TBH, WE'RE ALL JUST PART OF HALLE BAILEY'S WORLD

AS DISNEY'S LITTLE MERMAID, HALLE BAILEY IS BRINGING A BIG SHIFT IN REPRESENTATION TO HOLLYWOOD-AND SHE'S FOUND HER OWN VOICE IN THE PROCESS.

- KAYLEIGH ROBERTS

JUST SOME BONUS

HALLE X ARIEL

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Because, srsly, Halle is a genuine Little Mermaid stan.

Why The Little Mermaid was always her fave: “I mean, the songs had me in a chokehold when I was younger.”

Her favorite Little Mermaid song: “My favorite from the original and the remake is still ‘Part of Your World.’ That still goes down as my number one.”

Her thoughts on the new songs: “Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda did a beautiful job of making these new songs for the film. I can’t wait for people to hear them. I’m especially excited about a new song for Ariel called ‘For the First Time.’”

Her silent communication skills IRL: “Certain people who know me, they can read my facial expressions. Like my sister, you know, we can, like, read each other’s whole life in conversation just through the look of our eyes.”

Her personal “Part of Your World” moment: “I always wanted to play in an orchestra because I used to play cello when I was younger. I wish I never stopped.”

Her low-key hoarding habit: “I like to make jewelry in my free time, so I have a lot of crystals and beads, and I’m very similar to Ariel in that way.”

Once upon a time, there was a shy little girl in Georgia who loved singing along to Disney DVDs (as one did in the early 2000s) and daydreaming about becoming a seafaring songstress like Ariel from The Little Mermaid.