Rachel Zegler smiling and singing in Snow White

A new clip from Disney’s Snow White offers a closer look at an original new song. Snow White‘s cast is led by Rachel Zegler, who plays the titular princess, while Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot plays the Evil Queen. Directed by Marc Webb and with a screenplay co-written by Greta Gerwig, Snow White joins Disney’s growing number of live-action remakes. It was originally slated for a March 2024 release, which was pushed back to March 21, 2025, due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

On X (formerly Twitter), Disney has shared a closer look at “Waiting On a Wish,” a new original song performed by Zegler and written for the 2025 movie. The song begins with lyrics about how Snow was told by her father that she was born during a terrible snowstorm, which is the basis for the character’s name in this version of the story. As the song continues, she sings about wanting to leave the walls of the castle behind her and holding out for a miracle to become who she is meant to be. Check out the clip below:

What This Means For Disney’s Snow White

“Waiting On A Wish” Proves Why Rachel Zegler Was The Right Casting Choice

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The clip teases that Zegler’s acting and her vocal performance will be among the greatest strengths of the Snow White remake. Rachel Zegler’s best movies–The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, West Side Story, and Spellbound–all thrive whenever her characters sing. This will likely also be the case in Snow White. Zegler has phenomenal singing and acting talent, both of which are on full display in “Waiting On a Wish,” written by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul.

The song not only reveals details about Snow’s past, but helps flesh out her inner conflict and overarching motivations.

While the movie will be adapting many classic elements from the animated Snow White movie released in 1937, it has also found ways to update and enhance the story. “Waiting On a Wish” looks to be a prime example of that, as the song not only reveals details about Snow’s past, but helps flesh out her inner conflict and overarching motivations. This is one of several ways that Zegler’s version of Snow will be more developed than the 1937 version of the character.

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Our Take On The “Waiting On A Wish” Clip

It Makes Snow White More Promising Than Other Disney Live-Action Remakes

Snow White on the ground looking worried in the new live action movie

While Snow White‘s controversies have dominated the discourse leading up to the movie’s release, the “Waiting On a Wish” clip is a promising sign of how the remake will break more new ground than its live-action predecessors. Many of the Disney live-action remakes have done little to distinguish themselves from their animated counterparts. “Waiting On a Wish” and other new original songs can help distinguish Snow White from the 1937 movie and help make this remake feel warranted.
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