So, for context about 'Chilling Like A Villain', it's not "how to be evil" but more "how to look like you're fitting in the Isle". And Ben (the King) wasn't actually engaged to the one who ran, they were just in a relationship at this point!
As I've grown up, the only thing I really like about the Decendants movies is the songs. The acting at times can be....questionable but they're still fun to watch
@@ea-tr1jh unique acting and unique directing Could we stop using a small budget as a criticism of a movie or show it’s really unfair the writers and directors and creators had no control over that and they did their best with it Not bad or questionable it’s cute and comfortable People who call it bad are jaded and cynical Feel bad for them cuz society conditioned them to hate comfort media
Queen of mean is a banger of a song…. She sings PHENOMENALLY… and the song was so well written and flowed so well… I also just love descendants in general lol
It's such a shame about the drama that went down between Decedents and Ever After High. Because ultimately the death of Ever After High isn't due to Descendants, it's the marketing crew of Descendants, who did everything in their shady power to push Ever After off to the side. :/ They could have shared the attention, but no, Disney corp had to be petty.
That makes 0 sense. Ever after high is nickelodeon and descendants is disney. Mattel didn't even make descendants dolls, if that's what you're talking about. It was thought that Mattel lost the disney license because of the poor quality of the princess dolls and because descendants coming up would be a conflict of interest with eah. Basically, what I'm saying is that it is impossible for the marketing crew for descendants to push ever after high to the side, since hasbro made descendants dolls and Mattel made eah
Audrey (the one from the last song) is basically what Apple White could have turned into if she (Apple) was an actual mean girl. Both girls had their future pretty much figured out, but when the one that was supposed to be the villain of their story decided to pursue what they really wanted, they put at risk their future. With Apple, she needed Raven to be evil so she could have her happily ever after, something that was put at risk when the latter decided to change her fate. With Audrey, she was perfectly happy with the future that awaited her until Mal (who was the daughter of her mother's villain) appeared and took that future from her. However, Audrey, unlike Apple (who is unknowingly selfish but still good-hearted and kind), used to be spoiled and bratty and, together with the pressure placed on her, decided to become the villain in order to take what she believed was hers.
Generally, Disney Descendants 2 have the best songs. It deserves a Grammy. Next time, you should try "Ways To Be Wicked" and "You And Me" (D2), "Do What You Gotta Do" (D3), and maybe for fun "Evil Like Me" (D1). 10:23 For context of this song "Chilling Like A Villain" is to learn to this no-villain kids how to act in order to not be caught by the people from the Isle of the Lost, full of Villains. 15:20 You didn't noticed it but in this part, the blue boy is stealing something to each of the three others to prove he understood how to be a villain.
The books goes into more detail about the darker aspects but yeah it’s fucked😭the food on the isle is literally the leftover and remains from the kingdoms. They basically are punishing them w absolutely inhumane levels of poverty lmao. And the thing is when you leave kids to be w horrible ppl and never give them the chance to be raised by…normal ppl. That’s also just a one way track to abuse lmao. Part of me wishes someone else made the movies so we could have a darker story. Bc a lot of the actually horrible things the kids faced and why they’re so scared of their parents in the first movie is never even mentioned in the movies
I love the books! My mom had me read them to her back in elementary because it was the only way I would read something lol. I have all 4 books right now.
@@kayleekirkpatrick9193 yep i rlly wish they had atleast implied what the kids were going through bc that would have made things more impactful bc looking back at the films we are never truly given enough info on WHY the kids are still so afraid of their parents and not doing what they want even when said parents literally have no access to them. We truly don’t see enough of the parents or the core 4’s lives before they left the isle. They also just rlly made Carlos less intelligent in the films when HE was the one who broke a whole through the barrier and him being a literal genius was a big part of his character in the books. He and Jay sorta just have the same personality in the movies (w Jay just being more of a flirt tbh).
@@jut_dwaetouchernot really, eah was cancelled because descendants was in production and Disney is like that. A real shame, tho, considering the two are very different and all that cancelling eah did was make the fans hate descendants
honestly learning disney did more things than disney princesses, and did stuff like kingdom hearts, descendants and twisted wonderland was a different type of shock to me, it changed my life
The kids in this video and their parents Uma- Ursula Harry- Captain Hook Gil- Gaston Mal- Maleficent Jay- Jafar Carlos (Rip to his actor, Cameron Boyce)- Cruella De Vil Evie- Evil Queen Ben- Belle and the Beast Audrey- Aurora
Honestly, love the Descendants songs, you got to listen to these from my favourites!: 'Night Falls' (3), 'It's Going' down' (2), 'Do what you gotta do' (3), 'My Once Upon a Time' (3), 'Ways to be Wicked' (2), 'If Only' (1), 'Good to be Bad' (3), 'Evil Like Me' (1), 'Did I mention' (1) and 'You and Me' (2). 😅💖
I think instead of picking suggestions from the comments, you should just ask Andrew 😂 "Hey Andrew, I love the songs of Descendants, is there something similar I can listen to?" And if Andrew says ZOMBIES, just do it 🤭
@@luckybug479 They ran in circles with her cousin, by the end of the first movie it seemed like he was actually getting somewhere and accepting them but then in the second movie it is like he reverted, none of that prior thinking of accepting them was there.
