'Mean Girls' Movie Songs Revealed, 14 Tracks Cut from Broadway Musical Version
justjared.comThe Mean Girls movie musical is just days away and the full tracklist has been revealed! The new version of the iconic 2004 movie is an updated take on the story, blending the original movie with the Broadway musical that premiered in 2017, and puts a fresh, current with the times spin on it.
Many fans have been wondering about the musical numbers that will be in the movie and if any of their favorites would be cut. “The songs are sounding – It’s really a more kind of pop.
And it’s a fascinating process, actually, because you kind of, in Broadway, everything has to play to the back of the house, and then movies, you can kind of come back in and things can play really intimately,” writer Tina Fey said on Late Night with Seth Meyers back in February 2023. Keep reading to find out more… There were originally 25 musical numbers in the Broadway musical, but there are only 12 songs on the upcoming movie’s soundtrack, revealing 14 numbers were cut, and there’s a new addition for the movie.
Cady’s solo “It Roars” from the beginning of the Broadway show is not on the soundtrack, but there’s a new Cady solo, “What Ifs,” in the movie, performed by Angourie Rice. Renee Rapp is also, of course, reprising her Broadway role of Regina George, abnd her big solo “World Burn” is included in the movie.
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