Let it Out - TGWDLM - animatic 

I wanted to take a sec to thank everyone for all of your comments over the years. This was my first attempt at storyboarding when I was 16, and y’all’s support gave me the confidence to pursue it as a career. I’m 21 as of writing this and currently in college for animation. It makes me so happy to get comments from people rediscovering this and to know that this video got so many of you interested in Starkid. On behalf of other artists out there, thank you so much for all of the kind words and feedback, it means the world

Animator: *trying to make a serious/dramatic musical* Live audio recording: *laughing hysterically*

To anyone who hasn't seen the show, the audience's laughter at "He might kick your head" must be so confusing

So I just read a comment that said that Ted fought for control over his body just to insult Bill and I thought it was amazing but I couldn’t find it again so I’m telling everyone about it right now

Theory: All theatre kids have a dormant version of the virus that makes them randomly burst into song and dance

I love how all the songs in this musical are villain songs

y'all ever just think about how the events of tgwdlm are definitely the already infected versions of all of the characters reliving the events of the "real" people fighting against the aliens. since, y'know, the aliens couldn't have all that information from the opening number if they hadn't lived all that before

I can hear the audience just going "Oooh? Ooh?" When he started singing.

Theory time! Every musical ( heathers, bmc, deh ) is set in this world after the entire human race has been infected but no even remembers life before singing and it’d just a normal thing now.

Musical: Man being slowly infested by a disease and becoming the one thing he hated Audience: *This is the funniest shit I've ever seen*

This made me realise how much I want a film version of TGWDLM with him inside the theatre, and a spotlight and all the great angles yaassss

INCREDIBLY UNDERRATED. I gasped when Paul’s eyes flickered for the first time and laughed when I saw the little yeet at the end. You captured Apotheosis Paul’s crazy eyes perfectly

You drew Paul so perfect that he looks more like Paul than the actor for paul

Okay, this is *awesome*, but can we just appreciate the fact that Paul's "last words" (I say last words because their his last words before getting completely taken over by the apotheosis) are, "I DON'T LIKE MUSICALS" ?

I love how all they are blue to show that they’ve been infected!

I love during the la da da da part he starts doing the "You'll Be Back" shoulder thing from Hamilton.

"To shared the hate I felt-" I felt like Paul was in some kind of Musical and the crowd laughed at him or something, than he was bullied and when the um...forgot her named said "Since y'all didn't do any musicals we just basically went over there to shit on you guys on so much better we are." Something along those lines Maybe their school erased the events of the play ever happening. Yep...Paul use to be a theater kid.

this is so incredible??? this is the first TGWDLM animatic i've seen, but damn if it isn't an /amazing/ one... the second half truly shines, you did a great job illustrating it. can't wait to see this blow up!

I Can’t stop replaying “Is this me? or is this you?” I love the expressions and movements This whole thing is amazing ;;

the motions when paul starts to get infected? Amazin’. That little shoulder shimmy? So Good. THE ADJUSTING OF THS TIE BEFORE HE GOES ON STAGE? *chefs kiss*

“Ted…Emma’s Boss” “That’s right Paul. All your friends are here”

god im shaking the choreography for this is STUNNING and the expressions are top notch and just..... i cant properly sing my praises for this without slamming my face against the keyboard.

Fuuuck this is amazing! The way you animated the switches between Paul and Infected Paul is fantastic

captions be like: "that's right Paul, all your best friends are sheep."

This musical needs more animatics like this

*”That’s right paul, all your best friends are here” is one of the funniest lines in the show in my opinion and I don’t know why*

You know they’re a keeper when they draw Paul better than the actual Paul

I’M SO MAD THAT THIS ONLY JUST POPPED INTO MY RECOMMENDED LIKE WTH RU-vid AHHH BUT ANYAY THIS WAS AMAZINGG

3:14 What I find interesting is that, if we consider nornal Paul and Apotheosis Paul as separate, this is a point where it's normal Paul that seems to be giving up. That is, until Apotheosis Paul suggests "But happiness can't come before its fall". Somehow, that sentence seems to give normal Paul back his resolve to destroy the meteor, even if it means sacrificing his own life. Maybe after that point he's just playing along until the right moment to strike. That's my interpretation of it.

this musical does what ive never seen before. it lets the main character "die a hero" but also "live long enough to become the villian" and it will always be my favorite musical.