@@luckybug479no offense but u have to have a dark soul to hate something as whimsical and comforting and so wholesome and optimistic and special and one of a kind as zombies
Fun fact: Kenny Ortega specifically choreographed Chillin Like a Villain as a tribute to Michael Jackson. Or at least thats how I've heard the dance moves be explained. Also, seeing Cameron Boyce as Carlos still to this day breaks my heart. Knowing that Descendants 3 was his last appearance before passing away makes me appreciate it that much more in a way.
I remember watching Descendants 3 when it premiered, Queen of Mean came on, and I said to myself "Oh yeah. This'll be on the radio." and then the next day it was #1 trending on TH-cam.
Descendants is a bit frustrating for me, who is obsessed with logic and the canon of Disney movies, because they never explain how the villains who died are alive on the Isle of the Lost, or why Uma’s color is teal when Ursula’s colors were all purples, but there are a lot of Disney villains with purple color schemes
Well I can explain the first one. In the books, the villains that died were brought back to life by King Beast, solely to be placed on the island. It’s super disgusting honestly. Imagine being brought back from death just to be imprisoned.
@@suckitgreenboiiiii1921 that was my thought too, since in Cinderella 3 it’s shown her wand has the power to reverse time and create alternate timelines of events
Im so glad you’re looking into these songs as well. I hate how everyone hates descendants because ever after high ended… why can’t we just like both? They’re both good :( Btw, R.I.P. Cameron Boyce, Carlos was my fav❤️🕊
The line "You need to not be yourself" from Evie is really the whole conflict point of D2. This song really highlights how hard it is to conform Ben to the "Villain lifestyle" for mere survival, and how that was exactly what he expected Mal to do in Auradon.
Added context: The first song you listened to (What's My Name) is the villain song of that movie so of course it needs to slap and be among the best of the Descendants series. The second song (Rotten To The Core) sets up the four main characters we follow in the movie series, introducing them to us and giving us small bits of their personalities at this point through their actions and lyrics (such as how Jay is a bit of a kleptomaniac, Mal is a bit of an artist as we see her painting graffiti, Evie is self centered shown by her walking on the table without caring for those using it, etc). It also does let the audience know that even though they're kids of big villains in the Disney universe, they haven't had the chance to do really bad things beyond basic teenage hooliganism due to their situation and also gives us an inkling that though they believe they're bad and that they have the potential to be, they aren't quite at that point of no return and thus have potential for being good. The third song (Chilling Like a Villain) goes with Andrew's context, but they aren't married, just in a relationship that put her in the spotlight. Mal believed she had to be perfect which clashed with who she is as she's not a stereotypical princess, and due to the stress of this she ran away back to the island (it's easy to get in but harder to get out due to the veil). Her friends and her boyfriend followed to try to convince her to come back and the song is pretty much them trying to teach the king how to blend in so they don't get caught (they haven't been too popular there since leaving) and so they also don't get killed. As for the tech, I think it's implied that their technology is run mainly on magic, so while the mainland advanced, the villain island (which has no magic) stayed as it was. A real-world comparison could be a country that's in self-isolation only depending on itself and not having contact with the rest of the world, whereas other countries share info, tech, and goods thus pushing development and progress. The king also gave them back their own phones, showing that he is learning as he was able to steal from them without them noticing. The final song (Queen of Mean) is pretty much what Apple White from EH could've become if she had really been a mean girl. Basically a "typical high school bully/mean girl that has potential to be good falls to become a villain" song and definitely my favorite song of the third movie. I definitely recommend watching the movies. They give so much context to the songs and the songs sometimes take on new meaning with that added story. Plus a lot of the weird moments oddly make sense. The series can be cringy at times, but it's kind of part of its charm in a way. Some of the people who worked on the High School Musical series worked on these and you can kinda see it in the song sequences as they're shot and choreographed as if they were music videos at times.
Another song that Uma (Daughter of Ursula) sings is It's Going Down, it's like a rap/hip-hop song that she sings with the main character, if you like her you should listen to that one too.
My favorite Descendants song is technically a fan-made mashup of "Ways to Be Wicked" and "What's my Name" it slaps so hard I can't believe that even these songs as mash-ups work so well.
You’re like the best reactor to Queen of Mean for me because I watched a bunch of reactions from vocal coaches and no one mentioned anything about her singing through a key change. That part of the song is really cool to me.
4:21 China Anne McClain (Uma) also has a song called 'Calling All Monsters' she first put out with Disney when she was like idk... 13(?) And then did a 2021 version with her siblings, they're both pretty cool
Chillin' Like A Villain is where they are trying to teach a Ben how to fit in on the Isle so nobody recognizes him, also that wasn't his phone, it was Carlos'. Ben pickpocketed it to show he was learning.
Now whenever I watch anything from these movies, I always find myself just watching Carlos (white haired guy). Cameron Boyce was just such an amazing performer and dancer, it’s crazy that it’ll be 5 years he’s been gone next year. I truly hope he’s resting in peace
I’m always taken aback when I see people I watch acknowledge Descendants cause it was literally my entire personality for years. I genuinely had an unhealthy obsession with it. I found old texts with a friend where she was like “can we please talk about something other than Descendants?” And I said No. I also still have 6 cardboard cutouts of the characters in my room. Over 30 books 70+ dolls multiple posters and insane amount of random collectibles including backpacks notebooks perfumes cups shirts board games dvds cds pens jewelry wigs bedsheets and pillows I’d buy costumes and clothing of it even though they didn’t have my size. amongst other random things….. I have other interests now. :)
Hoping for Space Between on the next Descendants vid. One of my favs. What’s My Name is definitely, IMO, the best of the Descendants songs. It’s the one I genuinely remember the most of. China Anne McClain kills it.
