This Is Me is one of the most inspirational songs in "The King of the Circus", and the story behind Kira Setel (Hu Zizi), who led the song, is also very touching.
The song and dance film "King of the Circus", which was released on February 1, 2018 in Chinese mainland, has many good songs, and the most inspirational one is undoubtedly This Is Me. In the preparatory stage of the film, the actors specially rehearsed the song to give the foss executives a green light to the project, and Kira Setel, who plays the bearded lady in the film, gave her all her strength and sang with her life. At the end of the performance, Hugh Jackman held hands, and Uncle Hugh was moved to tears.
In the movie, Lady Beard and her friends are refused to attend the cocktail party by the high society, and they are discriminated against by their strange eyes and sing the song "This Is Me" with their hearts. The song won Best Original Song in the Motion Picture Category at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in 2018.
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Kira Settl said in an interview with foreign media that being able to receive this role and lead the song is like a gift from Heaven: "I woke up in the morning and looked in the mirror and asked myself, did I really get this opportunity?" ”
Kira Setel lives without a beard, but has been discriminated against for her mixed race and body type
Kira Settl said she felt "tough" every time she sang the song because the lyrics described it so much like her life that she shed tears every time she sang.
Born in Hawaii, her mother is a Polynesian of New Zealand and her father is British, the eldest of five children. Because his parents were of different races, his family had been living in the eyes of others. Several of their children were of mixed race, and when they were young, they couldn't figure out where they belonged. Kira Settl was also often bullied at school as a child.
As mentioned in the lyrics, "When the sharpest words wanna cut me down / Gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out / I am brave, I am bruised / I am who I'm meant to be, this is me." When someone else hurts me with a sword, I use the power of the flood to bring him down, I am brave, I hurt a lot, but I am me.