Music Video: "Hard to Be the Bard" Starring Christian Borle from "Something Rotten!"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
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Broadway.com shot an exclusive music video starring Christian Borle prowling the streets of New York City and lamenting how it's HARD TO BE THE BARD!!!
“Vox’s va” THAT IS TWO-TIME TONY AWARD WINNING, BROADWAY STAR, CHRISTIAN BORLE 😭
FRRRRRRRR
THANK YOUU
THANK YOU LOL 😭😭
WAIT WHAT?! THEY'RE THE SAME PERSON?! oh my gosh. I knew the show cas t broadway stars but so many of them are turning out to be people who's work I already loved before and didn't realize they're the same person!
i did not even realize that until you pointed this out so thank you for that blursed information, i now cannot unhear British Vox.
I'm going to write and dedicate a musical for his arms
I already know it's going to win a million Tony's
+TheDisneyDarlingMermaid I LOVE YOU FOR THIS
👍💪💜👌
That's pretty much what I was thinking. 😍
CupOfMagicalTea Book Nook: Starring Christian Borle.
This is the anthem for salty English majors in college
Valerie Rodriguez-Castro Can totally confirm this. XD
I feel called out right now
Yes! It’s even hard to describe
I think I Hate Shakespeare is also appropriate.
It’s the anthem for all writers lol
I feel like this should be on horrible histories lmao
Yesssss
Same
YESSSSSSS, Can we get a petition for Christian to be on horrible histories?!
Ooh, now I’m imagining Mat’s Shakespeare singing this.
@@pinkroseperson256 yaaaas!
The fangirl community thanks you for the lack of sleeves in this video.
OMG SAMMMEEEE 👍💜💪👌
KissyLipRaptor don't forget gay boys
samuel c. Not just gay boys, everyone wants Christian
as a gay man, me too
dont forget me, a fanenby
I'm the redhead in the yellow dress. Working on this video was the greatest day of my life and Christian is the kindest, funniest, loveliest guy I've ever worked with.
You have a great of hair, that's sounds kinda creepy sorry...
Was it hard acting for the video, the part scene in particular?
Very cool, good job! (It's somehow nice to know that Christian is as sweet as he seems.)
l u c k y
this is true. i was the yellow dress.
Petition for Shakespeares character in Something Rotten to preform without sleeves
Nice avatar 😜
I know you commented this a year ago but I would totally sign that petition.
Isn't there an outfit in the show for Shakespeare that doesn't have sleeves?
seasonsoflove yeah the one he wears at the after party where he tries to steal Nigel’s notebook.
Christian's performance as Shakespeare has very rapidly become one of my favourite things ever oh my god
random but i love your profile picture
1:57-2:37 ALL MY FELLOW WRITERS CAN AGREE
yes!
Accurate!
So true...
so true
Marisa Payne Preach brudder!
IM SO SKEEP DEPRIVED ITS LIKE THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND IM CRYING OVER HIS ARMS HELP ME. SERIOUSLY
benplattypus pls love yourself & sleep at reasonable times instead of staring at Borle arms!! It's what you deserve!
I have never related to a comment more
This was actually me last night
HELP I KEEP SEEING YOU ON EVERY SOMETHING ROTTEN VIDEO 😩😩😩😩
How do I become friends with Christian Borle
+Kayleigh Beaman put your name on the list?
Go to Broadway, become famous, hope that you’ll be in a production with him, BAM be his friend
find a christian borle at a comic store near you
@@lionsforscottie You are a genious. XD
Buy him a drink lol
Borle arms make the world a better place
god bless Christian Borle's arms
The father, the son, and the holy biceps
1:39
He doesn’t have any arm hair, does he?
This is the greatest thing ever. And Christian is absolutely hilarious, one of the best comedic actors to date.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PURE PERFECTION!!!
👍
WHICH I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO DATE
Best chorus line ever "HE CAN"T PEE" 1:11
HE IS SUFFERING
Why did I only hear this now lol
Or " dont be a penis the man is a genius"
God this sounds so much like a Queen song, I love it!
