Horror Musical Triple-Feature! | Halloween SPEEDPAINT

Happy Halloween! To celebrate the season, I’m getting into the spooky spirit by making illustrations out of some of my favorite dark musicals~!
I’ve been wanting to make a series about musicals for a really long time, and this was a ton of fun to put together, so I really hope y’all enjoy it!
Please do lemme know what other (not necessarily horror-themed) shows y’all might like to see drawn if I do this again; and if you wanna geek out about the spooky shows that got drawn today, or recommend more musicals that are good for Halloween, head on down to the comments and share that festive energy! (^^)/
Prints of the artworks from this video - (as well as other spooky pieces from previous Halloweens) - are available from the links below! 👀
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- Black Friday: / chelxxrfo7s
- Heathers: / chemfrtlq2t
- Dracula: / chemr9flbcn
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-- TIMESTAMPS --
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:48 Black Friday
- 07:35 Heathers
- 12:52 Dracula
- 18:57 Finished Artwork / Endcard
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-- MUSIC USED --
- Anime by Emmit Fenn - • Anime - Emmit Fenn | B...
- Tragic Story by Myuu - • Tragic Story - Myuu
- Y Files by Geographer - • Geographer - Y Files
- Heaven and Hell by Jeremy Blake - • Heaven and Hell - Jere...
- Eighties Action by Kevin Macleod - • Kevin MacLeod ~ Eighti...
- Deep State by Vans in Japan - • Video
- Sonic Pogo by Vans in Japan - • Video
- In the Shadows by Ethan Meixsell - • In the Shadows - Ethan...
- Demise by Ethan Meixsell - • Demise - Ethan Meixsell
- Vindicated by Ethan Meixsell - • Vindicated - Ethan Mei...
- Welcoming the Undead by TeknoAXE - • Royalty Free Music #59...
(all tracks sourced from KZbin Audio Library)

[@ABDIllustrates]

🎃 Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by! 🎃 Hope you enjoyed this one! It’s been a while since I just made a normal speedpaint like this, so I felt so rusty doing the edit, haha. (Had a lot of fun featuring my funky new spooky sprite in this one though, haha) A lot of us are spending Halloween indoors this year, so hopefully there are some good recommendations in here for seasonally-appropriate musicals y’all can enjoy! (^^)/ (And as usual, links for prints of these pieces are in the description - Happy Halloween! 👻)

[@cookiegacha2701]

Happy Halloween 🎃

[@crownpenguin9180]

Happy halloween

[@domtraini4889]

Happy Halloween! You should TOTALLY watch Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Streat! It’s a classic!

[@Emily-xp8uu]

Ah you are back at it again! Thank you so much for this spooky and perfect work again Alex. I am gonna say it again like I always do: take your time and always take breaks. Your work, just like this one, is always spectacular! Thank you for the hard work ABD as always! Happy Halloween and stay spooky!

[@dseray9494]

Happy Halloween! Your taste in musicals is unsettlingly close to mine

[@wowitsfriff]

Alex: * touches Keyboard * Keyboard: * rainbow *

[@beepboop2816]

Well how did you think people got those glowing rainbow keyboards!?

[@SahloFolina2161]

@@beepboop2816 they just have a gay person in the back room all day just touching all the keyboards.

[@elijaaaah]

That's just a gaming keyboard

[@crabstronaut9395]

@@elijaaaah i think you mean gayming keyboard

[@megsaikai3872]

@@crabstronaut9395 Ahhh I see what you did there 😂

[@juanmiguelriosortiz4923]

“Everything I touch turns to gay” should be on a shirt.

[@sherbertoes3o]

I agree

[@crownpenguin9180]

Ahhhhhh yesssssssss

[@ox3gen]

PLEASE

[@alexw3900]

This needs to be a thing

[@beepboop2816]

I live by this quote

[@_telling_tales_]

"everything I touch turns gay" you can't escape the homoerotic undertones *looks at the Dracula drawing*

[@shonhaley837]

Big mood

[@chesspiece4257]

It’s a blessing not a curse ✨

[@CaffeineRequiem]

let's be real, Dracula is being an overdramatic gay while he and Van Helsing are breaking up

[@shonhaley837]

@@CaffeineRequiem that's a mood

[@BM-ts1yi]

Even Veronica looks ✨gay✨

[@renatadeoliveira8486]

About the Korean red hair Dracula, he’s really a kpop idol! His name is Kim Junsu and he’s from the group JYJ!!

