Transformation
Disney Beauty & the Beast Lyrics

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Transformed like I rose from the dead they dread me my songs turn heads
I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars
I shine bright
I glow like the stars

Original I ain’t a hero or a criminal

I gotta keep it real
I don’t feel your subliminals
I’m too big all of my haters are minuscule
They need me like the earth needs minerals
I make my own clothes I don’t need your brand
I do what I want I made the game plan
I will not conform
I’m far from the norm
my words are storm of wasp in swarm
I can’t be controlled
I’m born to be wild
I’m hot like the sun
You’re colder than mild
I’m free like a bird
Superb with every line
My actions are loud my gift is my mind
I work and don’t sleep
i’m deeper than a well
Pain made me stronger than missiles and shells
Always lit my life’s a celebration
On a new level this is my transformation

Transformed like I rose from the dead
They dread me my songs turn heads
I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars
I shine bright
I glow like the stars
Transformed like I rose from the dead
They dread me my songs turn heads
I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars
I shine bright
I glow like the stars

I go hard like I came with the tackle
I’m a king and my mind is a castle
You can’t tie me down with ten ropes
I’m too dope these rappers cannot cope
I live my life like I won’t see tomorrow
I’m so blessed I don’t have any sorrow
I’m so blessed I don’t have any sorrow
Number 1 homie God is my father
Got them shook like i’m dancing on water
You can’t touch me I move like a ghost
You can’t play me i’ll turn you to toast
I don’t boast
I fly coast to coast
Slam Dunk like lebron with the post
You can’t phase me or break my composure
I shine bright I don’t need your exposure
On a new level this is my transformation
Bass The Beast is dominating every single station

Transformed like I rose from the dead
They dread me my songs turn heads
I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars
I shine bright
I glow like the stars
Transformed like I rose from the dead
They dread me my songs turn heads
I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars
I shine bright
I glow like the stars

I’m Bass The Beast
i’m hip hops messiah
I spit fire whenever I desire
An anarchist
I don’t need your government
They’re jealous cuz me and God made a covenant
I aint a yes man
I lead and don’t follow
my hearts filled with love it’s not hallow
I fly high like i’m on the apollo
I smile hard like I just won the lotto
I’m Bass The Beast
i’m hip hops messiah
I spit fire whenever I desire
An anarchist
I don’t need your government
They’re jealous cuz me and God made a covenant
I aint a yes man
I lead and don’t follow
my hearts filled with love it’s not hallow
I fly high like i’m on the apollo
I smile hard like I just won the lotto

Transformed like I rose from the dead
They dread me my songs turn heads
I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars
I shine bright
I glow like the stars
Transformed like I rose from the dead
They dread me my songs turn heads
I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars

I shine bright
I glow like the stars

Overall Meaning

"Transformation" is a song from Disney's animated movie, Beauty and the Beast. However, unlike the original movie's songs, "Transformation" was not featured in the movie itself. Instead, it was created as a promotional single for the movie's re-release in 3D in 2012. The song is performed by the rapper, Nicki Minaj, and it showcases her vocal and lyrical talents.

The song starts with Minaj proclaiming that she has transformed and risen from the dead, and now her songs are too lit that it turns heads. She also says that she shines bright and glows like the stars. By using language like "too lit" and "dancing on cars," she is showing that she is confident and in control. The next verse highlights how Minaj does not care about conforming. Instead, she makes her own clothes and music while being unapologetic about her talent. She compares herself to a storm and is uncontrolled but still confident.

The chorus is repeated throughout the song and emphasizes how Minaj has transformed into a superstar and now is too lit to handle. The song ends with Minaj declaring how she does not need anyone and how she is the messiah of hip hop. She is an anarchist and does not conform to the societal norms.

Line by Line Meaning

Transformed like I rose from the dead
I have changed so much that it feels like I have come back to life

They dread me my songs turn heads
People are afraid of me and my music makes them pay attention

I’m too lit like i’m dancing on cars
I am full of energy like I am dancing on top of cars

I shine bright
I am brilliant and noticeable

I glow like the stars
I radiate like a star in the sky

I go hard like I came with the tackle
I am tough and relentless like a football player making a tackle

I’m a king and my mind is a castle
I am confident and in control of my thoughts and actions

You can’t tie me down with ten ropes
No one can control or restrain me

I’m too dope these rappers cannot cope
I am amazing and other rappers cannot keep up with me

I live my life like I won’t see tomorrow
I take risks and live in the moment because I don't know what the future holds

