I Can Hear the Bells I Can Hear the Bells "I Can Hear the Bells" is a song from the musical "Hairspray". It is sung by the protagonist Tracy Turnblad. Nikki Blonsky, who plays Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film, was sick the day the vocals were recorded. After brushing past Link, the main lead on the Corny Collins Show, Tracy Turnblad starts to dream about what her life would be like if she pursued a relationship with him. These thoughts of a future wedding and perfect romance are idealized. Orlando Sentinel notes "the chorus members produce bells whose tinkling emphasizes the dream setting of
Ricki Ortiz because you're taking my best attributes away." Ortiz' "Street Fighter" character of choice had been Chun-Li since she first played the game at nine years old. In an interview with "ESPN", Ortiz stated that "[Chun-Li is] the one who makes the game fun for me," and that she had great difficulty switching to a different character when Chun-Li was nerfed in 2017. Assigned male at birth, Ricki Ortiz came out as a gay man in 2003, though she noted later that it "didn't feel right." Ortiz experienced a large amount of abuse from anonymous commenters online. In 2009, Ortiz discovered