For Forever

E228400

"For Forever" is a central emotional ballad from the Broadway musical "Dear Evan Hansen," in which the protagonist imagines an idealized friendship to cope with loneliness and grief.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
For Forever canonical 4

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Evan Hansen ⓘ
associatedWithMusical Dear Evan Hansen ⓘ
composer Benj Pasek ⓘ
Justin Paul ⓘ
describes an imagined friendship between Evan Hansen and Connor Murphy ⓘ
dramaticFunction to solidify the lie about Evan and Connor's friendship ⓘ
emotionalTone bittersweet ⓘ
hopeful yet tragic ⓘ
wistful ⓘ
featuredOn Dear Evan Hansen original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
linked to: Dear Evan Hansen
firstPerformanceIn Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: Dear Evan Hansen
genre musical theatre ⓘ
pop ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Benj Pasek ⓘ
Justin Paul ⓘ
musicalWorkFrom Dear Evan Hansen ⓘ
narrativeRole central emotional ballad ⓘ
character song for Evan Hansen ⓘ
originalPerformerOfRole Ben Platt as Evan Hansen ⓘ
linked to: Ben Platt
partOf Dear Evan Hansen ⓘ
performer Ben Platt ⓘ
positionInShow Act I ⓘ
productionType Broadway musical number ⓘ
settingInLyrics a perfect day spent with Connor Murphy ⓘ
theme deception motivated by pain ⓘ
fantasy versus reality ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
grief ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
usedAs character development moment for Evan Hansen ⓘ
yearOfFirstBroadwayPerformance 2016 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dear Evan Hansen → notableSong → For Forever ⓘ
Evan Hansen → singsSong → For Forever ⓘ
Connor Murphy → inspiredSong → For Forever ⓘ