I’m so blessed I don’t have any sorrow
I am grateful for my life and don't have any sadness

Number 1 homie God is my father
My faith is my priority and gives me strength

Got them shook like i’m dancing on water
I am causing others to feel fear or intimidation

You can’t touch me I move like a ghost
I am elusive and cannot be caught or touched

You can’t play me i’ll turn you to toast
No one can outsmart or deceive me, I will destroy them

I don’t boast
I don't brag about myself

I fly coast to coast
I travel around a lot

Slam Dunk like lebron with the post
I am successful and powerful, like a basketball player making a slam dunk

You can’t phase me or break my composure
I am mentally strong and cannot be shaken or upset

Bass The Beast is dominating every single station
My music is popular and being played everywhere

I’m Bass The Beast
I am known as Bass The Beast

i’m hip hops messiah
I am a revolutionary figure in the hip hop music industry

I spit fire whenever I desire
I have amazing lyrical ability and can rap at any time I want

An anarchist
I am against authority and the status quo

I don’t need your government
I don't rely on or trust any form of government

They’re jealous cuz me and God made a covenant
Others envy me because I have a strong bond with God

I aint a yes man
I don't agree with everything that others say or do

I lead and don’t follow
I am a leader and do things my own way

my hearts filled with love it’s not hallow
I have a genuine and caring heart

I fly high like i’m on the apollo
I am successful and reach high levels of achievement

I smile hard like I just won the lotto
I am very happy and joyful

On a new level this is my transformation
I have changed and grown in a significant way

Lyrics © Bass The Beast LLC, BASS THE BEAST LLC
Written by: Juan Lopez III

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Michael I. Haber

3y↑13

FUN FACT: In the Broadway show, the Young Prince at the beginning is actually played by a member of the Ensemble. When the Enchantress throws the fireball and transforms the Prince into the Beast, there's a blackout. The Ensemble playing the "Young Prince" runs off and the main "Beast" takes over.

Also, one of the show's original cast members the Late Merwin Foard actually wrote a special backstage song that the Ensemble would sing for fun while waiting in the wings dressed in their finale costumes. It's actually really funny. Basically it would go.....

HIS LEFT ARM'S OUT
HIS RIGHT ARM'S OUT
HE THROWS THE BEAST MASK UPSTAGE
AND THEN HE TURNS AROUND
AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS, AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS, AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS, AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS,
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Also if the transformation cherry picker is broken, the actor playing The Beast actually does a modern dance which was created by Terrence Mann. It has has happened several times on Broadway and in some of the international productions.

All comments from YouTube:

Arielle Lyons

3y↑775

“Belle! C’est moi!” had no business being as funny as it was

Henry applebottom

J'adore manger un le petite fille

flower !

if youtube doesn't immediately eat this link i've clipped that part of the video so i could watch it on a loop https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9wQSS5EE0Tv8IPgtxqk1EU1Mc5x-S7Vo

ruffboiMags

2y↑4

@Johnnes W. Joseph Yes and somehow it's hilarious

Johnnes W. Joseph

2y↑8

It's "Belle, Its me" in French

Meghan Davidson

3y↑10

6:29 saving this for later 👀

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Olivia

3y↑500

I did not notice that the Paris version was the Paris version and when he said “belle! c'est moi!” I though he was just being extra authentic and I LOST IT

StarBurst Bliss

2y↑37

I mean, let's be honest, regardless of what language, the "Belle! It's me!" The way it's voiced is honestly hilarious.

Tessa Widenhofer

3y↑545

I love whenever a stage production includes the Enchantress. I saw one where every time a petal fell, it was actually her pulling it and at first, she was super into it and dancing, but as time went on, she got more reluctant to do it as she saw how close the Beast was to learning his lesson.

Nannette ♡

1y↑1

@Pedro Xavier Do you remember which production this was? I'd love to find it on YouTube

Pedro Xavier

2y↑8

😲I find this is actually to actually be a really powerful decision. It makes the Enchantress a more human character. Even though I do not like everything from the 2017 live-action film, one of the decisions I like is how the Enchantress becomes a character of her own and her motives are more understandable as we see how she is mistreated by society for not fitting in and by the end of the movie she truly wants to help them. Her expression even is genuinely moved after Belle says "I love you". So it'd be really nice to see this stage production including her as a character you said.

Lillian Ward

2y↑1

Genius

ztslovebird

3y↑3

That sounds awesome!

Jennifer Hiemstra

3y↑3

Oh but I love this idea...

