Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How were the iconic Disney songs of your childhood ACTUALLY created?! We spend so much time debating and ranking what songs are the best or worst, that we seldom think about how the demos were drafted, rewritten and revised to give us the masterpieces we see on screen. Today, Calxiyn Cares Too Much shares how 10 Disney Songs were almost COMPLETELY different, why she thinks they were revised, and whether or not they should have been!
00:45 - Silence Is Golden/Poor Unfortunate Souls
3:49 - Get This Right/Lost In The Woods
8:27 - More/How Far I'll Go
11:23 - I Can't Believe My Heart/I Won't Say I'm In Love
16:30 - More Than Just A Spare/For The First Time In Forever
21:01 - What More Could I Ever Need?/When Will My Life Begin?
24:48 - Shooting Star/Go The Distance
28:44 - Jafar's Ridiculous Number Of Song Attempts/Prince Ali Reprise
33:25 - Thanks To Me/Be Prepared
37:45 - Life's Too Short/For The First Time In Forever Reprise
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Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about Disney Animated Movies from the Walt Disney Company. This video essay discusses deleted and rewritten songs from movie musicals such as The Little Mermaid, Frozen 2, Moana, Hercules, Frozen, Tangled, Aladdin, and The Lion King for Ursula, Kristoff, Moana, Meg, Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, Hercules, Jafar, and Scar.
#Disney
How were the iconic Disney songs of your childhood ACTUALLY created?! We spend so much time debating and ranking what songs are the best or worst, that we seldom think about how the demos were drafted, rewritten and revised to give us the masterpieces we see on screen. Today, Calxiyn Cares Too Much shares how 10 Disney Songs were almost COMPLETELY different, why she thinks they were revised, and whether or not they should have been!
00:45 - Silence Is Golden/Poor Unfortunate Souls
3:49 - Get This Right/Lost In The Woods
8:27 - More/How Far I'll Go
11:23 - I Can't Believe My Heart/I Won't Say I'm In Love
16:30 - More Than Just A Spare/For The First Time In Forever
21:01 - What More Could I Ever Need?/When Will My Life Begin?
24:48 - Shooting Star/Go The Distance
28:44 - Jafar's Ridiculous Number Of Song Attempts/Prince Ali Reprise
33:25 - Thanks To Me/Be Prepared
37:45 - Life's Too Short/For The First Time In Forever Reprise
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Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about Disney Animated Movies from the Walt Disney Company. This video essay discusses deleted and rewritten songs from movie musicals such as The Little Mermaid, Frozen 2, Moana, Hercules, Frozen, Tangled, Aladdin, and The Lion King for Ursula, Kristoff, Moana, Meg, Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, Hercules, Jafar, and Scar.
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![Why The Internet Loves To Hate Wish [Video Essay]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rl6knI5Kldg/mqdefault.jpg "Why The Internet Loves To Hate Wish [Video Essay]
I finally watched Wish and IM GLAD I HATE IT - but I want to talk about why WE hate it. I think the Internets hatred of Wish represents something greater... but what? Join Calxiyn as she explains WHY shes glad to be a hater, what being a hater gives us, and a lesson about the importance of fan content and how they are connected to the history of fairytales.
Sources/References/Things you may want to look at:
- Wish Reimagined Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14OXGG98KjrN6CLp39_gukLyygozQd2O&si=jw4EloDWn_IeImuJ
- Amazing Wish Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmiZO1wWagsVVt1srjJV59BDyXil1hDq-&si=GfruoKdwtdoAa7n1
- Wish Fan Animatics: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI51K3v1be3DOblCMwpTmLJy9OuShrWmD&si=T6h_MtDOTxAwxBAG
- booktok, brainrot, and why it’s okay to be a hater: https://youtu.be/S3v6aY8LSXo?si=j5ujEeThQs-Ov5ee
- The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel: https://youtu.be/T0CpOYZZZW4?si=x9p3bts0S4VlcUUN
- Folk and Fairy Tales - Fifth Edition Paperback – by Martin Hallett (Editor), Barbara Karasek (Editor)
- Disney Revisited, Or, Jiminy Cricket, It’s Musty Down Here!: https://www.hbook.com/story/disney-revisited-or-jiminy-cricket-its-musty-down-here
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#disney #videoessay #disneywish")
![Happy Day In Hell Has A BIG Problem... [Hazbin Hotel Song Analysis]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T5O-QPCXh5E/mqdefault.jpg "Happy Day In Hell Has A BIG Problem... [Hazbin Hotel Song Analysis]
Did Hazbin Hotel do Disney better than Disney? With Disneys Wish and Hazbin Hotel coming out around the same time, many people have hyped up Hazbin Hotel as the superior animated musical. But Happy Day In Hell is not even close to a perfect opening number. Join Calxiyn as she dives into what works well about Happy Day In Hell, what does not, and ultimately the ONE FATAL FLAW that prevents this song from being an effective opening number. This Video Essay will break down the instrumentation, lyrics, rhythm and characterization, as well as dive into how the STORYTELLING could have been improved.
