oh hot damn, this is my jam | world burn → mean girls (taylor louderman)

i honestly haven’t listened to anything else since i heard this the first time. i wasn’t expecting to like this show because i hadn’t heard great things, but by goodness, it is a part of me now. the movie means a lot to me (and everyone my age i’m pretty sure) and i wasn’t sure about how it was going to translate, but most of it is a great reflection of the movie in musical form. and my word, did they make me love regina even more than i ever thought possible. this song is my fire now. i was just messing around and practising, hence the tempo changes and stuff, but i kinda liked this in the end so here it is. when a proper instrumental gets released, i might re-record, but this is just my way of dreaming because i’ll never be able to pull off doing a role this badass and bitchy. taylor really is something else, though, what an absolute queen.

also, awesome cover art courtesy of @pxndlife. your art is epic!!

this is just a little homage to my favourite show and one of my favourite characters ever written. it’s hard to describe how it feels when you watch or listen to something for the first time and feel such an unfathomable kinship and part of yourself being reflected in it (it feels like glitter is exploding inside of me!!! honestly!!!), but that is how this show makes me feel. crazy ex-girlfriend has done more for me than i think most people have in my life, and i’m eternally grateful to rachel bloom and aline brosh mckenna for creating something so special. i’d say this is for other die hard fans of the show, purely because there are so many songs shoved into it, but it might be fun for anyone to listen (i tried to make it work by changing some lyrics here and there - it’s meant to reflect rebecca’s journey so there are a few songs muddled around, but i hope it works). it’s truly because i love them all and wanted to put something out there to embody that love the only way i know how. rebecca is special and loved and i’m so hopeful that she’ll find her happiness and get better. 

oh hot damn, this is my jam | journey to the past → anastasia (liz callaway)

Honestly just felt like a bit of a sing this morning because it has been ages! Surprised I hadn’t done this one yet because it’s been one of my favourites since I was itty bitty, but have been listening to it again a lot lately thanks to the musical opening. Hope it sends you on a journey to your past as you listen and remember how great this movie is!

oh hot damn, this is my jam | i’m here → the color purple (cynthia erivo / lachanze)

I’ve been a little down lately, about life and all its hurdles, then the other day I finally bought the new recording of The Color Purple. While I had been in love the show, it had fallen by the wayside and I hadn’t listened to it for years. “I’m Here” was always one of those songs that spoke to me so deeply, I can’t even explain it. When I finally listened to Cynthia Erivo sing it, I honest to goodness was changed. Her performance is transcendence and beauty and hope and everything good, and I haven’t even seen it live (much as I wish I could!!!). Now I know it’s a role I could obviously never play, but because I love the song so much, and want to thank Cynthia for her performance, and for snapping me out of my funk for even a little bit, in the only way I can fully express myself. So here it is, riddled with emotion and, no doubt, mistakes. Hope it’s still worth a listen.

oh hot damn, this is my jam | she used to be mine → waitress (sara bareilles/ jessie mueller)

So you know when you put off doing something because you’re not quite sure how it will be but are hoping for it to be great and don’t want it not to be? I had avoided watching Film!Waitress for so long because there was so much hype, and by extension was the same with anything to do with the musical. Well, night before last I finally gave in and watched the film and let me tell you, it hit me way harder than I ever thought it would (cut to me inconsolably crying for hours). Something, the essence of the film, spoke to me at this exact moment in my life when I needed it to, and I’ll just be forever grateful. This prompted me to listen to everything that has been released from Musical!Waitress - suffice it to say (already loving Jessie and Sara), I fell further in love. This is very rough as I did it quickly while in my distraught/ecstatic state before the emotions eased, so expect that, but I love the song so much and am happy to say I think I’ve found another dream role. I ♥ Jenna Hunterson.

oh hot damn, this is my jam | burn → hamilton cast (phillipa soo)

Such a shock that this was my next cover, I know!! I cannot believe how in love with this show I am, every aspect of it, and I just felt an intrinsic need to give this masterpiece a go. PLEASE add ELIZA SCHUYLER HAMILTON (and Angelica for that matter!!!) to my list of dream roles, asap! A cappella as usual, because I am impatient af and cannot wait for an instrumental (and am not talented enough to make one!!!)

