The potentially problematic lyrics from the original film that Menken and Miranda tweaked were when Sebastian sings, "Possible she want you too/ There is one way to ask her/It don't take a word, not a single word/Go on and kiss the girl." These lyrics, if taken at face value, could suggest that the only way for Prince Eric to ask Ariel if she wants him to kiss her is to just do it (as the lyrics explicitly say he doesn't have to say anything at all).Ī minor tweak to these lyrics completely scrubs that implication from the song. To that end, Ariel's friends use their skills of meddling to get Ariel and Prince Eric out for a romantic boat ride on a lake, at which point they sing "Kiss the Girl" to Eric in hopes the music will sway him to, well, kiss the girl.
In both the original "The Little Mermaid" and the new live-action remake, Prince Eric must kiss Ariel before sunset on the third day of her becoming human if she wishes to remain on land as a human. "The Little Mermaid" 2023 "Kiss the Girl" Lyric Changes But a more significant change was made to the movie's overall plot, entirely changing the nature of Ariel's quest for Prince Eric's kiss. No one would blame you if you initially missed the tweaks Menken and Miranda made to "Kiss the Girl." They are tiny but necessary changes. "There are some lyric changes in 'Kiss the Girl' because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that would, in any way, force himself on ," Menken told Vanity Fair in March.
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The highly-anticipated live-action " The Little Mermaid" just hit theaters on May 26, and apart from the original movie's songs like "Part of Your World," "Under the Sea," and "Kiss the Girl," audiences everywhere have gotten to enjoy four new songs courtesy of the original animated movie's composer, Alan Menken, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.įor the most part, the songs from the original movie sound the same in the 2023 remake, but Menken did give fans a heads-up that there would be some minor changes to the original lyrics to make the movie, which was initially released in 1989, feel more modern.
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