Porter Baffrey's Blog

  One song from a movie/musical that stuck out to me was “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King,” from the Lion King. This is one of the movies that I watched a decent amount as a kid and it came to my mind as soon as I viewed this assignment. I believe that this song has a deeper meaning then some might believe and throughout this blog I will dive into the history, meaning and what this song symbolizes. This song was composed by Elton John and Tim Rice. It was sung by Jason Weaver as Simba, Laura Williams as Nala, and Rowan Atkinson as Zazu (Wikipedia, 2024). The Lion King came out before I was born in 1994 and stayed an iconic Disney movie still to this day. According to a website published by Forbes the movie the Lion King helped produce 11.6 billion dollars throughout its life. Forbes stated that “ Disney is celebrating more than 20 years of The Lion King by revealing numbers that confirm it as the top-earning franchise in box-office history.” This has made it one of the most successful...

       I will be conducting the topic of this week's discussion post on the singer Rhianna. Over the years Rhianna has become increasingly popular in making a name for herself in different aspects of music. Her pop songs which included faster beats paired with her beautiful voice made her songs increasingly popular throughout her career. I first started hearing her songs in middle school which makes sense because her highest-grossing song was “ We Fell In Love, ” which was released in 2015. I found a biography  that goes in-depth about Rhianna’s career and how she became so famous. According to the blog, Rhianna was born in 1988 and her first hit was in 2005 which was “ Pon De Replay ” which “ immediately captured an international audience. ” This skyrocketed her career and helped her reach new audiences that she had not been able to reach prior. After she continued to increase in popularity, she started slowly changing her songs to become more...