I LOVE the combination of Chinese instruments with orchestral instruments like the violin. Lea Solanga's beautiful voice with these ensures I will ALWAYS get chills listening to this. Definitely one of the best scores in any Disney movie.
well, no. not entirely anyway. shes a bit of both, in my eyes. mulan was never meant to be a fully feminine princess, no, but we see in the part of the movie where she's in disguise that she flounders in a fully masculine warrior role as well. it's not until the end of the movie, when she embraces both her masculine and feminine sides that she's truly in her element, when she is fighting the hun on the rooftop, and uses the fan, a symbol of her femininity, to disarm her opponent and fight using his sword, a symbol of her masculinity. she's not just a princess, but she's not just a warrior either. she's both, and that's okay.
Lyrics Look at me I will never pass for a perfect bride Or a perfect daughter Can it be I'm not meant to play this part Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself I would break my family's heart Who is that girl I see Staring straight back at me Why is my reflection someone I don't know Somehow I cannot hide Who I am, though I've tried When will my reflection show who I am inside When will my reflection show who I am inside
Actually in the original legend she didn't get found out she was a girl until the war was over and she just stayed home to take care of her father rather than become a princess.
So many people who underestimate their value in life. Bring the best of you in this world and don't look for someone else approval except for the ones you care about or the ones you end up caring.
It's 11:20 on a school night, I have tests and a game tomorrow, but I'm singing tons of Disney soundtracks alone in my room. Not a single regret so far..
I was the same way in high school. I graduated in 2010. Never studied for a single test. Spent my time dreaming, and Disney music was one of the many inspirations that have led me to today.
I personally like Mulan more than the other Disney Princesses bc she’s so easy to relate to and even through hardship she shows hope, determination and relies on her own strength but knows when to allow help from others.
I wholeheartedly agree...for the most part the only ones who are real princess' are Jasmine and Ariel everyone else just lucked up...unless I'm missing something
I think it’s safe to say no matter what stereotypes any of these movies may have portrayed... songs like this resonated with so many people in so many different ways. That I think is the most important part
Whenever I first heard this song in the movie I cried, I never related more with a Disney character before at the time I didn't know why I related so much. But now as a trans woman its very clear why I love this song and hold it dear as one of my favorite songs from Mulan.
I swear this was the awakening point for most trans women at a young age cuz the way this resonated w me unlike anything ever did before when I was like 5 💀
She's just one of the princesses so they can make more money out of her, they even changed the criteria because she was so beloved and famous, they smelled the money
Mai: look at me, I will never pass. For a perfect bride. Or a perfect sister. Can it be that Im not meant to play this part? Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself, I would break my family's heart... Who is that girl I see staring right back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I can not hide who I am though I tried. When will my reflection show who I am inside? When will my reflection show who I am inside
im always crying when i listen to this song like it always hurt me it always pierces through me plsss NOW IM 20YR OLD WHY CANT I LISTEN TO THIS WITHOUT CRYING SERIOUS IM CRYING AGAIN
This song made 4 year old me absolutely love the VA of Mulan, this is actually so beautiful, also, the second to last "Inside" being on a higher note, just OOF it hits.
My reflection is someone I don't know.... it has been a hard struggle for me to love myself for who I am...... I've had a a troubled past and I am a big man, I'm hoping one of these days I will love my reflection and get a better outlook on life and my body.....
it's been a long time you wrote this comment but I hope you know no matter how you look, you are beautiful on the inside and out, and you are lovable just as you are in this very moment. You always have been.
With or without this beautiful song from my childhood, i am still excited to see the live action remake of Mulan. And i can relate to this message because of my autism!
Me too, mainly to this song! Since I was a child, I liked it! However, I couldn't understand the lyrics. Nowadays, I'm listening again and I feel emocional because I identified to Mulan! Sometimes, I'd like be myself! I have no clue! I feel weird compared the people which I met. Now, I also related to my autism.
Agree. I feel like Mulan should take the spotlight. All because Frozen has a princess, little girls love it so much, but Mulan is a different kind of princess that every little girl should know about. Because honestly, Mulan is the best “princess” I’ve seen. She is different and unique.