While on the topic of Descendants, I just want to say Rest in Peace to Cameron Boyce (AKA Carlos/The guy in red black and white 11:20 ). He sadly passed away in 2019 and I'm not sure too many people know about it. He was a great guy.
I really enjoyed the Descendants, I wish they did more with it. Also, the Descendants are the children of the previous generation of princes and princesses. For Example, Uma (the pirate with blue, braided hair) is the daughter of Ursula.
@@madnessarcade7447yep!! They have more than the 3 movies that people don’t know. Honestly for China I wish she played Dr Facilier daughter in the movie since she did in the animated series
@@madnessarcade7447I’m excited for the fourth movie bc I’m glad we’re getting more stories outside of the original characters. Especially since it seems like it’ll have some wonderland characters
@@histy7284 Yup, a fourth one is on the way, though the original cast, as far as I know, is not coming back considering the circumstances. The new project follows the story of Red, the Daughter of Queen of Hearts, and a few other newly introduced characters. China McClain is also resuming her role as Uma
As someone who has watched and enjoyed all 3 Descendants movies in my childhood, this video ultimately brought me back to road of nostalgia. I'm glad to hear (mostly) positive comments from your reaction Matthew, and it would be nice to see you react to more songs from this movie. A couple of suggestions I would like to request: “It's Goin' Down” (D1), “If Only” (D1), “Did I Mention?” (D1), “Good To Be Bad” (D3), “Night Falls” (D3), “My Once Upon A Time” (D3), and “Break This Down” (D3)
descendants was just after my disney-time growing up but as an adult i jam out HARD to some of the songs from those movies (especially whats my name and their rendition of poor unfortunate souls) bc they unironically slap so much its wild
Some of my personal favorites that you might enjoy: If only(1) Evil like me(1) It’s going down(2) Ways to be wicked(2) Do what you gotta do(3) Night falls(3)
Sophia Carson who plays Evie (blue hair) is in a Cinderella story-esc adaption called Cinderella If the Shoe Fits that actually has a lot of pretty good songs
I don’t remember the songs being that good tho but it’s been a few years since I’d seen them. They had maybe 2 or 3 goodish songs but I never seen the newest movie so it may be great 🤷♀️
@@happysunny0172 go watch it lol I think it’s still entertaining but with aliens it just makes me wanna go 💀 just turn off ur brain and you’ll have a good time
Yes! I'm so surprised you haven"t heard these songs before! There are so many more you need to listen to. One of my favorites is called "My Once Upon a Time". Though i would suggest finding the extended version. The movie version is okay, but you get more with the extended
19:44 Fun fact, when this movie came out, this song was trending number one on the TH-cam trending page for what I think was like a few days (I can’t remember exactly though) IT WAS TRENDING FOR A REASON!!!!
Descendants has a similar comcept to EAH but thir both really different and both good honestly theres always been a fight wether which was the better concept due to i think EAH being cancelled for more descendants movies (?) But i think both are great in their own way, personally im more into descendants rather than EAH but i still watch both and their great :)
Yeah, the descendants series dropped when it was the end of EAH, but it's not actually that that made them stop doing the EAH. It's because EAH was created to sell dolls, and the dolls weren't selling anymore, they were just creating it and losing money on it, so they decided to stop. I think that Descendants kinda played a part in the series stopping, but mostly it was for the dolls!
I've always loved their songs. Next time i recommend "Night Falls", "Do what you gotta do", and "It's Goin' Down". There similar to what's my name, and great bangers 😊
If you like "Whats my name" and "Queen of mean" you should hear the mix of those two songs together, it'll blow your mind Edit: The full version of it's going down is not in the music video but you should aeadt listen to the full song (you know it's the whole thing if it says 4 mins long)
I wasn’t interested in the first movie when my younger sister watched it but after seeing China in Black Lightning it was strange seeing her in the second one but her voice is incredible and probably the reason I like the second and third movies more than the original
Ok, but China is literally my favorite actress. She is pretty, a great singing voice, in a movie series I love! ( Descendants), and shares my religion. Like, she is awesome!! 🤩. I have a playlist of a lot of her songs from Descandants and ANT farms and various covers that I love to listen to!! 😁.
The first time I heard Uma's song was when I went to visit my aunt, and that movie was showing on TV. I remember that I was bored, until the song came on and I was like, "why is it so good??"
bestie ben (guy in blue) was pickpocketing the others in chillin' like a villain. the "like this?" lines were him revealing the things he took from them to show that he finally got the hang of it.
I knew he would like “Queen of Mean” more than “What’s my Name”. They are all great songs and this video had some of my favorites out of all the films.
Mathew’s reaction to ’What’s my name’ got me really excited, haven’t loved that song so much in such a long time. Last time was probably when I first saw the movie back when it came out. 2nd movie is undoubtedly the best one from what I can remember of ’em. You should listen to ’Night falls’, that one’s a bop.
If you do end up doing a part 2, I recommend "Its going down' from Descendants 2, it's one of my favorite songs of the entire series, as well as "Evil like me" from the first movie
They have an entire song and dance dedicated to teaching Ben how to blend in and 2 seconds after it's over Ben gets recognized and then kidnapped soon after.
15:54 basically all the villains even the ones who previously died The royals thought that death was too easy of a way out so they used magic to resurrect them and then placed them there because living basically as normal without power to them is a fate WORSE than death
the fact you didn’t listen to night falls and it’s goin down is CRIMINAL! (if you do a sequel video also listen to ‘my once upon a time’ and ‘do what you gotta do’)
I 100% predicted that *Queen of Mean* would overtake *What's My Name?* XD But PLEASE do more of this series! I grew up with Descendants so this was a treat for me (and also, if you want to watch the films on the channel I would love that!)
