Peaches

"Peaches" is a song by American actor and musician Jack Black from the Nintendo/Illumination film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, in which Black portrays Bowser. The song was released as a single on April 7, 2023. Concept The song is a piano ballad in which Bowser, Jack Black's character in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, expresses his love for Princess Peach. The film's initial draft did not incorporate a musical background for Bowser. Aaron Horvath, one of the film's co-directors, told GameSpot he wanted a musical Bowser, but planned for a more metal track in the vein of Tenacious D. After deciding that it would be boring for Bowser to simply say, "I love Princess Peach", Horvath decided to tell the song through a ballad. The original demo was recorded with Eric Osmond on vocals. Two days later, Black completed the final recording of the song with an original piano track by his pianist. Music videos The song received two official music videos. The first one was a live-action music video directed by Cole Bennett. The video depicts Black wearing a Bowser-inspired costume and playing the song on the piano while in a room with windows overlooking computer-animated landscapes from the film. The video was uploaded by Lyrical Lemonade the same day as the single's release. On the same day, a behind-the-scenes video was posted on Lyrical Lemonade's secondary channel. On April 10, the music video reached No. 2 on YouTube's trending page.