oh hot damn, this is my jam | fun home medley (days and days, maps, telephone wire, ring of keys) → fun home cast

I am so in love with this show that it physically pains me, and the only way I know how to pay tribute to things I love is in the form of a cover. So, as there’s no backing and I am terrible with instruments, please enjoy this a cappella medley of (my favourite) beautiful songs of fun home! Also, check the show out or even just the cast recording if you can - it will change your life for the better, I promise you. I am in awe of the cast (Beth Malone, Sydney Lucas and Judy Kuhn in particular leave me a bawling mess of emotions), the writing, the music - it’s all gobsmackingly awesome and real and beautiful. 

oh hot damn, this is my jam | always better → kelli o’hara (the bridges of madison county)

so i could make a hundred excuses as to why i’m not fond of this cover (i’m not classically trained, i’ve barely practised, i do not want to be compared to our lord and saviour kelli o’hara) but, instead, i shall say that i wanted my first cover of the new year to be something i loved, and i love this show more than my own life (which you will already know if you’ve been following me at any point over the last year) and dream of playing francesca johnson one day more than anything, so, though it’s not great, please try not to criticise (unless it’s constructive) because it means that much to me, but i hope it gets better over the years so that my dream becomes a reality. + requested by the beautiful jen (ilikebroadwaythings).

oh hot damn, this is my jam | [the end of] a summer in ohio → sherie rene scott (the last five years)

kathy felt like singing some cathy. may upload the rest someday!? idk. album art creds. :)))

oh hot damn, this is my jam | always starting over → idina menzel (if/then)

so i’ve been meaning to sing this for a while for three reasons:

• to prove to myself that i could (you guys be the judge of that i guess)
  
• because i’ve been going through shitty life stuff that makes me cry whenever i hear it because i can relate
  
• and because gorgeous deemenzel requested it

oh hot damn, this is my jam | beautiful → carole king

had a bad week so wanted to sing a little something uplifting - not only for me, but hopefully to put a smile on your gorgeous faces, too! 

oh hot damn, this is my jam | gimme gimme → thoroughly modern millie

throwback tuesday, i guess! some people were requesting some millie songs upon hearing i have played her, and while i can’t find any from the actual production we did, i recorded a lil something this morning for you! also taking the chance to dedicate this to the most incredible sutton foster (who i could never even come close to singing as well as) who got me into musical theatre in the first place, and is always a wonderful role model and inspiration. hope you enjoy!

oh hot damn, this is my jam | another life → bridges of madison county

well I think my recent desperate exclamations of my life being over and incessant crying have, as i know most of you can relate to, illustrated my undying love for this show and all of its music, kelli, jason, steve, whitney, and the rest of the cast. so in singing this cover (a capella so it’s not fantastic) i thought i’d say thanks to the new followers (who i assume are mostly bridges fans as that’s all i’ve been posting lately), new friends who i’ve cried with and to, and just everyone in the little bridges fandom. we are small, but we will always love and i love you all a lot.

oh hot damn, this is my jam | maybe this time → cabaret

So this song has been stuck in my head for about three weeks now and I have no idea why, other than the fact that I love it a lot, but I thought I’d sing it anyway. Ideally I wanted it in the musical key, not the film version because it gets to be pretty high in beltiness at the end, but couldn’t find a lower track anywhere! Maybe I’ll reupload in the lower key one day when I do find it, but here’s this for now - hope it’s okay. 

oh hot damn, this is my jam | la vie en rose → cristin milioti 

So words really can’t describe what How I Met Your Mother means to me. I’ve been a fan for so long, it has gotten me through so much of my life and I can’t even begin to explain my thrill over the years at seeing multiple Robin Sparkles videos, Ted getting another step closer to meeting the mother, Barney becoming a man who loves with his whole heart, Robin loving him back and Marshall and Lily growing as a couple, going on crazy adventures, having babies and loving each other through thick and thin. They are all a part of me, and I am so thankful for that, I get emotional just thinking about the fact it’s all over. So in honour of the show’s finale and the amazingness that it has been, I decided to do one of my duets with Cristin because I love the song so so much, it pretty much sums up how I feel about the show, and because Cristin as the mother pretty much made the show even more mind-blowingly incredible than I thought it could be. Enjoy, and I’ll try not to cry too much this week after it’s over.