Why does the internet HATE “This Is The Thanks I Get”?

Everyone clearly has strong feelings about the King's song from Wish, including me 😅

[coco]

I feel like they tried to make it another "let it go". While still trying to name it an antagonistic villain song.

[squedlly]

Also the line "I let you live here for free, and i don't even charge you rent."

[richietozier]

They are not beating the AI allegations

[mrmaidlemonade]

I can't convey how much I want Disney to rediscover the guts it had when it made Hunchback.

[iDKVibe]

One of the biggest problems is that it sounds WAY too happy and bright. This is supposed to be the moment when the main villain snaps, why is there doo doo

[pablorosada]

The internet is calling it "a disney villain song" because THAT'S HOW IT WAS MARKETED.
THE PEOPLE MAKING THE MOVIE SAID OVER AND OVER THAT "we will have a classic Disney villain with a villain song".

[AuraLeafstorm]

The "pop-ification" of modern Disney songs has been driving me crazy since "Let It Go." They really need to go back to their musical theatre roots where the lyrics drive the characters and story, but they never will if they think that making the lyrics as generic and non-specific to the plot as possible is the way to get to the top of the charts. I get it, they want to keep the song lyrics vague to make it easier for people to project themselves onto them. I think that's shallow.

EDIT because people keep bringing this up: Perhaps "pop-ification" is the wrong term (admittedly I'm not even the one who came up with it to describe the state of modern Disney songs) because what I'm referring to has less to do with the instrumentation/musical genre and more to do with how the lyrics are intentionally constructed to be non-specific enough for audiences to easily project themselves onto, which is undeniably true of Let It Go, and is antithetical to how musical numbers are generally intended to work in musical theatre. A song written for a musical should be woven into the narrative such that its lyrics require context from the story to be fully understood, as the song in turn pushes the narrative and characters forward (We Don't Talk About Bruno is a good example of this done properly). Now, I'm not a musician, but Let It Go is a much better-constructed song than anything in Wish, I'll give it that much; and the other songs in Frozen contain lyrics that are more specific to the actual narrative of that film. But Let It Go undeniably started a trend of writing song lyrics that are intentionally written to be nonspecific enough such that the song can be entirely pulled from its context and still function in isolation, which is observable in most of the songs in Wish.

[amanday]

Proof that the average person likes musical theater way more than they’d like to admit

[agonyremnanttrap]

It doesn't sound like a villain song. It sound like a relatable song describing your life in a toxic society and having a bad day.

[mooneverfi]

"Mother knows best" is another villain song that has more personal spice that flows well with its character and gives an insight to how that character's personality and intentions will affect the plot and the story. Not saying every song needs to carry the movie, but its sort of important if it contributes to how we see that character and how they deserve to be IN that movie. It feels like they had too many aesthetics they were going for and they ended up clashing. Had they went for the original concept, it would have given more room for the songs to have more personal meaning to each character and gave us something to hold onto instead of it feeling like promts for the AI generator but who knows

[Envious_JIG]

It's because it WAS written by pop song people who worked for Shawn Mendes... And Justin Bieber. Both of which make my ears want to die

[TheDeathmail]

It should also be noted that in no way is he actually a villain.... The dude that's giving everyone free housing and allowing them to live in peace and is actually doing an incredibly good job probably better than any leader has ever done before in real life and they're trying to make him a villain because he's not giving them everything they

[The.Lilomay]

The music doesn’t tell story
It doesn’t fit the character doesn’t fit the plot
It’s way too happy and chill
N there’s disconnection with lyrics and music

Unless there’s a twist or what so ever to make it make sense

[autumn_sunday]

"You live here for free, and you don't even have to pay rent."
I... really? You just said the same thing twice.

[specs]

This exactly. Honestly I feel like if they would’ve slowed it down and dropped it an octave or two, making it darker and more dynamic it could’ve been an okay villain song

Edit: love how this started an argument

[erxn_nce]

That’s the problem. Songs made for stories should tell them. Nowadays Disney tries to get marketing and oscars from adding things to the story instead of working to make an actually good story.

[Middleman]

Fun catchy villain songs can work really well so thats not the problem. One example i can think of is "when i find my baby" from sister Act. Its framed as a love song/ almost i want song, but its both comedic and sinister as yes he wants his girlfriend but to brutally murder her. Catchy songs where the villain praises themsleves can also be super cool, for example dentist from little shop of horrors. The issue with this song is its really shitty lyrics and lack of wit

[cletusburgerboy]

The antagonist is literally just a realist that's trying to show people that you shouldn't get everything you wish for.

[nanuqo]

All of Wish’s songs were written and produced by Pop artists for some fuckin reason

[addytoons]

YES 100% YOU UNDERSTAND! LIKE WHERE IS THE MUSICAL THEATER 😭