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we continue this journey lmao do u wanna see more? 👀
I love your videos when you react to music! I always rewatch your old videos with melanie martinez and doja cat and others, I hope you do more soon! 😊
Yeaaah !!!
Yes!!!!!
Yesss!! I love all descendants music
Yussssss
So, for context about 'Chilling Like A Villain', it's not "how to be evil" but more "how to look like you're fitting in the Isle".
And Ben (the King) wasn't actually engaged to the one who ran, they were just in a relationship at this point!
Yesyes!!!
They were gonna be “engaged to be engaged to be engaged” at Cotillion
“Why is this slapping?”
Because its a villain song and villain songs historically have always slapped
As I've grown up, the only thing I really like about the Decendants movies is the songs. The acting at times can be....questionable but they're still fun to watch
Heartwarming comfort they did their best with the budget they had
The biggest thing I hated was how overt the lip sync was in all the songs. It was too jarring.
Tbf many instances of bad acting is just bad directing
Well it is a Disney movie.
@@ea-tr1jh unique acting and unique directing
Could we stop using a small budget as a criticism of a movie or show it’s really unfair the writers and directors and creators had no control over that and they did their best with it
Not bad or questionable it’s cute and comfortable
People who call it bad are jaded and cynical
Feel bad for them cuz society conditioned them to hate comfort media
Queen of mean is a banger of a song…. She sings PHENOMENALLY… and the song was so well written and flowed so well… I also just love descendants in general lol
I don’t even really like the movies but I listen to that song often it’s so good
My favorite of them by far.
I ship audray and Jay ❤❤❤❤❤ 5 hearts 6:46
China Anne McClain’s singing voice is god tier.
Faxx
I am literally so gay for her frfr
It's such a shame about the drama that went down between Decedents and Ever After High. Because ultimately the death of Ever After High isn't due to Descendants, it's the marketing crew of Descendants, who did everything in their shady power to push Ever After off to the side. :/ They could have shared the attention, but no, Disney corp had to be petty.
No it was because eah started rushing the dolls and the quality got worse
That makes 0 sense. Ever after high is nickelodeon and descendants is disney. Mattel didn't even make descendants dolls, if that's what you're talking about. It was thought that Mattel lost the disney license because of the poor quality of the princess dolls and because descendants coming up would be a conflict of interest with eah. Basically, what I'm saying is that it is impossible for the marketing crew for descendants to push ever after high to the side, since hasbro made descendants dolls and Mattel made eah
descendents also left the scene when one of the main actors died tragically. I feel bad for his family losing him so young
@@madnessarcade7447that’s not why it happened
It's not, it's actually because the quality of the dolls dropped.
Audrey (the one from the last song) is basically what Apple White could have turned into if she (Apple) was an actual mean girl. Both girls had their future pretty much figured out, but when the one that was supposed to be the villain of their story decided to pursue what they really wanted, they put at risk their future. With Apple, she needed Raven to be evil so she could have her happily ever after, something that was put at risk when the latter decided to change her fate. With Audrey, she was perfectly happy with the future that awaited her until Mal (who was the daughter of her mother's villain) appeared and took that future from her. However, Audrey, unlike Apple (who is unknowingly selfish but still good-hearted and kind), used to be spoiled and bratty and, together with the pressure placed on her, decided to become the villain in order to take what she believed was hers.
this is such a good analogy lol
Sensible perspective
Although in Audrey’s case it was less about love and more about status and family expectations
She did eventually find happiness tho in her own way
The irony that she thought she was good when she never was makes her character more fun
I'd like to point out Apple in dragon games, Releases Ravens mom a villian, helped hide the fact and tried to force her story at Ravens expense.
Generally, Disney Descendants 2 have the best songs. It deserves a Grammy.
Next time, you should try "Ways To Be Wicked" and "You And Me" (D2), "Do What You Gotta Do" (D3), and maybe for fun "Evil Like Me" (D1).
10:23 For context of this song "Chilling Like A Villain" is to learn to this no-villain kids how to act in order to not be caught by the people from the Isle of the Lost, full of Villains.
15:20 You didn't noticed it but in this part, the blue boy is stealing something to each of the three others to prove he understood how to be a villain.
Also Good to be Bad and Night Falls
Do what you gotta do is the best honestly
@@cofffee817 Yeah, this one is screaming Hercules songs vibes! ^^
@LucElementix that is because hades
evil like me honestly slays
The books goes into more detail about the darker aspects but yeah it’s fucked😭the food on the isle is literally the leftover and remains from the kingdoms. They basically are punishing them w absolutely inhumane levels of poverty lmao. And the thing is when you leave kids to be w horrible ppl and never give them the chance to be raised by…normal ppl. That’s also just a one way track to abuse lmao. Part of me wishes someone else made the movies so we could have a darker story. Bc a lot of the actually horrible things the kids faced and why they’re so scared of their parents in the first movie is never even mentioned in the movies
Some characters are also rllyyyy dumbed down or turned one dimensional in the films which is disappointed. Biggest offense is probably Carlos
For example Carlos Is like his mothers slave
I love the books! My mom had me read them to her back in elementary because it was the only way I would read something lol. I have all 4 books right now.
