The 2022 Academy Awards ceremony featured the first-ever live performance of Encanto's "We Don't Talk About Bruno," and Megan Thee Stallion showed up for a surprise appearance and verse. Becky G and Luis Fonsi were also on hand for the performance alongside the Encanto cast.
Earlier this year, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" became the second Disney song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It spent five weeks at the top of the chart.
Absent from the show was the song’s writer and producer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who opted to skip the Oscars ceremony after his wife tested positive for COVID-19.
Disney did not submit "We Don't Talk About Bruno" for Oscars consideration; its surge in popularity happened after the shortlist for Best Original Song was released. Instead, a different Encanto track, "Dos Oruguitas," ended up being nominated for Original Song.
Watch clips from the "We Don't Talk About Bruno" live debut below.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=f12PrIsSYpo
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"Dos Oruguitas," the song that's nominated for an Oscar, was also performed by Sebastián Yatra during the ceremony. Encanto won the Oscar for Best Animated Film.
