I’d Rather Be Me

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"I’d Rather Be Me" is a defiant, empowering solo number from the Mean Girls stage musical, sung by Janis as she rejects high school conformity and toxic social dynamics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedCharacter Janis Sarkisian ⓘ
associatedFranchise Mean Girls ⓘ
associatedWith Broadway ⓘ
associatedWork Mean Girls (original Broadway cast recording) ⓘ
basedOn Mean Girls (2004 film) ⓘ
composer Jeff Richmond ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 2017 ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme female empowerment ⓘ
high school social hierarchy ⓘ
nonconformity ⓘ
rejection of toxic social dynamics ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
lyricist Nell Benjamin ⓘ
lyricsBy Nell Benjamin ⓘ
medium stage musical ⓘ
musicBy Jeff Richmond ⓘ
narrativeFunction 11 o'clock number ⓘ
character solo ⓘ
notableFor defiant tone ⓘ
empowering message for outsiders ⓘ
originalPerformer Barrett Wilbert Weed ⓘ
originalProduction Mean Girls Broadway production ⓘ
partOf Mean Girls (musical) ⓘ
performedBy Barrett Wilbert Weed ⓘ
performedIn Mean Girls (original Broadway cast recording) ⓘ
productionCompany Lorne Michaels Productions ⓘ
linked to: SNL Studios

Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publisher Atlantic Records ⓘ
setting American high school ⓘ
sungByCharacter Janis Sarkisian ⓘ
targetAudience teenagers ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
theme authentic self-expression ⓘ
individualism over conformity ⓘ
resistance to bullying ⓘ
title I'd Rather Be Me ⓘ
linked to: I’d Rather Be Me
vocalType belt song ⓘ

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Mean Girls (musical) → notableSong → I’d Rather Be Me ⓘ
I'd Rather Be Me → title → I'd Rather Be Me ⓘ
subject linked to: I’d Rather Be Me
linked to: I’d Rather Be Me
Janis Sarkisian → hasSong → “I’d Rather Be Me” ⓘ
linked to: I’d Rather Be Me