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William Garrett

3y↑191

I will never forget when the Beast started to transform in front of me when I met him. His paw was slightly off, showing the actor's arm a bit. I pointed it out and, while the Beast and Cast Members panicked at first, I just laughed it off and the Cast Members just said he was prematurely trying to change. The Beast asked to keep it a secret from Belle and I agreed. One of my favorite moments from going to Walt Disney World.

Kokodoko47

Acting kinda Sus ngl

The Adventures Of King Aidan

2y↑1

@A girl with no name have you played TF2?

A girl with no name

2y↑6

@The Adventures Of King Aidan damn who hurt you man??? 😭

The Adventures Of King Aidan

You failed.

The Adventures Of King Aidan

And now belle knows.

Michael Prodz

3y↑648

I'd love to see an evolution of Ariel's transformation :)

hap_pax

3y↑1

Yes!

Thomas H. Smith

3y↑1

@Alberto Tellez No I mean an evolution of Genie entrances, like the various ways they make him pop up.

Alberto Tellez

3y↑1

@Thomas H. Smith, we already had a Genie evolution.

Thomas H. Smith

3y↑1

That and Genie too.

Christian Dacanay

3y↑2

It's planned as a future evolution vid alongside Woody! (Source: the next video's end tag)

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LM

3y↑236

The Prince actually isn’t a Pepper’s Ghost, it’s an animatronic in front of you. The Beast is a Pepper’s Ghost, and the Prince rises out of a trap door through the floor. Someone actually caught a video of the illusion malfunctioning where the Prince didn’t rise up all the way so he’s like just there halfway up through a hole 😂, it’s on TPM videos most recent top animatronic fails video.

LM

2y↑1

@Paul T It is a tricky effect! I wouldn't have gotten it without seeing that video haha

LM

2y↑1

@Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2HVsU6gxw&t=666s Sorry for the delay in my response! It is at about 10:30 where it malfunctions!

Paul T

2y↑1

Thanks for clarifying! I knew something didn’t look right…

LM

@Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2HVsU6gxw Go to about 9:42

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Can’t find the TPM vid your talking about? Can you post.

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Dead Meat

3y↑620

Great hosting, bud! Your laugh is contagious.

Evan Linden

@Dead Meat The horror Disney crossover we didn't know we needed

DaniDearest

Just spent an hour binge watching Drunk Disney only to come to this video and find this comment. I have come full circle.

Grasman

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat are you doing here!

UnhingedUnit

DEAD MEAT IS HERE????

Jesse Thompson

Oh hey

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Tahlia Merrill Kirk

3y↑196

A bit of trivia from an ice skating nerd: The 1996 ice skating show starred famous Russian skaters Alexei Petrenko and Ekaterina Gordeeva. Even though he looks younger, he was 27 at the time and she was 25. Normally, she would have been skating with her husband and lifelong skating partner, Sergei Grinkov, but he had died suddenly of a heart attack while skating the year before. This show was Ekaterina's first skating show since his death.

HollowedJes

2y↑1

@Courtney Sokal You're correct! I was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz on Ice as a kid-- my grandmother recorded the broadcast on a VHS tape for me, and it is Viktor Petrenko, as during this era in the early to mid 90s when the USA was big into figure skating, Petrenko had been cast as The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz on Ice, along side Oksana Bauil as Dorothy (in they were also in the 1992 airing of The Nutcracker on Ice as the titular Nutcracker, and Clara)!

Courtney Sokal

3y↑1

Victor! Not Alexei lol

Disney Dan

3y↑33

Wow.

mr templeton

3y↑190

That Disney Dan version of "it's me!" I laughed so hard!

Kaicee Mayo

3y↑2

Haha!!

groofay

3y↑14

The footage from the show killed me, the guy practically pelvic-thrusting his way through the line 🤣

Michiel B.L. Korte

3y↑320

I was fortunate enough to very temporarily work in the Dutch musical version of Beauty and the Beast. What they did is they loosened the wig and removed almost all of Beast's make-up before his big fighting scene, which was done mostly in the dark in a sort of silhouette challenge. Also, his horns, nose, fangs, paws and feet were attached to his cape with strings before this scene. After dying, the actor was then lifted into the sky, where the cape was whisked away with magic in the dark, and in the dark his facial beastly features would follow. The actor who did it did describe the experience like: being waxed every night.

Eke Lambers

3y↑4

Thank you for sharing! I went to the Dutch version too, and I always wanted to know how they did that!

