objectively and subjectively the best NPMD musical moments 🎶 || Nerdy Prudes Must Die
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- HIGH SCHOOL IS KILLING ME ! 🗣
Ever since I purchased the soundtrack I have had all of these songs on REPEAT because they're just TOO GOOD. I've compiled my favourite moments-- the ones that give me chills, a bit of a chuckle, and tears to my EYES (I'm talking to you, Kim, Bryce and Lauren!)
I do not claim to own any clips in this video, everything belongs to Team StarKid! Make sure to watch the real, whole thing too :D
Did you know that during just for once at about 7:48 in the background you hear the melody from when they sing "if I can finally be cool I will know that I'm not a loser"
THATS SO COOL OMG I DIDNT NOTICE THAT. this show gets better and better every day
THAT MELOFY IS LITERALLY EVERYWHERE IN THIS MUSICAL AND IT KILLS ME EVERY TIME I HEAR IT.
Wait which part is that line?
I CAN'T. THIS IS SO EXTREMELY GENIUS.
the lyrics arent sung but if you listen closely to the music you can hear the melody for that line@@EnitVal
the "darkness will spare my soul" bit rewrote my brain chemistry
Same tbh
I honestly think it's a SEVERELY under-talked about little bit to end the musical. Representing Grace's descent into darkness, and she feels now the only way out is to dig deeper into the darkness.
hopefully they do a sequel to this musical with Grace probably attempting to gain control over the Lords in Black, as she delves deeper and deeper in to the dark. You kind of get a hint at where her mindset is headed when the detective asks her who's plan it was and Grace says "It was God's plan, and now he's hanging me out to dry, do something you son of a bitch"
Grace likely feels abandoned by God, and the Lords in Black will take full advantage of that
I know right. Chills every time !!
If I didn't already know I was bisexual Dirty Girl would've been a MAJOR awakening
THIS IS SO REAL
as someone who didnt already know he was bisexual dirty girl WAS a major awakening
It only reaffirmed my pansexuality tbh, even tho I’m also ace 💀
The entire live chat was “asexual horror scene” and the community standing in horrified solidarity and it was so funny to see. Like yeah everyone’s getting spooked tonight folks
The fact that my only thought was “My friend would be so gay for him” only reaffirms that I’m lesbian 😭
It's such a shame Paul and Emma never got to do a duet bc Lauren and Jon's voices blend together so nicely
My thoughts exactly!!
Yeah, but Paul doesn't like musicals. Whatya gonna do, right
It’s nice that they gave emma a song even though she didn’t get infected so that they weren’t both wasted lol
@@benjisaaci may just be stupid, but when did emma get a song? i can't think of a time
@@bwayslimess4124 she sings the tip song with the other coffee shop workers
I never realized the "if i can finally be cool i will know that i'm not a loser" motif shows up a few times, and realizing it lined up with ritchie's line in "nerdy prudes must die" song just added to all the chills that scene gives
Yeah I just now realized it shows up in just for once (at 7:48)
@@jeremysworld3061oh my god you’re right
It’s the motif that tells you what’s gonna happen to the characters, those notes are only sung before Max beats them up/kills them. It’s such a good foreshadowing
BRYCE’S SINGING IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE
Fancy seeing you here.
REAL
I knowww
JEFF BLIM NEVER MISSES. I think this might have the best overall soundtrack in Hatchetfield, I've had it on a loop since it dropped
SAME!!
I agree, probably my favorite overall soundtrack for the Hatchetfield chronicles. Jeff Blim really knocked it out of the park on this one.
just waiting on the spotify drop ;-;
This is my favorite soundtrack of ANY Starkid show. Nothing misses here. NOTHING.
Tbh it’s my least favorite of the Hatchetfield installations so far- but that’s not saying much considering how unbelievably spectacular all of them are!!
i’m rly enjoyed jon’s opening vocals tbh. i feel like we haven’t heard him like that before. he sounded great.
im dead 🥺
Thank you yes!! I'm really impressed by how strong his voice has gotten since TGWDLM :D there was so much control in those vocals like 👏👏 well done opening the show Jon
Apparently he took voice lessons to strengthen his singing. It paid off!
