GREY'S ANATOMY musical episode I Vocal coach reacts! 

“People are dying and everyone is horny” is actually a pretty apt description for Greys Anatomy as a whole.

This video is April Kepner reacting to Grey's musical episode.

I'm pretty sure "Chasing Cars" is Greys Anatomy's "signature song". It is played hundreds of times. Mainly when people are dying.

Sara Ramirez singing The Story is hands down one of my favorite covers of any song ever. She absolutely killed it, so much emotion and heart was put into that.

“This episode is stressful “ girl the whole 17 seasons is stressful

"Who's this hot doctor!!" -everyone's reaction to Jackson ever

So for context, Calliope (her full name) in Greek mythology is a muse of music, so herself singing is actually her soul speaking out to her (earlier in the series she mentions that she thinks dying would make her hear music) (I can't remember when or how she said it but it was similar to that) so she knows that she's basically dying that's why she panics because she hears everyone singing.

Callie singing the old theme to start this episode, still gives me chills…

“it’s called chasing cars, is it bc she got in a car crash?” no it’s bc they love traumatizing us with this song

If you're wondering why all these songs seem so random, they're singing all of the songs from iconic scenes from the show throughout the seasons.

I actually REALLY love Chyler’s voice. It fits Lexie’s character so well, and her husband actually sing together IRL.

Hannah saying "I would trust this woman with my life" about Addison made me so happy because I 1000% agree I would trust her with my life. Probably only her out of all the Grey's Doctors

the fact that Hannah looks like April makes the part where she said “who’s this hot doctor?” MAKES IT SO MUCH BETTER

owen hunt is played by a scottish guy so the fact he kept an american accent while singing is impressive to me

Fun fact about Addison Montgomery? She is the top neonatal, prenatal and fetal surgeon in the country, possibly even the world. Not only that but she's also a double board certified OB/GYN. She's also got qualifications in both General and Pediatrics surgery; as well as infantile surgery. She can quite literally do everything. Also - Sara, Chyler and Chandra really saved this epsiode.

The fact that she doesn’t know anything about what’s going on and how grays works makes it so funny cuz it points out how blinded we are by our love for the show and we forget logic sometimes

Chasing Cars is the song that we hear whenever someone is probably about to die and it’s basically our cue to start crying 😭😭😭

Alex: "What do you need?" Hannah: "Medical attention"

25:42 when Callie sang "swam all across the ocean blue", I immediately got chills too. I literally cried by the end. Sara Ramirez is a songstress.

It's been 11 years and Ramirez's version of The Story still gives me chills

Welcome to the “we stan Addison Montgomery club”

owen saying "calm down" had the same energy as sharpay's "everybody quiet!" in stick to the status quo and nothing can convince me otherwise.

Yes mark was a jerk in this episode but honestly I don't blame him, his bestfriend/mother of his unborn child was dying, he had every right to upset

So, Chandra Wilson (dr Bailey) also came from theater and musicals. Also, the songs in this episode are all songs that have been in the show throughout these 7 years in some way. That’s why “chasing cars” is used. It’s been in the show a lot, as well has “how to save a life”. This show, while a bit strange, introduced me to “the story” by Brandi Carlisle, and for that I’ll forever be grateful

Chasing cars is like the unofficial greys anthem and i can no longer listen to it without bawling

To explain the whole mark and Arizona situation… “lesbian lover, baby daddy”

Callie actually says "Calliope means music", not "do you hear music"... The episode recalls the phenomenon of the human brain under trauma and its reaction :) Plus: Chasing Cars is one of Grey's signature songs from the beginning :)

I love how owen hunt is a Scottish actor and he still kept his American accent through his singing. I could only hear his accent come through when he said his “t’s”

Bailey: let’s waist time Hannah: no... someone is dying lol

“I actually had no idea she was in this episode until I did some research” Sara Ramirez: seasons 2-12 👁👄👁

There is one thing that really really bugs me about this episode...that they didn't release a recording!! I want this album! That harmony on Chasing Cars, Lexie's delicate Breathe, how fun Sunshine was (though I agree it was a little misplace din the seriousness of the episode) and damn when Callie lets loose...WANT ALBUM.

So this is legitimately my favourite episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” ever. Anytime I need to cry, I watch it. It’s so emotional, and the music is actually so gorgeous!

okay but like "people are dying while others are horny" and "everyone is dating each other" describe GA perfectly

Hannah:"He is very dreamy" Me: "but he is not the sun meredith"

fun fact: there is a studio version of Sara Ramirez singing "The Story" on streaming platforms :)

when callie started singing the old intro, i got chills.

Hannah: “I’m confused. He’s the father of Callie’s baby but Callie is with that other lady?” Welcome to Grey’s Anatomy! 😂🥲

"What do you need?" Hannah: "Medical attention." You killed me.