@@kayleekirkpatrick9193 yep i rlly wish they had atleast implied what the kids were going through bc that would have made things more impactful bc looking back at the films we are never truly given enough info on WHY the kids are still so afraid of their parents and not doing what they want even when said parents literally have no access to them. We truly don’t see enough of the parents or the core 4’s lives before they left the isle. They also just rlly made Carlos less intelligent in the films when HE was the one who broke a whole through the barrier and him being a literal genius was a big part of his character in the books. He and Jay sorta just have the same personality in the movies (w Jay just being more of a flirt tbh).
@@sleepytoons2155the book name?
Yeaaah, Descendants has amazing music, the cast is very good!
The concept is kinda similar to EAH, but executed in a very different way!!
Exactly see you get it
I believe that’s why eah stopped, because people preferred descendants
@@jut_dwaetouchernot really, eah was cancelled because descendants was in production and Disney is like that.
A real shame, tho, considering the two are very different and all that cancelling eah did was make the fans hate descendants
@@mundoatena1674yeah story and costume wise, EAH was better to me.
@@mundoatena1674actually it was because EAH started to rush the dolls and the quality declined
honestly learning disney did more things than disney princesses, and did stuff like kingdom hearts, descendants and twisted wonderland was a different type of shock to me, it changed my life
Technically they also did Once Apon A Time
omg someone that knows twst
Took u that long to realize?
Especially Kingdom Hearts....cuz my God, that shit goes crazy!
@@Marliemac RIGHT??? I WAS LIKE, ***THE DISNEY** IS MAKING THIS ANIME BOY SHIT?
The kids in this video and their parents
Uma- Ursula
Harry- Captain Hook
Gil- Gaston
Mal- Maleficent
Jay- Jafar
Carlos (Rip to his actor, Cameron Boyce)- Cruella De Vil
Evie- Evil Queen
Ben- Belle and the Beast
Audrey- Aurora
oh I still can't get over the fact Cameron is gone... I like had it back in my mind clicking on the video but this comment called it out, lol.
Why didn't younspecify that it's the evil queen from snow white, I mean, I feel like there's another evil queen in the Disney universe.
@@zoraackerman1684 There is only 1 "Evil Queen" Snow white stepmom doesnt even have a name she is just known as the "Evil Queen"
It really does show you the lack of creativity
Honestly, love the Descendants songs, you got to listen to these from my favourites!:
'Night Falls' (3),
'It's Going' down' (2),
'Do what you gotta do' (3),
'My Once Upon a Time' (3),
'Ways to be Wicked' (2),
'If Only' (1),
'Good to be Bad' (3),
'Evil Like Me' (1),
'Did I mention' (1)
and 'You and Me' (2). 😅💖
What are the numbers?
I agree!
@@person_o0othe numbers are which movie they are from
Night Falls and It’s going down are probably my favs tbh
@@Afrodites_Bluebird1111 oh that makes sense
I think instead of picking suggestions from the comments, you should just ask Andrew 😂
"Hey Andrew, I love the songs of Descendants, is there something similar I can listen to?"
And if Andrew says ZOMBIES, just do it 🤭
As much as I dislike zombies I have to agree that they have some really good songs! 😂❤
@@luckybug479they go so hard an for what
YES ZOMBIES songs slap
@@luckybug479 They ran in circles with her cousin, by the end of the first movie it seemed like he was actually getting somewhere and accepting them but then in the second movie it is like he reverted, none of that prior thinking of accepting them was there.
@@luckybug479no offense but u have to have a dark soul to hate something as whimsical and comforting and so wholesome and optimistic and special and one of a kind as zombies
Honestly China Anne McClain must have had so much fun filming What’s My Name - the choreography is just so great
Fun fact: Kenny Ortega specifically choreographed Chillin Like a Villain as a tribute to Michael Jackson. Or at least thats how I've heard the dance moves be explained.
Also, seeing Cameron Boyce as Carlos still to this day breaks my heart. Knowing that Descendants 3 was his last appearance before passing away makes me appreciate it that much more in a way.
Actually Cameron's last appearance was a movie called Runt
Cameron Boyce (Carlos) will forever be missed, such a great actor that had such a bright future ahead, may he rest in peace.
Queen of Mean will always be my ABSOLUTE favourite song from those films! For all the reasons you named ❤
I remember watching Descendants 3 when it premiered, Queen of Mean came on, and I said to myself "Oh yeah. This'll be on the radio." and then the next day it was #1 trending on TH-cam.
🖤
Wait till he finds out that there's a mashup of Queen of Mean and What's My name on the disney channel youtube
When I saw Pirates pop up on the screen I got so hyped cuz I remember how hard Harry hook EATS his rap solo
Descendants is a bit frustrating for me, who is obsessed with logic and the canon of Disney movies, because they never explain how the villains who died are alive on the Isle of the Lost, or why Uma’s color is teal when Ursula’s colors were all purples, but there are a lot of Disney villains with purple color schemes
Well I can explain the first one. In the books, the villains that died were brought back to life by King Beast, solely to be placed on the island. It’s super disgusting honestly. Imagine being brought back from death just to be imprisoned.
@@neb.9489 but how did Beast bring them back??? He’s not magic, he was just cursed by the Enchantress!
you boring asf its giving "teacher dont forget to give us H.W"
@@v.v365prolly fairy godmother 😭?
