looking at US?😨
yes it's really beautifully done
I love the fact that Isabella doesn’t trap Mirabel in the vines, and it’s an amazing details because Mirabel never went with the family and praised her for perfection. Yes, she was jealous and argued with Isabella, but Mirabel knew that Isabella was also a person, not an item or something to use. Isabella becoming the villain also means she would most likely recognize the two sisters being treated the same, abused and both opinions left unheard. Amazing detail, purely an awesome song and story.
Two sides of the same coin, if you will. Also, yes the other children were abused and ignored, but with Mirabel and Isabella it was the worst.
@@Myra741jf32 luisa too.she was treated as free labour since her gift
I think if this were to actually happen in the movie Mirabel would be the first one Isabela imprisons cause she hates Mirabel so much and is always bullying her. If Isabela were to get revenge on anyone it would be Mirabel
@@victorialaing4227 except for the fact that she had no reason to. Isabella only bullied Mirabel to seem perfect. If she were to actually fight back, there would be no reason to get Mirabel involved.
@@victorialaing4227 Why would she need revenge on Mirabel? I dont think you understand this video or the movie very well
I’ve always found it odd how the movie always says that Isabela’s gift is being perfect, obviously her gift is making plants. There’s lines in the movie saying “she’s never had a bad hair day” as if that’s part of her gift of being perfect, that’s unlikely sure but it can happen without supernatural intervention, the clearly magical thing about her is *conjuring plant life from thin air!*
It makes me wonder how her door ceremony thing went; Isabela making some flowers and the people being amazed, I imagine Abuela saying something like “she’s perfect” as a little girl conjuring pretty flowers is so right, makes it so easy to make her the idealized little girl who’s pretty and feminine and made of sugar, spice, and everything nice. Somewhere along the line the actual gift itself got lost in translation and she was no longer just the girl who made flowers and instead was the girl who was perfect, and that became the standard she was held to because it was her gift, wasn’t it? No, no it clearly isn’t, but somehow everyone decided to overlook that.
Thing is as the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter Isabela is the metrical heir. So the pressure probably started before that. There was likely pressure to get a "good" gift even before her door ceremony. Just like there was talk of how awful it be Antonio got no power like Mirable there would have been talk of how bad it's be if the heir got a "bad" gift like Brono (or an unstable like Pepa). So when she made flowers (something pretty, feminine and in no way dangerous) there would have been lots of talk about how perfect it was and not just from Alma.
PS(given how the flowers that pop out hair in a few scenes her hair actually might be connected to her power)
@@sfsin33800:00
Bro, dang. POINT.
She gets a chance and suddenly she can make jacarandas and whatnot. Her gift is probably "goddess of the harvest" or something and she'd probably be most comfortable in overalls on a tractor, but here they are calling her perfect and she has to try and live up to that!
@@sfsin3380 Very good points, didn’t even really think about how she was practically born into extra expectations of perfection; her gift being aesthetically pleasing was probably just seen as her living up to those expectations. The Madrigal family is a mess build on so many expectations and pressuring everyone to maintain them so hard they get lost in the boxes they were placed in, it’s very sad and honestly the real miracle is that they were able to pull through and start to dissemble the toxic foundation the family was built on.
@@JhadeSagrav Exactly, perfection was just her family role and had nothing to do with her gift but they ended up conflated together because perfect girl making perfect little flowers fits into gendered ideas of what women should be expected to be. Makes me wonder what it was like for Luisa who’s gift conflicts so heavily with what typical expectations of gender role’s are, she seems appreciated in the family regardless but now I wonder what would happen if she was born before Isabella and if she would be more disappointing to the family if they weren’t already satisfied by the presence of their perfect flower princess.
2:43
I love that little detail that through all boasting and expressing her anger the grandma passed all that off as Isabella having some tantrum but it took a single tear for it to finally get it through her head all of that was coming from a place of legitimate pain, not just a spoiled brat being told No.
And as she tries to get her attention we see it’s too late and she’s turned her back on her.
"tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower - are you crazy?" probably is my favourite line in this song
What if that plant is an Oddish?