IKRRRRRR I searched it up and apparently the composers were inspired by Queen :)
Absolutely! I'm pretty sure it was inspired by Somebody to love! The similarities are shocking!!!
If this was a Queen song in the first place, it could've been awesome
I accidentally had the video muted and hit the play button. I actually hit the button to my Spotify and the song Dont Threaten Me With A Good Time by Panic at the disco started playing. I thought that was the song playing for the video and freaked out because it matched perfectly.
I just did , and it totally does !!
This is the best thing that happened to me! It's hilarious!
omg that was great
who are these people? LOL
Thank you so much. This has made my life just a little bit better.
This entire song is the reason Christian Borle is bae!
yass
👍
Christian Borle is the 2nd coming of Tim Curry. So incredibly fantastic!
Tom Yaz Yep, I'd definitely watch Rocky Horror with him as Frank...
Holy shit...YES!!!!!!
So that’s why I could imagine him in Spamalot...oh wait😂🤦🏾♀️
I was thinking same thing 😂
*Currently swooning over Christian Borle*
This song appeals to all writers out there! It really is hard to write stories and even harder when you are a huge star! Everyone expects so much from famous people!
Exactly!
I think I broke the replay button because of the handsome Christian Borle. ;)
How many views do u think i single handedly gave it?
this was 3 years ago but
*_A R M S_*
As a writer, this makes me both cry and laugh while I drink my whiskey looking over my empty document. I feel this in my bones...
Edit: also, can we talk about how close to resemblance he is to the actual Bard?
So this is what Emmett does now... 😂😂😂
+Kate Fowler hahaha yes.....he's all grown up now.
+Kate Fowler Elle is obviously his muse ;)
i feel like that is a broadway joke that just went straight over my head please explain?
***** Emmett is the role he played in Legally Blonde The Musical.
TheatreKidKate yes
People say this is the anthem for Salty English majors in college, but I personally believe this is an anthem for all writers.
Checking in after a national novel writing month meet-up to scream this sentiment at the top of my lungs.
The whole comment section is everyone thirsting after Christine
This typo makes the comment even better
Aaannnd... gratuitous Borle bicep shot? Check!
"Hard to do something as good as the last thing I did that was already great" hits hard
not to be dramatic but i would die for this man
I'm only going to watch it once.
*watches it 7 times*
something about him is oddly attractive
lindsey cassano i feel like its the confidence
Draco P its the fucking nose isnt it
It's the arms
"something" did u mean everything
Is it really a secret? I'm a straight man, and i still find this man to be one of the most attractive people I've ever seen.
Just saw this earlier today. Was freaking out so much internally. Why you gotta be so dang attractive Christian?
Agreed 👍
wHEN CHRISTIAN TOOK OFF HIS JACKET WOOOOFFF
Val Taco favorite part the video.
❤️
LYRICS
My days are so busy it's making me dizzy
There's so much I've gotta do
There's lunches and meetings and poetry readings
And endless interviews
Gotta pose for a portrait and how I deplore
Sitting there for eternity
Then it's off to the inn where my innkeeper friend
Wants to name a drink after me
Then it's back to my room, where I resume
My attempt to write a hit
Just me and my beer and the terrible fear
That I might be losing it
And it's hard (it's hard)
It's hard (it's hard)
It's really, really hard
So very very hard
I make it look easy but honey, believe me
It's hard (it's hard)
It's hard (it's hard)
It's so incredibly hard
So inconceivably, unbelievably hard
It's hard to be the bard
I've got so many fans with so many demands
I can hardly go take a piss (He can't pee)
Be it theater freak or the autograph-seeker
They all want a piece of this (Gimme, gimme)
It's a cross that I bear, I'm like Jesus, I swear
It's a burden but I suffer through it (He is suffering)
It's all part of the game, the trappings of fame
But somebody's gotta do it (So he does it)
And I know, I know, I gotta go
And get back to my pen and ink
Oh, don't make me do it
Don't make me go through it
Can somebody get me a drink?