[@annalisasteinnes]

Do you know how to find the video for the song?

[@renatadeoliveira8486]

@@annalisasteinnes Well, I just searched, here on KZbin, "It's over korean Dracula" and two videos of the scene appeared 😅😅 nothing too complicated

[@JaeAhKpop]

@Rê Olivi He used to be in TVXQ in first place right ? Then got in jyj aside his solo career I think ? haha maybe I'm wrong lol not sure XD

[@renatadeoliveira8486]

@@JaeAhKpop Exactly!!

[@JaeAhKpop]

@@renatadeoliveira8486 that's what I thought haha glad to see that my memory is still good 😂👍

[@redronnie17]

Ah yes! Of course! The homoerotic undertones are *completely* unintentional!!!

[@redronnie17]

Musicals! Art! Comedy! Drama! Female empowerment! The Gay! This video has it ALL!!!

[@camen-draws5909]

@@redronnie17 y e s. S o t r u e

[@esperscornerofyt]

Yes Also can I make one of them fight with a frying pan for a point? I want to show that pans fight with, well, pans.

[@deinogreenstreet8631]

@@esperscornerofyt is Rapunzel from Tangled pan then?

[@emailmcgmail4485]

Alex is a King Midas of gay.

[@78tries]

Underrated comment

[@peggedyourdad9560]

He has the gaydas touch lol

[@insertusernamehere3173]

OH MY GOD YES

[@eleanormellor7905]

@@peggedyourdad9560 the Gaydas touch XD That's the best.

[@urfavoritefurry4368]

Yesss

[@lunasuji]

Korean Dracula is played by Xia Junsu! He's a former member of TVXQ and of JYJ and he's an AMAZING soloist that released music recently, and he's also starred in many musicals such as Elisabeth, Excalibur, Death Note, Mozart and Dorian Gray. He broke the stigma around idols acting in theater and is partly credited by scholars for reviving interest into the Korean musical theater industry.

[@misaefre]

omg i had no idea he was doing musicals!!! its not a very common thing for idols to do weirdly enough so i love seeing them do it

[@harl3yquinn320]

Have you ever noticed that one of his songs is named after the Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) from Harry Potter. 😊

[@augurly]

Alex: **starts sketching the green guy** Me: Oh cool, it's Black friday! Alex: **starts sketching the red guy** Me: Is that?? Could it be?? General John MacNamara?? Of the United States Military?? Special unit PEIP (we call it peep)??

[@dandiblob4700]

* me remembers the end of black friday and the guy who didnt like musicals * * starts crying *

[@thebananaowenslippedon7095]

He’s authorizing us to use his firearm

[@swirlingsun]

a fairly small group?? just him and a few of his peeps?? (that was a joke sir??)

[@a-wild-goose]

You'll never hear of it. Not a peep. (That was a joke, son.)

[@shonhaley837]

It's nothing much, just me and a few of my peeps

[@forgemakesstuff2734]

*sees thumbnail* *sees green aesthetic guy* Is ThAt StArKiD?

[@soupcorvus7451]

AA YES

[@oojamaflip7192]

oh big same??

[@rawrishwizard6015]

@@uneasyanduncertain SHUT UP, GARY!!!

[@DEMO25659]

Ah another fander I see

[@inerciasart]

I saw the apple and was like "wait-"

[@dylanchouinard6141]

“Does Hadestown count as a horror musical?” I say, dressed up as Orpheus

[@ifeeldead463]

Laaa lalalalaaa la

[@dylanchouinard6141]

@@ifeeldead463 Laaaa lalalala la

[@FirstnameLastname-zq4rt]

I don’t know, how scary is working yourself to death in a place where the only way to survive is to sell yourself to our capitalist overlords?

[@dylanchouinard6141]

@@FirstnameLastname-zq4rt very

[@swirlingsun]

I went as eurydice last year... I almost wished I'd saved it for this year because it was a lot colder and the coat would've been great haha

[@nicolewow]

i mean general macnamera is actually gay so like,,, you’re not wrong alex

[@estherkohlmoos7405]

Wait he is??

