Dove Cameron's cover of "Genie in a Bottle"

Dove Cameron's cover of "Genie in a Bottle" has great vocals and performance quality, but it sort of lacks when it comes to the way Disney changed the lyrics to be more kid friendly.

The music video sees Dove acting as her "Descendants" character Mal and looking for her genie friend Jordan. Then she wishes aloud that she had Jordan's kind of magic and rubs Jordan's lamp, which causes Mal to shrink down inside the lamp and become a genie as the song plays.

I really enjoyed Dove's performance as she explored the lamp and her singing fit perfectly with the song, which isn't surprising since she's a solid singer and actress. But those kid friendly alternate lyrics threw me off the first several times I listened to the song.

I see the value in cleaning up the lyrics for a child audience, especially with the standards Disney is held to, but some of their replacements didn't quite work from a sensical perspective.

For instance, the original lyric "my body's saying let's go / but my heart is saying no" is replaced with "my mind is saying let's go / but my heart is saying no." It fits the flow, but it doesn't really make sense considering the fact that in mind vs. heart scenarios, the mind is usually making the wise decision.

I also don't know why "needs me" is replaced with "gets me." It doesn't make things more or less kid friendly, and I don't think it addresses another issue. And while I can understand why "you're lickin' your lips" has been replaced, I don't think "thinking of rain" makes a lot of sense as the replacement.

Likewise, while I acknowledge that "rub me the right way" is being used as a seductive double entendre in the original song, rubbing someone the right or wrong way is also a common saying that isn't inherently suggestive.

On the bright side, "ask me the right way" is a good alternative if they really had to change the line. It still fits the non-suggestive meaning and flow, and it reinforces the importance of consent, so I'll give them that one.

I've grown accustomed to the lyrical changes over time, and I never planned to let that stop me from enjoying a good Dove Cameron song anyway. Listen for yourself to see how you feel about it.