Songbird Serenade


 * "In the air, in the air" — Natalia Lafourcade

Songbird Serenade is Sia's character in the animated film My Little Pony: The Movie (2017). Wearing an oversized bow and having a half-black, half-blonde mane that obscures part of her face, the character is a pegasus pony pop star modelled after Sia herself, who performs the role in her own voice. Songbird Serenade also sings Sia's song "Rainbow" in the film.

Background
Little is known about Songbird Serenade's life, but she is a renowned pop singer who resides in the city of Manehattan. She has travelled to other places to perform, such as Canterlot, the capital city of the kindom of Equestria (in My Little Pony: The Movie). In Manehattan, she performed at the Glammy Awards ceremony, in which she also won the Pop Pony of the Year Award (in the book My Little Pony: Beyond Equestria: Pinkie Pie Steps Up).

Appearances

 * My Little Pony: The Movie
 * "Rainbow" music video
 * My Little Pony mobile game
 * My Little Pony: The Movie: The Junior Novel by G. M. Berrow
 * My Little Pony: Beyond Equestria: Pinkie Pie Steps Up by G. M. Berrow
 * My Little Pony: The Movie: Friends and Foes by Magnolia Belle
 * IDW Comics' My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #3 (subscription cover cameo)
 * IDW Comics' My Little Pony: The Movie Adaptation
 * IDW Comics' My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries Issue #5
 * Various merchandise such as electronic figures and stuffed toys that play samples from "Rainbow"

Trivia

 * Sia herself helped design Songbird Serenade's "cutie mark" (the symbol seen on each pony's flank).
 * Imitating Sia's real-life performances, Songbird Serenade is joined onstage by several pony dancers with half-black, half-blonde manes and tails matching hers.
 * Although the character's mane matches Sia's usual wig colouring of black on her right side and blonde on her left, these sometimes switch sides, depending on which direction her face is pointing.
 * In the film's comic adaptation, Serenade's voice is depicted by unique speech ballons: they are dark gray with white letters, and a golden border.
 * In the Latin American dub, Songbird Serenade is voiced by the same actress as Sia in "Now You Sia, Now You Don't!" (Andrea Orozco).