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A few weeks ago, The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey riled up the internet when she revealed that her version of Ariel would have bigger aspirations than “wanting to leave the ocean for a boy.” Now, we have another update about the upcoming live-action Disney film that has fans of the original movie, once again, scratching their heads.
In case you were worried the remake would feature some non-consensual kissing, composer Alan Menken, who wrote music for the original film, has updated the lyrics to the song “Kiss The Girl” to respect Ariel’s boundaries.
“There are some lyric changes in ‘Kiss the Girl’ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],” Menken recently told Vanity Fair.