“Encanto” song — the ubiquitous “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” — at No

Talk About Bruno” is one of the biggest singles of the year

of the piece was always — and remains — that there are so many characters

was amplified by the fact that I was in lockdown with my in-laws at the

brother-in-law was like “Is this song about me?,” because he was living with us

[song’s] name got me halfway there, and then I actually pulled an all-nighter, figuring

know when you were writing it where it would be in the musical? Like, I

knew it was sort of the end of Act One, and I knew that it

knew it was a great chance to check in with the cast members who don’

really fun thing about the whole process: When you’re there early enough, your