"Call me Cruella" is a song created for the 2021 Disney movie Cruella. The track seems to pick up where the original film’s title song, Cruella De Vil, left off, with the intro following a similar rhyme scheme.
Florence Welch said in a May 2021 interview with NME this song was the fulfillment of her childhood dream:
”Some of the first songs I ever learned how to sing were Disney songs. And the villains often got the best numbers, so to help create and perform a song for Cruella is the fulfilment of a long held childhood dream. I’m so grateful to Nicholas Britell [producer, composer] and Disney for allowing me so much creative freedom, and for trusting me with Cruella’s beautiful madness.”[1]
Background[]
The song was first teased in the film’s trailer,[2] released May 10th. The song marks the second time Florence + the Machine writes a song for a villain, the first being “Breath of Life”, written for Queen Ravenna from Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
Lyrics[]
Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil
She's born to be bad
So run for the hills
Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil
The fear on your face
It gives me a thrill
Who wants to be nice?
Who wants to be tame?
All of your good guys
They all seem the same
Original, criminal, dressed to kill
Just call me Cruella De Vil
Call me crazy, call me insane
But you're stuck in the past
And I'm ahead of the game
A life lived in penance, it just seems a waste
And the devil has much better taste
And I tried to be sweet, I tried to be kind
But I feel much better now that I'm out of my mind
Well, there's always a line at the gates of Hell
But I go right to the front 'cause I dress this well
Rip it up, leave it all in tatters
Beauty is the only thing that matters
The fabric of your little world is torn
Embrace the darkness and be reborn
Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil
The fear on your face
It gives me a thrill
Refrences[]
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| Tour • Merch • Photoshoot • Producers | |
| Discography | |
| Releases | High As Hope |
| Tracklist | June • Hunger • South London Forever • Big God • Sky Full of Song • Grace • Patricia • 100 Years • The End of Love • No Choir |
| Non-Album | Moderation • Haunted House • Light of Love • Jenny of Oldstones • Cornflake Girl • Call me Cruella |
| Unreleased | Covered In Blood (WTF) |
| Other Eras | |
| Lungs • Ceremonials • How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful • High As Hope • Dance Fever | |