His improvement from tgwdlm is incredibly impressive. We love you Jon
@@ultra.violettespart of his problem in TGWDLM is that he goes through almost the entire show doing no singing, and his first song is Let It Out, which is a pretty difficult number even without the whole Jekyll and Hyde thing going on. Then he does Inevitable, which is essentially a medley of everything so far. He’s definitely improved in NPMD, but also he’s singing the entire musical so he doesn’t have to do two difficult songs back to back with no warmup.
DUDE THE SUMMONING SCENE REWROTE MY BRAIN OMG I WAS JAW ON THE FLOOR THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT (now I can’t stop listening to it)
I also really liked Kim as Ms Chasity during Hatchet Town because her singing matches so well with how i image one those overly religious moms to sing and it scratches my brain. the Ziggy cameo along with it is also great
ZIGGY’S THERE?
"ghost jerma bullies dorks" the musical has honestly become probably my fav or 2nd fav starkid musical
I read this comment and for some reason it hit me right in the funny bone and I am laughing so hard I’m crying
GHOST JERMA HAHAHA
IM GLAD SOMEONE ELSE THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE JERMA OMG
my favourite npmd vocal moment has GOT to be bryce and corey's "when i'm GOOOONE" echo in the last chorus of high school is killing me its SO. GOOD.
SO GOOD AND SO UNDERRATED
I LITERALLY REPLAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHENEVER I LISTEN TO THE SONG
how do yk who sings what 😭/gen
@@bxzarie_ idk just a long time listening to starkid ig!! and u can see their mouths move to that part if u look closely
ooh yes its very good
The other thing I keep going on and on about (I'm a musical theatre student lol) is HOW GENIUS BURY THE BULLY IS. The harmonies are major chords in bully the bully and then they become minor in bury the bully, so not only does it sound AMAZING it's also SO CLEVER. I am such a music nerd and I could honestly talk about the music in this show for hours
I like how in Bully the Bully when they harmonise, its all disjunct and not cohesive. We hear a vocal clash. Could be because not everyone is in on the plan or is 100% sure that they want to be involved.
Bury the Bully however, they harmonise perfectly. Because they have no choice but to seamlessly blend together and "line up our stories" otherwise they will get caught. They are all 100% in it as they have no other choice
and when the piano does that crunch or hit of random notes on the down beat was such a good touch
I know! Bury the Bully is probably in my top 3 cause it’s so good but I never hear anyone talk about it :’(
that’s something i’ve noticed and i’m just a casual chorus kid (it tickles my brain so good)
After watching this video I can confirm that the “If I can finally be cool…” backing vocals in Nerdy Prudes Must Die and Dirty Dudes Must Die are going to be stuck in my head for forever
* High School Is Killing Me is, in my opinion, Starkid's best song - it sounds and is choreographed like a proper Broadway song
* Also teeny detail but I like that on "I'm so fucking dead", Grace covers her mouth rather than acting like she's whispering it, that's such a good detail to immediately establish what she's like before even her first proper line
no one ive seen has commented on this! amazing little detail!
This is one of my favorite in character decisions they've done. Grace would never!
It’s my favorite opening number by Starkid for sure!
Also because you 100% know Angela's saying it
Why is this formatted like an Undertale interaction text?
god I would kill for a wide shot of the summoning, I JUST WANT TO SEE ALL THE LORDS DO THEIR LITTLE DANCES
If you buy the digital version with bonus features, they have the digital ticket as a bonus feature!
@@Levleup YOOOO didn't realize you can still get the dt!! Might just do that
graduating in between npmd’s run and release was such a wild experience
SERIOUSLY.
It seriously is
Does graduating college count?
@@lisak8492
Yep!
I had my first year as an office worker when TGWDLM came out. Working Boys really resonated back then!
Richie singing "I am not a looser" at 5:52 is such an underrated moment. Dude is belting a C5 if I'm not mistaken and it sounds so fucking good.
C4, but yeah, stupidly high.
I have had that spesific bit in my mind on fucking repeat since I watched the musical. literally 2 days ago
@@bensayal I'm pretty sure it's a C5 C4 would just be middle C which around the passagio.