Just because you don't see it right now, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Be patient and you will see it sooner or later. It is right there, you just need time!
This song spoke to me so much as a teenager getting adjusted into adulthood, I haven’t come across it till now and it hits entirely new knowing that I’m almost 30 and realising I’ve been a lesbian all this time and yet there’s no way I could ever come out to my family
Mulan is the first Disney Warrior Princess and far outshines all Disney Princesses who came before and after in my opinion. She fought to save her father and her country.
listening to this as do my homework my neighbors must think am crazy, am facing the window and singing the songs, as the voice characters , embarrassing. Also may i add that am 17 going on 18
Hello friend. I have something important to tell you: The bible makes it clear that God is holy. This holy God holds a perfect moral standard. Sadly, we have all fallen way short of that standard(Romans 3:23). The penalty for sin/imperfection is Hell(Revelation 21:8). Thankfully the bible also says that God is rich in mercy and grace. That is why He sent His perfect Son to die on a cross to save us from our sin. You and I broke God's law but Jesus paid our fine. Then Jesus rose from the dead, 3 day later, thus defeating death! "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them." John 3:36
@@crazypyp5871 That's a good question and here is the answer: Jesus Christ says the gospel needs to be told to ALL people(Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15). Thus I must tell people the truth.
The song "Reflection" was meant to be much longer, but the filmmakers wanted to save time in the movie. In the deleted version, Mulan not only takes off her bun, makeup, and jewelry, she also takes off her sashes. Also, the deleted version shows Mulan riding Khan through mountains and paddy fields.
I’m a guy but hearing it. It makes me feel sorrow. Because there’s some daughters may feel like this and I have no kids bye the idea of my daughter be feeling like this feel that she needs to be the perfect thing so we could feel happy instead of be happy to have a daughter who loves and cares about her family and those she cherish it’s enough to make a full grown ass man cry
This song reminds me of Tris Prior. She wasn't selfless so if she was to be who she really was and choose Dauntless, she'd break her family's hearts by leaving them. She dressed and acted like the Dauntless, but her reflection didnt show who she really was- Divergent. No matter how hard she tried, she couldnt forget the part of her that was Abnegation. No matter which side of her shw embraced, SOMEONE would be upset with her. I love this song even more now.
By whom ? I've never seen or heard anyone from Disney call Mulan a Disney Princess . Only by other people who think every female protagonist eventually becomes a Princess .
looking back to me as a kid, how did I not know i was trans until i was like 15 given I belted this as a kid 😭😭 This is such a powerful song and like a good example of transmasc experience
It is easy to criticize what the musician or the composer and other people concerned are performing,but one must know and value the efforts to make it possible to write or compose or arrange a song.As for me I live in Myanmar and have written a lot of musical scores for Myanmar movies and I just can't understand why people have negative mind sets instead of thinking in a positive way when it comes to MUSIC or any other form of ART.
Mulan - Reflection Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride Or a perfect daughter Can it be I'm not meant to play this part? Now I see that if I were truly to be myself I would break my family's heart Who is that girl I see Staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow, I cannot hide Who I am, though I've tried When will my reflection show who I am inside? When will my reflection show who I am inside?
Disney I haven’t been too happy with lately. They should have been maintaining momentum since Encanto came out at the right time. But it hasn’t. And it’s all because Hollywood is run nowadays by idiots.
This song reminds me of Me and my Oni side or simply my anger and grief for 12 years. I sing “Look at me, I never pass as a perfect student or a perfect son, Can it be, that I was not meant to play this part?, Now I see if I were to truly to be myself, I would break my family’s heart, Who is that Oni I see?, Staring straight back at me, why is my reflection someone I hated?” Ares sing “Somehow, we cannot hide, who we are, though we’ve tried, when will our reflections show who we are inside?!” Me and Ares sing together “When will our reflections show, who we are inside?”🐲☯️👹
what about lloyd oni form will lloyd's reflection show who he is inside since it was his greatest fear of becoming like his father when he became scared by his own reflection.
