How Meet The Plastics Should've Sounded | Reneé Rapp, Ashley Park & Kate Rockwell | Mean Girls 2024

[@Junoisverysleepy]

The entirety of “Meet the Plastics” should have been kept. Maybe not the 3-part harmony at the end but it would have made their introduction so much stronger + the animal comparison makes a lot more sense

[@noypoll]

Ikr!! like how can they turn "Meet The Plastics" into "Meet A Plastic" T-T

[@pinks_tea]

@@noypollmore like meet regina george😭

[@Hi.iExist]

Why tf did they remove Gretchen and Karen’s parts in the new version GODH DANG IT- But genuinely though, absolutely stunning ⭐️

[@michelcomenta]

i read someone saying that the intention was to make the song more serious and the Broadway version was too goofy, but they should have at least changed the name of the song to Meet Regina George

[@nathancatapang]

right like avantika and bebe had songs on the 2024 movie album... so why???

[@Hi.iExist]

@@nathancatapang Idfk

[@lailadobb9221]

@@michelcomenta Why do they want it to be more serious? The original film and stage musical are already satirically goofy/camp!!

[@TBG1]

​@michelcomenta alternate title: meet the plastic

[@worcestershireweek]

they're setting up musicals badly to the mainstream audience by not comitting to them being a musical,

[@orfeassiozos1575]

THIS!!! SERIOUSLY!! I was watching a video essay the other day explaining how Hollywood is scared to promote musicals even though they still make them? Like Mean Girls, Wonka too, and some other examples they mentioned that I don't remember right now, they don't even show that they're musicals in the trailer, which is a very deliberate choice. People already have a negative predisposition against musicals as it is.

[@kaleyklapisch4308]

@@orfeassiozos1575omg was it mina le

[@orfeassiozos1575]

@@kaleyklapisch4308 Yes!!! I discovered her recently and love her video essays from what I've seen so far!!

[@trulybluesystem]

Its not even that the new rendition was bad, they just cut out the other plastics 😭

[@drewlmao]

I can think of a few ways they could've shortened this without just making it "Meet Regina"

[@gianna526]

I love Gretchen's singing part, I was so bummed they removed it.

[@AK12king]

They really fumbled the bag with the movie. The music doesn’t do the broadway musical justice.

[@hunny_bon_20]

The movie came first

[@SeizeTheDay95]

They mean the new musical movie version

[@Mildlyannoyingtheaterkid]

@@hunny_bon_20?? Mean girls 2004, broadway 2018 (ish idk) movie 2024. Im guessing u meant the original 2004.

[@hunny_bon_20]

@@Mildlyannoyingtheaterkid yeah, I did

[@xqueenx2129]

They’re better minus some of the cuts and some of cady’s parts.

[@idelanxy]

in the movie, it wasn’t meet the plastics. it was MEET THE PLASTIC.

[@sheismymom]

I wanted to hear Bebe's part so bad :( robbed

[@drewnicorn]

Right??? I wonder if Bebe and Avantika actually recorded any other songs or if the ones they had were the only ones.

[@thegreatandpowerfuldc5977]

@@drewnicornMan, if those recordings exist then you could make the whole thing 😱

[@Victoria-_]

Fr! Bebe’s voice was beautiful

[@chamorealtea3294]

@@drewnicorn According to a few people that saw the test screening, there was a longer version of Meet the Plastics, but the audience only liked Regina’s verse. I really wonder what it would’ve sounded like

[@pierrexxanubis]

@@chamorealtea3294They should’ve had 95% Broadway goers for test audience. Since they would’ve made sure the box office went as high as it did now, if it was actually a good adaptation. But hey, that’s not because of the test audience. It’s because they gave some newbies a chance to direct. Instead of waiting till John M. Chu was available again!

[@sethzarandona2325]

Bebe and Avantika were so GOOD in their roles and they deserved these delightful introductions! They were both done so dirty.

[@user-wd3jx9rl8p]

I HAD MY JAW DROPPED FOR THE WHOLE OF THIS VIDEO!!! THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD HAVE SOUNDED!!! Please do more of these, it would be SO fetch!

[@pullingdownthemoonforus]

why did they even name this "meet the plastics" CADY IS ONLY MEETING ONE PLASTIC

[@quartersac]

meet A plastic.

[@Mxmezz_]

I like the new version of Regina’s part..but they should’ve done something like this

[@yurp7444]

2:31 - 2:47 'Oh.. it's ok' 'Nooo. No need for u to thank us.' 'But' 🫢 **Choking the giggle down like it's Fear Factor** 🚶🏾‍♂️

[@michelcomenta]

thank you so much for giving us these better versions, it just makes me very upset bc now i'm sure the songs could have been better, but to fit in the "short-songs-do-better-on-streaming" they had to cut and rush them ugh

[@AlyssaVierneza]

Oh god is that why they cut it? I’m so tired of streaming and going viral and social media ugh.

[@meggokappo]

Is that really true now? Is that why so many idiots are out here releasing two-minute songs?? I'm sick of hearing a clip I like on tiktok then going to Spotify and the whole damn thing is 2:20. If your song is under 3 minutes I think you REALLY need to revisit whether it's actually finished hahaha

[@xavierpamies3820]

but why is the iconic theme of the musical not in the movie?😩 literally gives you goosebumps

[@Good_Eve]

I would have loved to hear Cady, Janis, and Damien’s talking in this but this is still good!