[@nicolewow]

@@estherkohlmoos7405 yeah they were going to mention his husband in black friday but they had to cut it for time

[@estherkohlmoos7405]

@@nicolewow ohhh

[@NoArtisticLimitation]

How did I not know this? I’m ashamed of myself.

[@nicolewow]

@@NoArtisticLimitation no don’t be!! i had to double check the information

[@decentgrocerybag4003]

HE LIKES DND HE LIKES ART AND NOW HE LIKES MUSICALS SHOW ME A SINGLE FLAW THIS PERSON HARBORS.

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

They're non existant

[@lunadelua4335]

His flaw is not having any flaws...

[@theodor.thegreat3911]

He is literally perfect✨

[@rlyhot._.doormat2719]

What are flaws

[@senacario5942]

@@lunadelua4335 you see, that now makes a timeloop. If his flaw is having no flaws, then that means he has a flaw but that cancels out the flaw itself.

[@VirgoArtsOfficial]

My favorite horror musicals are: Heathers, Little Shop of Horrors, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, Sweeney Todd, Beetlejuice, and Frankenstein. Edit: HOLY HELL THIS BLEW UP, THANKS GUYS Edit 2: Finally watched The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals *and* Black Friday, and my God, they are FUCKING AMAZING Edit 3: WHY THE HELL DO I HAVE MORE LIKES THAN ALEX’S PINNED COMMENT?! WTF GUYS

[@Me-zt1gk]

Mine are (overall horror or not) Beetlejuice, heathers, and Mean girls 😌

[@thepasteldoc00]

Same!!

[@katherinedenny8622]

God Jekyll and Hyde is so great

[@liam1558]

there's a dracula musical? i gotta watch that

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

The real question is not “there’s a Dracula musical?” but “WHICH Dracula musical?”

[@purpleisnoice475]

for those people who are reading this "WEAR A WATCH!!!"

[@iDKVibe]

time is a DELICATE THREAD in the fabric of the universe!

[@soupcorvus7451]

MY PEOPLE 💕💖💞

[@shipsarebeautiful]

@@iDKVibe It deserves it's own tool of measurement!

[@rinbobetteweebabobo5965]

Time is a delicate thread in the universe *IT DESERVES ITS OWN TOOL OF MEASUREMENT!*

[@gracejohanna4256]

IS THAT AN I-PHONE!!!!????

[@baggachaos3406]

Fun fact : Joey hands the apple to and audience member, that ended up being one of the starkid's (The one who plays the nurse) dad and he takes a bite of the apple and Joey broke character for a minute and died laughing XD

[@inkstainedhands6515]

Can you see this in the musical? Because if you can; please give me a time stamp, I have to see this!

[@baggachaos3406]

@@inkstainedhands6515 its not in the musical but it was on 1 of the tours tho!

[@inkstainedhands6515]

@@baggachaos3406 Dang it, I would have loved to see that 😄

[@baggachaos3406]

@@inkstainedhands6515 Honestly dude same!!

[@inkstainedhands6515]

@@baggachaos3406 Wait so you haven't seen it? How did you know about this then? Lol

[@Landis963]

10:22 Also, fun fact: "I Say No" has the same chord progression and general melody contour as "Our Love Is God," which is J.D.'s Love/Villain Song.

[@SakuWasHereFirst]

I screamed as soon as I saw wiggly Also THAT IS A CRACK SHIP I CAN SUPPORT

[@soupcorvus7451]

SAME

[@dandiblob4700]

the rule of starkid musicals is, assume everyone is bi until stated otherwise

[@SakuWasHereFirst]

HOW THE CRAP DID THIS GET 149 LIKES?!

[@swirlingsun]

nice profile picture

[@SakuWasHereFirst]

@@swirlingsun thanks

[@thespookiestghost21011]

First picture: Friends to loved Second picture: Badass woman mwah Third picture: Enemies to lovers

[@swirlingsun]

...have you seen black friday?

[@ReddCrystal]

@@swirlingsun they haven't seen black friday.

