Why "Surface Pressure" Hits So Hard - Luisa's "Encanto" Song Works Brilliantly

Luisa’s song from Encanto - Surface Pressure - hit straight to the heart of millions of audience members, and not just older siblings. It hits true and it hits hard.

But why?

And as a verse/chorus song in a musicalized story, how does it find itself being SO effective in context, but also such a BOP out of context?


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