@@suckitgreenboiiiii1921 that was my thought too, since in Cinderella 3 it’s shown her wand has the power to reverse time and create alternate timelines of events
Im so glad you’re looking into these songs as well. I hate how everyone hates descendants because ever after high ended… why can’t we just like both? They’re both good :(
Btw, R.I.P. Cameron Boyce, Carlos was my fav❤️🕊
oh! i wasn't aware people hated anything! i just actually love both since they came out :00
@@woongrawrs6825 Same, when I first interacted with the fandoms I was like "wait, I was supposed to pick only one?"
The line "You need to not be yourself" from Evie is really the whole conflict point of D2. This song really highlights how hard it is to conform Ben to the "Villain lifestyle" for mere survival, and how that was exactly what he expected Mal to do in Auradon.
Added context:
The first song you listened to (What's My Name) is the villain song of that movie so of course it needs to slap and be among the best of the Descendants series.
The second song (Rotten To The Core) sets up the four main characters we follow in the movie series, introducing them to us and giving us small bits of their personalities at this point through their actions and lyrics (such as how Jay is a bit of a kleptomaniac, Mal is a bit of an artist as we see her painting graffiti, Evie is self centered shown by her walking on the table without caring for those using it, etc). It also does let the audience know that even though they're kids of big villains in the Disney universe, they haven't had the chance to do really bad things beyond basic teenage hooliganism due to their situation and also gives us an inkling that though they believe they're bad and that they have the potential to be, they aren't quite at that point of no return and thus have potential for being good.
The third song (Chilling Like a Villain) goes with Andrew's context, but they aren't married, just in a relationship that put her in the spotlight. Mal believed she had to be perfect which clashed with who she is as she's not a stereotypical princess, and due to the stress of this she ran away back to the island (it's easy to get in but harder to get out due to the veil). Her friends and her boyfriend followed to try to convince her to come back and the song is pretty much them trying to teach the king how to blend in so they don't get caught (they haven't been too popular there since leaving) and so they also don't get killed. As for the tech, I think it's implied that their technology is run mainly on magic, so while the mainland advanced, the villain island (which has no magic) stayed as it was. A real-world comparison could be a country that's in self-isolation only depending on itself and not having contact with the rest of the world, whereas other countries share info, tech, and goods thus pushing development and progress. The king also gave them back their own phones, showing that he is learning as he was able to steal from them without them noticing.
The final song (Queen of Mean) is pretty much what Apple White from EH could've become if she had really been a mean girl. Basically a "typical high school bully/mean girl that has potential to be good falls to become a villain" song and definitely my favorite song of the third movie.
I definitely recommend watching the movies. They give so much context to the songs and the songs sometimes take on new meaning with that added story. Plus a lot of the weird moments oddly make sense. The series can be cringy at times, but it's kind of part of its charm in a way. Some of the people who worked on the High School Musical series worked on these and you can kinda see it in the song sequences as they're shot and choreographed as if they were music videos at times.
While on the topic of Disney and villains, I highly recommend The Villains Lair, it’s like a fan made series on TH-cam and their songs are SO GOOD ❤❤
Omg yes Pattycake Studios is amazing!
Seconded
Thirded!!!
Yaaaaasssss
YESSS! Also Princess Academy!
Another song that Uma (Daughter of Ursula) sings is It's Going Down, it's like a rap/hip-hop song that she sings with the main character, if you like her you should listen to that one too.
It’s Going Down is up there on the list of the best songs-
20:57 "My tu-urn"
THAT PART. GOD IT GIVES ME CHILLS. Without fail. Every time. That's my favorite part of the song
If you do more disney music, please do lemonade mouth and let it shine 🙏 Superior soundtracks
Let it shine made me like Rap for the first time it's so good
Yes! Let It Shine is so underrated!!! Disney drove Tyler and Coco into the ground cause the movie didn’t do so well!!!
@@anaphchan6783 Absolutely criminal. That movie was one of the best dcom's and should have done better!!
I know it has zero to do with Disney but I also want him to do make it pop just because 😂
@@ivoryxestelle OMG YES!!! I thought I was the only one that knew about that show! Nickelodeon robbed that show so bad!!!
“its going down” from descendants 2 is an absolute banger
My favorite Descendants song is technically a fan-made mashup of "Ways to Be Wicked" and "What's my Name" it slaps so hard I can't believe that even these songs as mash-ups work so well.
You’re like the best reactor to Queen of Mean for me because I watched a bunch of reactions from vocal coaches and no one mentioned anything about her singing through a key change. That part of the song is really cool to me.
4:21 China Anne McClain (Uma) also has a song called 'Calling All Monsters' she first put out with Disney when she was like idk... 13(?)
And then did a 2021 version with her siblings, they're both pretty cool
Chillin' Like A Villain is where they are trying to teach a Ben how to fit in on the Isle so nobody recognizes him, also that wasn't his phone, it was Carlos'. Ben pickpocketed it to show he was learning.
Now whenever I watch anything from these movies, I always find myself just watching Carlos (white haired guy). Cameron Boyce was just such an amazing performer and dancer, it’s crazy that it’ll be 5 years he’s been gone next year. I truly hope he’s resting in peace
I’m always taken aback when I see people I watch acknowledge Descendants cause it was literally my entire personality for years. I genuinely had an unhealthy obsession with it. I found old texts with a friend where she was like “can we please talk about something other than Descendants?” And I said No. I also still have 6 cardboard cutouts of the characters in my room. Over 30 books 70+ dolls multiple posters and insane amount of random collectibles including backpacks notebooks perfumes cups shirts board games dvds cds pens jewelry wigs bedsheets and pillows I’d buy costumes and clothing of it even though they didn’t have my size. amongst other random things….. I have other interests now. :)
I low-key want some cardboard cutouts now
Queen of mean threw me because it was actually so dark. Nothing to lose when you're lonely and friendless. Like damn Disney loved it
Fun fact: chillin like a villain's choreography matches with almost any song
Edit: Tysm for the likes🥰
Cool
@@Gaons.hair_ WHY DID YOU EAT ME?!?!?!?