Plot summary: Arizona (blonde who proposed) has been with Callie (who is bi) for a while. They broke up for a little bit, and while they were broken up, Callie slept with Mark and got pregnant. Now Lexi,(also merideth’s sister)(who sings breathe) is in love with Mark. They have been off and on for a little bit. Ginger doctor is Owen Hunt, he is a military surgeon and he is quite amazing ngl. Bailey is the shorter doctor who ends up being the chief of surgery. During Wait, Arizona and Mark are fighting over parental dominance while Bailey is trying to care for Callie. April and Lexi sing harmonies for that song. Hot doctor is Jackson Avery. VERY HOT

14:38 Only a non-fan could talk about Mark and Lexie that way. *heart breaks again and again and again*

yeah every greys fan was traumatized by Owen’s “CALM DOWN, get straight” 💀

Wow I never realized how much of a jerk Mark looks like when you don't get his whole story.

“Ooo girl your hair looks so good for coming out of surgery” literally what I always think when watching this show 😂 as a student nurse, any time I’ve been in theatres and worn a scrub cap for hours when I finish and take the cap off my hair is a mess 😂

Hannah: _"Aww, a happy ending!"_ Grey's Anatomy: *"a happ- ?? AHAHAH"* 🍿

Hannah: "he is mc dreamy, he is very dreamy" Me: "but he is not the sun"

I remember this episode when it aired. The whole cast had amazingly good voices and while it's very much a Karaoke type of musical episode, the feeling of the songs fit, even if the lyrics don't always. It remains one of my favorite episodes.

I love your look of pure elation when Callie started getting into "The Story". It gives me chills too! 😍

The actress who plays Dr. Bailey, Chandra Wilson, is also a Broadway singer.

Dr. Mike : Chest Compressions, Chest Compressions, Chest Compressions Hannah : Chest Voice, Chest Voice, Chest Voice

Hannah: *sensitive like always* Doctor: "What do you need?" *like... is she mentally well?* Also Hannah: "Medical attention."

I feel like because grey's anatomy has such a large cast, they could pick out the people with the best voices and write the story around that, so everyone sounds amazing, it's very well done

“They’re all like dating each other” yep pretty much sums up greys anatomy

Seeing Lexie sing in this makes me even more upset that Supergirl didn’t do a musical episode I mean her, Melissa Benoist AND Jeremy Jordan?!

Listening to Sara Ramirez singing The Story is always an out of body experience for me. Sooooo good and I love the scene

The song 'Chasing cars' is played a lot during the show, mostly when an important caracter is dying or really close to it.

"Mark and lexie were the Romeo and Juliet of Grey's anatomy. Only instead of their families they were kept apart by excuses." Read/heard that somewhere once and to this day, I think it is the best way to discribe the relationship between them.

"He's so veiny. Hope you're okay.. sperm donor Mark." When I tell you I laughed out loud 💀😂

Hearing Sara sing literally makes me want to cry she is so amazing

I actually loved this episode. I know I’m in the minority. But I just loved Sara’s voice. The songs they sang were songs that played in the background of other episodes.

Chandra who plays Dr Bailey was in Chicago on broadway and Sara who plays Callie won a Tony for Spamalot

"Is this just a random patient?" 💀💀💀💀💀 Experiencing this through Hannah's eyes is soooooo HILARIOUS!! Even more than a Riverdale review

You: “Callie calm down he’s just singing” Me: “Gurl every time I hear this song on this show someone sometimes dies” 😂

I was genuienly so shocked with this episode when Owen started singing I was like no way but honestly one of my favs 😭

How to save a life: Hannah- “Callie coming in to save the song”. So true!

The amount of disrespect to Mark Sloan is astounding

Kevin McKidd is actually a Scottish singer, he has said he mostly sings in pubs but he has sang for television and theatre as well, I think what made him sound so awkward was the fact his regular singing voice his Scottish accent is very prevalent but for greys anatomy he plays an American so they had to try and train the accent out of the songs they had him singing. Its a cool fact and I think that could be why he sounds so awkward in this episode.

The Story during Alex wedding BROKE ME

Me the first 25 minutes: okay but WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HER SING THE STORY

“a happy ending” is not a phrase that applies to grey’s anatomy

In the musical episode all of the songs that the actors/characters are singing are songs that where famously used during Greys Anatomy’s run at that point in the series. Music has always been heavily featured throughout the series to the point where some particular songs are synonymously linked with the show. “Song beneath the song” by Maria Taylor is one of those songs, and they use the title of that particular song as the episode title.

This is one of my favorite Greys episodes

I know everyone were all like “why is everybody singing?” But it has been said that this was Callie’s dream/hallucinations. I mean the woman was in a car accident! Cut her some slack!

knowing the context behind everything and watching Hannah trying to guess the backstory is the funniest thing ever 😂😂

Also, there are two types of Grey’s fans... Those who hate the musical episode, and those who are obsessed with it. I am obsessed with it because I love musical theater and any show that tries to go outside the box and do some thing incredibly creative instead of just following the norm is amazing in my book. Plus, then they took all of the songs and turned them into a live benefit concert that they did for the Actor’s Fund and raised a ton of money, so that’s really cool.

When she said that she didn’t like Mark… I had to pause the video and start screaming…

mark is one of the best characters in the show. seeing this episode out of context i can definitely see why you might think he's an ass but there's so much more to the story and to him.

