Can I Fix Snow White's Soulless 'I Want' Song?

'Waiting On A Wish' from Disney's new live-action Snow White feels wrong... but why? We are going to talk about EVERYTHING wrong with this song, including a HUGE, IRONIC mistake the songwriters made that actually takes away all the empowerment they were trying to give her. This Video Essay will break down the instrumentation, rhythm, rhyme, structure, word choice, characterization, and provide an in-depth analysis of the lyrics to reveal WHY this song, though pretty, FAILS at capturing what makes Disney Magical! 0:00 - 'Waiting On A Wish' Fails At Something SO Basic 2:14 - 3 HUGE Musical Problems (Composition & Instrumentation) 8:05 - How I'd Fix This To Create DEPTH (Composition Rewrite) 14:35 - Did anyone revise these lyrics? (Technical Lyric Issues) 18:55 - How I'd Fix This To Sound BETTER (Lyric Rewrite) 24:02 - This One Fix Could Have Changed EVERYTHING (Storytelling Rewrite) 28:19 - The Story Arc Here Makes No Sense (Storytelling Issues) 36:28 - KEY LESSON: This Song's BIGGEST Mistake 44:01 - How Could The Songwriters Have Missed This? Videos Referenced: The REAL Problem With Snow White No One's Talking About:    • How Disney Betrayed Snow White's Vocal Ide...   10 Iconic Disney Songs That Were Almost TOTALLY Different!:    • Can I Fix Snow White's Soulless 'I Want' S...   The Real Reason Disney Movie Musicals Suck Now:    • Everyone is WRONG About Disney's Musical P...   What Went Wrong With Beyond's Songwriting? [Moana 2]:    • Why No One Cares About Moana 2’s 'I Want' ...   ♛ If you also ‘Care Too Much’… ♛ ☆ Patreon:   / calxiyn   ☆ ☆ YouTube Membership:    / @calxiyncarestoomuch   ☆ ☆ Discord:   / discord   ☆ ☆ Twitch:   / calxiyn   ☆ ☆ Twitter:   / calxiyn   ☆ ☆ Instagram:   / calxiyn_official   ☆ ☆ Donations / Tips: https://calxiyn.com/ or https://www.paypal.me/CalxiynOfficial ☆ ☆ Commission Me: https://ko-fi.com/calxiyn ☆ ☆ Calxiyn Main Channel:    / @calxiyn   ☆ Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about Live Action and Animated movie musicals from the Walt Disney Company. This video essay dives into the problems with the new 2025 Snow White live action remake, and why Snow White's 'I Want' song, 'Waiting On A Wish', does not work from a songwriting perspective. #Disney #SnowWhite