[@swirlingsun]

@@ReddCrystal haha how did you know

[@AlssyaMacki]

EDIT: "First picture: Friends to Enemies to Lovers"

[@happyjellycatsquid]

@@AlssyaMacki Thats the sort of car wreck I’d hop onto 🥲😂

[@biancabrooks280]

Me, who hasn’t heard this new Heathers song: “I deserve a little female empowerment. As a treat.”

[@piranhasz427]

"carrie hope fletcher, who plays veronica.." me, who can't let go of the original cast especially barrett wilbert weed: w o t

[@captaindemanie]

I felt the same at first but some of the new songs are just better suited to the topic at hand. Now, THE OG CAST WITH THE NEW SONGS???? SIGN ME UPPP.

[@jamarihernandez7117]

**Barrett Wilbert Weed wants to know your location**

[@user-hb4zz4gh5e]

Well, he’s British so it makes sense for him to refer to the British cast

[@urfavoritefurry4368]

Same I thought I was the only one who liked Barrett as Veronica more-

[@urfavoritefurry4368]

@Arson Woo same

[@_klc_]

6:58 "Apparently everything I touch just turns to gay" That's honestly a weird flex, but I love it

[@clovart8552]

"Everything I touch just turns to gay" Yeah, same

[@swampghost835]

"joey richter does such a good job playing the bad guy" PLEASE DRAW SPIES ARE FOREVERRRRR

[@spookycowb0y_]

Alex: *mentions candy store* My brother: “DONT YOU EVEN START” Me:”I LIKE-“

[@eadsk99]

LOOKIN HOT, BUYING STUFF THEY CAN NOT-

[@spookycowb0y_]

@@eadsk99 I LIKE

[@eadsk99]

DRINKING HARD, MAXIN DADS CREDIT CARD-

[@beanbagonfire]

@@eadsk99 I LIKE

[@eadsk99]

SKIPPIN GYM, SCARING HER, SCREWING HIM-

[@adrianv.evaluna5161]

"apparently everything I touch turns to gay" hgshshsh you're the best, Alex

[@Accursed22]

K pop fans speaking like Tyrion Lannister: We Stan and we know things

[@biazacha]

And in case anybody is wondering, yes he's an idol... a former member of TVXQ wich is from a company called SM know for it's insane vocal talent (Taeyeon behind the Korean radio version of Into the Unknown is an easy example for those who want a comparision between korean-english).

[@somegremlinwanderingtheweb4104]

I’d recommend 35MM It’s a musical exhibition with one shot musical numbers. Every song has a different story entirely, and it has a lot of really great horror pieces. you’ve probably heard of the ballad of Sara Berry which has a rock and theatre vibe, And the story is basically reversed Carrie. Other horror songs from this album are Leave Luanne which sounds like this folk song, and an urban myth that was made up to scare bad husbands. Twisted teeth which is a more lighthearted song about vampires. My personal favorite is crazytown! it’s unclear story wise but the song slaps (and Alex Brightman sings it! He can do no wrong)

[@mochibunnyan6556]

HELL YEAH 35MM

[@jane_wants_to_feel]

**screams in good lady**

[@somegremlinwanderingtheweb4104]

@@jane_wants_to_feel that's a great one too!

[@fabianshedenhelm2986]

And man the story of how its created of this man taking photographs and his guy lover [idk if they were married at the time] made a musical out of it is so beautiful

[@somegremlinwanderingtheweb4104]

@@fabianshedenhelm2986 I'm pretty sure they were married, and you're absolutely right! Making an entire album based off the phrase 'a pictures worth a thousand words" it's just *chef's kiss*

[@zevi139]

“Everything I touch turns to gay” has now joined “Be the chaos you want to see in the world” as my absolute favourite quotes of all time

[@SnowFox-gv2rn]

“Everything I touch just turns to gay and we’re just gonna have to accept that” You say that like it’s a bad thing 😂

[@hellsunderpaidjanitor8270]

this king takes a healthy dose of respect woman juice every day and we love him for it

[@dead_meteor3678]

Me: We better have some Starkid on this. Me: *sees wiggly and g a s p s* YES. BLACK FRIDAY!!!