The flower metaphor at 1:18 is absolute perfection. The way she compares herself to the flowers that she grows, how she isn't capable of caring for her flowers if no one ever cared for her. I'm no botanist or gardener, but plants need to be taken cared of and not forcibly planted where they don't want to grow, and the same has to be said for people, especially needing a loving, supporting family that encourages you to be yourself. Absolute perfection.
Also, it goes without saying that the vocals carry the message even further.
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Nice observation!
I like the detail of the vines not imprisoning Mirabel, Camilo or Antonio. Even though she is upset with the rest of her family for the pressure and not doing anything to stick up for her, she doesn’t want to hurt the children because they hadn’t contributed to her perfectionist attitude. Luisa and Dolores both are shown early in the video to play with the old Isabela but do nothing about Abuela’s pressure and ways even when they became adults. So the three youngest (and Bruno I suppose though he never shows up in the video at all) are free because they are innocent in this issue.
Bruno is watching from the shadows having a panic attack, going "my Sobrina has officially lost it".
And i also like how even though she doesn't entirely like Mirabel she doesn't trap her in vines
Agreed
Isabella knows how mirabel doesn’t want to have her married off and thinks of keeping her alright and safe. She also knows that mirabel is trying to change her and remove abuela’s ways so she doesn’t trap her.
It really doesn’t make sense why would Isabela not imprison Mirabel? Isabela hates Mirabel she is always so mean to Mirabel
Mirabel and now Isabela? I hope we get a Luisa villain song next. They've treated her as just free labour since she was just a little girl. Let her be selfserving for once!!
Pressure would be *amazing* as a villain song.
I agree
YESSSSSSSSS LUISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Honestly the way the grandmother treated them in the movie I wouldn't blame any of them if they turn feeling or just straight-up lost it in the movie Miracle had every right to tell her off
OMG YES!!! Maybe we can also get a Dolores villain song too!
I can definitely relate to the “I’m not perfect, no matter how hard I try I’ll never be good enough” feeling as an oldest child in a family of four kids
Same that’s why I’ve been replaying this on loop
TOO REAL
And we all see how even when confronted with anger and desperation, Abuela stonewalls her and gives her an expression that this is exactly what she expected. That would be devastating for Isabella to have to see.
Yikes. Ever since seeing the original "What Else Can I Do," I've held that Isabela is the most dangerous member of the Madrigal family. This is the second Isabela villain song I've seen, and they both end with implied carnage, so I take it I'm not the only one who thinks that.
You almost had me crying for her. It was an amazingly good touch, showing what *growing up* as Isabela was like. Poor little baby Izzy... and there was that one scene that almost turned into the adult Isabela protecting her childhood self, and I'm a huge sucker for that trope.
I raise you, Pepa. If she was allowed to fully express her emotions, she would have had control over her powers a long time ago.
Either that or the weather control, at least directly. I'd bet Bruno could be terrifying too though, Precogs are difficult to deal with at the best of times.
What's the other Isabella villain song? Ever since seeing the movie I've thought Isabella was the one most likely to become a villain, especially with that hidden temper she has.
@@gaylorvader It's from Milkyymelodies I think-
@kittynet200mewmewpower oh yeah that one. I think I was gonna listen to it but was worried it'd be too sad. Lydia's are usually like "I'm gonna kill you and destroy everything you have" vibes, not really sad.
Isabela went from hopeless, asking "What else can I do?" to rising up and instead saying, "Now the one who's trapped isn't me, it's you." 10/10 Lydia, thank you for blessing us with another stunning song.
Can't wait!! I think Dolores should have a villian song cuz shes so use to hearing everything and like she could literally use people's secrets against them if u think about it
Edit:I LOVE THE SONG OMGGGGGGG!!!
IT WAS SO GOOD OH MY GOD, THE ANIMATION, THE VOCALS, DEF DEVOURED AS ALWAYS🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾❤❤❤
Oooh and her song would be pressure...the drip drip drip driving her crazy.
@@TheTroygarg fr she must be going insane😭she hears thinks CONSTANTLY. Every sound, every wall creak, SHE CAN HEAR AN EYE TWITCH. IMAGINE HEARING ALL THOSE SENSES FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE EVER SINCE YOU TURNED 5. Anyone would honestly go crazy😭
Y'know what'd be really cool. A Dolores and Camilo villain song. Both of them working together to kill the family from the inside out. Dolores turning the family on on itself as Camilo disguised as other people and even family members actually murdering everyone.
