I’d Rather Be Me

E387182

musical theatre song show tune song

"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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
I'd Rather Be Me	1
I’d Rather Be Me canonical	1
“I’d Rather Be Me”	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical theatre song ⓘ show tune ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedCharacter	Janis Sarkisian ⓘ
associatedFranchise	Mean Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Broadway ⓘ
associatedWork	Mean Girls (musical) ⓘ surface form: 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 (musical) ⓘ surface form: Mean Girls Broadway production
partOf	Mean Girls (musical) ⓘ
performedBy	Barrett Wilbert Weed ⓘ
performedIn	Mean Girls (musical) ⓘ surface form: Mean Girls (original Broadway cast recording)
productionCompany	SNL Studios ⓘ surface form: Lorne Michaels Productions 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 self-link ⓘ surface form: I'd Rather Be Me
vocalType	belt song ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Mean Girls (musical) → notableSong → I’d Rather Be Me ⓘ

I’d Rather Be Me → title → I’d Rather Be Me self-link ⓘ

subject surface form: I'd Rather Be Me

this entity surface form: I'd Rather Be Me

Janis Sarkisian → hasSong → I’d Rather Be Me ⓘ

this entity surface form: “I’d Rather Be Me”