[@RoseyBuddy]

The second i saw wiggly being sketched i said outloud "*gasp* BLACK FRIDAY YES!!!!" Im so happy to see Black Friday in this video i love love that musical soooo much! Edit: AND HEATHERS THATS MY FAVORITE MUSICAL OH MY GOD, I'M SO IN LOVE WITH THIS VIDEO

[@charliestreet565]

me: STARKID! Mom: what? Me: STARKID! Mom: what are you talking about? Me: WHOO! Edit: omg I’ve never gotten this many likes on a comment before! Thank you!❤️❤️

[@forgemakesstuff2734]

This comment perfectly explains why my family thinks I’m insane

[@NoArtisticLimitation]

The most accurate representation of my friend group XD

[@pineaplecatcat8581]

200th like✨ (I think-)

[@charliestreet565]

Yay!

[@misc.sailors1727]

I lowkey forgot Heathers got a west end version cause I’m like “wait I’m pretty sure Barret Wilbert Weed was Veronica OH HE MEANT WEST END”

[@fendrikdrake3320]

*Me looking up "Zu Ende"* after the first minute: OK I get it. This song slaps

[@melepeta.]

Yes, it slaps so hard But other songs of that musical slap harder The Master's Song/Vas Leid Vom Meister for example

[@fendrikdrake3320]

@@melepeta. I think its "das". Anyway thanks for the recommendation I'll have to check that one out too

[@artificial_laughter3213]

"Everything i touch turns to gay" Thats a mood

[@lucafuyu1019]

i clicked on so fast that the only thing my brain can process is “these character will definitely be hot damn” and idk what else to say-

[@margaretstephenson9784]

Me at my coworkers during work: They’re trying. They’re trying.

[@Death-gj2dn]

"I hear that K-pop fans know a lot of things" has a certain vibe that i cannot describe but i love it

[@evanhansen724]

OHMYGOD MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS MUSICALS AND ABD ILLUSTRATED AAA

[@cookiegacha2701]

Hey evan. Do you have villain songs in your musical?

[@evanhansen724]

@@cookiegacha2701 not really! :)

[@cookiegacha2701]

@@evanhansen724 Ok. Because I love your musical. My favorite is good for you.

[@evanhansen724]

@@cookiegacha2701 Aw thanks! My favorite is Anybody have a map or For Forever! :3

[@cookiegacha2701]

@@evanhansen724 Your too pure for this year bud

[@moonyasnow36]

You've now convinced me to start watching more obscure musicals. Hamilton was my introduction to musicals, and since then, I've completely fallen for the genre. Now things like SIX: the musical, Hadestown, Heathers and Mean girls are among some of my favorites. You know, I'd never heard of Starkid or their musicals, and I had no idea there was a Dracula musical. Yet again, you've made me day better!

[@katherinedenny8622]

Wait this excites me can I recommend some shows--

[@gregorycoleridge1247]

I completely recommend starkid!!! They're not for everyone, but a good place to start would be The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals!

[@moonyasnow36]

@@katherinedenny8622 Please do! I honestly have no idea where to even start, so recommendations are 100% welcome!

[@moonyasnow36]

@@cakeyberry I think I've heard of Newsies and the Book of Mormon before. Some other ones I've heard about and been interested in are Dear Evan Hansen and Jesus Christ Superstar. I also have to shamefully admit that I've never heard a single song from Les Miserables. They don't really show a lot of musicals at my city's non-movie theatre; mostly just music-less plays, and I don't know where to find stage recordings, so up until now I've just been experiencing the musicals I've seen through animatics and the Spotify original cast recordings, Heathers being the only exception since I found a really grainy version on KZbin once, with animatics laid over the singing parts.

[@ch33pmeme67]

Hey! I'm in the exact same boat as you, from my personal experience firebringer eased me into starkid more, you can do other musicals of course, I just recommend firebringer since we literally have the _exact_ same trip with musicals so far :D

[@master0fthearts894]

“The spilled cup full of symbolism on the ground.” A fine quote. I am inspired to make there be symbolism out of the dumbest things. “The thrown booger full of symbolism.”

[@asamio1260]

I can absolutely recommend another German musical about Vampires: "Tanz der Vampire" I basically grew up with the soundtrack and loved it the entire time. I wouldn't necessarily call it a horror musical because it has more of a comedy vibe to me, but there are horror aspects (which just come with the topic) and some really tragic themes. There are quite many different recordings on youtube and the songs are an absolute banger. Some of the tunes might seem familiar, one of the most well known songs "Totale Finsternis" ist based on "Total eclipse of the heart" and one of the writers of the musical reused some of the melodies for Meatloaf Songs.

