Wish songwriter Julia Michaels reveals how villain song This Is The Thanks I Get? came to be

The Wish songwriter explains how she came up with Chris Pine&#39;s signature track, and why it had to be different to classic Disney villain songs.

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00:00 Disney has so many great villain songs in its history.

00:03 And this is the thanks, I guess, such a great one

00:06 for "Magnifico."

00:07 But I wondered, how did you want to kind of add

00:10 to that legacy of great villain songs?

00:12 In Disney's past, we've always had very dark,

00:21 ominous songs with villains.

00:26 And with "Magnifico" specifically,

00:31 we talked about his character pretty early on

00:36 and how he was sort of like your next door neighbor dad.

00:41 Like, he was charming and kind and funny and warm.

00:47 But then the more you get to know him behind closed doors,

00:51 he's actually quite narcissistic and controlling.

00:56 And I think those are the scariest villains, the ones

00:59 that you can't see it outwardly.

01:01 And so when we talked about this song, I was like,

01:05 I don't think he should have an outwardly villainous song.

01:10 I think it should start really sort of fun and upbeat

01:15 and match his personality.

01:17 And then as the song goes on, we sort of sonically

01:20 make it darker.

01:22 And then he tries to control it.

01:23 He can't control it.

01:24 He tries.

01:25 And then at the end, he's just fully

01:28 in his sort of narcissistic, ominous, villainous power.

01:33 And yeah, it was really, really fun, fun challenge

01:36 sonically to play with.

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