When she got to the hospital, Callie says “Calliope means music”. So it’s like after the accident, she is hallucinating and her first thought was the meaning of her name. So that’s how it’s justified haha. I honestly love this episode, everyone’s great for me.

16:55 was just a reminder to me of how batshit greys must seem out of context because like how does one explain the henry lore like you don't get it he was her patient then they got married for insurance fraud purposes but then they fell deeply in love??? just for him to die like 5 episodes later like huh

I am *so late* to this party, but all the episodes of Grey's to this point (and maybe always? not sure if they still do this) were named after songs. The music they featured was mostly iconic songs from the grey's episodes to this point. It's not supposed to make sense, cause it's her brain reacting to the trauma. She says something to that effect in the intro voice over "The brain is the human body's most mysterious organ. And when it's hurt ... when the human brain is traumatized ... well ... that's when it gets even more mysterious." But this reacts is made so much more hilarious by your not knowing things about the series, so I'm just here for it.

Mark (the father of the baby) is Callie's best friend, and they used to be sex buddies (Idk how else to describe it). I don't remember much of this season, but Callie and Arizona broke-up I think, so Callie slept with Mark and then Arizona and her came back together, but she was pregnant, so the baby has 3 parents now... And Lexie (the one who sang "Breathe") is Mark's ex. And yes, she's with Jackson now. The "random patient" singing is Henry, he was sick and Teddy (the blonde one) married him so he could be on her insurance and survive. After a while they actually fell in love. And also yes, everyone's horny all the time in this show...

“Aw a happy ending!” No one tell her about the plane crash fiasco.

Fun fact, the girl you said had nice hair (Lexie Grey) is actually a main character on Supergirl, which had the musical episode with the Flash that you reacted to.

Callie’s reaction to Owen singing is everyone’s reaction to Owen singing LMAOO. Sara Ramirez is actually the main reason why they decided to do this episode. She INSISTED 🥰 and while jarring to watch during my binge to go from Callie on the hood of the car to hearing Owen singing, this episode is so iconic 😂

callie actually says "calliope means music" instead of "do you hear music". it's a bit hard to hear because her mouth is full of blood. calliope is callie's first name, but only arizona calls her that. just a little fact :)

Fun fact about greys: all the episodes are named after songs (I think there is only one exception but yeah I think it’s pretty cool)

Grey's has a strong history using songs, and often names episodes after them. The musical episode features some of its most iconic from previous key moments. The big ones are Chasing Cars, How to Save a Life, The Story, and Where does the Good Go. The name of the musical episode is Song Beneath a Song. Whilst that piece isn't sung in the musical episode it has been used several times. The season 18 finale used lots of the most iconic songs but some with new cover versions including a really good version of The Story by Davis Naish.

They used songs that have been integral to the series. Chasing cars, Breathe, How to save a life have been played numerous times through the series and most of them were callbacks to these important songs to the show. You start to love mark, he was a douche most of his life but after the baby and Lexi he starts to mature very fast and become more paternal, him and Arizona eventually reconcile and they are a happy family, at least for a second, it is Grey’s nothing happy last long.

The amount of characters in this episode, that are no longer on the show is astounding. And it’s making me miss people even more😭.

Honestly, I love Mark. He usually isn't like this, he was just under the stress of losing Callie and his daughter. It doesn't excuse what he said to Arizona but he was very much not himself. But he is definitely in my top 10. He and Lexie are immaculate.

My favorite thing about this episode is Yang not singing at all because Sandra refused and they conceded because they figured it’s in character for Yang read that it took a lot of convincing for the cast to be onboard and Sandra said nope, not me

I remember playing the soundtrack on repeat when I was pregnant with my oldest. Owen's song (How We Operate) was my favorite song just because his voice gave me chills, and my daughter would fall asleep every time it played, even for about a year after birth. This episode and the songs still always make me cry.

Hannah: Come on, Callie, sing another song. Me knowing that she's going to sing The Story: 😉

Oh my gosh YESSS. This episode is just "Let's have Sara Ramirez just KILL IT for 43 minutes".

5:54-6:34 yes, I'm a sucker for harmonies, too, and this trio harmony of Callie Torres, Owen Hunt, and Miranda Bailey is just GORGEOUS 😍😍❤! Also, I totally adore Sara's cover of The Story 😍❤ (I like it tons more than Brandi Carlisle)

I CAN NOT listen to "The Story" without tearing up. She is just perfect.

Chasing Cars play whenever someone either dies or may die. So the second you hear it just start crying

this musical episode was literally just made to make Sara Ramirez sing "the story" at the end ..

At the beginning Callie actually said “Calliope means music”, telling Bailey what her name means! :) I’m so glad you reviewed this episode cuz I love this episode of Greys!

How to Save a Life owes a lot of it's popularity to being featured in a season 2 episode of Grey's and then being used for the season 3 promotions. It charted second on the top 40 only a few weeks after the promotions aired.

If I remember correctly, they knew that Callie, Bailey, and Owen all had a successful musical theater background, so they were obviously going to be a big part of this. Lexie was a complete surprise so they rewrote it to include a song for her (thank God! it's my favorite). Then all of the songs were in important iconic moments of earlier seasons. ps mark and lexie are the best, don't judge him too harshly ;)