[@wowie_206]

Some Musicals I like are - Heathers - Mean Girls - Hamilton - Be More Chill - Dear Evan Hansen - Six - Hadestown - Beetlejuice

[@user-ph8ko3ry9z]

They are the best👌

[@toocoldforyouhere8353]

It’s same for me, but , but first is always Hadestown. And last is Beetlejuice

[@Monika-sm3bt]

Me and you we think alike

[@wowie_206]

@@toocoldforyouhere8353 I forgot about. Eetlejuice and Hadestown. I have to add those

[@smallartist4945]

@@justj9702 be more chill is amazing. I even read the book in highschool cause I got obsessed with it

[@cherryblossom5239]

Musical Theatre and ABD Illustrates? Yule has come early! Also happy Samhain to all my pagans out there! Blue Full Moon tonight!!!

[@Apollo_Dionysus_Hermes]

Exactly my thought process this day,

[@stargodhoshi5695]

I am from germany and this is the first time I heard that someone likes german and think that german is a beautiful language ^^ most people always say german is a very aggressive language. Oh and you are an amazing Artist and I cant wait to see more of your Artworks :)

[@emelynschoeller6317]

I love how on the notes in the Dracula painting you made the flags look like bat wings!

[@jennal1260]

"Spilled cup full of symbolism" XDD

[@loganlindsey5244]

okay but can we talk about how absolutely drop-dead GORGEOUS dracula is???? like???? i cant be the only one who had to pause the video to just, breathe, several times during that bit?????

[@kirayoshikage5991]

I’m happy that you captured Veronicas “i *will* step on you and you *will* like it” energy lmao that means you did her justice

[@killjoy8372]

its over was actually added after the english versions and was made specifically for the german version of the musical so theres no official english versions! the Dracula you saw was kim junsu, and yes he is a kpop idol and used to be a part of tvxq (one of the biggest kpop groups of the 2000s) but he and a two other members left the group and sued their company and as a result were unofficially blacklisted from tv shows and were basically unable to promote their music anywhere. because of this they looked into trying other ways to keep making and performing music alongside their activities as the new group jyj, junsu went into musical theater with his debut musical 'Mozart!' in 2010 and has legitimately changed the game for kmusicals and has become one of the biggest musical actors in korea. if you couldn't tell by my pfp I'm a huge fan, his portrayal of Dracula is amazing and there are lots of clips and bits on KZbin! no official recordings unfortunately but hopefully someday. I'm a big fan of his ripped open shirt look and became a fan because of 'its over' as well so it holds a big place in my heart and I'm so glad you liked it too! if you want to know true pain look up his version of 'loving you keeps me alive' he puts so much into his acting and singing its devastating in the best way the art is so amazing and your ability to portray movement and motion is phenomenal and im so jealous lmaoo, thank you so much for this its so great!!

[@riastub923]

Not a Halloween musical, but be more chill is literally the best thing ever

[@smallartist4945]

MICHAEL MAKES AN ENTRANCEEEE

[@qupiidx2080]

My mom called Heathers, and I quote, "Highschool Musical on crack."

[@isabelfitchett7609]

The fact that you did Black Friday makes me so freaking happy because it's one of my favorite musicals of all time and I'm so happy it's getting some love and appreciation.

[@morgancovelli3727]

"something that you would hear in the 90s animated movie that was really straight to VHS" Me: could it be? I'm not the only one? Praise be the kids who grew up with VHS!!!!!!!

[@xmascritter2383]

Me: *sees the words "monsters" and "men"* My brain: WEAR A WATCH! TIME IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR UNIVERSE, IT DESERVES ITS OWN *TOOL OF MEASUREMENT!!!!*

[@swirlingsun]

*paul face*

[@pourmeaglassofmalkk]

thats such an iconic line even tho i dont agree with it one bit

[@mcdonaldsprospector3775]

NOOOO U MADE ME REMEMBER THE “i am authorising you to use my firearm” PARODY OF THE WE WANT YOU POSTER I MADE WHEN BLACK FRIDAY CAMW OUTT

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

6:58 and then you proceeded to draw 1) a woman dumping her toxic bf and 2) IMO even more homoerotic tension, points for self-awareness

[@birdlythebirdkid5208]

HOO BOY IS THAT A STARKID MUSICAL I SEE I've seen TGWDLM, but I keep putting aside watching Black Friday. Lord bless General McNamara

[@_Emily_Moore_]

When I saw Uncle Wiley in that thumbnail I dropped my phone!💚💚 It turned out soo good!