It is C5
@@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395 VINDICATION!!
jon's "i'm not a loser" will never leave my brain, he's gotten SO good
i literally cant express the emotions I felt when I saw High School Is Killing Me For the first time, i was losing my MIND
11:11 You’re not wrong. Angela is basically wearing the same dress Jane wore at the end of the first Descendants movie.
WAIT
angela’s elphaba motions with the book is so slay i love her
the one musical where she plays a prude has tripled my crush on angela giarratana
It's wild to think Lauren choreographed all this as well...
THANK YOU FOR THE FALSETTOS COMMENT!!! I keep getting so frustrated when ppl rank Just For Once so low because in the terms of it being a piece of musical theatre it's GENIUS! It's meant to be a song from the barbecue monologues which means it doesn't sound like the rest of the score, instead it takes on more of a William Finn / Sondheim inspired vibe and it just makes me realise how much of a musical genius Jeff really is. GOD I LOVE THE MUSIC IN THIS SHOW
LITERALLY THE WORD PLAY AND WRITING IS SUCH WILLIAM FINN VIBES IS AMAZING
RIGHT!?!? I loved this song so much, but I also just love lauren, and anytime she gets to show off her voice is my favorite
SHE USED TO DANCE DAMMIT
I didn't like it because it made the show grind to a halt for a full five minutes for no reason. Deck The Halls of Northville High was also kinda like that but at least it was high energy and featured more complex choreography so it was more interesting to watch.
i didn’t pay attention to it but NOW AAAA IT *DOES* SOUND LIKE FALSETTOS (i love falsettos i love falsettos i LOVE FALSETTOS!!)
The mood shift in the summoning is perfect. It goes from being somber and calm to pure insanity and chaos.
this whole musical is "CHILLS"
FACTS
Same i watch it probably everyday now..
I am OBSESSED with Will's "you can watch as I rise". His voice is INCREDIBLE, but that part always gives me chills
funny things about this musical for me is that on my first watching I was like "yeah, the songs are good, but it's maybe not my favorite so far" but now I'm sitting at work with hatchettown and literal monster playing on repeat in my brain. It's actually so good like what the hell
this happened to me with Black Friday and its happening with this one too lmao, its crazy
@@feathertails Jeff Blim has a frightening talent for creating music that works this way.
Well, he has a lot of frightening talents, but you get the idea lmao
every “I’m not a loser” section has my entire heart
7:55 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THE 'I'M NOT A LOSER' MOTIF IN THE BQCKING INSTRUMENTALS OF JUST FOR ONCE, I'M GONNA LOSE JT I'M QBOUT TO THROW UP IT'S SO GOOD AND STORY-RELEVANT AND POWERFUL
there are so so many of these musical call backs throughout all of the hatchetfeild content like there are so many moments of the cool as i think i am motif and the hatchet town melody
I can't tell if this is implied to be what actually happened or if it's just me but during the summoning when they start singing right after they say the names and it looks like they're starting to panic, I sorta interpreted that as Pokey briefly making them sing all TGWDLM style as he entered the material plane. Idk if that makes sense or not but it's an interesting thought. It just looks to me like in that moment they're actually AWARE that they're singing and it's kinda freaking them out.
Edit: Also another thing I noticed is that when they first start singing like that, the light on them is blue, which is Pokey's color. Again no idea if it's intentional but it's a fun little headcanon I think.
This is canon to me now
I see the reason that it starts with Blue is Pokotho is always shown as "the first" of the LiB. And the colors cycle in the order they were invoked. That's a really cool theory though!
@@Trockenmatt Ye that makes sense, but I still like my headcanon lol
this is definitely the best sound mixing they've done for the hatchetfield musicals
by far, its a huge improvement in the sound from black friday
I believe they’re mixing between the day-of recording and studio recording. The vocals seem too isolated sometimes for that to be case. Like some vocals have a bit of natural reverb while some have almost one.
@@JuneNafziger was thinking the same, or maybe I just feel like I'm not hearing the audience as much
Starkid has been my obsession for years now, this entire musical has been my new obsession for the past three days and The Summoning has been my Life and Love for the past two days, I listen to it on Repeat and intent on dressing as the Lords in Black with my friends for next year's Halloween 💙💜💖💛💚
IM SORRY ARE WE THE SAME PERSON????