'Cause it's hard (it's hard)
It's hard (it's hard)
It's really really hard (it's really hard)
It's sexy but it's hard
This bar that I'm raising to be this amazing!
It's hard (it's hard)
It's hard (it's hard)
It's so annoyingly hard
So unavoidably, un-enjoyably hard
It's hard to be the bard, baby
You see, what people just don't understand
Is that writing's demanding
It's mentally challenging and it's a bore
It's such a chore
To sit in a room by yourself
Oh my god, I just hate it!
And you're trying to find an opening line
Or a brilliant idea and you're pacing the floor
And hoping for just a bit of divine intervention
That one little nugget, that one little spark
Then Eureka! You find it, you're ready to start
So now you can write, right? Wrong!
You're not even close, you remember that damn it
Your play's gotta be in iambic pentameter!
So you write down a word but it's not the right word
So you try a new word but you hate the new word
And you need a good word but you can't find the word
Oh, where is it, what is it, what is it, where is it?
Blah-blah-blah, ha ha, ah-ha - UGHHHHHHHH!
(It's hard) No. It is, isn't it?
It's really the worst
(It's hard)
Makes me wonder why I didn't think of that first
(It's hard)
Hard to alleviate the pressure to create
(It's hard)
Hard to do something as good as the last thing I did that was already great
(It's hard) It's hard
(So hard that he is stealing from the bard)
Well I'll hoist him by his petard
All that I need is a clever disguise (clever disguise)
I'll make him pay for his devious lies (devious lies)
Let him do all the tedious stuff
The work that terribly and unbearably hard (ooo hard)
'Cause it's hard! (It's hard, it's totally hard)
It's hard! (It's hard, it's totally hard)
It's hard! (It's hard, it's totally hard)
I've got fortune and fame
Everyone knows my name
I can't help it, it's still freaking hard
((Ok, but honestly- same, Shakespeare.
The full lyrics can be found here: genius.com/Wayne-kirkpatrick-hard-to-be-the-bard-lyrics
Welp, I hope I haven't made any mistakes. Anywho, have a great day!))
Thank you! That was the only reason I opened comments 😂❤️
Queen vibes in chorus parts
I'm imagining if Queen created a Broadway musical, this is the exact type of song that Freddie would've sang on stage
Can somebody explain to me why I thought this was a Queen song the first time I heard it? Extreme Freddie Mercury vibes
I feel you, even though I came from the actual musical :3
this is what I feel like in school
God, he’s older than my parents but I still love him
😂😂
pause at 1:24, 1:31, 2:02, and 2:38.
honestly, same
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This is actually brilliant! Him with Spongebob though
Emmett sure got confidant!
I'm picturing a TV singing this now
SAME Im always picturing Vox singing this😭
Someone made an animatic with this idea
ahhhh i know XDD
LOL I died ❤
I have no reason to not think that christian borle is secretly immortal and actually is william shakespeare
All I’m saying is you’ve never seen christian and shakespeare in the same room together.
Then maybe Lin is secretly Hamilton…
Conspiracy theory: all the famous historical figures secretly walk among us as bway actors
I cannot get this out of my head... And I don't want to.
This seems like it belongs on Drunk History.. and it also encompasses the complete struggle that is creative writing.
Or horrible histories
Or both
Casting Christian Borle was legit the perfect choice.
Currently thirsting over this man AGAIN😭😭✨
i need him so bad
coming back here now and then just to see his old hair #ChristianBald
His hair was so beautiful.
@@jennarandall5075 he has hair now
This is the greatest video on the Internet. Everything else is trash. Bye:)
I don't know what to do. I've been stunned by perfection.
its thanksgiving so i just want to say that im thankful for christian and his arms
Best line: It's sexy but it's hard!
