Gets Better or Red Letter? The Real Lyrics in "A Whole New World"

The debate is over - we have an answer to what Jasmine really says in "A Whole New World".

In a poll I ran on Twitter on May 23rd 2019, just before the release of Disney's live action version of Aladdin, I wanted to see how many people thought that in Aladdin's "A Whole New World", Jasmine says "Every moment gets better", or "Every moment red letter".

Out of 207 votes, most of which most likely came from the Disney community as it was spread across Twitter, 79% (163 votes) thought that it was "gets better". The other 21% (44 votes) thought that it was "red letter".

After listening to the original soundtrack and Zayn and Zhavia Ward's new version repeatedly, I came to the conclusion of "red letter", as well.

Lea Salonga, the original singing voice for Jasmine, even confirmed it was "red letter" in a tweet from 2014:

Lea Salonga’s response on Twitter: “Yes. Every moment red-letter is correct. It means special. Etymology:”

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Red Letter means "of significance", with a background of "the practice of marking holy days in red letters in church calendars", as stated in the online dictionary.

And there we have it!