@@Qwerty-wk3jy DEPENDS, ARE YOU BATSH!TH CRAZY LIKE ME ??
I'm genuinely working on drawing fanart of The Summoning scene right now while i replay it and watch NPMD compilations...
SOMEONE'S GOT HIS HANDS ON THE HATCHET HANDLE 🗣 🎶
Y'know, the opening of "best of you" definitely gives me early 2000's pop punk, especially reminiscent of blink-182, but you're right it totally also gives 2000's disney channel movie vibes, especially in the chorus
i also got massive early 00s pop punk from the verses! especially the “like i do” bits
That probably explains why it was so nostalgic and I loved it from the first notes
I like to headcannon that the reason that Steph sings the ‘I don’t eat by myself’ part with the nerds is because she felt like, even though she was popular, that she was alone bc Max Yagerman refused to let her hang out with Pete ❤️❤️
Jon just kills it every time he’s got one of those deviating lines against a strong chanting chorus
* Okay exCUSE ME WHERE ARE MARIAH’S HIGH NOTES IN BULLY THE BULLY?????
* She fully SLAYED and you didn’t include it???????
SORRY OMG UR SO RIGHT
This is an appreciation post for Jon and Joey's voices because I really feel like they've grown so much even just from Black Friday and I love it
ngl i just love how consistent everyone is about hating clivesdale. they fight and whatnot but when it comes down to it they can agree: FUCK clivesdale
“Darkness will spare my soul” at the end gives me chills every time
I always love Starkid songs, but MAN the music in this one is especially incredible. The Summoning and High School Is Killing Me are my personal highlights - I put them up there with Kick it Up a Notch
The summoning is expertly done. They have the lords in black down, they click so well how they ought to, in all their appearances. This song especially helps you get the whole "Spoiled children with god-like power" thing they've got going on. I really like the lyric "Babble the spell that gets it done, babble it on command!" because calling their summoning call "The spell that gets it done" when just a scene ago, it was distinctly pointed out that it's NOT a spell, but a ritual. The mayor says that rather specifically. But they don't give a shit. It's the shit the humans say to give them shit they want. It's the spell that gets it done. The Lords in Black do not care half as much about their own power and influence on earth as humans do. They don't take the very magic they brought into our world seriously at all, while humans regard it with shock, fear, and respect.
Same with "Pay the price, or FUCK OFF." They swear a significant amount, like a child with a new word, and they genuinely could not care less about you if you don't intend to give them anything. This is also why I really like Grace's flip on it later, "I paid the price, now fuck off." It feels like she's realized that these things, they may be powerful, but they're people, flawed, and most importantly, they're immature. They've never been told no, never had to reason with anyone, and could always get what they wanted by threatening people, taking it outright, or otherwise giving them no choice. Grace flips it back on them, and they comply (although the deal was not fulfilled in the way they expected) and this gives her the false confidence she needs to push her into using their power to claim the souls of those she deems impure.
Of course, just because they're immature and imperfect doesn't mean a human teenager can actually outwit them. They're older than any of us, hell, maybe older than the species. They might be petty and overconfident, but they are still capable of things that humans can't fathom. It's not the first time that kind of thing has been done, but I really like how starkid is doing it. Makes them as antagonists so much more frustrating, because they're more powerful than the protagonists almost always (of course webby is on their level I think but everyone else) so they can't be directly punished for their bullshit, and they can act annoying in the cruelest ways imaginable and no one can do anything about it. No doubt, their downfall (should they have one) will be all the more satisfying for it.
