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✍🏻 LYRICS \u0026 COMPOSITION BY EME LATINA (2026) ------------- ABOUT: ------------- ▶️ The challenge was to create a song based on a real fairy tale, folk tale, or fable. We could retell the story, reinterpret it, shift the point of view, or focus on a specific character or moment in a new way, but the connection to an existing traditional tale had to remain clear. 🪄 My fairytale inspiration: Beauty and Beast ------------------------------- MY INTERPRETATION: Wicked and the Beast ------------------------------- Instead of retelling the classic narrative, I explore Belle's character thru the lens of someone who learned that reality isn't a fairytale. In this version, Belle is no longer the sweet, patient girl the village expects. She grows sharper, more self-aware, and less willing to fix or romanticize others. I've always gravitated toward her principal attributes: an avid reader, a generous person, courageous when needed, and often seen as different. The song plays with the idea that the real transformation isn’t the Beast turning into a prince, but rather Belle changing because of experience. Here, she rejects the role of “Beauty” entirely. She’s labeled “wicked,” not because she’s cruel, but because she’s independent, guarded, and unwilling to conform. What others see as “malicious” is really her choosing herself. Lyrically, I blend theatrical elements with a confident, slightly rebellious tone to show that contrast. There's a sense of loss for who she used to be, but, little by little, an acceptance of who she becomes, and you feel that vulnerable part of her still in the music. I used spoken parts of the soundtrack to guide the story. ------------- LYRICS: ------------- [intro - spoken word] "Good Morning Belle!" "Where you off to?" I just finished the most wonderful story... (Ahh, there goes Belle again...) [verse] I’m pernicious, little bit vicious Don’t fall in love with me I’m not here to hand out guarantees Sure you’ll like what you see? But I'm not the kinda girl, the village girl you wanted me to be [hook] Oh goodness gracious! "I’m" a bit malicious Ambitious Tarnations! You can’t look away You want me proper, But, you know, I’m wicked.... and the wicked girl’s who I wanna be [spoken word] (Here's where she meets Prince Charming, but she won't discover it's him until Chapter 3) [verse 2] I’m capricious, audacious Can't fall in line with me I’ve seen beasts pretending courtesy Never who they claimed to be I’m the kind of girl who stopped being naive I know every trick up your sleeve [hook] Oh goodness gracious! I’m a bit malicious? Ambitious Tarnations! You can’t look away You want me proper, sweet and easy, but, you know, the wicked girl’s who I wanna be (wicked!) (wicked!) [spoken word] (Never part of any crowd, 'cause her head's up on some cloud) (There's no denying she's a funny girl that Belle) [bridge] I used to be someone way different… I followed the rules and walked the line… I took my bruises, turned them to cruises I went from Moscato to Pinot Noir (“And now I’m…”) Richer Bolder Bitter (I mean better) Clever (Acid on the tongue) (hahaha) [verse 3] So now you wanna wine and dine me…. Just don’t fall in love I can’t guarantee you’ll have me for your own See, I’m the kinda girl that you’ll always miss, but you’ll find out too late about this [Final Hook] Oh goodness gracious I’m a bit malicious No more wishes No more fixing You can’t look away You wanted Beauty Calm and pretty(pretty), but the wicked girl’s who I had to be [outro] Who I had to be Who I had to be Who..? Oh goodness gracious! I am a bit malicious Ambitious Tarnations! You can’t look away (even if you tried) “Even if you can” I know you want me proper, but you know I’m wicked... And the wicked girl’s (ooh) who I wanna (ooh)(ooh) who I gonna who I gonna (ooh)(ooh) who I gonna be who I wanna be who I had to be [spoken word] It's a pity and a sin She doesn't quite fit in 'Cause she really is a funny girl (A beauty but a funny girl)...that Belle [instrumental end]