Will Roland performing "Goin' Viral", at cut song from Dear Evan Hansen, at 54 Below on 2/19/18. This was the first time that the song has been performed for a live audience.
Y'all who think Jared is being an ass. Think about the lyrics. Think about Jared trying to explain the only way he knows how that Evan spreading the letters is a bad idea for these reasons. He's warning him. "your life will go viral."
The song isn't about Evan spreading the letter though. In the video where Will explains the context of the song, it's after Connor stole the letter and it's about how Connor could ruin Evan's life with it. So in a way I think it's not so much a warning as it is Jared just kinda worsening whatever anxiety Evan probably already had about Connor seeing the letter by saying "oh yeah and here's every way it can go wrong" while simultaneously lightly roasting him. Even though Evan can't stop it from spreading even if he wants to. That's kinda what makes me look at that and think "wow what an asshole"
It's not the way they choose to see it; that's actually what the song was originally about. It wasn't about Evan spreading the letters, it was about Connor getting a hold of the original letter.
I love Jared but this whole song is mainly just him being an ass lmao. Kinda glad it got cut, it’s a great song but I think Jared’s character in the musical is good without a douchebag song. ( again Issa bop but like it makes Jared much more of an ass lol )
NoItsBecky 127 I cosplay Evan a lot and usually wear gray uggs, so... well, uggs are not easy to do the Sincerely Me dance in, I can tell you that much
NoItsBecky 127 fanfics and cosplay and... the parody versions of songs I’m working on with a friend, I guess? But yeah, I tried to jump in the uggs and almost fell over.
CaseyBasis Yeah, apparently they were scrapped because Ben Platt couldn’t do the Sincerely Me dance in them, and well, I’ll take the show with the dance in it
they had to cut the ensemble that went with it and it didn’t sound as good or something idk but if you search “will roland sings and explains going viral” that’s gives you a lot of context
Sadly most of the ensemble for this got fired and it didn’t really sound good without them plus it didn’t fit very well anymore with such a small cast. You should look at “ will Roland goin viral explanation “ it goes into more detail
because when you find out that what you’re doing in a 4 minutes punk rock musical fantasia can be done in a 30 second scene you go with a 30 second scene
The DEH movie needs to play this DEEP in the credits to reward the true fans. Then at the end, Will Roland comes out of the shower and says, "SHIT, YOU'RE STILL HERE?!? IT'S OVER! GO THE FUCK HOME!"
before i knew this was a thing, i spent an entire gym period ranting to my friend on how jared deserved his own solo and now i see that he HAD on and it was CUT.
I love this song! I feel like if they added it to the show it could have possibly been a song for comedic relief in a sense. I know we have sincerely me and the reprise but this song would have been so cool in the musical. I would love to see this song with some short of dance choreography.
"trust me dude, that shit will linger, worse than Charlie bit my finger," Masterpiece, I tell ya. Masterpiece. (ESPECIALLY because it's Jared's own song)
will roland is so talented like wow. he’s seems like such a a charming person online and yet acts like an ass onstage (and like also lonely) likes he’s such an incredible actor AND SINGER like WOW
Koi Fish Dot Jpg I agree we should have the song, but Larry's solo is super important. Idk why they cut it, there's a lot less songs in deh than most musicals
cat They mainly cut it because all the ensemble got fired and it just didn’t sound right with such little cast. If you wanna hear more look for wills explanation before the song, someone’s uploaded it I believe
I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS SONG FOR SO LONG EVER SINCE I FOUND OUT IT WAS A THING AND I DECIDED TO RANDOMLY CHECK TODAY AND I AM ELATED RIGHT NOW 😫👌🏼😆
Is it bad I'm listening to this while trying to binge watch season 5 of voltron while I'm sick otherwise my friend will spoil the show for me but I'm to obsessed with this song to turn it off?
