In Netflix’s new vacation rom-com “Christmas With You,” Aimee Garcia performs Angelina, a Latin pop star coping with profession burnout who’s tasked with writing the following “All I Want For Christmas Is You”-level vacation music. Garcia steps into the position of the singing-dancing extraordinaire so seamlessly that one would possibly assume she’s truly a pop star. So, is Aimee Garcia actually singing in “Christmas With You”?
The reply is sure, and Garcia, who just isn’t a skilled singer — consider it or not — tells POPSUGAR taking over the position of a global pop sensation was “terrifying.” While Garcia has some singing expertise after recording a music for a season 5 musical episode of Netflix’s “Lucifer,” the position of Angelina introduced an entire new problem.
“Netflix had supplied me this position in ‘Christmas With You’ due to the musical episode on ‘Lucifer,’ however I barely sang and danced [for that],” Garcia says. “And [I] could or could not have taken a shot of tequila within the sound sales space. I can not affirm nor deny.” Making issues much more intimidating, Garcia was on a time crunch to nail Angelina’s powerhouse vocals. “I solely had three days to study all of the songs . . . so after they mentioned, ‘You’re going to play knowledgeable singer with a number of Grammys and platinum data worldwide,’ I had a minor panic assault.”
Panic assault quantity two got here when Garcia heard which pop stars the producers behind “Christmas With You” have been hoping for Garcia to emulate. “[When I asked], ‘What sort of voice are you guys pondering?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh, you already know, Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson.’ ‘Oh, so the perfect singers of our era?’ I mentioned, ‘Not gonna occur in three days.'”
In the top, Garcia let go of the doubts in her head and as an alternative studied pop legends like Madonna and Britney Spears, whose legacies helped her attain an encouraging epiphany. “Their efficiency is simple, proper? They are pop stars. They are legends,” she says. “And I mentioned, ‘I’m simply going to steer with my strengths of dancing efficiency and sing from the center . . . And that is all I can do.”
According to her costar Freddie Prinze Jr., who performs Miguel, the widowed music trainer who reignites Angelina’s ardour for writing, Garcia is not giving herself sufficient credit score. “Girl, they minimize a soundtrack and are releasing it . . . since you killed it so good,” Prinze Jr. says. “They do not try this except it is good!”
You can watch Garcia showcase her pop-star-level singing and dancing abilities in “Christmas With You,” streaming now on Netflix.