I love in the lords in black song how in the lead up to Steph offering her phone the music in the background reacts like the lords in black will burst into song again so when they just yell at her instead it makes it even funnier
I love the shoulder shimmy they do at " you gamble it all on the roll of the dice", that song seriously rewrote my brain chemistry
The summoning scene gives me massive Spring Awakening vibes WHICH I ADORE
Honestly "best of you" is really 2000s-10s teen movie songs a little rock with a big dance number about being together at homecoming
I think the fact that the "If I can finally be cool" motif is only the first half of that melody for all the nerds (Richie, Ruth, and Pete/ maybe Steph respectively), but once Grace turns, it finishes out with "I am the ruler" is very clever and I love listening to every damn song in this musical
my problem is that I want to hear every song simultaneously and individually and enjoy them all at the same time but I can’t do that 😀 also I’m so happy Lauren got to sing Just This Once, her characters are always so brilliant she so deserves a song with this kind of depth
I absolutely LOVE the ending of Dirty Dudes Must Die. I dont know how to explain it but I always get butterflies when I hear the ending lol
Jeff came in pissed off as hell, pen was on fire the entire time 🔥✍️🔥
bury the bully is such a good song because you obviously expect it to be a minor song but the acidentals (Sharps and flats not in the key) make it so much better
okay i think this vid made me realize how genius they incorporated that ONE PHRASE INTO SO MUCH SONGS... amazing fr i love this soundtrack sm
my personal fav line was "i used to dance... i used to dance...." i know ruth is meant to be playing a character in just for once but it tells us so much about her right before she dies so it stuck with me :( i love her. also i love how the lyrics/melody from cool as i think i am repeat in nerdy prudes must die and just for once. pete richie and ruth .. :((
Thank you for including the drums part at the beginning of the last verse of the summoning it makes me stim and dance and yell and scream I love it so much (also thank you for including just for once I love that song so much and it seems no one else understands the layers and nuances it has. JUST FOR ONCE GET BEHIND ME ILL PROTECT YOU)
REAL
Yeees! Just for once gives me falsettos vibes! It's totally I'm breaking down coded!
for sure!! glad i'm not the only one who thinks so
The harmonies are always great in starkid shows, but something about this show's just hit so SWEET, maybe it's just new sound equipment?
I think this has the best music in the whole hatchetfield series and I think it's because of how layered and intricate the harmonies are. It really really adds so much dimension
The Falsettos thing is so true! I couldn't stop thinking about it throughout the whole song. It's so good!!
The "I'm fucking here, he's fucking her!" really does have "I'm breaking down" vibes.
i love how in the bean school bit during bully the bully steph starts off kinda akward like "this is weird, but fuck it ima join. bean school? excellent!"
You are so real about the falsettos vibes ive been thinking that ever since i saw that song
Hot take: 'granger danger' walked so 'loved you like i could' could run
4:13 - Actually, I think the official line is "BEAN SCHOOL"
but oh my gosh i ADORE this video, thank you for showcasing all of these underrated moments (and making me realize how often the "if i can finally be cool" motif was used!)
-Paintspot Infez
Wasabi
Thank you for splicing together the vocal portions of The Summoning! I keep replaying it over and over :)
Omg I really thought there was something wrong with me lmaooo
So I guess most of us have replayed the summoning an unhealthy amount of times
hell yeah i am replaying summoning i must have listend to it like 6 time the day the musical came out
i dont know if anyone else noticed this, but in the intro for the very first song, the melody on the piano is the same notes/rythms as
"i'm not a loser, the darkness will spare my soul"
idk if anything other than that matches up but when i rewatched npmd i lost my mind
Cool As I Think I Am Reprise has me sobbing three times in a row
My top 5 are probably:
• *Cool As I Think I Am* - I love how much Pete's character shines through in this song, and the melody is just ✨mwah✨
• *Dirty Girl* - Angela's "I'm a- I'm a good girl..." with Will's "hungry for more~" being the echoing vocals has been stuck in my head for DAYS NOW. Plus..."Daddy needs a taste of that dirty soup" made me feel things I am ashamed of 😳
• *Nerdy Prudes Must Die* - WILL'S VOCAALS DURING THE CHORUS AND THE "I want you to repeat after me" BIT?! ✨AMAZING.✨ Not to mention Jon's "I'M NOT A LOSER!!" - holy HECK, Jon!
• *Hatchet Town* - the harmonising when the cast sings "SOMEONE'S GOT THEIR HAND ON THE HATCHET HANDLE" and the backing melody is my favourite part of that song
• *Cool As I Think I Am (Reprise)* - Steph and Pete indirectly confessing their love for each other, Mariah's saddened "You're not as cool as you think you are" and Joey's "But you're as smart as I KNOW you are", and the final ("final") gunshot? OH MY DEAR *HEART* 😭
Y’all seeing Joey sing in this and then going back and seeing him sing in like Me and My Dick is insane like I feel like I grew up with him
5:43 I NEVER NOTICED THAT THEY WERE SINGING THAT IN THE BACKTGROUND OMIGOSH I LOVE THAT MOMENT EVEN MORE NOW
Bury the Bully and Bully the Bully got me dancing....