Michiel B.L. Korte

3y↑12

@Isis x It was Edwin who described it so! And Anouk is wonderful.

Isis x

3y↑16

This is so cool! I'm Dutch and I saw the revival with Anouk Maas and Edwin Jonker and I always wondered how they did this

Shannon Sullivan

3y↑20

Wow! Waxed every night 😭

Furrmale The Fur Child

3y↑241

I'm a simple Disney person, I see Disney Dan, I click because I'm a fan

Arcanist NPC

3y↑52

The transformation from the Tokyo Disney attraction is jaw-dropping! I'd never even heard of this attraction before but it looks incredible

Dillon Wilkinson

3y↑166

I was kinda of hoping to see Dan react to high school transformation of the beast and having a laugh cause I sure do

Morgan Miller

3y↑2

@MarionParoo Too Kings Academy slaps though

Fallon McClarty

3y↑1

@MarionParoo Too I love that production!

MarionParoo Too

3y↑14

There are couple of decent ones, mostly from private schools with obscene amounts of money (*cough*King's Academy*cough*) and access to harness equipment.

7celo

3y↑9

@Disney Dan ive been thinking about this reply daily, eagerly waiting for the video

Disney Dan

3y↑55

Oh stay tuned

Lucas Bradley

3y↑145

As someone who has seen "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway, the Beast's transformation in the end of the show is actually pretty good. The strange thing is that there is another actor who portrays the Young Prince in the beginning of the show. Of course during the transformation in the beginning of the show, they pretty much changed actors (the Young Prince actor to the actor portraying the Beast). And according to an interview with Terrence Mann, the actor who played the Beast is also the same actor who plays the Prince in the end.

Jennifer Hiemstra

3y↑3

Correct. If I recall, whoever plays the Prince at the beginning also did the beast only during the fight scene and into when he's dying, and the transformation itself involves an actor switch, as whoever plays the Beast is getting out of that makeup job during that offstage time...heaven knows it takes a bit, but there are plenty of existing pictures showing Terry Mann as the older prince at the end of the show. I did this show years ago and our Prince was the same at the beginning and post transformation which was admittedly weird as anyone with half a brain could tell it was a different actor, but our Beast had way to much makeup to get out of to make that work ;P

roxieukulele

3y↑2

Saw the OG cast a month after opening and then the show again about 10 other times. Always a blast. I have friends who were in the cast. There was a special plan for when the electronics did not work....they called it something like the Beast's ballet....rando choreography to get the job done.

Lady Hawke

3y↑1

Saw the Broadway production when in was in PREVIEWS (94 or 95? It was a long time ago when I was still in high school.) Was super excited that I got to see Terrence Mann, Susan Egan and Gary Beach.
Went back and saw it again in ‘96 with a different cast.

Michael I. Haber

3y↑2

I saw it on Broadway as well.... May 2003. It was my first Broadway show. The transformation is spectacular how they do it back and forth!! Saw Steve Blanchard do it.

Jeff D.

3y↑1

I saw the Broadway show three times. The second time I saw it was with the entire original cast.

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Lana Teramae

3y↑139

It was a nice touch showing Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Cogsworth, etc. die in the live-action remake. It was a very emotional scene.

Singing Wolf

3y↑3

I liked that addition because it added some urgency to wanting to break the spell. In the original version, they had a time limit before it became permanent, but other than the general 'well that sucks' nature of being stuck as sentient houseware and a furry for the rest of their lives, there wasn't really much to make the audience root for breaking the spell.

ztslovebird

The Broadway version & the 1991 version did it better. I cried when Broadway!Chip, who spends the entire show as a head in a cup helmet on a tea tray, goes running across the stage on his own two legs to hug his mother for the first time in years.

Gabriella Diaz

3y↑2

@Teresa Rancadore I know I cried and when the piano said amore don’t leave me I cried too

Angela Maure

3y↑7

Watching that scene, I was more-so imagining the supporting cast I loved from the original bidding each other goodbye as they were tragically dying. (probably due to me wishing I was watching the 1991 movie instead of a bland rehash that I still want my money back from 4 years later)

I did let out a sob — one sob — and some tears, but that’s about it.

Angela Maure

3y↑2

@Teresa Rancadore SAME 😭😭😭

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Celeste Toliver

3y↑9

"Emma Watson, I don't think she met anyone during the entire filming, it was just her and the director on set the whole time" contagious laughter

groofay

3y↑82

You almost have to admire the raw chutzpah of thinking it was a good idea to start a musical adaptation of a movie nobody in the audience had ever seen, on the day said movie hit theaters, with about 75% of the runtime gone.