Please understand that how they put amazing song like this in animation that makes Disney a long-lasting king in animation movie. Unfortunately the do not put much effort in developing today' ost anymore
![Mulan - Reflections [HQ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1_BtlAw4trg/mqdefault.jpg)
I LOVE the combination of Chinese instruments with orchestral instruments like the violin. Lea Solanga's beautiful voice with these ensures I will ALWAYS get chills listening to this. Definitely one of the best scores in any Disney movie.
Yes!!
She isn't a princess. She's a warrior.:)
she's awesome that way
Natalie Lusitana Soprano Warrior Princess. Or is that too much? xD
well, no. not entirely anyway. shes a bit of both, in my eyes. mulan was never meant to be a fully feminine princess, no, but we see in the part of the movie where she's in disguise that she flounders in a fully masculine warrior role as well. it's not until the end of the movie, when she embraces both her masculine and feminine sides that she's truly in her element, when she is fighting the hun on the rooftop, and uses the fan, a symbol of her femininity, to disarm her opponent and fight using his sword, a symbol of her masculinity.
she's not just a princess, but she's not just a warrior either. she's both, and that's okay.
She did become a princess in Mulan 2
Yustar Gloria She didn’t become a princess, she didn’t marry any kind of royalty.
Lea Salonga's voice is truly beautiful
This is Ming-Na Wen, not Lea Salonga.
helioseismology It IS Lea! Ming-Na was Mulan's speaking voice and Lea was her singing voice! :)
Rosela1996
Ah yes, you are correct. My mistake.
helioseismology :)
@@Rosela1996 I thought I was the only Greek fan of Lea :)
Lyrics
Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride
Or a perfect daughter
Can it be
I'm not meant to play this part
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself
I would break my family's heart
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me
Why is my reflection someone I don't know
Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am, though I've tried
When will my reflection show who I am inside
When will my reflection show who I am inside
Actually in the original legend she didn't get found out she was a girl until the war was over and she just stayed home to take care of her father rather than become a princess.
@Comment May Explode maybe the 2020 version will show that
@@jarrodedson5441 it didn't
She didn't become a princess.
Dang
I thought the emperor forced her to marry him and she later commits suicide
Lea Salonga...oh, what a voice. It's so easy to understand how she has had such a long and successful recording/musical theatre career.
you gotta admit, that cover art is beautiful!
I love Lea Salonga's voice she is so talented and this song relates to life so much
I admit I cry each time I hear this as it's so emotional.
So many people who underestimate their value in life. Bring the best of you in this world and don't look for someone else approval except for the ones you care about or the ones you end up caring.
I love how soft yet powerful this song is, it's so amazing!
me after putting on eyeliner
refrigerator I- lmfao
Lea Salonga Voice Makes Mulan My FAVE Disney Movie
It's 11:20 on a school night, I have tests and a game tomorrow, but I'm singing tons of Disney soundtracks alone in my room. Not a single regret so far..
I was the same way in high school. I graduated in 2010. Never studied for a single test. Spent my time dreaming, and Disney music was one of the many inspirations that have led me to today.
Qrazy Quarian I graduated in 2012
I graduated in 2019
I personally like Mulan more than the other Disney Princesses bc she’s so easy to relate to and even through hardship she shows hope, determination and relies on her own strength but knows when to allow help from others.
My favorite princesses are Snow White Cinderella Moana and Raya
I wholeheartedly agree...for the most part the only ones who are real princess' are Jasmine and Ariel everyone else just lucked up...unless I'm missing something
Everyone yelling about Mulan not being a princess like being a princess is some kind of bad thing.
I think it’s safe to say no matter what stereotypes any of these movies may have portrayed... songs like this resonated with so many people in so many different ways. That I think is the most important part
Whenever I first heard this song in the movie I cried, I never related more with a Disney character before at the time I didn't know why I related so much. But now as a trans woman its very clear why I love this song and hold it dear as one of my favorite songs from Mulan.
Me too! I feel the same way.
