Lin-Manuel Miranda Thought Every Encanto Song Would Outperform Bruno

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Lin-Manuel Miranda explains why he expected Encanto's hit song «We Don't Talk About Bruno» to be the least commercially successful. The latest film from Disney Animation Studios hit theaters in November and Disney+ on December 24, with the latter propelling it from a box-office disappointment to a veritable phenomenon. Encanto has now cemented its place as one of the most popular Disney movies in years, generating a level of fan interaction perhaps not seen since 2013's Frozen.

With financial takings out of the picture, the clearest way to measure the film's success has been the soundtrack's commercial dominance. The album climbed all the way to the top of the Billboard 200, while every Encanto song hit the US singles chart, becoming the first Disney movie to send more than one into the top-10. The clear standout, however, has been «We Don't Talk About Bruno,» which became the animation studio's first original song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Aladdin's «A Whole New World» in 1992 — it currently sits at #2 after 10 weeks in the rankings.

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But, according to Encanto songwriter Miranda, that was his least expected outcome. In an interview with the LA Times, he reveals that his wildest dream for the soundtrack prior to its release would have flipped the top and bottom performers, replacing «We Don't Talk About Bruno» with «Colombia, Mi Encanto.» While that track spent only one week at #100 before sliding off the charts, Miranda says its party-song simplicity made him think it might have a chance at commercial success, but he never considered that the runaway hit would be the one that's "incredibly plot-heavy." Check out Miranda's full quote below:

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