[@hadeshellscape]

Your art inspires me so much, watching your videos made me finally make the jump from drawing on my phone to drawing with a drawing tablet on clip studio paint. Your advice and process helps me better understand how to improve my own art and I am so grateful that I found your channel! Your art is truly inspiring and I love ever single one of the videos/art that you post!

[@FeatheredWingz]

Ah yes, I just looked up the Korean production cast. The guy who plays Dracula is Kim Junsu (or stage name, Xia). He was one of the original 5 members of the TVXQ kpop boy group (now a duo). TVXQ was a VERY early group in terms of kpop fandom presence in western countries. They debuted in 2003. You really saw kpop take hold in the west with later groups like SHINee, Super Junior, and Girls' Generation tho ca. 2010. And now...lol, so many kpop fandoms! So yeah, western TVXQ fans, as they were during TVXQ's height, were literally kpop fans back when kpop was an extremely fringe fandom in the west.

[@househaunter4338]

Me and my friends did a black friday readthrough recently! I was becky, take me back was awful, bc me and the guy playing tom were trying to harmonize while accommodating for zoom lag lol

[@darkwolf_draws8819]

"I really love German" That sentence made me so happy. Your drawings are soooo amazing!

[@mkawosz]

OMG, it's such a cool idea! I'll edit this comment when I'll have watched it all the way through! Edit: BRO, that was SO COOL! You executed the idea *perfectly* and the horror/thriller vibes of Heathers, vampire-y aesthetic of Dracula and ghostbuster-y theme of Black Friday were just... mwah Kudos to you and your talent, Alex

[@aaaaaaa-vm1oi]

"Paranormal gay romance comic" I mean there are some theories about Wilbur/Wiley being John's husband so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (also John McNamara is canonically gay!)

[@HelloExistenceIAmPain_]

Just hearing Alex loves Starkid and Black Friday gets my spooky heart happy 😈

[@sophiatheegg1736]

i remember listening to Heathers before watching the musicals, and i thought the song “blue” would be sung by veronica about her new popular life or something boy was i wrong

[@graceclark3615]

Lets be honest... Everyone who hadnt seen the dracula musical went to either the german one or the korean one after this video. And i have something to watch for like 2 hrs tomorrow so its still a win-win.

[@Luigichoco]

When you started drawing wiggly I got so excited

[@lunaproductions13]

Yess! I'm not a musical person so I didn't know if the red hair was normal in productions of Dracula and when I saw the thumbnail I was really hoping it was the Korean version which it was! Yes it is a k-pop idol. His name is Xia Junsu and he used to be in the group TVXQ until about half the group broke off into their own group called JYJ under a different record label. TVXQ are a such a classic group in k-pop. Junsu himself does do solo work as well which definitely gets very dramatic and powerful. See his music video for his song Flower as an amazing example.

[@kidc8913]

The first one was giving me such Thor and Loki vibes omg.

[@swirlingsun]

that's so funny having watched the show lmao

[@ohno4865]

BRUH I LOVED THE STARKID ARRTT- TGWDLM and Black Friday are two of my favourite musicals

[@leifbennett7872]

I had never listened to or heard of Heathers before this, but as soon as you said the words, My Dead Gay Son, I immediately went and downloaded the whole soundtrack 😂

[@Lulueh]

"It's Over" was added after the show left Broadway and went to Germany I believe, that's why its not on the English cast recordings, or in any bootlegs of it from Broadway. Your art for these was fantastic btw. I've been trying to get a full bootleg of the Korean production for a long time and its been quite a problem digging it up lol.

[@romanrickley5733]

I seen the notification and never clicked so fast, first like and it says posted 15 seconds ago

[@linah1998]

I love all these pieces so much and wow you just made me want to go back to my musical phase. I haven’t listened to some new ones for quite a while 🤔 Also as a German it‘s so nice (and weird) to hear others call our language beautiful since it‘s usually described as angry sounding!