Hatchet Town gave goosebumps
AND ALL THE LOVE SONGS OR SOLOS WITH PETE AND STEPH GOt ME EMOTIONAL
I hate the gun scene so much T~T "If I loved you..." I CANTTTT ITS SO SAD
And that helluva'n opening nnumber
did anyone else get Nightmare Before Christmas vibes during the Lords of Black song? like to me it was giving Kidnap Sandy Claws, maybe its why i love it so much
yooo !!! you're so right !!
all the songs in this musical are so good
I will never be over how good the soundtrack is for this show. I mean it's hit me like a ton of bricks. There's so many moments where it just scratches my brain just right and the end gives me chills. Every. Time.
The opening song is so aggressively Be More Chill. When I first watched it I was like “did I accidentally click on a BMC compilation??”
ive seen so many people shitting on lauren's solo and i dont understand it !!!! the first time i watched it i was blown away... and i 100% agree it was giving flasettos the whole time frl
jeff said his inspiration for "best of you" was I2I from the goofy movie so you are absolutely correct that it has 90s disney vibes!
“We’ll kill you-“ “KILL YOUR ASS!” Is my favorite line in the entire show
Every time a compilation gets to The Summoning and adds a caption saying they could have just included the whole song I just go "do it do it do it do it you know you want to"
God the opening number just pulled me in… like I wasn’t expecting just how much of a bop it was! I feel like there is something so tangibly Jeff Blim in every song in NPMD and it’s SOOO good like the chord progressions and harmonies and rhythms are so creative. I just enjoy this music
7:35 i knew there was a reason i love this song so much!!
actually every song in this was a banger though
jon's "i'm not a loser!" i keep singing it!!!! its on repeat !!!!!!!
1:06 Mariah's voice carrying over the top of everyone else's sound gives me chills every time.
@@VivaLaDnDLogs THIS. EVERY TIME.
"WHO ON OCCASION GETS DIRTY!"
"NO! We're gonna be cool beans"
As much as I love that final verse of Dirty Girl, that transition was godly
I think in 7:49 you can hear the melody of “if i can finally be cool I will know that I’m not a looser” in the backround
ITS DEFINITELY THERE YOU MADE ME HEAR IT
Mariah did things to me in this musical
FINALLY A 🎶THEN AGAIN IM DERANGED🎶 ENJOYER ITS SO GOOD
1:36 one thing about kim is that she will be SINGING it
Safe to say Will, Bryce and Kim (and literally everyone else) fucking KILLED this musical like omg Jeff Blim is so incredible 😭😭
All of the songs in this show are absolutely amazing! I’ve had the soundtrack stuck in my head constantly
1:06 The comment about being a 2023 graduate made me chuckle. I’m a 2021 graduate, much like they are in the musical. NPMD made me realize that, honestly, I kinda miss high school sometimes. Covid ruined my last two years of high school and I wish I had gotten the chance to enjoy it.
For me it's "IF HE GETS ME NEXT THAT COULD BE THREE" from Hatchet Town. Absolutely insane.
Gonna be honest in that I was never a huge fan of Jeff's musicals before this one, but he has improved by leaps and bounds and has put together one of the most cohesive and gorgeous Starkid soundtracks with NPMD! The layering and callbacks and catering the songs to the singers' voices... everything is _so_ well done. Jeff you have more than earned your flowers, incredible job.
I woulda personally included the down down down down down down bit in hatchet town but i love this collection of absolutely amazing music moments!!!!!
I personally loved Courts radio voice saying literal monster and a lot of unnamed parts in Dirty Girl like the part right after your favorite part of the song lol 😂
5:54 THIS PART GETS ME EVERYTIME ISTG I LOVE IT AH GET IT JON
This is both my favorite musical in the story and soundtrack. The harmonies in this show and even just the singing just hits so hard.
You did me dirty (ha) by cutting off after "wHO ON OCCASION GETS DIRTY" so I just yelled DIRTY DIRTY GIIIIIIRL alone in my room at 3 in the morning 💀💀💀