@@Firewall546 OMG I LOVE THAT. That would be so cool! and i feel like the more camilo is pushed onto his villain side more, his forms sort of get more distorted because i feel like his personality and emotions are linked onto whoever form that he takes, and since he changes into a new person every day, it starts to mess with his head, the more the song goes on if that makes any sense
I love that she doesn’t hurt anyone she just keeps them away from her
“As new shoots arise” and Antonio is the main focus of that shot
Great work as always.
Something I couldn't help but notice is that Alma seems notably more composed in comparison to when Mirabel went Awol. She herself said at the end that she was so scared of losing the miracle that she forgot who it was for. She might’ve subconsciously realized that her pushing her family to be perfect was causing so much strain earlier and just repressed the guilt? And Mirabel snapping instead of Isabella took her more off guard because she didn't have any pressure on her to be the pride of the family.
To me, I think she’s calmer because Isabela isn’t directly threatening the candle or the miracle like Mirabel was. She doesn’t feel anything until she sees Isabela crying because to her, it’s not as serious until that moment.
Oh, wow. Mirabel and now Isabela as a villain? That’s extra cool, thank you, Lydia. Can you maybe do Luisa, too? When the pressure gets too hard on her and she snaps... Or Pepa? That could be such a wild storm… Or maybe even Abuela? I mean, she low-key already is a villain in this story, but not that much and with a redemption arc… But imagine the sad love song about butterflies even more tragic, and with a twist of her getting this miracle and using it for revenge…
THAT'S WHAT I SAID like do Luisa
@@sophiarivera13yes Luisa villain song Animatic 😊❤
Yes a luisa one would be cool
@@itzactually.starrrLook up Luisa Villain Song
I want her to next because she’s my favorite in the movie
The fact that even her *door* reflected what was about to happen (i.e. becoming angry) just goes to show how much Isabella has felt over the years, and that with only one slight change; even a flower can spread its thorns (as cringe as it may sound)
I love how Isabella’s outfit did like a Frozen/Poison Ivy transformation.
I love how she threatens to destroy abuela, but at the last second her compassion overcomes her and she leaves abuela to think about her crimes instead.
"Tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower, are you crazy?"
I love the, you reap what you sow approach with these lyrics
Great job as always!
I love that childhood flashback of Isabella wanting to be imperfect before her grandma comes in and pressures her to meet her expectations
Along with the fact that she’s more mad at her grandma more than Mariano since he was just oblivious with Isabella’s situation and blinded by love
Especially since she wasn't being imperfect she was just a kid trying to have fun but she was expected to sit still and look pretty to make abuela happy
Her villain attire is simply divine...quite regal and contrast greatly with her final dress on the movie
Major Persephone vibes
Did anyone else notice the fact that the flowers wilted at the very beginning of the song when Abuela leaves?? That's a nice touch!
I like how it kinda looked like Mariano was smiling in the frame where she threw the ring. I like to think he's proud of her
He knew that she didn't like him. He didn't like her. He didn't want to marry her. But he had no choice.
Isabela does truly seem like villain material
Oooooh YES! I’m so excited for Isa’s poison ivy era 👏🏽
Also this has gotta be my favorite Disney villain rollout from you so far Lydia AHH! Tia’s song was stunning and I can’t wait for this one!
Wow that's very emotionally deep lyrics right there, I like how she finally stretched out her true surpressed colors while changing not just her home but herself as well.
"Tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower - are you CRAZY?!"
That line is fkn BRILLIANT!! Also loving Isa's Circe vibes!
The part from 1:00 to 1:08, especially the part where the topiaries change to reflect Isabela dropping her perfect persona, and them looking at the camera, is just _perfect._
This song shows just how dangerously close Isabela was to becoming a villain. Just like Mirabel, Anna, Merida, Anastasia, and even Cinderella. Had Mirabel been even just a fraction of a second too slow, then something like this that wasn't in Bruno's vision could've easily occurred. That's what i love about your series: you always strategically set their villainous origins at just the right moment where they could've turned to the dark side. And after seeing your post about how Asha is next, honestly I never considered the scene where Magnifico crushes Asha's mother's wish right front of her as another potential point where she could've snapped. I had only considered the scenes where Asha learned the truth about Magnifico or where she learned that one of her own friends had betrayed her and sold her out.