@@Thatonepenguin123 no silly! I was the penguin. Now I'm grimace.
Hoping for Space Between on the next Descendants vid. One of my favs.
What’s My Name is definitely, IMO, the best of the Descendants songs. It’s the one I genuinely remember the most of. China Anne McClain kills it.
China is a queen!! Literally my FAV actor!! Such a pretty voice 🥰
Yes! Like why is no one else saying this?
While on the topic of Descendants, I just want to say Rest in Peace to Cameron Boyce (AKA Carlos/The guy in red black and white 11:20 ). He sadly passed away in 2019 and I'm not sure too many people know about it. He was a great guy.
I know that this happened & now everything I see Cameron Boyce in a video I get a sad bc he was a great guy who died to soon 😭🥰
😢
We are going to miss Cameron boyce
I love how almost noone ever realizes that the actor who plays Jay played Seth in the Twilight movies
Also since you like Queen of Mean, might I recommend the Queen and King of Mean mashup?
I know it, I love Booboo, but honestly my favorite role of him is in JATP! I loved Willie!
@@sophielem59real
He's basically what you'd call a Regent, or acting King.
Andrew is such a mood for knowing all the lyrics to "what's my name", especially the rap
I really enjoyed the Descendants, I wish they did more with it. Also, the Descendants are the children of the previous generation of princes and princesses. For Example, Uma (the pirate with blue, braided hair) is the daughter of Ursula.
“Wish they did more with it
You mean like the prequel books
Spin off books
Animated special
2 miniseries’s
And the upcoming 4th movie
@@madnessarcade7447yep!! They have more than the 3 movies that people don’t know. Honestly for China I wish she played Dr Facilier daughter in the movie since she did in the animated series
@@madnessarcade7447I’m excited for the fourth movie bc I’m glad we’re getting more stories outside of the original characters. Especially since it seems like it’ll have some wonderland characters
@@neb.9489 Is there really a fourth coming out? I haven't heard of it.
@@histy7284 Yup, a fourth one is on the way, though the original cast, as far as I know, is not coming back considering the circumstances. The new project follows the story of Red, the Daughter of Queen of Hearts, and a few other newly introduced characters. China McClain is also resuming her role as Uma
As someone who has watched and enjoyed all 3 Descendants movies in my childhood, this video ultimately brought me back to road of nostalgia. I'm glad to hear (mostly) positive comments from your reaction Matthew, and it would be nice to see you react to more songs from this movie. A couple of suggestions I would like to request:
“It's Goin' Down” (D1), “If Only” (D1), “Did I Mention?” (D1), “Good To Be Bad” (D3), “Night Falls” (D3), “My Once Upon A Time” (D3), and “Break This Down” (D3)
Queen of Mean has been on my playlist for ages, it's so good, I'm so glad you like it
I will forever miss Cameron Boyce. Rest in peace Luke Ross
I need follow-up videos to some of these where we get to see Mathew watch the movie or the show.
descendants was just after my disney-time growing up but as an adult i jam out HARD to some of the songs from those movies (especially whats my name and their rendition of poor unfortunate souls) bc they unironically slap so much its wild
Some of my personal favorites that you might enjoy:
If only(1)
Evil like me(1)
It’s going down(2)
Ways to be wicked(2)
Do what you gotta do(3)
Night falls(3)
Sophia Carson who plays Evie (blue hair) is in a Cinderella story-esc adaption called Cinderella If the Shoe Fits that actually has a lot of pretty good songs
I’m so happy you’re finally doing Descendants! Definitely make more of these
Should definitely do more songs from Descendants. Also, Disney’s Zombies has really good songs too
Yess I agree
Incredible songs questionable story but I’ll forever love it
I don’t remember the songs being that good tho but it’s been a few years since I’d seen them. They had maybe 2 or 3 goodish songs but I never seen the newest movie so it may be great 🤷♀️
@@happysunny0172 go watch it lol I think it’s still entertaining but with aliens it just makes me wanna go 💀 just turn off ur brain and you’ll have a good time
Yes! I'm so surprised you haven"t heard these songs before! There are so many more you need to listen to. One of my favorites is called "My Once Upon a Time". Though i would suggest finding the extended version. The movie version is okay, but you get more with the extended
So true, one app a time is awesome, and basically recaps the whol series 😎👌🏻
19:44 Fun fact, when this movie came out, this song was trending number one on the TH-cam trending page for what I think was like a few days (I can’t remember exactly though)
IT WAS TRENDING FOR A REASON!!!!
Yes descendants music absolutely slaps 👏🏻
Descendants does have good music. But I'll forever be bitter for Ever After High
oh same. i love both but eah has a special place in my heart. I was SO pissed when they cancelled it
Cancelling it was a real ah move :/
Same
I won’t
Do more of both please 🙏
Descendants has a similar comcept to EAH but thir both really different and both good honestly theres always been a fight wether which was the better concept due to i think EAH being cancelled for more descendants movies (?) But i think both are great in their own way, personally im more into descendants rather than EAH but i still watch both and their great :)
Yeah, the descendants series dropped when it was the end of EAH, but it's not actually that that made them stop doing the EAH. It's because EAH was created to sell dolls, and the dolls weren't selling anymore, they were just creating it and losing money on it, so they decided to stop. I think that Descendants kinda played a part in the series stopping, but mostly it was for the dolls!
