We Don't Talk About Bruno

A total of 88 TikTok videos celebrating the hit 'Encanto' song were projected onto the stage during the 2022 Oscars.

To date, “Bruno” has been used in more than 1 million TikTok videos and Lin-Manuel Miranda has even thanked TikTok users for the Encanto soundtrack’s massive commercial success. Earlier in the evening, two TikTok creators — Emily Uribe ( @emilyuuribe) and Juju Green ( @straw_hat_goofy) — also joined the Oscars red carpet to interview talent as part of a partnership between the social platform and the Academy. As the cast of Encanto surprised audiences with a Megan Thee Stallion–featuring performance of the mega-hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” another first was underway at the Academy Awards: TikTok made it to the Oscars.

Lots of folks on Twitter admitted that the promise of the song (which despite rocketing to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, was not nominated for an Academy ...

“Oscars: Wow, we really butchered that “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” song tonight. Good thing that’ll be the worst thing that happens right?” Enter Will Smith, represented as a cartoon man rushing into the foreground, looking determined. Only the first verse was (basically) what we saw in the film. Though even critics couldn’t deny that the performance song dialed the celebrities and energy up to 11, Twitter was left with a bevvy of emotions after the song, mostly negative. troubled. Particularly those hoping for a shot-for-shot recreation of the musical number or even, perhaps, the song as they know it. Many a fan was anxious with anticipation, including (among others) Kamau Bell.

The Oscars performance of Encanto's "We Don't Talk About Bruno" got some mixed reactions - how did Twitter fans react?

Check out the full performance below and decide for yourself. For most, it was a shocking moment that would require a bit of recovery time: Last night’s Oscars ceremony featured the first live performance of "We Don't Talk About Bruno," the biggest hit from Disney’s Encanto. But if you were expecting the full version from the movie, you may have been surprised to find that the stars sang a ‘remixed’ ditty that included references to the Academy and…Megan Thee Stallion? Needless to say, the fans have Thoughts ™.

On a night that'll be remembered for all the wrong reasons, surely an Oscars 2022 performance of Encanto's 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' couldn't fail?

The harrowing Oscars 2022 "We Don't Talk About Bruno" remix weirdly encapsulates recent criticism of the ceremony as a whole. Somewhat ironically given the song's subject, Disney submitted "Dos Oruguitas" for Oscar nomination, not realizing "We Don't Talk About Bruno" would become Encanto's runaway success story. We don't talk about the Oscars 2022 version of Encanto's "We Don't Talk About Bruno." Since Salsa-ing onto theater screens in November 2021, Encanto has enraptured audiences young and old, the magical story of the Madrigal family earning its place among the storied legends of Disney's animated pantheon.