I swear this was the awakening point for most trans women at a young age cuz the way this resonated w me unlike anything ever did before when I was like 5 💀
Mulan's a pretty trans movie overall tbf
The first line of this still applies to you: "Look at me, I will never pass."
@@ryanbigguy at least I can make people cum
Well, she may not be a princess, but she is considered to be one of the disney princesses. Not kidding.
Mulan:The Warrior Princess.
Mulan isn't a princess .
She's a disney Heroine .
Geez .
She's just one of the princesses so they can make more money out of her, they even changed the criteria because she was so beloved and famous, they smelled the money
Mai: look at me, I will never pass. For a perfect bride. Or a perfect sister. Can it be that Im not meant to play this part? Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself, I would break my family's heart... Who is that girl I see staring right back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I can not hide who I am though I tried. When will my reflection show who I am inside? When will my reflection show who I am inside
I would break my family's heart if showed them who I was inside
Let's hope you're not a serial killer. BUT if you are gay or trans, do not live in unhappiness. I'm sure your family will still love you.
@@jliuatl why is it hard for someone to admit there gay or transgender
Jarrod Edson I do not know.
Jarrod Edson Because it is not accepted by everyone, trust me I know.
@@jarrodedson5441 Because judgment, unacceptable, bullying, abuse, jail, and death
im always crying when i listen to this song like it always hurt me it always pierces through me plsss NOW IM 20YR OLD WHY CANT I LISTEN TO THIS WITHOUT CRYING SERIOUS IM CRYING AGAIN
It's just very deep and a beautiful song.
This song made 4 year old me absolutely love the VA of Mulan, this is actually so beautiful, also, the second to last "Inside" being on a higher note, just OOF it hits.
My reflection is someone I don't know.... it has been a hard struggle for me to love myself for who I am...... I've had a a troubled past and I am a big man, I'm hoping one of these days I will love my reflection and get a better outlook on life and my body.....
Just remember, it's never too late to love yourself!
it's been a long time you wrote this comment but I hope you know no matter how you look, you are beautiful on the inside and out, and you are lovable just as you are in this very moment. You always have been.
So amazing...literally give me goosebumps!
ME TOO! ESPECIALLY AT THE END! 😮😮😮
With or without this beautiful song from my childhood, i am still excited to see the live action remake of Mulan. And i can relate to this message because of my autism!
Me too, mainly to this song! Since I was a child, I liked it! However, I couldn't understand the lyrics. Nowadays, I'm listening again and I feel emocional because I identified to Mulan! Sometimes, I'd like be myself! I have no clue! I feel weird compared the people which I met. Now, I also related to my autism.
@@killerqueen3878 That’s cool
Same.
My favourite modern classic disney princess song ever!
Our beautiful Mulan, I’m so sad Coco is gone ❤️
This movie has been so underrated!
Overrated: FROZEN!!! (i hate frozen, just an opinion)
Underrated: Mulan.
+Bailey “JayStar Dej” Ahara Yeah you're being so scandalous proclaiming the same opinion that a million hipsters before you have -_-
+Alex McFadden so what's your point? That comment was already taken?
Frozen overrated? No. So many people hate it now. It's sad.
KaijuTaxi I didn't say we hate it, I'm just saying that when it was overrated, it was more popular than other Disney movies were.
Agree. I feel like Mulan should take the spotlight. All because Frozen has a princess, little girls love it so much, but Mulan is a different kind of princess that every little girl should know about. Because honestly, Mulan is the best “princess” I’ve seen. She is different and unique.
THE FIRST 30 SECONDS ARE JUST HEAVEN😭 I wish they made a longer version
sometimes i wished i could look into my reflection and see someone worth while... but i don't see anything
Just because you don't see it right now, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Be patient and you will see it sooner or later. It is right there, you just need time!
Plz don't feel like that all are in our own unique way and style
***** YOU'RE A VAMPIRE!
+Rosela1996 What a wonderful response, though it was not meant for me,it helped me out. Robert, you are worth while, never think that you are not.
+Fireserk LMAO
As a trans man this song ment a lot to me when I was younger, still does.
kodomo shy Whatever makes you happy go for it do not let anyone tell you otherwise.