And it worked? That's some confidence literally paying off right there.

Michael I. Haber

3y↑13

Saihara Shuuichi

3y↑222

The Jesus reveal was the funniest thing I've seen all month

jenny campbell

3y↑4

Hey! Don't be mean. The first time I actually saw that transformation was a Sunday morning when my children were getting ready for church (me too,) and I happened to come through the living room and saw the end of the "fight" and the change of the beast into a man. I was a grown woman...and it made me tear up in wonder. Love...you can't lose with love.

MissVenise

3y↑47

For a quick 5 seconds I stupidly didn’t register that was a Beast mask and thought Dan bought another weird looking Chewbacca mask.😅😂

Carmine Crincoli

3y↑77

There should be a bigger indoor theater for a Beauty and the Beast stage show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

Morgan Yakko fan

3y↑1

And they should’ve upgraded the music , and started using the music from the 2017 live action remake of Beauty and the Beast,for the the stage show.

Megz Bartsch

3y↑54

You should do the evolution of Cinderella's dress transformation next!

Mason Ireton

3y↑3

I’d like to see an evolution of Cinderella actually

The Rumor

3y↑7

Here's an additional fun fact: for the 2017 live action remake they had originally shot a different transformation where the magic of the enchantress basically covered the injured Beast in rose petals and then the Prince emerged from those rose petals. It was all very dramatic. The Prince was shirtless during this scene so Dan Stevens, the actor who plays Beast, had worked out for months to look jacked during that scene. However, when test audiences saw it some of the parents/moms were concerned that the Prince looked too naked. So they reshot the scene to make it look more similar to the animated movie. It's a pity because while it might sound a bit weird, it could have been a very different, original version of the transformation. (Source: some interview with Dan Stevens that I saw online)

Pink-A- Palouza

Aww man why did they have to take away that could be an amazing original idea from a ok live action movie

Berny A.M.

3y↑51

I am torn. The animated version of Beauty and the Beast is my all-time favorite film and because I'm one of the very few people who actually prefer the prince in his human form and I hate that this is being made fun of, but on the other hand I'm laughing so hard tears are streaming from my eyes... so it's good?

Sandra Lopez

see I hear this argument all the time and I'm in my POR QUE NO LOS DOS camp. Beast and Prince both make my heart go flutter flutter.

A girl with no name

I see that you are not a monster lover, and you are respectful about it so its no problem, preferences are preferences

Sacrosby

Beast in his human form is my Disney crush 😍

Kathryn Fauver

3y↑10

Your not alone in your preference! I mean Beast is cute and kinda cuddly, but in all honesty I would be terrified if I met him in real life. I think the Prince version of him is one of the most handsome of the princes that Disney has created for their stories.

Tedious Totoro

3y↑41

The new version of the Beauty and the Beast musical is starting as a touring production around the UK later this year though half of the venues are delayed for another year or two due to the pandemic delaying the tour

Moon Princess T.S.H. 4ever

3y↑159

"You're right, it's me! I have talking clock, I have talking candle and now is the moment that you decide to become suspicious?" 😂🤣

TeamAbility96

3y↑23

DISNEY DAN!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Also, why does Dan’s laugh kill me every time and make me laugh. 😂😂😂

ElissaGalaxy

Ikr!!!

Gabrielle B.

3y↑29

I truly appreciate all the videos in which Dan is just a big theatre nerd

Alexis

3y↑14

Disney Dan discussing the evolution of fictional characters. This is the kind of content that I love.💕 also that intro was perfect

Axolotlmom77

3y↑17

Okay but can we all agree the best thing to come out of the live action Beauty & The Beast is Beast’s song?? Like every time I hear Evermore I go full Broadway

Violet Cupcake

2y↑1

@LaurieX #agreed

LaurieX

2y↑2

Days In The Sun and Evermore are my top favorites from the live action

Sarafina Delirium Cosmetics

3y↑3

Yessssssssssss!

Jasmine Dreams

3y↑4

10:08 that laugh is what I subscribed for.

(the informative & entertaining content is nice, too lol)

Rebecca Wilson

3y↑31

This is one of my favorite Disney Dan videos ever!! I laughed out loud the whole time!

Lucas Bradley

3y↑50

Also I may be wrong on this, but I can assume that the Beast's "body double" is the same actor who played the Young Prince in the beginning of the Broadway show.

