Darren Criss - Back to Hogwarts

During the Winter 2010 session of the Young Actors' Theater Camp, Darren Criss came to teach a master class and sing a few songs.
This is Darren Criss singing Back to Hogwarts from A Very Potter Musical while accompanying himself on guitar.
YoungActorsTheaterCamp.org

[@marken1294]

"Should I skip this middle part?" "NO!" Silly Darren, like we could ever want less of your singing. This makes me so happy.

[@katie42496]

Only darren could be 4+ people at once

[@luvsthespotlight]

"Hermione, you're such a buzz kill" - he didn't sound like he meant that. He sounded like he was seducing her.

[@camillerasch6245]

luvsthespotlight everything he says is like he's seducing someone

[@katiesimpson7982]

The way he starts off - "This is gonna be so hard...I can't believe I'm doing this" lol Darren's so humble. It's okay to forget the lyrics - it's a looooonng song, and they weren't all his lyrics in the first place anyway! I'm amazed that he could play through the whole thing on guitar. I would've been forgetting chords all over the place!

[@elmo2488]

They're not? I thought he wrote all the lyrics and music for AVPM? Guess not

[@katiesimpson7982]

Well, yes, I guess in that sense they are his lyrics. I meant that he didn't sing them all in the show. I should have said they weren't all Harry's lyrics!

[@elmo2488]

Ah got what you meant now :) I love love this preformance, mistakes and all

[@mandelade]

If I ever met Darren I'd probably scream "THIS IS WAY TOO AWESOME" and run away

[@marsiemalloww]

or HARRY FREAKING POTTER!

[@ilse6388]

I would probably faint, or make a fool of myself and then regret everything I said

[@gracemarcus2788]

@@ilse6388 same 😂✋

[@ChelseaMcMillen]

I can't watch this without grinning like an idiot

[@sarahgitlin5008]

Chelsea McMillen SAAMME

[@marsiemalloww]

OMG SAMEEEEE

[@georgiarhinehart15]

I know! I wish I was there!

[@IWishBeMyself]

He seems so happy and full of energy. He is so cute when he says "You can sing along if you want".

[@christopherjorissen5582]

Patricia De Reyna I am surprised that people weren’t already joining in... I was.

[@marsiemalloww]

@@christopherjorissen5582 sameee

[@claire_dyment2301]

okay but the audience was harmonizing??

[@theanimeidiot8903]

i know ive tried learning the other parts, and trying to do only Ron or Harry's or Hermione's part, so it's no surprise the audience harmonized because it's good to know the other parts. love how Darren ends up not doing his part for the chorus though. he actually had the harmony. but can't blame him, it's been so long

[@MisterAppleEsq]

@@theanimeidiot8903 I mean, for a performance like this it makes sense for the one performer to be singing the melody the whole time, so it was probably intentional.

[@migata]

I could be wrong but I think they were doing Darren’s part so that kinda explains it

[@janamaderova548]

I think it was Darren harmonizing and the audience was singing the melody

[@CassidyParkerKnight]

I love the way he starts laughing when he gets to the hidden swimming pool line :)

[@proudtobeageek95]

You can see in his face how much he misses this, and how much he enjoys getting to perform Starkid stuff.

[@racheld9548]

Crying now thANKS (but siriusly tho. I agree and it makes me emotional)

[@evangelynecollins6977]

Kristina Staab HE'S IN GLEE? I'm Watching glee!!!

[@bambibam]

oh hunny.

[@aaronburrsir598]

Five years later 😭

[@LittleMissMusicals_26]

@@racheld9548 did you say Siriusly as a Harry Potter pun?

[@HungerGames0012]

I like that everyone was respectively just listening to him play and he said "you guys can sing along if you want"

[@psychedelia4831]

I love the fact that he is smiling all the time and starts laughing, it makes me be smiling like an idiot omg he's so freacking cute it makes me wanna scream ahaha *-*

[@brittanyBSBbabe]

With him forgetting some of the lyrics, in his defense, it is a really long song with a lot of stuff going on during it. Also, since it is a group song, he can't be penelized for not knowing everyone else's lines. With that being said, he totally rocked this song out of the park, straight into pigfarts! This little, dorky fanboy is totally awesome! :)

[@brittanyBSBbabe]

Same. Haha. It's the same with any Starkid show as well! Haha

[@DavidHowell09]

Even though he wrote it 😂

[@rebeckhhu8861]

@@DavidHowell09 It wouldn't be Darren singing if he didn't forget his own lyrics!