00:00 - Why are people saying Hazbin Hotel is rivalling Disney? lol
3:45 - What this opening does well vs where it misses the mark
9:15 - Verse 1 & Chorus: What can we learn about good vs bad songwriting?
15:27 - Why THIS is Strike 2 for this song
23:55 - Charlie and Vaggies section has MASSIVE issues
28:32 - Verse 2 & Chorus: The fatal flaw of this as a verse
34:29 - This Jazzy section is interesting... but...
38:30 - This Ending does not do what an ending needs to do...
43:18 - THE KEY LESSON FOR THIS VIDEO: WHY THE SONG ULTIMATELY FAILS
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Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about Animated Movie Musicals. This video essay breaks down Happy Day In Hell from Season 1 of Hazbin Hotel, and why it fails as a musical theatre opening number/I Want song from a songwriting perspective. This video also provides a comparison between Hazbin Hotel, Wish, which is often brought up as better than Hazbin Hotel, or that Hazbin Hotel is doing the animated movie musical better than Disney - and other animated movie musicals such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame from the Disney Renaissance.
#hazbinhotel")
![How Disney Ruined Snow Whites Prince... [Snow White 2025 Song Analysis]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V6LPZ70v518/mqdefault.jpg "How Disney Ruined Snow Whites Prince... [Snow White 2025 Song Analysis]
Princess Problems from the new live-action Snow White is now my most hated Disney song - shallow, vapid, and bordering on cruel, Disney will pat themselves on the back for making a Princess who doesnt dream of true love and wont be saved by the man, but in the same movie, create a male love interest who takes huge steps backwards compared to the 1930s animated prince. This Video Essay will break down the problems with Jonathans characterization from multiple angles (promise/progress/payoff, likeability/competence/initiative) and explain the problem with Disneys Leading Men beyond just this movie.
00:00 - Princess Problems butchers Snow Whites Empowerment
00:51 - Why Songwriting Fundamentals Are WASTED Here (Composition & Instrumentation)
04:21 - How Jonathan Wastes Our Time (Storytelling/Lyric Issues)
09:00 - Why Jonathan Is So Easy To Hate (Storytelling/Lyric Issues)
12:13 - Snow White Wont Be Saved By The Prince But Her Abuse Will Be Minimized By This Chronic Mansplainer
15:05 - How Id Fix Princess Problems Against My Will (Premise Rewrite)
17:15 - Every Character NEEDS To Have THIS (Premise Rewrite)
22:40 - Disney Is Sending Harmful Messages To Young Boys
Thanks to Robin Rising for editing down the raw footage so I could focus on being funny!: https://www.youtube.com/@robinrising_/videos
References:
Brandon Sanderson: https://www.youtube.com/@UC3g-w83Cb5pEAu5UmRrge-A
AUTHOR RESOURCES: https://www.rothwrites.com/author-resources
The Disney Villain by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas
Dahlia Katz for her Character Building Pyramid
Various Musical Theatre Songwriting Resources
i watched the live action snow white movie so you dont have to 🍎💀💋 (snow white review): https://youtu.be/6eqli0ZVhOk?si=U_OtnFr4JUaH5HK-
I had to use the Modern Gurlz review for footage because looking for any footage of Jonathan was like trying to get a photo of big foot. There is no official material for this man or Princess Problems yet.
Disney Musicals Will Never Be Good Again. Heres Why: https://youtu.be/XR_ApIa1w2g
A Necessary Roast of Snow Whites Soulless I Want Song: https://youtu.be/ixDV3pAm3YA
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Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about the animated movie musicals and live action musicals from The Walt Disney Company. This video essay discusses the new musical number for Snow Whites love interest in the 2025 version, Jonathan, and why it fails as a musical theatre song from a songwriting perspective.
#Disney #SnowWhite")