I just got casted as Shakespeare in my production of something rotten and man I love how this song is just him having writer's block and downwardly spiraling
Why do I find this man so attractive
1:38 nvm I remember
Same 🧎🧎🧎
This is why I love Christian Borle
I've watched this about 12 times in the past 24 hours
IT'S SEXY BUT IT'S HARD! Love that line!
So this is the guy that is going to play Willy Wonka on Broadway next year...I LIKE HIM!
i thought Christian Borle is gonna do Falsettos?
Tsurugi Kyouske But Falsettos is closing on January 8.
Charlie and the chocolate factory doesn't open until this summer, so he has a few months for rehearsals between falsettos and charlie. I don't know much more than that though...
oic looking forward to that
Willy Wonka starts previews in a month and a half though :/// He's jumping from show to show really fast
Gods I love this man and I really need to see this show. Now just to wait till it comes off Broadway. *sighs and waits* Also, I need a "It's hard to be the bard" shirt. Like yesterday.
OH MY GOD YES SOMEBODY GET ON THAT
@@stephpiano2908 they're everywhere on redbubble-
I got to see it on Broadway. It was terrific.
me writing essays
oh em gee lordy lord that man has armssssss
Christian borle makes me smile. He brightens the world. Not to mention his amazing arms. HE IS MY LIFE😍😍😍😍😍
This is my new favorite thing.
this is an out of body experience
I'm in. a production of Something Rotten right now, and while I'm feeling hesitant about a lot of things happening with it right now, I know that our Shakespeare is crazy talented. I absolutely can't wait to hear her sing this song.
The beginning of this song is what anxiety sounds like
this video is bittersweet because now he's an egg
Thank you for posting this. I was having the most terrible day. I needed to smile and laugh. Christian Borle never ceases to bring a smile to my face:-). He is so madly talented...
I've watched like like 20 times
As a writer, this song is the most relatable and strangely motivating song there is. 😂
0:17 The phantom of the opera is there inside my mind🎶🎶🎶💕
christian borle is such an icon
I was obsessed with this when the show was on broadway. Coming back to it 5 years later I can still see why *cough christian borle cough cough*.
No matter how hard I try, I always end up back here. Not complaining tho
this musical is so underrated
I have yet to see this show, but I'm in love with the soundtrack! This is one of the best things I've ever seen!!! Lots of love to Christian and the cast of Something Rotten❤
One of my favorite songs from Something Rotten!
Just saw a woman perform burlesque to this song. My mind will forever be blown!
i came back here to revive myself after watching falsettos
I just love him.
I can't stop listening to this score, it's too good
Love this song....and no person does it like Christian!
1:23 and 1:36 O_O
If being perfect was crime, the bard would do the hardest time
+Heda Lexa
Same here, sister
Yesssssss💕
did anyone else cry at 1:36 because I know I did
I LOVE CRHISTIAN BORLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Elle Woods could see this now, she'd be losing her shit right now
My brother played Shakespeare, and will be on Broadway one day. This song is in his back pocket as a party trick almost because its impressive every single time. Thank you for posting this.
I'm listening to this instead of finishing a fanfiction.
This is the best thing I have ever seen. Period.
It’s been years and I still come back to this for his arms
Angel Donaldson it’s only been just over two years though 😂
This really gives me Queen vibes and I love it
Very influenced by Killer Queen.
me when i have homework assignments
I wish that I was closer to NYC to see this... it sucks living near the westcoast and not clear over there... I would SO see Christian and everything that he does if I was near there... I LOVE HIM!!!! GREAT VIDEO!
Christian borle just really likes playing assholes, and i love him for it
Omg Christian I can't breath
Its so wierd seeing the frill around his neck with him just wearing causual clothes
BLESS YALL FOR MAKING THIS THIS IS FANTASTIC
THIS is what i live for
I listen to this whenever I have to write a paper so like every other day 😂
Did anyone notice how they featured a clip of this in the Grammy's? xD
MsCloudnumber9 W H A T WHERE