[@marsiemalloww]

@@rebeckhhu8861 i was going to say that haha

[@debbiejennings1320]

I love being able to see Darren looking so happy while he sings his Going Back to Hogwarts song. He sings more from his Harry Potter Musical and the audience knows all the words & sings with him. You can tell this makes Darren ever more happy. ♡ He's such a sweetheart.

[@carolinepastilha2425]

AHHHH THEY ALL START SINGING ALONG WHEN HE SAYS THEY CAN THATS EHAKDJAJA ADORABLE

[@moritagomezbieber]

i love how he changes the voice or acts differently depending on the character... especially on the cho chang part, cedric, goyle and malfoy :)

[@gracemarcus2788]

@Alana Worsfold 😂✋ ofc

[@haileew.9478]

i feel like darren forgets his lyrics on purpose because he knows we think its adorable

[@cordeliapalmer5800]

I don’t know. He seems like far too genuine a person than to do that, to me.

[@charlottehiggins3460]

Yess

[@igotVoldemortsnose]

I love how many people in the audience know the lyrics :)

[@hadley_lord]

igot Voldemortsnose I love your name

[@ItsCammiMe]

Darren always messes up, that's kinda his thing. Mostly in this song, because it's 7 minutes long and has lots of lyrics with the same melody. He usually sings it with the starkids, it must be hard doing the whole song by himself. Don't be so hard on him.

[@Mishy82193]

hes so multi-talented someone punch me

[@liliandobson5428]

Michelle O RIGHT?!? Actor, singer, dancer, plays the guitar, plays the piano, and is freaking adorable!!!

[@kat_lover8345]

Punch

[@carolinepastilha2425]

Gosh you know this man has taken over your life when it’s 2018 and you *fall asleep* listening to this song.

[@zacsbabygirlay]

Caroline Emilia I r e l a t e so much

[@johannaplockl463]

Or.. 2020 man I'm old

[@salome5581]

Johanna Plöckl oops same

[@jfreed91]

"welcome- and he holds that note for five minutes- i welcome all of you to hogwarts." haha! i love his narration too. its so funny that it sounds like only like half of the crowd even knows what the hell's going on. that's so great! :D

[@RavenGirl237]

"you guys can sing along if you want" OUR KING HAS SPOKEN!!!

[@temporaryphase]

guys he was totally choking up at the end awww

[@samsingsthings]

I can't watch this without smiling like a fool. It's just so darn good and cute!!

[@alexcabrera9337]

same here~

[@kristinf1770]

Mike turner

[@sanahoda9341]

Charlotte Faulkes same

[@katrinaevans3003]

the children are telling Darren the words!

[@elmo2488]

this is such a fun version. i feel like he's just going with it and playing it up and doing his thang

[@HyGCasiAngeles]

This is like the most perfect video ever... Darren playing and singing 'back to hogwarts' + Darren messing uo and forgeting the lyrics +... just Darren hahaha

[@jishwafishwa261]

Hey everyone. We need to make a note and put it in glee studios saying, Dear Darren stealers Give back Darren Chris to Starkid or else we burn down your studios and all your money. Yours Sincerely STARKID FANS p.s. we can get a bit ott

[@jishwafishwa261]

sorry i spelt criss wrong. stupud autocorrect

[@jishwafishwa261]

***** oh didnt know.i just dont watch glee

[@theanimeidiot8903]

we got him back muahahha

[@frenchbeach7382]

He has the cutest laugh I've ever heard 😍😍😍

[@MelyssaHawes]

“man i’m glad i’m back” gives me chills every time

[@andreakuzderova]

I'm a massive fan of Harry Potter and Glee as well which means that i can't love him more!

[@dakotasomething9149]

I know right I'm with ya

[@rooney1472]

sAME

[@sweet16913]

I love the fact that he forgets lyrics when sober...but remembers them while drunk.... Love him.

[@shacharmargalit3808]

i love how even though he became a big star in Hollywood he is connected to his roots and these songs go with him wherever he goes

[@IANNCISFAN]

it looks ans sounds like he is just playing it for fun and not for it to be perfect *-* he seems so happy here (dont get me wrong i totally think he sounds awesome ;) ) but with just so much fun

[@iyapot14]

I love this!! Especially the part where he said that they can sing along. This makes me cry! 😭

[@eleanorrichardson2142]

The dumbledoor part is the best...love this so much can't stop watching this its amazing you can really see that he loves what he does, and that's pretty rare nowadays

[@annajoy9359]

I never got into Glee, really, and now I want to watch it solely because he’s in it

[@rebeckhhu8861]

I love how th audience has to tell him his own lyrics!