I could actually see this one working as a single narrative with Mirabelle's Villain Song. Alma pushes Isabela too far, and this in turn sparks Mirabelle to realize she's had it even worse than Isabela. A Villain sister duo!
Or Mirabel snapped, left, destroyed casita like in her villain song, and they rebuild and treat Mirabel like she never existed. Basically what they did with Bruno but on steroids. Alma would become more controlling and Isabela would snap and try to meet up with Mirabel
@@constructivecriticism6203 The only problem there is that we saw Mirabelle also recoiling from Isabela with the rest of the family.
@@pangaeawriter8766 yeah but that would still be a cool idea. Mirabel going awol and inspiring the rest of her family to do so. I feel like Mirabel would also bring Bruno with her
I love how in both the Mirabel villian song and in this one, the real villian is Abeula. Sometimes the pressure to meet expectations can be more destructive than any external threat. As always great story telling, singing and art!
"tent to a plant with poison and expect a flower, are you crazy?"
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such a strong line ❤
and so relateable!
I love how Encanto is still talked about. It’s an amazing movie, despite being surrounded by a lot of mid Disney movies
The truth is that this is more like Isabela's real song, rather than "villain"... Poor Isabela. Like Mirabel, she really had its own issues too... Loved the lyrics!
Yeah this honestly isn’t a villain song, it’s just her reaching her breaking point. After this she’s not gonna be a villain she’s probably just gonna go try to live her life
@@constructivecriticism6203 That's true
I know people more want to see Luisa or Dolores next, but I really wanna see Camilo and Bruno, is it possible? You're doing masterpiece, Lydia❤
Camillo would be nice, but I think he would spend the song shifting all the time, making him really confusing to follow (and maybe a bit hard to animate, I dunno)
I think she already did a Bruno villain song it's one of her older videos
@@orianefaton1885Well I think it could be a song about him being done with having to physically change into someone else in order to help as if him helping as just Camilo isn’t enough like when he was asked to help someone put up a small banner by Abaela but instead of just asking him to help, she says that they need two of the person that was putting the banner up.. That would sting and it would get really tiring having to change yourself constantly just so you can be helpful to someone and your family… He doesn’t have to be changing his appearance the whole time. It could just be in a small flashback and maybe having him change his appearance at the end into something terrifying or something like that. hope that makes sense.
@@SamAkira2002 I see and I will clarify what I meant.
I think he would shift his appearance into the one of the person he is talking to. Essentially spiting venom at them while wearing their face. Either that or taking the face of someone whose words would hurt them deep. Like when talking to Abuela, if he feels peticularly mean, taking Pedro's face.
camilo becomes a villain because he's mad that he was barely a character (i'm sorry)
A lot of people mentioned how Mirabel could’ve easily become a villain during her song but thinking about it that whole family was one bad day away from snapping.
This is so true. I'm hoping for a villain song where Dolores finally can't take it anymore and gets rid of EVERYTHING so she can finally get some peace and quiet...
I often think about Pepa and how Alma treated her sometimes. Not like a daughter, but a problem. It was a part of why she snapped on Bruno
@@Fluff_NoodlesYo, Rule the Quiet dropped a few days ago, how you feeling?
@@ethanrose9682 saw it, loved it. Still hoping for a Louisa song! Let all my girls get their retribution!
"All it takes is one bad day"- Joker
SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT IN THE MOVIE
Y'all idk why but at 2:43 her voice is so haunting and beautiful and yet so sorrowful and meaningly as well and the fact that she asks alma "what else can I do?" just makes it even more sad
Let's me honest. Any of the Madrigals could've easily gone down the villian route and that's one of the reasons why I don't believe Abuela should've had a redemption arc. I was waiting for this and you didn't disappoint! I love it!
