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 NERFINISHED
associatedWith Broadway
associatedWork Mean Girls (original Broadway cast recording)
basedOn Mean Girls (2004 film) NERFINISHED
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