Don't Wanna Be Great, Just Wanna Be Good 🎵

Jess can keep up with whatever tempo you throw at her #playitbyear #musicals #improvisation
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[@anemodude9544]

She unironically did an amazing job with the tempo changes, it wasnt even a challenge the song just was good

[@brodieainsworthmusic]

Not even great

[@alyssa09485]

Not only a challenge for Jess but for the band too, they all did so WELL!!

[@playitbyearshorts]

They don't always get the most focus, but they are THE reason this show works at all. Truly just brilliant at what they do.

[@crazysasha1374]

They deserve a mountain of credit as well.

[@chinchillin-lj1wl]

she is 100% the star of the show

[@benadamclimer671]

Jess knows how exhausting it is to be the best.

[@sourwitch2340]

That is an unironically fantastic song... Though what is ironic that they were raising the bar with this performance!

[@peterpxxn]

Jess continues to just genuinely astound me not as an improviser but also as a singer & performer? This song just straight up goes hard.

[@cottoncandyswirl8289]

this song is unironically great, literally every gifted child

[@checkmate5768]

Talent aside, the message of this song hits really close to home 😂

[@sourwitch2340]

The reaction that guest with curly hair and the cool looking dungarees had to "It can be exhausting to be amazing"? I felt that exact mood throughout the entire song!

[@wunderwhale]

Is she singing this to herself?? She’s amazing

[@playitbyearshorts]

Jess is talented in a way that no human should be able to be. It's wild.

[@kaiatheodore]

This song hits too hard as a former gifted student LOL

[@rogergibbins938]

gifted kid anthem!

[@sealswimswim354]

Jess is *inspirational* and poetic yet so lovely in the ears. 🥰 I love her silly moments but she can be profound in a heartfelt way.

[@houndgirl7365]

The cast did sooo well this skit I cannot wait to see what the next prompt episode brings o.o

[@noodlesxd1795]

I love her buttoned checkered jacket so much-

[@goddamnitiquitagain]

this is the new gifted kid anthem, i don't care what you say

[@whitestoneandy797]

Head canon, she's singing to herself. She wants to be good because it's a challenge because she's already automatically great.

[@hand230]

This is just great, you can tell that the band and Jess are on completely the same page. It's sort of like the merkmere song where they stop playing music, because they're all there to sound good.

[@UncleRussian.]

I love the fact that song artists actually do this type of thing, I know multiple songs that are slow/fast tempo

[@krofp]

The tempo never changed, the band just switched to a different feel.

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

Honestly amazing

[@ogurasyn2354]

Why are Jess's songs so relatable in those?

[@cowboyspiderspew-pew1941]

Honestly i agree with the actual message of the song. Its ok to be fine with average. Youre allowed to say "this is good enough" and walk away

[@ET_CostaLotta]

Ok but this is actually really good tho and the lyrics make so much sense

[@Mocha_x_svt]

She um... ate because being the best is exhausting

[@NDawgHoyt]

The tempo never actually changed though. It just changed feel.

[@NeonNijahn]

Jess is my hero

[@deseuryderia]

this is what be more chill sounds like to me

[@queenellie1104]

Why does that song hit so hard, I need more.

[@Foxy02016]

The best part is that this is what a lot of musical songs can feel like

[@coolkid9960]

I’m obsessed immediately

[@Kitty_moo_moo]

I love this song so much I would love a full version of it

[@miraclegranderson6759]

Reminds me of most broadway musicals

[@adelaidesalcove]

The gifted kid anthem 😂😂😂

[@bigsarge2085]

Hahaha!

[@BelleVanSchijndel]

Jess McKenna is ridiculously talented.

[@millennialmakes4870]

My god is she good

[@TheFashionablyDepressedBard]

An anthem for the law of Jante

[@theperfectspecimen2697]

Let me play you a tune on the worlds tiniest violin

[@V.ENTING]

Early!

[@Tempo_The_Cat]

Hmm… a TEMPO, you say? (Yes I comment this every time I see the word tempo and no, I will not apologize)

[@garbageenthusiasm4588]

Do you do the same thing for the word cat?

[@Tempo_The_Cat]

No, cat is in to many things