1:00
Was absolutely amazing, I could feel a chill running down my spine…and let’s be honest…you could feel EVERYTHING Isabella feels in that moment tiredness, angriness, sadness and loneliness….it was absolutely shocking yet beautiful!
Wow! This was awesome, Lydia! In retrospect, Isabela is the most merciful villainess princess so far. She never really hurts anyone. Just traps them. Regardless, she is still dangerous. Amazing work, as always! ❤❤❤
P.S, terrified for Alice's Villain Song... 😅
Why does Isabella look so beautiful in her dress even though it's her villian fit?-
1:13 the shattering thoo
1:51 the “SHINEEEE” hit hard
2:36 The background lyrics is *chefs kiss*
1:51 OMG... she looks gorgeous; a goodess. That outfit was amazing. Good job
Isabella, a perfectionist, she has a right to go villain mode because everyone be like:
PERFECT,PERFECT ISABELLA!
Love the shift in meaning at the beginning--"Uphold the family that hurts and harms...what else **could** I do?"
Really drives home the helplessness of Isabella's role and how she's trapped in it.
"Don't stray, display. Obey." I love how you string these lyrics together.
✨Can we take a minute to appreciate the villian dress? Its so GORGEOUS AND HOT! ✨
"Tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower - are you crazy!?"
Wow. All the lyrics in this are amazing, but THAT one just hits me the most 😮
I like your design of her dress the vines really compliment the long flowing sleeves. Plus seeing this side of Isabella it really shows how much the grandmother had a hold on the whole family
I must say love how Abuela is disappointed in Isabela the whole video and shows only a tear at the end reaching out for Isabela only as she leaves. Far too little. Far too late.
I like how abuela did not care until she saw Isabella cry
" how could you when i was just a child? that gave me goosebumps
“My life is mine to do with I choose. I own nothing to you” is literally the most iconic line I ever heard
Luisa needs to be next!!! All the Madrigals deserve a villain version of themselves ❤
I don't think Antonio would get one... unless you do a timeskip thing maybe.
But, all the others, yes...
Except maybe Julietta... I have a hard time seeing her doing it, unless she does something for her family. The "I am doing it for the family" mindset, which could have an opposition duet with Alma who is speaking about the fact Julietta may be ruining the family by harming the candle.
Doing it for the brother that was shunned because of his power, for the sister who has to always try to hold her feelings to not inconvinience other,s despite the fact she is the most inconvienced by this, for her 3 daughters, her niece and nephews.
I can only see Julietta as someone who would be a villain in Alma's eyes, and maybe the townpeople, as she may decides to attack the miracle/candle that made most of her family unhappy, so her family will finally be happy. ... So, she would be more of a savior for them, despite it all. Though, what would be the breaking point with her, I can't fathom.
@@orianefaton1885i can see julietta doing a villain Song because all three of her children have Been abused by alma
@@orianefaton1885 I could see Antonio becoming a villain if something happens to Mirabel and no one else cares or if he realizes all the requests for his gifts are stupid. I could definitely see him snapping if Alma pulls him away from Mirabel and him yelling and the animals going crazy.
For Julieta maybe she finally watches her family and realizes how overworked every family member with gifts are and how neglected Mirabel is, how much wood chopping her husband has to do so she can cook as much as she does, she also sees how Felix is always by Pepa’s side to help her with her emotions. I see Julieta destroying her food stand , yelling at Alma, and maybe even going after the candle.
Yeah, but the movie only had so many songs and Lydia might need to do a little outsourcing for the ones who are guys.
And then put them all together in one song!
0:23 this is chilling. The expression on her face, it is actually terrifying, it looks likes someone's about to go into her villain arc-
Exactly!
And? Finish that sentence. We all know you want to. Oh wait. Video did it for you. Ah, intentionally placed irony. I love it.
"tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower" gave me chills. woah.