Ranger 7 Studios

3y↑47

The ice show wasn't the voices from the movie. It was the original Bell (Susan Egan) and the replacement Beast (James Barbour) from the Broadway Musical.

J B

3y↑2

For a second i thought it was Robby Benson, but yes it was James Barbour. I got a chance to see him as Phantom.

oneawesomekelsey

3y↑4

Yes! I wasn't sure about the Beast but I came to the comments to say that it was Susan Egan.

berrypie11

3y↑19

The last time I was in Disney, I was able to see the MGM show, and I remember the “bed sheet”. It’s been so long that it was still called MGM Studios when I went. 😂 When I first saw the video for the ride, I was FLOORED by how they pulled off that effect! True Disney magic! I’d probably cry if I got to see that in person.

Hope F.

3y↑5

FUN FACT- i saw the live show at Hollywood studios when i was 6 and at the end they pick someone in the audience to get a rose from Belle and the prince. i was one on the lucky ones to receive that rose. it was truly a magical experience.

Reid Garwin

3y↑26

That Medieval Times joke was everything

memethyst

3y↑6

i love the transformation in tokyo, the peppers ghost effect and the projection mapping, it's like the perfect blend of old practical effects and new special effects

Emma Avery

3y↑6

Lmao yeah I struggled to see the Piggy head fall off in Muppetvision but that Beast head was clear as crystal 😂

I got to see the Beauty and the Beast Broadway traveling production when it came to my tiny hometown, weirdly. That show absolutely broke me with its beauty. Having the Beast get his own dramatic solo was amazing.

Reese_queen

3y↑25

Cruise audiences are the worst during the live shows 😂 everyone’s just tired from doing the other stuff the applause lasts 5 seconds tops

Possum Animations

3y↑11

I want a shirt that just says "strobes and spins" like 100 times

H W

3y↑9

I still hope that someday the original version of the 2017 live action transformation scene can be shown in some form... allegedly the prince emerged, shirtless, from a bed of rose petals but that was too risqué for the midwestern moms who saw the test screenings...

Ranger 7 Studios

3y↑4

I always wondered how that did the Tokyo Transformation. I wonder if that will try to put that on stage in the Broadway revival. That would be cool if they did.

Nathan Waters

3y↑9

The last one blew my mind. He explained but I’m still in shock. Actual magic!

Christina W.

3y↑3

Oh man, I remember seeing that stage adaptation and transformation as a kid in Orlando! I loved it! I followed it, but I remember being like “giant green bats?” And that dove release at the end is so gooooood!

rudetuesday

3y↑3

Some of these are surprisingly effective. I really like when puppets and lighting are used to help the story along. Best part? Dan laughter, as always. I love Disney Dan.

Abiwon Kenabi

3y↑14

I like how matter-of-factly he says the west wing is forbidden.

"Oh btw, the west wing. It is forbidden."

Sergio Molina

3y↑17

My school just did a production of Beauty and the Beast where I got to play the role so let me tell you how we did transformation. So for how I look like for the majority of the show I just had a beast horn mask (that you can find at party city) glued to my forehead cuz my bottom half my face has my actual mask (cuz you know covid) with a dramatic black eye make up, A dark messy wig and A pair of wolves gloves as my beast hands.
So how we did it is after Belle did her 'no please don't leave me I love you' bit and crying on my chest when the music starts playing I slowly get up while the lights are going dark and while the lights are dark they start the fog machine while I take of my beast mask, wig, and gloves off while 2 people from the make up crew come on stage one to take off as much black eye make up as they can and the other to hold the light and to take my beast things after that they leave just enough time for me to get on my knees facing away from the audience and lights to go back on I slowly get up and do a dramatic spin facing the audience and we went on with the remaining of the show and that how we did the transformation.

Voldemort

3y↑1

i love how chaotic that sounds lol

Disney Dan

3y↑2

My Diamond.

Bee K.

2y↑4

This is so funny. The "Belle! C'est moi!" The head falling off. The terrible LEDs. All the capes. The Jesus poses. The smoke. Belle bludgeoning Gaston to death. The bizarre, incredibly awkward ways they try to make the transformation work. I have a new favorite video.