(Edit: HECK YEAH I JUST GOT MY FIRST DISLIKE!!) ALL OF THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN SO NICE I’M CRYING 💗❤️💘💙💖💞💚 I’VE NEVER MADE AN ANIMATIC BEFORE I WAS SHAKING THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS UPLOADING IT aDafgajsl THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU (Edit) THIS JUST HIT 1k???? I’M ACTUALLY CRYING AND THAT’S NOT AN EXAGGERATION!! THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND I WISH I COULD DO MORE TO SHOW MY THANKS OTHER THAN TYPING ON A KEYBOARD ❤️❤️❤️

My favorite thing about this song is that it is basically taking the classic musical pep talk song, where people rally around their friend to encourage him to stand tall and be himself, and making it evil and manipulative.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOUUUUU

This is amazing! Seeing the set expanded and having them come out through the seats! And the exit sign flickering!! I love all of this so freaking much!!!!!

3:30 The shift in expression there is just...so breathtaking and I don't know why

I love how you did the infected 😍 so creepy i love it. Also Paul's expressions in the "but happiness can't come before its fall" part... damn this is so good!! Really good job!!!

I swear i am immagining things, but for a second the way you drew the craters on the meteor reminded me of pokeys mask

I love that part at 1:27 - 1:34!!!!! I don't know why, but I watched him fix his tie like three times now.

I find it funny how Paul can sing really well for someone who doesn't like musicals.

I like to think this is also the first time Paul can hear the backing music. Since there's never anyone playing music, but we the audience and supposedly the infected can hear it.

I’ve never seen a tgwdlm animatic but I LOVE IT GOD ITS SO GOOD it’s so expressive and the visuals are so striking oml thank you for making this :’)

PAUL NO!! Sorry just looks like such an innocent smol :(

I'm pretty sure this was the Animatic that got me into Starkid/Hatchetfield. So uh, congrats!

THIS IS FANTASTIC!! I LOVE IT! My favorite thing is Paul's wild changes in expression, when those started happening I literally gasped! It's so so good and amazing!!!

I am at a loss for words to explain how incredibly this was... And the emotions And the dancing And her *toddies* This was just excellent

WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE STARKID ANIMATICS AND THAT MAKES ME SO FRICKIN HAPPY-

This is so good!! I love the smile with infected Paul! The animation is amazing too, especially seeing Paul struggling while he started to forcefully dance.

*distress* is this me? *crazy cheerful voice* OR IS THIS YOU 2:29

That moment he loses control of his arm at 1:42 is just some good shit right there

“yeet” holy shit. this is amazing!!! the solo part with the mouth movements... and his happy face with the piercing eyes after... haunting! I’ll be stuck in my head with this song for days again. and i’ll be thankful for it

Oh my goodness so many wonderful things about this animatic -- the lean on the fourth wall by having Paul enter through the literal theatre entrance, the first time his eyes flicker blue, having the blue meteor also be a spotlight that Paul reluctantly steps through -- ahhhhh I love this so, so much. Love how his body moves to the melody before he realises what happens, and he tries to stop it. ((Also you've captured everyone's likeness in such an effective way??)) So many cool ideas and motifs you play with!! Love the "never!!!!" and the immediate fear on his face. Goosebumps at the veins on "feel your apotheosis begin"! Shout out to 2:52 - Paul spinning around like in a dance while he loses to the apotheosis. The three spotlights closing in on him. Love how you start his conversion with the sort of, sharp contrast between 'normal' Paul and 'hive' Paul, but that when you get to that really important solo -- it's very hard to tell the difference between (like it's just two parts of Paul talking to each other, not so much a Hive infecting his brain). I do wonder if there was a way to push Paul's ambivalence/struggle against himself, but I also would not know how as I am not an animator :,,,) Regardless!!! This was brilliant and a pleasure to watch. Thank you *so much* for writing and sharing

Is it just me or is there something absolutely enchanting about the "Am I crazy? Maybe I've always been" line?

HOLY CRAP THIS WAS SO GOOD!!! you tube finally recommended good content I love the little "yeet" at the end xD

"I don't, like, musicals!" *Hamilton pose*

this is the video that introduced me to tgwdlm and starkid as a whole, so, 1) thank you so much for that, and 2) _holy hecc i thought this smacked already but now i have context and bro?? dude?? this is stellar. this is top notch. this is the Good Shit™._ the use of blue as a shorthand for infection?? the way it slowly invades paul's space as the song progresses??? the flash in his eyes??? the _spotlights????_ it's so subtle!! so insidious!! my spine!! tingling!!! my mind!!! shook!!!! and like don't even get me started on the expressions here, because _they're all! so! good!_ paul's vapid smile when the infection sings through him! the subsequent horror!! the differences in posture good _lord_ i am a big fan of basically everything about this you done did a fantastic job here!!!