Oh my gosh same (I'm bigender but it still resonated similarly)
sameeee
kodomo shy I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO SAY IT SO THANKS YOU
This comment honestly makes me so so happy
This song spoke to me so much as a teenager getting adjusted into adulthood, I haven’t come across it till now and it hits entirely new knowing that I’m almost 30 and realising I’ve been a lesbian all this time and yet there’s no way I could ever come out to my family
Mulan is the first Disney Warrior Princess and far outshines all Disney Princesses who came before and after in my opinion. She fought to save her father and her country.
i just think lea salonga's version is better than christina's. just sayin
I first heard Lea in the Les Mis 10th Anniversary Concert. What a beautiful voice she has!!
listening to this as do my homework my neighbors must think am crazy, am facing the window and singing the songs, as the voice characters , embarrassing. Also may i add that am 17 going on 18
I don't think it is weird at all, it is just you being you , and don't let everyone else make you who you are.
when you said 17 going on 18 i got some Sound of Music vibes
Oh geez why am I listening to this song at 11:00 at night while being a trans male I'm getting emotional :'))
Hello friend. I have something important to tell you:
The bible makes it clear that God is holy. This holy God holds a perfect moral standard. Sadly, we have all fallen way short of that standard(Romans 3:23). The penalty for sin/imperfection is Hell(Revelation 21:8).
Thankfully the bible also says that God is rich in mercy and grace. That is why He sent His perfect Son to die on a cross to save us from our sin. You and I broke God's law but Jesus paid our fine. Then Jesus rose from the dead, 3 day later, thus defeating death!
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them." John 3:36
@@micahhenley589 why are you commenting this on someone's comment that has nothing to do with god or jesus?
@@crazypyp5871 That's a good question and here is the answer: Jesus Christ says the gospel needs to be told to ALL people(Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15). Thus I must tell people the truth.
@@micahhenley589 yeah but Jesus has nothing to do with the comment though?
@@crazypyp5871 I never said He did.
LEA SALONGA!! 😊 Perfecto! ❤
I cry man I cry it's too good
this is my favorite song in the whole world and the movie too
This is how I feel sometimes. Its a wonderful song. Love it ❤❤
The song "Reflection" was meant to be much longer, but the filmmakers wanted to save time in the movie. In the deleted version, Mulan not only takes off her bun, makeup, and jewelry, she also takes off her sashes. Also, the deleted version shows Mulan riding Khan through mountains and paddy fields.
I WANT TO FIND WHERE THIS FOOTAGE IS
I hate it when some movie musicals do that
This song is so trans coded. I love it sm! I'm trans but I still havent told my mom 😅 ♡♡
False, Juwanna Mann is a trans coded icon.
Always gives me goosebumps 😩
I’m a guy but hearing it. It makes me feel sorrow.
Because there’s some daughters may feel like this and I have no kids bye the idea of my daughter be feeling like this feel that she needs to be the perfect thing so we could feel happy instead of be happy to have a daughter who loves and cares about her family and those she cherish it’s enough to make a full grown ass man cry
Oh how I relate to this song. :,)
This song reminds me of Tris Prior. She wasn't selfless so if she was to be who she really was and choose Dauntless, she'd break her family's hearts by leaving them. She dressed and acted like the Dauntless, but her reflection didnt show who she really was- Divergent. No matter how hard she tried, she couldnt forget the part of her that was Abnegation. No matter which side of her shw embraced, SOMEONE would be upset with her. I love this song even more now.
I came here looking for something to remix but literally just realized this was a musical
I wished that they made the longer version of this instead of the full pop one :T
Love this soundtrack I cant wait for the new movie!!
all the songs in this movie are pure gold
This is One of my Favorite Disney Songs to this Day in 1998 so Yeah.
the first trailer for this movie was so cool
I love coming back to listen to this song
i wouldn't be surprised to see how many eggs this movie cracked
By whom ?
I've never seen or heard anyone from Disney call Mulan a Disney Princess .