It seems like Mirabel's breakdown could have led to a chain reaction within the family where others who felt repressed or neglected followed her lead, or at least had their loyalty to the family shaken
How is no one mentioning that poison ivyesque transformation sequence at 1:46 that was beautiful great work to the animator and as always great work lydia
THIS WAS SO GOOD!!! The amount of emotion, hesitance, then finally putting it all behind her and finally putting her foot down- the family unknowing of what she's doing, her throwing the engagement ring-- This may be one of my favorites you've ever made! I can't wait to watch you grow in your content and as a content creator!! Take the breaks you want/need, keep in touch with loved ones, love you so much Queen❤🌺
0:21 I honestly have zero clue why…but the part where the music halts and lets realization settle into Isabella’s face is so powerful…then the transition to her door and her expression changes, making it more angry and hurt is beautiful. Everyone did a fantastic job on these parts. Spine chilling.
i'd love to see how the abuela would react if her perfect granddaughter starting speaking up against her! this song shows what could have happened and honestly? it's really satisfying
Mirabel's sisters definitely deserved more screentime. Their arcs felt so condensed.
Luisa's face before the climax is literally her saying "You've traumatized the child."
And Julieta didn't do anything to even talk to her daughters? She fusses over mirabel but leaves her other two to deal.
Tbh I think she believes that since they got a gift they have it easier n just falls in line easier than Mirbelle hence y she fusses over her more than the other 2
I didn’t even realize this until you pointed it out! Julieta must see Mirabel as needing special treatment because she doesn’t have powers like her sisters! Thank you for pointing this out I probably would’ve never noticed!
That's completely untrue. Julieta loved all of them but in this culture Alma would have held higher power than even their mother as head of the family
Eh, I like to think Alma had something to do with that. Always taking up Isabela's time, not allowing Julieta near her. Always keeping Luisa busy working, even overworking her. Not giving Luisa breaks. Alma DIDN'T give Mirabel a job, and, in a settlement where your only doctor is someone with magical healing food, you tend to be more careful, not for fear of magic, but because you only have the one doctor and respect her enough to not overwork her. Mirabel had all the free time in the world, and Julieta didn't have much to do. She could actually take care of Mirabel, but she was stopped at every turn when it came to the other two.
It happens the same way for the other side of the family. Delores is Alma's gossip channel. Alma constantly made her use a gift that hurt her. Camilo was always asked to be someone else, but never himself. Sure, he occasionally took joy in shifting for dramatic moments, or to greet people as themselves, but he spends most of his time (when not being demanded otherwise by Alma) as himself. He prefers his own skin, but is always asked to be someone else. Pepa was always having to watch her emotions. Always being happy to keep the sun shining, or being forced to be sad just so it could rain, et cetera. In fact, it was such a common occurrence that she had to change the weather, that Mirabel knew more about Pepa's son than Pepa did. In turn, Antonio was neglected by his mother, and it wasn't his mother's fault. It was Alma's. Lastly, we have Bruno. He was always asked to view the future, regardless of if he wanted to or not. He was also verbally abused when he mentioned something negative, as though they couldn't turn positive. Fish die fast, yet everyone views that one fish dying as Bruno's fault. Alma not only overworked all of her children and grandchildren, and abused them through either neglect or emotional abuse, but allowed the entire town to do the same. Truly, if anyone is the villain of this movie, it is Alma.
@@RC-ytI mean it’s also likely that she gives more attention to Mirabel as opposed to the others due to age. Miracles 15, the others are adults,
i feel like this song hits so much harder than the others because as someone who has extremely strict parents, i can actually relate to this song at some level
I love the smooth eyes move of Isa's statues on her room
Yesss 🌸
Isabella is a beautiful Rose hiding her thorns for too long now
.... but now she is finally going to Show her family that every Rose has thorns as Sharp and spicky as a cactus 🌵🥀
OH YEAHHH! GET IT GIRL!
@@DailyDemigod Yes !
Good thing Isabela didn't avenge Mirabel, but her Abuela (the real "villain") What a great villain song this turned out, Lydia. Have a happy saturday afternoon and God bless you, take care and i hope i see you soon for more, greetings from Colombia.
Absolutely imperfectly perfect like Isabella.
I can just feel that suffocating atmosphere that she is trying to break free of conveyed through the lyrics and notes.
I think the best part about this is that this realistically could've happened if it wasn't for Mirabel. The house was prophesized to collapse without her, and who better to bring it down than the "perfect" girl who was forced to never be herself?
