Mean Girls [Music From The Motion Picture]

by Auli'i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp

Overview

A film adaptation of a stage-musical adaptation of a film (Tina Fey's landmark 2004 teen comedy), 2024's Mean Girls distills the 2018 Broadway musical into a movie with a soundtrack that, at 34 minutes, has half the runtime of the cast album. (A few short musical numbers that do appear in the film, such as reprises, "Kevin G's Rap," and the Christmas routine, were omitted from the soundtrack.) On what remains, the main soloists include seductive powerhouse vocalist Reneé Rapp as leader of the Plastics (the mean girls), demure-voiced Angourie Rice as formerly home-schooled new girl Cady, and Auli'I Cravalho, aka Disney's original Moana, as combat boots-sporting Plastics nemesis Janis. All three leads are strong and distinct, and they're joined here by impressive one-off soloists Bebe Wood as Gretchen (self-conscious highlight "What's Wrong with Me?") and Avantika as Karen (the not-self-conscious "Sexy"), as well as by supporting cast members like Jaquel Spivey as Damian Hubbard and Tim Meadows, who reprises the role of Mr. Duvall from the original film. While the casting is solid, and some updates were made to both characters and content even since 2018, the source material's casual and weaponized fatphobia endure. Notably, the film's two new songs concentrate wholly on self-love, if from different angles (Rice's "What Ifs" and closing pop song "Not My Fault" featuring Rapp and Megan Thee Stallion). Both the 2018 cast album and the 2024 soundtrack landed in the Billboard 200. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2024
Label:	Interscope / Paramount
UPC:	0602465014808
Rank:	1378

Tracks

1. A Cautionary Tale
2. What Ifs
3. Meet the Plastics
4. Stupid With Love
5. Apex Predator
6. What's Wrong With Me?
7. Sexy
8. Someone Gets Hurt
9. Revenge Party
10. World Burn
11. I'd Rather Be Me
12. I See Stars
13. Not My Fault

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Reneé Rapp   Primary Artist,Vocals
Auli'i Cravalho   Primary Artist,Vocals
Megan Thee Stallion   Primary Artist
Angourie Rice   Primary Artist,Vocals
Cast of Mean Girls   Primary Artist
Jaquel Spivey   Primary Artist,Vocals
Avantika   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bebe Wood   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tim Meadows   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Beal   Bass
Ryan Tedder   Bass,Drums,Guitar,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Jonathan Dinklage   Violin
Hiroko Taguchi   Violin
Steve Kenyon   Flute,Clarinet
Deborah Assael   Cello
Robert Robinson   Drums
Peter Donovan   Bass
Orlando Wells   Violin
Robin Zeh   Violin
Chelsea Smith   Violin
Hanan Rubinstein   Bass,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background),Organ
Andrew Griffin   Viola
Marissa Rosen   Vocals (Background)
Sylvia D'Avanzo   Violin
Todd Low   Viola
Justin Smith   Violin
Mary Mitchell Campbell   Vocals (Background)
Jon Shiffman   Drums
Mairi Dorman Phaneuf   Cello
Judy Lee   French Horn
Monica Davis   Violin
Brandon Wright   Saxophone
Sarah Zun   Violin
Janna Graham   Vocals (Background)
Jeff Richmond   Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer
Tallie Brunfelt   Violin
Jen Herman   Viola
Adele Stein   Cello
Angela Pickett   Viola
Tamika Lawrence   Vocals (Background)
Adda Kridler   Violin
Charles Haynes   Drums
Kristina Musser Gitterman   Violin
Celia Hatton   Viola
Krystina Alabado   Vocals (Background)
Brandi Thompson   Vocals (Background)
Jasper Harris   Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Alexander 23   Bass,Drums,Guitar,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Julie Pacheco   Flute,Clarinet
Ben Roseberry   Vocals (Background)
Maxim Moston   Violin
Jonathan Arons   Trombone
Bradley Mason   Trumpet
Adam Blackstone   Bass
Jack Grabow   Keyboards,Percussion,Bass,Drums,Guitar,Synthesizer,Synthesizer Bass,Vocals (Background)
Philip Payton   Violin
Laura Bontrager   Cello
Robert Zubrycki   Violin
Troy Iwata   Vocals (Background)
Molly Goldman   Viola
Anna Luce   Violin
Avantika Vandanapu   Vocals
Shane Golden   Vocals (Background)
Nadav Lavie   Double Bass
Laura Sahin   Violin
Zach Piser   Vocals (Background)
Soona Lee-Tolley   Vocals (Background)
Nahscha   Vocals (Background)
Matilde Heckler   Vocals (Background)
Kyle Brier   Guitar,Ukulele,Vocals (Background)
Francesca Castro   Vocals (Background)
Erin Mayland   Violin

Technical Credits

Ryan Tedder   Composer,Producer,Programming
Nell Benjamin   Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Michael Pollack   Composer
Chris Galland   Mixing Engineer
Hanan Rubinstein   Producer
Jeff Richmond   Composer,Producer,Programming,Executive Producer
Rich Rich   Engineer
Alexander Glantz   Composer
Billy Walsh   Composer
Jasper Harris   Composer,Producer
Alexander 23   Composer,Producer,Programming
Megan Pete   Composer
Jack Grabow   Producer
Zach Pereyra   Mastering Engineer
Reneé Rapp   Composer
Kyle Brier   Producer