I called the 'Encanto' songs 'forgettable.' So I went back to find what I was missing

Back in November, I hosted an episode of about the Disney movie , which I found to be visually lovely and charming but ultimately somewhat minor. Worse, in what would prove to be an absolutely time-release self-burn, I declared the songs to be "forgettable" and groaned about the ubiquity of Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose contributions had been splashed across no fewer than five high-profile movies in 2021 alone. (Was I pleased with myself for noting that he might want to to run away for the summer and perhaps go upstate? Reader, I was.)