Only by other people who think every female protagonist eventually becomes a Princess .
looking back to me as a kid, how did I not know i was trans until i was like 15 given I belted this as a kid 😭😭
This is such a powerful song and like a good example of transmasc experience
This song is a trans masc mood.
I sing this whenever I look at the sprites from Pokémon Green.
🎵[Dylan Lewis & Lea Salonga - Reflection]🎵
I love this song! :)
It is easy to criticize what the musician or the composer and other people concerned are performing,but one must know and value the efforts to make it possible to write or compose or arrange a song.As for me I live in Myanmar and have written a lot of musical scores for Myanmar movies and I just can't understand why people have negative mind sets instead of thinking in a positive way when it comes to MUSIC or any other form of ART.
definitely in my top favorite Disney movies
Mulan - Reflection
Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride
Or a perfect daughter
Can it be I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see that if I were truly to be myself
I would break my family's heart
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
Somehow, I cannot hide
Who I am, though I've tried
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
Man, what happened to Disney? What happened to the world? Is this nostalgia or has all music and movie degraded for the past 10 or 20 years?
Disney I haven’t been too happy with lately. They should have been maintaining momentum since Encanto came out at the right time. But it hasn’t. And it’s all because Hollywood is run nowadays by idiots.
Poor Mulan. 😢 :”(
Good song to dance passionately with. 💙💜
Why the hell did they not make this song/scene just a LITTLE longer 😭😭
This song reminds me of Me and my Oni side or simply my anger and grief for 12 years. I sing “Look at me, I never pass as a perfect student or a perfect son, Can it be, that I was not meant to play this part?, Now I see if I were to truly to be myself, I would break my family’s heart, Who is that Oni I see?, Staring straight back at me, why is my reflection someone I hated?” Ares sing “Somehow, we cannot hide, who we are, though we’ve tried, when will our reflections show who we are inside?!” Me and Ares sing together “When will our reflections show, who we are inside?”🐲☯️👹
In This Song flashbacks Form I Was 7. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 And 19
F2: Rush Floor - 2 Race! Find The Exit! The Power Of a Poltergust x2 or x3 Makes Capturing Ghosts a Breeze!
Beginning kind of sounds like the love theme from MOTHER 3
I Listening Reflection by Lea Salonga
I know the song isn’t making it that way and I don’t mean to be woke, but a lot of my transgender friends would really relate to this song.
what about lloyd oni form will lloyd's reflection show who he is inside since it was his greatest fear of becoming like his father when he became scared by his own reflection.
I feel like my family would hate me if they figured out who I am inside
Listen to Michael Crawford's cover from "The Disney Album" and I assure you, you'd think they should have written it for Erik in Phantom of the Opera.
Who else came here after watching the trailer for the new Mulan?
I can’t believe they made a kids movie about gender identity in 1998. Conservatives would throw a fit in today’s political environment.
Mulan isn't about gender identity lol
Bruh. did you even watch the movie?
@@francescop.c.3298it definitely is 😅
Omg😍😘😭
Somehow this song became relatable to meh life
Disc 2 Bonus Features It Has Captain Li Shang
Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
Please understand that how they put amazing song like this in animation
that makes Disney a long-lasting king in animation movie. Unfortunately
the do not put much effort in developing today' ost anymore
From Mulan VHS
Scenes From Himself in My Memories Songs
This was child me's trans awakening, mulan has always been my favorite
me when I wash off all my cosplay makeup after the con
Hey Elsa, eat your heart out.
I love Let It Go but Reflection was my childhood
My original characters Rainbow foxes start to sing about their tragic mistakes after their younger siblings' banishment for 20 years
I much prefer this version to the other one. Who was it who sang the other version? Meh
+AriochStarr I think Christina Aguilera? Or Avril... I'm not 100%
Sammi Graham
Yeah, that sounds about right.
+AriochStarr It's Christina Aguilera in the pop version, guys.
I feel like almost every girl has a deep connection to this song
Wow.
I'm sure they'd love you just the same :)
Orgemon digimon adventure 1999 AI cover of Mulan reflection
This is it
💜💜💜💜