[@ast1867]

I can't even handle how adorable he is with every single thing he does. Argh

[@dawesy1104]

I actually get chills listening to him singing, i love his voice!!!

[@CaseySmob3]

I love the way he looks down when he says, "I'll cast some spells with the flick of my wand." :D

[@kiikat]

Love how happy Daren looks from this whole thing he rocks, and it rocks that the audience was so into it too :P

[@rachunicornsinst]

I started giggling when he went from a low voice when he started singing the Cho Chang part and then he went into the falsetto.

[@johanna3585]

he is so cute to the children. I love him soo much.

[@braxtonkatz5726]

He is so cute and so pure hopefully he is in starkid homecoming

[@LucySloan]

He's voice has got even more perfect!;)

[@nehalelsamahy93]

This just makes me grin like an idiot :D I love it!

[@mishayakovlyevna6657]

Was I the only one watching this, holding my dog, dancing around with tears streaming down my face and screaming out the lyrics? Just me? Ok...

[@charliesleepy]

yes only you

[@kito20121]

He is totally awesome!

[@racheld9548]

I'm dying this is just GAH!!!! I'm smiling like an idiot

[@yaza_prod508]

I would cry if he came to my theater company

[@sanahoda9341]

Seeing him sing makes me so happy

[@bellegriffiths03]

Love this song I really want to meet Darren Criss

[@DorianeR16]

darren avec des lunette toujour aussi beau

[@prettylittlegleeks1]

That beeping from 0.40 - 0.45 is my heart. Notice it stops. It comes back for a while at 1.30 then stops again. His supermegafoxyawesomehot-ness killed me and brought me back to life. Multiple times.

[@Liranamosh]

you know he actually wrote that song, but come one, it's seven minutes long

[@JenniferJiang2013]

I MISS DARREN IN STARKID

[@adoppelNa]

Oh my Darren that is the best song ever i heard♡

[@rooney1472]

Anna Liebmann watch AVPM-

[@elischizza]

He's so freakin' adorable, wish I was there to sing " Back To Hogwarts" with him. ♥

[@TheBestVideosEver333]

i love how he always messes up around Rons part (: the last time i saw him do this and he messed up he jumped up and down excited because he did (:

[@broganlins1666]

J'adore les chansons d' AVPM. :)

[@reross310]

it's that time again, september 1st time to go BACK to Hogwarts. You ready?

[@hahahappy07]

look at his face, looking so happy when he sings this song. must have brought back a lot of good memories!

[@drunkonkumquats]

This song always gets me so pumped up

[@shilomiloproductions]

@DigiFanKira We haven't announce the master class teachers for our upcoming camp. But it is never too late to sign up, we would love for you to join! I will release a video once we announce the teachers...there's always a strong possibility it'll be someone from Glee =] but that being said, I have no idea who the teachers are.

[@IidoliseJohnnyDepp]

And though we know it is Darren its not a Darren show until he forgets his own lyrics

[@briswe1]

I've never seen him happier.... damn that GLEE

[@fi9263]

I love that one person in the audience who corrected him

[@sfoster.23]

He's so talented! Is it weird that I LOVE this song?

[@AvigayilBatkhan]

These kids are so lucky!

[@cookiequeen747]

That smile. Those glasses. *swoon*

[@KraziiIsMe]

My heart is melted LITERALLY every time he says "Oh Hermione, you're such a buzzkill!" in this

[@ste_pure]

hes so freaking cute

[@darrencrissistotallyawesom918]

Cute? What, are you nuts? More like supermegafoxyawesomehot! Sorry I just had to. Yeah he's pretty okay. Because okay is wonderful. Okay I'll stop. We can just agree on the fact the he's cute and talented and totally awesome. And do you want to know why is he so freaking cute? Because he's Harry Freakin Potter. He's a whole lot hotter, with that lightning scar, he's a superstar to us all! If we're in trouble we know who to call!

[@charliesleepy]

@@darrencrissistotallyawesom918 calm down jamal

[@drewdesopo5714]

Now all these kids get to brag about seeing Darren perform for them

I feel so good when I hear his voice. Hey Darren, you're TOTALLY AWESOME!