I love how you kept in some of Paul's crazier expressions! Great job :)

Oh my god. This was great!! Especially when Paul started struggling to not dance and sing. You did great! It's exactly what I think of when I hear the song by it's self! :)

I SWEAR TO YOD BEFORE PAUL SINGS IT SOUNDS LIKE ENTRANCE OF JANE DOE FROM RTC

This whole musical could be a great animated movie.

hi hello sorry i’m late on commenting because family but i LOVE THIS the facial expressions, lip sync, general art is FANTASTIC but i really love the use of the blue i was hERE BEFORE THIS BLOWS UP AND GOES VIRAL : D

Your work with expression and contrast is fantastic and I love how you use dance as a shorthand? There are moments where Paul is perilously close to acting as the usual main character flanked by the already infected and I love it.

HELLOOO??? PLEASE, GOD! I JUST WANT MORE TGWDLM ANIMATICS 😭😭

Ack, too much greatness on my unprepared eyes--

(I like the tiny yeet when he throws the grenade 😁) Great job on this!

Geez I love how you do expression, the fact that you can notice when Paul gets taken over with just some minor details in the expression is truly awesome

The part at 2:25 is so fricken cool props to you this whole thing is so well done

God this musical needs to be fully animated that would be awesome and this has proved that concept

THIS DESERVES MORE LIKES AND ATTENTION! IT'S SO GOOD! SKSKSKSKKSKSKSKSKS-

I LOVE how you had his eyes flicker blue top notch details

If I was face to face with the mother brain of an alien parasite I wouldn't hesitate when it came to pulling the grenade pin RIP to Paul but I'm different. (im so sorry)

i am excited to see a tgwdlm song as an animatic, never mind the fact that it’s my favorite song and is also done SO WELL. great job!!

1:34 that voice... and the way he sings... it reminds me of something from my childhood but I cannot place what it is.. or what its from

1:18 yeah that looks so much like paul

I LOVE THIS!!!! TGWDLM CONTENT IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED genuinely you have a very nice flow and you're good at selecting which are your key scenes (like the ones where you full on animate paul's mouth) and the color coding is great too!

I always liked the section of the song thats around 2:30, it gives me real Jekyll and Hyde energy

I think one of my favorite parts of this is the small details, like the fluid dance moves and the tie adjustment, ghe ting switches between paul and infected paul; its great and i love it!

Honestly, the spotlight concept is amazing. I think it’s awesome how you used space and positioning to convey Paul’s inner conflict and transformation. ♥️♥️

Woah this is amazing dude- I genuinely got chills during this sksjsk

2:01 ooc that looks like he just exploded a building and is acting suprised like "oopsies, did i do that?"

Ok but I really like the line "but what would I let in if I let it out?"

Woah, this is amazing! It's kinda rare to see people doing a whole animatic of TGWDLM. And this one does have good qualtity too! I. Love. IT.

I like this whole thing but especially the small 'yeet' with the handgrenade agjsfzjzn

I watched this after almost breaking my leg a week ago to take my mind off of the agonizing pain I was in. This is the story of how I discovered tgwdlm

I LOVE the Jekyll and Hide energy in this song

this is my first TGWDLM animatic and it's honestly amazing! i liked specially the choreo bits (it shows how much attention you paid to the original song) and Paul's complete expression and posture changes when he's splitting.

Shameful confession, before learning the whole context of the musical the thumbnail/title combo made me think THIS SONG WOULD BE ABOUT A GUY GETTING THE GALL TO "Let out" HIS CRUSH

So badly do I want to see TGWDLM as a movie it would be amazing!

Istg the line “Am I crazy? Maybe I’ve always been.” Gets me every time. I got chills the first time I heard it

This was so awesome!!!! You drew Paul sooo good, and the way he descends into madness is depicted so goood! I loved this😍😁🤩!!!

The lip movement at 1:01 is amazing

fun fact: getting this animatic in my recommended list is what got me to watch tgwdlm. i did not know about it beforehand. so thanks!

Delicious. Finally some good fucking food. (But seriously i absolutely adored everything about this. You just got a new sub :))

You captured the whole 2 persona thing perfectly.

This animatic actually made me interested in the play and now *I'm in love with it*

I will never get over how the audience seems so concerned for Paul when he starts dancing lol. Anyhoo, this is sooo good I loved it. I can’t believe this is your first animatic! Also I love the little yeet at the end

I have to thank you for this,,, it’s the reason I watched TGWDLM and it’s f a n t a s t i c

I get little shop of Horror vibes from this musical.

omg i love this! i love how u showed paul slowly and subtly being affected by the meteor !! the flickering blue eyes were a super nice touch!!

“ted!... emma’s boss!” kills me every time

Simply fantastic animation for a simply fantastic musical!