Rae Dalley

3y↑5

So glad I found this! I’m actually a girl who is currently playing the beast right now! So I love this

Blake Litschke

3y↑7

That's not the movie Belle (Paige O'Hara) and the Beast (Robby Benson) doing the voice for the Concert on Ice, that's Susan Egan from the original Broadway production and James Barbour (a broadway replacement Beast from the time)

Alexandra Bennett

3y↑2

I saw the Beauty and the Beast show at MGM when I was 5 years old in 2003, it was my favorite movie and I was convinced Belle winked at me at the end of the show. The Beast also came out and asked me to dance in the France pavilion at Epcot during the same trip, really set the bar high with that one Disney lol. So many good memories brought back by this video. :')

Jory Barnes

3y↑6

Dan, you make me so goddamn happy. I've only watched the first 26 seconds of this video so far and I'm already grinning like an idiot. Thank you for being you

Jacob Cowley

3y↑3

The Tokyo Ride magic is a little different than what you explained. The Human prince is actually on stage with Belle, he comes up through a trap door while the beast, the pepper ghost is just the cloaked beast form. If you catch a video of the effect when it doesn't work properly you can see the whole effect. Either way, it is a gorgeous piece of magic.

Sanne van Maurik

3y↑4

The beast transformation in the Tokio ride is amazing, but the prince is an anmatronic. Only the beast and the spinning of the beast is a peppers ghost effect. The prince is lowered and raised into the ground though a trapdoor

Timothy

3y↑4

The shoulder shimmy during the ice skating transformation had me dying!

Breething !

3y↑7

These videos never fail to brighten my day!! I get such a good laugh and I enjoy the behind the scenes facts.

Damino

3y↑17

I loved when he said “Belle, it’s me!” XD

Beth Roo Williams

3y↑2

I worked on the musical when it toured in the UK. It was magical, for sure, for those in the audience... The spinning worked when it was done right 🤣

Daryl-Rhys Taylor

3y↑15

I can't believe that show has been running in Hollywood studios for 30 years now

eva cameron

3y↑3

Although the Enchanted tale transformation was very magical and well effected, I think my favourite is the rotating scene from the Broadway musical and the revealing scene from the live on stage show at 5:43

Tedious Totoro

3y↑11

Interesting that the animator saw the beast transformation as an allegory for Christianity whereas songwriter Howard Ashman saw the entire movie as an allegory for the AIDS epidemic.

Jordan Serchuk

3y↑2

I just wrote a whole post on Tumblr about this very subject. There's an interesting tug-of-war throughout the whole movie between "the Beast as a selfish brute who needs redemption" and "the Beast as a suffering outcast who needs acceptance," with Glen Keane apparently favoring the former interpretation while Howard Ashman understandably leaned toward the latter.

Man1cmanMario

3y↑4

I wasn't aware there were so many transformations for this!! Can you believe the ONLY version of Beauty and the Beast I've ever seen is the High School play I saw in my senior year, based on the animated movie? XD I don't even remember how they did the transformation!

On another note, do you think a video on the different stage shows for the Hunchback of Notre Dame may be in order? There are at least 3 versions I know of (probably more), counting in the parks! ^^

Clare C

3y↑2

I did Beauty and the Beast in high-school so I have a real soft spot for the rougher transformations. LOL! Great video, Dan!

Tiffany Corbin

3y↑6

I have seen the 1991 OG Beauty and the Beast movie as well as the 2017 live action movie over a zillion times! I also saw the Disney World show 5 times. I saw the Broadway production in Baltimore once and had my mind blown! Can you do a video for Princess Belle next please?

Keep Calm & Contemplate Your Life Choices

3y↑2

Man, seeing an evolution of Lumiere or Belle's costumes would be really cool!

AppleandMeep

3y↑1

Dan you have really outdone yourself, once again! Amazing evolution that I have been waiting for! You rock!

favor

Do a costume evolution of the Beauty and the Beast 30th century abc

Jenna Mendez

3y↑2

The transformation and description at 5:37 has me ROLLING!

Sloth Games

3y↑2

Enjoyed this a lot. Now I want to go to Tokyo

Allison Hall

3y↑1

I haven't laughed like this in way too long, thanks for an amazing channel! Your videos are always so funny :D

Danielle Kassab

2y↑2

Crying laughing at the college student interpretive dance comment. They are really putting in their all with that bed sheet transition!

Emily Peduto

3y↑25

"fully dressed in his ballroom gown"
far be it from me to nitpick your misspeaking, but that is something i would genuinely like to see.

Abby Collins

Have you ever heard of a genderbend?

Meg Willsher

3y↑26

OMG that intro was hilarious 🤣

Meg Willsher

3y↑1

Also, we did the show a few year ago and I gotta say our transformation sequence was pretty damn good.
Backtracking a bit, we had a skrim on stage and had the intro story mimed out behind the narrator with lights and shadows....and then it came back for the finale and scenes were re-posed from the beginning/intro with flashes of light and in between the light flashes, our stage manger and director were helping our Beast rip off his wig and horns and wipe his face with makeup remover.....it was actually really clever. We also had the rise be an actual actress who danced across the stage and gah. It was actually really really well done for community theatre in a church gym....haha.

