I’ve never seen someone describe a vocal as a “yeah I’m cool” vocal, yet I still completely understand what he means 😂

Fun fact: for Encanto, most of the voice actors are not professional voice actors that can sing but professional singer who just voice acted for the first time.

I'm Hispanic born and raised and I've discussed with my Asian friends how similar our cultures are. We put a lot of value into family. Our families are large and always involved in our lives. My non Hispanic non Asian friends couldn't understand why Mirabel was so attached to her family despite everything; why she didn't just walk out. Leaving our family is like ripping out a vital part of who we are.
Edit: I only mentioned Hispanics and Asians because that's what Joel mentioned. There's plenty of other cultures were family is very important.

The line “I’m pretty sure I’m worthless if I can’t be of service.” Hits me hard

Honestly Joel is so musically talented, I really hope he doesn’t stop doing all this. Thank u Joel for teaching me so much!

3:26 honestly as a Southeast Asian, this song, and the whole movie itself hits close to home. I felt more represented in this film than Raya and I'm not even Colombian. Heck, even in some way, We Don't Talk About Bruno is kind of relatable because I actually have an uncle that is ostracized by most of his family (his siblings).

She says the lyrics “Can I somehow preserve this” when she fixes Mirabel’s glasses! It’s showing how she wants to protect her I love this song so much

This song is stuck in my head, Just like We Don't Talk about bruno... i keep coming back to watch them.

As a Korean, I can 100% confirm that Joel’s thoughts about the surface pressure being a strong Asian quality is true.

In many places, including Latin America, the pressure on older siblings in particular is quite complicated. In the movie, Luisa is not the oldest, but she has the same pressure (The dynamics change when you are the first grandchild)

Petition to have Joel review classic Disney songs through the years.

pressure from your parents in colombia?? yep

way too real, actually, pressure from your parents for all latinos in latam
I even dare to say is pretty common in hispanic households

Like, walking out of the house just because you are over 18 and wanna have a life of your own? hell no

As a Hispanic person, to answer if we get pressure from parents to do well, I think it’s more so an immigrant parent thing. I’m the oldest child and grandchild on both sides of my family, and I’m a first generation child, so I was pretty much made to be like Isabella and Luisa, to be perfect and shoulder all the family bs while growing up. I love my younger siblings but they will never understand how much my parents hurt me emotionally growing up. Things with my parents are better now, but that pressure from not just my parents, but basically my entire family really got to me, which is why Encanto really got to me when I first watched it.

I'm of African descent and a first born and, having met and discussed generational trauma/pressure put on us by family members with people from Hispanic and Asian descent, our childhoods were scarily similar.
It was like we shared the subsection of a Venn diagram

Honestly, I didn’t expect to vibe with any Disney songs, but the songs in this are groovy af!

Surface Pressure legit had me bawling my eyes out, and I see many other Youtubers get emotional when they hear it. It's relateable, it's sad, it's hopeless and at the same time it's such a catchy tune

Lyrics: ”light wind blows”
The movie: shows a tornado  

Also aren’t we all just dancing through our anxiety at some point-

“Watch as she buckles and bends but never breaks” is a line that always chokes me up. I find it so relatable not just because I’ve never been allowed to break down and cry no matter what was happening but also because my sister was always so patient with me and felt she couldn’t express her pain because of mine. (Just to clarify our parents are very great and supportive but we both suffered through abusive teachers and authority figures)

He has to watch all Encanto Songs they are incredible!

My favorite part of this is the double meaning in "no breaks,"  as at first it sounds like perfection, no mistakes, and no cracks. However, when you listen back to it by itself, you can see that it also means that she gets no breaks, no time to herself, no help at all in her life.