[@Indiechickx3]

love the softness in his voice when he´s singing dumbledore :3

[@deloiola]

This is gold! =)

[@oshritlaufer7178]

Jess Darren is pure gold so talented it's unbelievable:-) That's why we love him so much

[@_____2219]

He’s so precious

[@TheGleeProjectClips]

You can just see how happy his is when singing... His eyes are like.. remembering back to the good ol' day :)

[@KlaineHummelson]

Is it just me who's mad at Darren for not singing in an offensively accurate posh English accent for Draco's part...?

[@pearthicorn]

I swear I'm the only guy who's watched this video

[@Seaweed97able]

You're not alone man

[@bugrac.7432]

nope

[@bugrac.7432]

nope

[@williamliagre6247]

You're not alone x)

[@98TheNugget]

The people at this camp are SO LUCKY. There are no words for how much I want to see Darren live. I fricking love him so much! :]

[@catiecutie26]

i love how he cant help but smile and he seems a little shy, its so adorable. and he voice as always, amazing!

[@Myrah2]

Wouldn't be Darren if he didn't forget the lyrics.

[@lisapetri3616]

since when does darren wear glasses?

[@dontstopdancinggirl7]

He always has

[@kelseyspringer72]

hello he's Harry Freaking Potter of course he wears glasses

[@JustinNathanielAdams]

I love the chorus of this song :)

[@luisagf1385]

If I were there, I would be standing up, dancing, clapping at the beat, singing, and harmonizing with Darren like the idiot that I am. I can tell the crowd was a bit embarrassed and I get that, especially at the presence of someone like Darren Criss

[@RachelH112]

of course it's not a Darren performance without him forgetting the lyrics and having to get help from the audience

[@whyamiboredrightnow]

Is it awful rules or stupid rules because he has sung both versions many times?

[@darrencrissistotallyawesom918]

katie jones I think that in the origin it is stupid

[@theanimeidiot8903]

look at the subtitles on AVPM cause it has all the correct lines and such (p much the same for every SK musical except Joey's improv in TTO) but he does say "awful" in the og recording ^^

[@bridgetl1386]

all the different voices he uses!!!!! :) soooo amazing

[@beccamariec]

How someone could watch this and not have a huge ass smile on their face is beyond me.

[@una_10bananas]

Classic Darren forgetting his lyrics all the time

[@puellamagica3359]

ngl the cho chang part always makes me super uncomfortable, and i feel like he knows it's offensive - "should we skip the middle part?" i wish he had tbh. if i had been there it would have really upset me, but judging from what i can see of the audience, i'd probably have been the only one lmao soooo many white people that said, darren is too beautiful to be real and i'm totes digging that rumpled sexy professor look he's got going on there with his glasses. mmm.

[@KarolinaHolst]

You know that in the musical Cho Chang is atually caucasian and Lavender Brown is asian? Don't know if that changes anything, but they did make a joke about asian stereotypes during the dialog in between the singing :P

[@NobelNighthawk274]

tiffany aching Darren criss is asian dude chill out

[@elmo2488]

NobelNighthawk274 such a good point

[@puellamagica3359]

NobelNighthawk274 yo i know he's api, but that doesn't make that part less uncomfortable. being asian-american doesn't mean you can't say offensive shit about asian-american people. it's called internalized racism.

[@rockinrodney5000]

tiffany aching Or maybe, it's called a JOKE.

[@ObsessiveDCdissorder]

5.01 'its gonna be totally awesome' gives me the shivers every time!! Darren please! i need my life back!!!

[@jaxduckie]

Not only will this song never get old, Darren is so amazing he makes you sing along at home when you're watching it. or maybe that's just me. :)

[@lovets18]

omg he is tooo cute! i love how is said "thanks" in the middle of singing when he had forgotten the words:) man the more i watch him the more i love:)

[@LittleMissMusicals_26]

If I saw him , the first thing I would say is : you're supermegafoxyawesomehot! Then I would hug him! My dreams are literally of me meeting him. ❤️

[@jbluvv4ever]

he gets this bitter sweet look when he sings this song because you know he misses it.. thank god theres gonna be a threequel.. WERE FINALLY GOING BACK !

[@LILGAGA99]

UGH!! Darren Criss should be on the cover of every magazine.. he's so perfect and amazing!! i wish i was at that acting camp....

[@audreyyu07]

Whoever disliked the video is sad that they won’t get to meet the legend. And they don’t think Darren is adorable which is incredibly false