I really want a villainous song of Pepa because everything has to do with her feelings.Imagine after all these traumatic events will do to her, she will end up destroying everything 💀
Man, I'd love a Luisa villain song with how she's expected to literally hold a whole town together with her strength while masking her pressure and fear
Now we soon need a villain song for Luisa or maybe for Bruno or Abuela Alma. Mirabel's sisters and cousins deserves to have more screentime.
I could just imagine Bruno enveloping the whole village in a whirlwind of sandstorm if he turns villain.
@@jamilleyomtownYes 😊
I think they're too easy to "villainize," since they have a tragic past. In case she makes them, I think she'd leave them for the end to make them as much original as possible
Abuela is already a villian honestly.
Alma's villain song is literally just The Family Madrigal, the very first song in the movie. She has one, it just isn't realized to be a villain song.
This was not just an amazing-animated video, but an awesome song, I can really see Isabela as a kick-ass Disney villain if she was given the opportunity. Especially if someone like you was given the honor of writing her villain song's lyrics.
This happens with many families in real life, even if you don't want to acknowledge it. They ask too much and when we can't fulfill their expectations, we're losers to their eyes. Been there........ and sucks. Great video, it gives words that we can't say out loud.
"the rose isnt there just the thorns" omg i love that part
Then Mirabel walks up to Isabel, arms up to be as non-threatening as possible. Hugs her, reaches to wipe her tears, and says:
“I’m with you, big sister. She totally deserved that.”
THISSSSSS, because I noticed in the ending part with all the vines I didn’t see mirabel which leads me to think that Isabella finally recognized how mirabel felt. Because now that Isabela knows what she can really do, she finally understands how mirabel felt in the sense of always being defined by a single trait, Isabella and her perfection, mirabel and her lack of a gift.
Likely could see a moment at the ending with the two having that hug moment to stop a wild plant mayhem in the Encanto
@@outbreakperfected5704Yes, and there's two more things:
First, the story in the description says that Mirabel has helped Isabela in an argument between Isa and Alma right before the song, only that she's appeared too late.
Second, she hasn't got as much against her family as she has against Alma, as the direct reason of her pain and suffering, and Mariano, for agreeing to all of that. If you look closely, she only creates two cells, one for Alma and one for Mariano. The others appear to only have vines blocking the way to keep them from stopping her, and Mirabel maybe isn't there because she isn't much of a threat since she has no gift, but also because she is the last possible person to blame.
Yo, if Luisa gets one, they can be a villain trio.
and then they team up to defeat abuela
Never do the unexpected
Stand up straight
Stick it through
Uphold the family that hurts and harms
And asks to much of you
What else could I do
Bury weakness that exposes
Kill the wild with a smile
Watch as wonder decomposes
How could you when I was just a child
Support the family don't stray display obey
You must be perfect ohh ohh
You suffocate the ones you love
That's not just something you forget
But I'm done with your games
I'll go my own way
A hurricane of Jacarandas
Strangling figs
Hanging vines
My life is mine to do it as I choose
I owe nothing to you
When you neglect a flower it will wilt and fade
Until all of its color has drained away
Paint it's petals the outcome the same
You've lost the bloom you plucked and pruned
The only one to blame is you
Your prized precious flower is no more
As new shoots arise
The rose isn't there just the thorns
And it's time to see how I shine
How I shine
A hurricane of Jacarandas
Strangling figs and Hanging vines
My life is mine to do it as I choose
I owe nothing to you
What could you possibly expect
Was gonna happen when you made me
Ohh ohh
Tend to a plant with poison and expect a flower
Are you crazy
You're weak and your helpless
To stop me destroying you
My powers made a new
And so now you'll see
What else can I do
Ohhhhhhhh A CHILD TOLD A SACRIFICE
What else can I do MY FUTURE WAS A WORTHY PRICE
TO UPHOLD ALL YOUR SINS AND LIES
This goes just as hard if not even harder than the Mirabel one imo, and holds so much emotional power too. Poor Isabella. Heck, no one deserved the pressure that they got, but if anyone was going to snap and be bitter, it'd definitely be her. Amazing job.
I like how this gives Isabella more realistic proportions but leaves the statues the same.
1:35 love the detail that Augustine actually seems happy for her even though she's snapping