[@schketchy]

you're doing god's work fr 😭

[@whitneyhouston1122]

*God

[@evermore13]

@@whitneyhouston1122god lol

[@whitneyhouston1122]

@@evermore13 *God it’s a name

[@cami_triz83]

​@@whitneyhouston1122 please get over yourself lmao

[@whitneyhouston1122]

@@cami_triz83 Not until you put respect on God’s name

[@Makeyourday4432]

I think maybe they only did Regina to show her power to the audience and put the impression of how everyone feared her. I liked it with Regina but Karen and Gretchen would have sounded great with it too

[@greeeeee1234]

in the movie it should just me called "Meet Regina George" if gretchen and karen wont be introduced😭

[@CamWisemanWriting]

amazingly done! sounds great! was so bummed in the cinema when they cut gretchen and karen's parts, so its awesome to hear them w renee rapp's amazing vocals too!

[@maddenboseroy4074]

I think there are videos of recordings of when Renee Rapp was Regina in the original stage productions. You could have used audio from those.

[@mwahaza]

I don't think they wanted the audios to be like muffled and with audience stuff like laughs and etc so it can sound clear

[@mhptorri5235]

you are doing the lords work

[@Ethanketer]

Love this ! I love the new movie but they definitely should included the full the meet the plastics ❤

[@angelsolano2829]

PLEASE KEEP DOING THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH WORLD BURN

[@josephl8176]

I can’t believe they cut THE SONG in the movie!

[@foxyfaz88]

This is how it should have sounded!

[@juanpablo.a]

we were robbed 😭

[@meganwilson5522]

This is soooo good

[@pink-a-palouza7888]

I hope that somehow we got the movie version of Karen and Gretchen’s parts even if the girls did it completely separate from the studio

[@thatpixargirl]

Great job to me that's the perfect version I would like to have the Karen and Gretchen parts in the movie

[@CherrieJellyBeanie]

Why did they cut Karen and Gretchen's parts

[@CharlieGray-t1b]

Hello! I Really love this version of Meet The Plastics, so on my channel I made a AI Cover, adding Avantika and Bebe Wood to the song. But I used Regina's verse from your video, I hope you don't mind.

[@TheLoonyLovebad1]

Just realized you had to have made that poster too bc Krsytina replaced Ashley before Renee replaced Taylor

[@drewnicorn]

I did! Ashley is used in the tracks so I figured it would be nice to use her image on the poster.

[@TheLoonyLovebad1]

@@drewnicorn Love the dedication

[@lydiahaynes41]

WHY DID THE CUT GRETCHEN AND KAREN'S PART OUT OF THE MOVIE TIME IS NOT AN EXCUSE IMO

[@melonyrobinson9944]

Im a sucker for a good musical Instrumental ❤

[@MeLOD204]

This is fantastic! Can’t wait to hear Apex Predator if possible!

[@qw3rtystudios358]

This actually works without changing the voices too much, since avantika tries to sound like the karen before her

[@scottshinbaum1772]

I mean, it's the one of the same people singing it as the Broadway musical, just without Karen and Gretchen's parts.

[@jeffreyrschell]

I love Reneé Rapp on Broadway! She was amazing but in the movie adaptation she felt more like she was trying to be Lana del Rey still an amazing voice but very dragged out words :( and the movie songs weren’t as peppy? Or energized on the on stage musical

[@plum48478]

Can you please do Someone Gets Hurt?

[@gobglob2201]

fr! they cut out the best part!

[@Lemmon36]

would be possible do it with APEX PREDATOR?

[@ThePipofDespair]

I seriously don't get why they shortened this song in the movie. An idiotic choice. I was actually mad when I didn't hear Gretchen's and Karen's intros.

[@moisesalbuquerque2701]

ngl i do prefer the instrumentals from the movie, but still wished they did the whole thing

[@stardoll1352]

don't get me wrong the intro sounding like it's a horror version is actually good... but I DISLIKE them cutting out Gretchen and Karen's part.

[@brennanmaynard4237]

I’m most hurt by Apex Predator and Stupid With Love. They ruined my two of my three favorite songs.

[@Eric_I_Guess]

I think once the movie comes out digitally an "assembly cut" fan edit with these kinds of reareangements and a few 👢🦵 clips spliced into the film would go hard

[@yearningshootingstars]

ik this is controversial, but I kinda want hear Gretchen and Karen's Part in Bebe and Avantika's voice. I hope somebody would do god's work and use ai over it, idk.

[@drewnicorn]

This would be hard to do with AI since you need a lot of clean vocal tracks to train the AI and we don't have many of those of Avantika or Bebe. Plus trying to separate the harmonies in the last chunk would be nearly impossible.

[@johnmobley9369]

Removing Gretchen & Karen’s parts? Overall fumbling the soundtrack which was the main focus of the film seperating it from its predecessor. For all that’s lackluster scout the musical there are stellar bits, songs and vocals they could have worked with.

[@abbycrossing13]

They fumbled with the movie I’m so sad

[@ELINA_270]

Fr the new movie isn't meet the plastics it's meet the plastic.

[@LeoTreo2]

This one sounds so goofy lmao

[@WTKB82]

I actually prefer the film version 🙈

[@lisah8438]

I prefer the movie part. I liked how it focused more on Renee's voice.

[@TheDevos1]

As much as I love this, this would never play well in front of the general public

[@psycoticcinnomonbun1804]

I hate purist. If you wanna hear the broadway soundtrack then go listen to it the musical soundtrack is awesome god why do people hate everything now

[@drewnicorn]

If you wanna listen to the movie version go do that. Lmao. You're being a hypocrite.

[@psycoticcinnomonbun1804]

@@drewnicorn wtf how am I being a hypocrite? Bc I’m expressing that things are allowed to be different different