[@soupcorvus7451]

the fact that you included black friday made me so happy 🥺🥺 excellent work as always 💕💓💖💘

[@the_demon_cat337]

He says it like turning everything gay isn’t a plus. Also can we just get him to tap a Disney CEO or really everyone is Hollywood?

[@genderkwerfirebird8704]

Or just any number of fantasy/mystery/scifi novels

[@the_demon_cat337]

YES QUEER FANTASY AND SIFI ARE MY BREAD AND BUTTER but tv and books give me nothing so podcasts all the way baby

[@williamcampbell4807]

"Everything I touch turns to Gay" Literally me

[@caitlin4865]

I absolutely adore Dracula ‘it’s Over’ with Junsu

[@gracecomeau2572]

Just listened to the “I say no” from Heathers a one or two days ago and it’s honestly incredible just wanted to thank you for recommending the song it’s really amazing and love the video it’s really amazing as well

[@Cornyjokesnacks]

“I wanted to make sure that spilled cup full of symbolism on the ground was accurately packaged.” Will never not be funny

[@katherinedenny8622]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED

[@jaygreenland5134]

As SOON as I saw Wiggly I knew this would be a wonderful speedpaint! I loved hearing your thoughts on Black Friday & Starkid in general!

[@silentdaylight]

alex spending all that time trying to find one version of a song is just such a mood (and if anyone is wondering, the kpop star is XIA)

[@kaileygirll]

That last drawing!!! :D I'm happy to know someone else loves Dracula: The Musical :D The actor who played Dracula in the Korean production is my favorite Kpop star ever! That's Xiah Junsu! Funny story: I actually discovered both Dracula:The Musical and Junsu through the video your describing ^^ It was from a 2014 production of Dracula, but Junsu has played Dracula I think a total of 3 times :) He just recently back in May finished his third run as Dracula ^^

[@redrevelry]

:0 I am NEVER this early wow

[@klai2005]

Neither, bud.

[@crownpenguin9180]

Lol

[@adwyncalico9990]

Alex is King Midas but gay. Everything he touches turns to gay instead of gold. King Gaydas

[@TADYR]

Alex singlehandedly got me back into my Starkid and Heathers hyperfixation with this speedpaint

[@Rin-iu2bq]

It somehow always feels kinda nice to me when people say how much they like/appreciate the german language. It just makes me go like ''Yeah, that's my language! I can unsterstand that!!''

[@carythacker6610]

Me, spending the entire time wanting to see Jekyll and Hyde drawn: *frustrated mumbling* Also me about to comment that I love Starkid but Jekyll and Hyde (or even Frankenstein, though that's a bit cliché) should be on here: *less frustrated mumbling* Me hearing that he's a fan of classic literature-inspired musicals: *eager mumbling* Me hearing Jekyll and Hyde and Frankenstein by name: *barely cloaked screaming*

[@frog9524]

mood but i was waiting for sweeney todd lol

[@casmourde]

I've been subbed to you for like ever and you busting out Starkid fanart was one of the last things I expected but it's very welcome

[@swirlingsun]

ikr?? I was busy when I got the notif and I didn't want to get my hopes up that it was wiley in the thumbnail but then he started drawing wiggly and I was so happy

[@angrygrizley]

Seeing a starkid musical here was such a nice surprise, those guys are great! I also very much agree about Joey Richter playing villains (Spies are forever anyone?) And the little batwings on the musical notes in the Dracula!!

[@bee7388]

as a Starkid fan, AAAAAAAAAA THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM THE RECOGNITION THEY FREAKING DESERVE!

[@kennakershaw2945]

“Everything I touch turns to gay” hmm idk could be gayer

[@dreamwalker7483]

These look really good but i was just waiting to see Beetlejuice or phantom of the opera, maybe a bit basic but I'm sort of new to getting into all the Broadway musicals

[@RakshaStormRider97]

The first two look like the posters you'd see in an old movie theatre, if that makes sense? Like... I'd expect them to be on the walls, telling me what movies are available. Anyway! All 3 look amazing!

[@pr2747]

You can't possibly understand how happy seeing a Starkid musical here made me.