We Don't Talk About Bruno (Reprise)

Currently up on Spotify and other streaming platforms!

who'da thought this old rat man would break my four-year streak of not making animatics. I swear it's lin's fault. anyway I had a TIME with encanto, went and saw it twice in theaters, and wdtab was by far my favorite song in the movie—though I did feel there was more to be desired with bruno's character in the end, like homie deserved his own pseudo–villain song, so voila. here's my take. it's been four years and I still only use iMovie, forgive the amateur editing.

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MY PATREON:

BUY ME A COFFEE:

MY SOCIAL MEDIA:

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LYRICS:

We don’t talk about Bruno-no-no-no
We don’t talk about Bruno
But I heard them every day
Chasing my name away
A harbinger since I was young
To humble their minds with a prophetic guise
No child should envy or want
Eyes so deep; a sadness you could swim in
Another prophecy, God, let’s see where it gets them
And I know they’ll pin the blame on me, Mirabel
Oh, this future ain’t meant to be seen, I can tell
Yet I couldn’t help but keep a piece of me home
Fingers crossed mi familia still loves me so
When they just don’t talk about Bruno-no-no-no
Not a word about Bruno

[LaureliAmadeus]

Russian version is out now!
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[aubreyamezuca]

i am now convinced that bruno was robbed of a solo song

[revinhatol]

_"But I knew how it was gonna look. I knew what everyone would think, because I'm Bruno and everyone always assumes the worst!"_
- Bruno Madrigal

[davidchalmers]

I push a lot for an Encanto show, and this is another reason why. I could totally see Bruno with Julieta, Pepe, Alma, and Felix. Bruno just turns his back, the emotion building, and starts singing this. The family realizes just what they've done to Bruno, and how he's had it, not just for his time in the walls, but his whole life.

[RowanWiccae]

Mkay, I could absolutely see how that would comfortably fit within the narrative. He's a very sympathetic character who's been through a lot of disservice and pain because of his family and community. this very readily depicts how he felt during it all and KNOWING he's been around, listening in and watching the world go by without him as he slowly turns into a pariah within his own home and town, that's reeeally gotta hurt. PLUS, Mirabel's hug at the end, just like with her sisters and eventually Alma, that is a PERFECT tie in to the whole narrative. WELL made. I really enjoyed this :D

[freddydoom]

And Dolores can hear the whole thing. Imagine she’s probably crying her eyes out.

[deebee]

I straight up had to pause the movie when they showed the plate bruno made so he could "eat" with the family so i could sob w/o missing lore so this ver is super cool to hear (well not cool as in his trauma is cool but cool to hear his perspective of this song)

[gurglequeen]

I love how Mirabel and Bruno have very different yet similar problems. Neither are respected by the family, both are considered outcasts but for totally opposite reasons. Mirabel doesn't have a gift like everyone else, she's different and makes the family question the magic. Where as Bruno does have a gift but it's seen as a problem rather then helpful like his sisters and his nieces and nephews.

[missspeltsoil]

Hear me out.
“Eyes so deep, a sadness you could swim in” and Camilo’s verse in the background, but it’s sang by Mirabel, causing a duet. DISNEY WHEN

[Souppycat]

I honestly feel so bad for bruno. It must be really painful to hear your own family bad mouthing you. I know he's just a Disney character, but It still hurts.

[alyssabates]

I NEED an extended version, or maybe short songs for other characters, like Camilo or Dolores who didn’t get their own songs!

[Unknownandbroken]

“A power no child should envy or want” poor Bruno his power haunted his entire life

[GavinDennyGlitchyDenny]

Sung from Mirabel:
5 foot frame
Salt behind his back
When i call his name
He just turns his back
When i see his dream, to feast along with me.

We dont know about bruno.
No no no, they dont know ti-o bruno.

[Pseudonymonic]

Do you know what makes this even sadder? Bruno was 5 YEARS OLD when he got this gift. Can you imagine being so young and being a witness to things that he probably feels powerless to stop?

Also Bruno is about 50 years old by the time of "Encanto".

He has had to deal with this shit for 45 FUCKING YEARS!

[Opossum_queen]

This song makes me realize that all the Madrigal family gifts are also a curse in disguise.
We know that their gifts are based on things they like, their personality, and other factors. But they also can cause pain for them in a lot of ways. However, Bruno is just another level. We see from the movie, the photo from his gift ceremony is that Bruno always was the anxious kid, one who is very superstitious and who usually worries and assumes the worst, even from the small and insignificant things. Maybe Casita thought that gave him the ability to see the future as a way to say: "Hey, stop worrying too much, see the future and see that things are going to be okay!" In the hopes that this would calm him down for a while.
However, that didn't work; The town of Encanto quickly grew to hate him and blame him and everything that he saw in his visions. (The death of the girl's fish and the hurricane at his Pepa's wedding, for example.) So it's no surprise that when they heard that he disappeared, the town quickly adopted the phrase "We don't talk about Bruno." Thinking that if you said his name, he would appear and give you a vision, sealing your future. Despite that, he can only see it and not change anything.
Bruno became the superstition itself.

[ilikericepudding]

I can't express enough how amazed I am. The drawings are so good and clean that match with the sad vibe of the song.

That can we talk about the song ?! It's CHEFF KISS, I love the voices and especially the lyrics. Good job on that one.

For last the " When they just don't talk about bruno no no no" is heartbreaking.

[carliew]

Now I want a sequel where the family and town realize how horrible they were to Bruno.

[kissun.]

What wouldn’t I give to hear Bruno’s VA to sing this 😩

[Il_Campo]

the music, the lyrics, and the artwork are just so perfect!
there's something about the lines "But I heard them every day/Chasing my name away" and "Yet I couldn’t help but keep a piece of me home/Fingers crossed mi familia still loves me so" that just gets me wanting to cry /pos
and it absolutely broke me when it showed Abuelo Pedro change to Bruno leaving
its just akjsfasjf you did such an amazing job!
it was so hard to type this out cause i just didnt know how to put into words how much i adored this
i'm gonna go check out your spotify now cause im in love with your voice <3

[rainbowhawk]

Disney absolutely wasted the opportunity you took to create this masterpiece. This would’ve been perfect for the movie.