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"The Family Madrigal" is a song from
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film ''
Encanto ''Encanto'' is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 60th film produced by the studio, it was directed by Jared Bus ...
'' (2021), released as part of the film's soundtrack on November 19, 2021, by
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. It was written by American singer-songwriter
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, and sung almost entirely by American actress
Stephanie Beatriz Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), and voicing protagonist Mira ...
, featuring a small
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by American actress
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; "The Family Madrigal" is the opening number of ''Encanto'', and is performed by the protagonists Mirabel and Alma Madrigal, respectively, in the film. Mirabel introduces her multigenerational Colombian family and their magical powers to the audience with the song, which has been described as an uptempo
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tune with a
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outro. Music critics complimented its
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instrumentation and upbeat nature. Commercially, it reached numbers 7, 18, and 20 on the
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, the Irish Singles, and the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts.


Background

"The Family Madrigal" is a song from
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's 2021
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musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
film, ''
Encanto ''Encanto'' is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 60th film produced by the studio, it was directed by Jared Bus ...
''. It is the opening song of the film's soundtrack, released by
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on November 19, 2021. "The Family Madrigal" was written by American musician Lin-Manuel Miranda. It is mostly sung by American actress
Stephanie Beatriz Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), and voicing protagonist Mira ...
, who voices the film's protagonist,
Mirabel Madrigal Mirabel Madrigal is a fictional character that appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 60th feature film, ''Encanto'' (2021). Created by directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush, Mirabel is depicted as an imperfect, quirky, emotional, and emp ...
. Olga Merediz, who provides the singing voice for Mirabel's grandmother Alma "Abuela" Madrigal, appears briefly in the song.


Lyrics and composition

"The Family Madrigal" is a
vallenato Vallenato () or "Szlager" in Wayuu language (from the German "Schlager"), is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. ''Vallenato'' literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing th ...
tune, driven by Colombian
folk instruments A folk instrument is a musical instrument that developed among common people and usually does not have a known inventor. It can be made from wood, metal or other material. Such an instrument is played in performances of Traditional folk music, fo ...
such as an
accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...
,
caja vallenata The caja, a drum similar to a Tambora (Colombian drum), tambora, is one of the three main or traditional instruments of the Vallenato music. Caja, the slang word adopted to nickname this drum, means "box" in Spanish language, Spanish. There is ...
and
guacharaca Guacharaca is a percussion instrument usually made out of the cane-like trunk of a small palm tree. The guacharaca itself consists of a tube with ridges carved into its outer surface with part of its interior hollowed out, giving it the appeara ...
. Mirabel performs the song to introduce the film's core characters—the
Madrigal family ''Encanto'' is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 60th film produced by the studio, it was directed by Jared Bush ...
—and their magical "gifts" to the audience. Miranda stated the song was inspired by " Belle", the opening song in ''
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'' (1991). The melody of Abuela's verse is the same as that of "
Dos Oruguitas "Dos Oruguitas" (; "Two Little Caterpillars") is a Spanish-language song from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney's 2021 computer-animated musical feature film ''Encanto''. Released by Walt Disney Records as part of Encanto (soundtrack), the ...
".


Critical reception

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'' writer Katie Atkinson called the song an "impossibly peppy" track.
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critic Jeremy Crabb praised its catchy melody and said it "does a good job introducing each character of the family and the abilities they possess", while the same website's Martyn Warren said "it's an energetic and fun song that is sure to be one that anyone will surely dance." Drew Taylor of ''
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'' wrote the song delivers "what is essentially exposition in the catchiest way possible.


Commercial performance

"The Family Madrigal" has peaked at number 7 on the
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, and number 18 on the
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, and 20 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.


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References

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