Fun fact! Chillin’ like a villain was filmed during a typhoon!
R.I.P Cameron 😢
He will always live in our hearts❤️
I've always loved their songs. Next time i recommend "Night Falls", "Do what you gotta do", and "It's Goin' Down". There similar to what's my name, and great bangers 😊
If you like "Whats my name" and "Queen of mean" you should hear the mix of those two songs together, it'll blow your mind
Edit: The full version of it's going down is not in the music video but you should aeadt listen to the full song (you know it's the whole thing if it says 4 mins long)
GO Andrew!! I was also singing along!! Thanks for being Matthew’s link to the world of Amazingness!! Keep up the good work! 👑😎🤗
The fact you started with “What’s My Name” 😂 my favorite song. China is AMAZING and from ANT Farm!
The thing about Uma, she's more of a side character than the main characters but more of a main character than the side characters
Seeing Cameron Boyce makes me sad! He was in Jesse. Jesse was a show I watched in my teenage years. RIP Cameron
Absolutely love Chillin Like A Villain. It's fun and the dancing gives me major MJ vibes, which I absolutely love.
Exactly what I thought when I first saw the dancing in it.
@@hannahhester8376 Glad I'm not the only one! Feel like it's not talked abt enough lol. I love the choreo so much!
Fun fact, these movies were the child of Kenny Ortega, the director and choreographer of the High School Musical Trilogy
I wasn’t interested in the first movie when my younger sister watched it but after seeing China in Black Lightning it was strange seeing her in the second one but her voice is incredible and probably the reason I like the second and third movies more than the original
Ok, but China is literally my favorite actress. She is pretty, a great singing voice, in a movie series I love! ( Descendants), and shares my religion. Like, she is awesome!! 🤩. I have a playlist of a lot of her songs from Descandants and ANT farms and various covers that I love to listen to!! 😁.
The first time I heard Uma's song was when I went to visit my aunt, and that movie was showing on TV. I remember that I was bored, until the song came on and I was like, "why is it so good??"
You HAVE to listen to Evil Like Me, its literally amazing
bestie ben (guy in blue) was pickpocketing the others in chillin' like a villain. the "like this?" lines were him revealing the things he took from them to show that he finally got the hang of it.
My favourite songs from the movies are probably What's My Name and Evil Like Me! Those movies have some really good songs
Oh my god yes! I've been waiting so long for this!
I knew he would like “Queen of Mean” more than “What’s my Name”. They are all great songs and this video had some of my favorites out of all the films.
Descendant!!! Yesss, my childhood 3 of my favourites movie and a short!! One of my favourite fandom!!
Mathew’s reaction to ’What’s my name’ got me really excited, haven’t loved that song so much in such a long time. Last time was probably when I first saw the movie back when it came out. 2nd movie is undoubtedly the best one from what I can remember of ’em.
You should listen to ’Night falls’, that one’s a bop.
Andrew is so real for rapping the Harry part.
If you do end up doing a part 2, I recommend "Its going down' from Descendants 2, it's one of my favorite songs of the entire series, as well as "Evil like me" from the first movie
They have an entire song and dance dedicated to teaching Ben how to blend in and 2 seconds after it's over Ben gets recognized and then kidnapped soon after.
Descendants is the part of the reason EAH was discontinued however it still has a place in my hard ❤
RIP Carlos (white haired guy)
15:54 basically all the villains even the ones who previously died
The royals thought that death was too easy of a way out so they used magic to resurrect them and then placed them there because living basically as normal without power to them is a fate WORSE than death
My new favorite thing is Andrew knowing everything and just vibing to the songs-
as someone who grew up with descendants and the songs and the movies are a bop and loved the video
Oh I loved descendants! The nostalgia feeling I got seeing the video title and you starting with what’s my name is like the ultimate chefs kiss
The only thing I wish to say is even though it’s been a few years since he passed, may Cameron rest in peace.
Queen of mean hights like a truck. And What's my name is a banger.
Descendants music absolutely slaps, this is the first time I've even seen clips of the show but I've been rocking it on Spotify for ages.
Andrew rapping the whole Uma rap word for word is so me
YES!! I love some of the songs, so happy you're listening to them 😊
What's My Name/Queen of Mean remix will blow your mind.
My favorite part of what's my name is Harry's part, I always sing that part and I've actually gotten it down
the fact you didn’t listen to night falls and it’s goin down is CRIMINAL! (if you do a sequel video also listen to ‘my once upon a time’ and ‘do what you gotta do’)
The best part of Matthew's videos is that him and his... I'm going to assume manager are friends.
I 100% predicted that *Queen of Mean* would overtake *What's My Name?* XD But PLEASE do more of this series! I grew up with Descendants so this was a treat for me (and also, if you want to watch the films on the channel I would love that!)
I love the banter between Mathew & Andrew, its like siblings and so funny. Andrew being the big brother and teaching young Mathew the ways😂😂
I swear everytime Mathew uploads I just giggle and kick my lil feet😭x
DUDE DESCENDANTS WAS MY CHILDHOOD
It is a CRIME that "did I mention" wasn't in this video
Next I recommend WICKED, Until the Knight Falls, You and Me, Set It Off, Do What Ya Gotta Do, and Break This Down.