Carmine Crincoli

3y↑3

I’d love to see a live musical stage show adaptation of Beauty and the Beast for Fantasyland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom!

Sophie

2y↑2

the beauty and the beast show at hollywood studios is something I will force my family to sit through EVERY SINGLE TIME we visit the park. it's that iconic.

chris greenia

3y↑8

I really love the original beauty and the beast movie! It's such an animated classic!

Katie

3y↑8

I am allergic to scented candles but I just have to say I really respect how extra the ads have been in the last few videos.

SSVCloud

3y↑1

I just found out about this channel and I am immediately subscribing. Your energy and wholesomeness speaks to me.

Daniel Reyes

3y↑1

Love this! I just wanted to mention for the televised ice special it was not the original movie actors but the broadway performers!

Jessica

3y↑1

YES!!! One of my favorite characters! Sadly he doesn't come out in the parks very often, but I did see him in parades! Also, I did see the live show with the blanket transformation

NATHAN CARTOON & PLUSH STUDIOS

3y↑1

0:00 I love when Dan plays around on today’s topic

Luthien Tinuviel

3y↑1

I absolutely adore the transformation music in Beauty and the Beast. To this day I cannot think of of a more triumphant and beautiful sound for that moment.

M

3y↑1

HEY DAN! Have you ever interviewed the actors from these old live shows? What is the 90's Broadway Beast actor up to today and what secrets from behind the scenes does he have?

E.A. Cackowski

3y↑3

I didn’t know they were talking about reviving the Broadway show!! Dang, once theaters are safe again, I’ll be there.

Sara H

3y↑2

When you were talking about the cartoon transformation I was thinking 'that sounds like what Jesus does for us' and it was actually supposed to; that's so cool!

Bloomins

3y↑1

Your laugh is so contagious and lovely. love your content. <3

Catie Tomlinson 卌

3y↑15

not pictured: my middle school production’s plywood trapdoor, where a small, lanky kid dressed as the tall, large beast’s body double plunges onto a mattress

Mjre 115

This was great dan! Your laugh is contagious and made my day. Back in 2018, I went to Florida & saw the stage performance at HS. Ya, I was like the bedsheet is cheating! No fair. Still, the show was a nice recap of how beautiful of a story beauty & the beast is.

R AM

3y↑1

Son muy buenos tus videos! Deberías subtitularlos al español!

Chucky Chicken Cartoons

3y↑4

My favorite is the On Ice Concert version SOLEY for Dan's reaction; who is this kid?! What is going on here?! I freakin lost it.

Robert Brookes

3y↑1

That 2017 production looks amazing, the puppets and the beasts transformation is fab.

Judi Bickford

3y↑1

I was having a bad day and then I saw your video Dan and I felt so much better!
Your laughter is infectious and makes me laugh too!

Trami Nguyen

3y↑3

I love this channel!

paradoxe

3y↑1

I'm going to need Dan to react to high school productions of Beauty and the Beast.

Júlia Dandy

2y↑1

I keep replaying 11:38 to check the “violent stab” and laughing more each time

LiamMcBillyBob

3y↑5

Dan is the only man I think could play both beast and prince.

Violet Cupcake

2y↑2

20:36 Oh my goodness now that’s what you call a transformation!!! 🤩 Ahh I’d love to see that in person! Also the “Belle…… IT’S ME “ line was just so hilarious 🤣 I think it’s crazy how it never was really changed after all these years!!

Brayden Johnson Chapman

@Violet Cupcake how is it done

Violet Cupcake

@Brayden Johnson Chapman Pardon?

Brayden Johnson Chapman

How the

KalliAnn

3y↑3

Beauty and the Beast is the very first theatre production I remember seeing as a small child and the only part I actually remember is the transformation part because I was like seven and I legit thought the dude was really levitating

TiaBelle123

3y↑2

Honestly the Disney Dream BATB show is one of my favorite things ever. It takes all the elements of the LA remake that I actually like and even the things I despise and makes it feel closer to the original movie and makes me believe they actually fall in love. Whenever I'm on my family computer I log onto ListenOnRepeat and put that version of the title song on repeat. Also that dance is a MILLION times better on that show than in the 2017 remake.

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