The Moment Is Me - feat. Vella Lovell - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"

[@Monetdehaan_]

I just love her lack of energy. You go girl, give us nothing.

[@CUSELİSFAN]

She's lack of energy and "too cool to care"combined 😊

[@TheMaskedThearpist]

She is just my favorite character in the whole show because of her lack of energy 🤣

[@VirgoMafiaArt]

Just how you are when you're surrounded by lesbians and a BF that sets things on fire all the time

[@roswynn5484]

It's not just lack of energy, she's actively despising every moment of it... total classic.

[@oliviafrew6409]

@@VirgoMafiaArt MERMISTA REFERENCE I SEE U

[@Mr.-Roybot]

Seeing Heather singing and dancing so enthusiastically you'd think she'd be out of breath. But then again, she did take a kinesiology class: that's college for gym.

[@ItTheJoshaShow]

Roy Thingamajig oh yeah, that was in her second sophomore year

[@nachardi1837]

Jajajaja

[@elizabethterlinden3078]

I loved that line so much!

[@prisceelove3583]

😂😂😂😂

[@RainbowQuartz2.0]

Lol

[@incanusolorin2607]

I love that Rebecca knows Heather would hate singing this, so she just imagines her complaining about the musical theater song.

[@lieutenantthalia6575]

Time goes on but Heather's enthusiasm for literally anything stays the same

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

Enthusiasm curbed.

[@abby4599]

Lieutenant Thalia i love your pfp

[@StudentLearning737]

same here.

[@Kitamurasama]

Except for Valencia's past lover scoop

[@frt3329]

@@Kitamurasama because she loves dramaaaaaa

[@brimstoneclub]

Heather is pretty much everyone who already knows what life is like post-college.

[@85set05]

WAKE UP!

[@edible0pig]

@blastemy You sound so fucking awesome...

[@NoCommonSense9]

@blastemy dude, stop bragging about your life all over the comments section. If you're actually happy you shouldn't have to convince others. Either you're being an asshole or you're being an asshole AND you're incredibly insecure.

[@themanagement69]

blastemy no sarcasm at all, I think you’re awesome. I respect that you did it all yourself. But I think the original post was referring to adulting in general. I have a cool job too, but I just wish I could smoke pot and play video games with my buddies all day, like when I was younger.

[@KarishmaChanglani]

yeah....

[@enteblu6799]

She embodies the millennial disenchantment for the future in such a sassy valley girl way, it's hilarious.

[@Folemaet]

She's kinda not millennial though. Millennials are like 35-40 by the timeline of this film

[@enteblu6799]

@@Folemaet she is totally a millennial, don’t talk about shit you don’t know.

[@Folemaet]

​@@enteblu6799 Despite the terms for generations being not scientific but marketing ones, the general consensus is that millennials (or Gen Y) are children of baby boomers or early Gen X, so the year of birth is between 1980(earliest) and 1996(latest). The show eludes that Heather is younger than Rebecca who is 26 by the start of the show, which means that she is born later than in 1990. Gen Z on the other hand is born between 1990(earliest) and 2012(latest). The range is defined by the growth in the environment with the widely-adopted Internet. Heather's traits clearly align with Gen Z's absent parent-child conflict, long childhood, general good behaviour and digital literacy. So in my opinion, she is much closer to the stratum of "generation reaching adulthood in the second decade of the 21st century" as Oxford Dictionary describes Gen Z than the group of people who turns at least 30 by the end of the series. Or in other words, most of the millennials are going to have quite old children by the time of the series. Darryl, on the other hand, is a good example of the older millennial.

[@user-kb8qw7dy4t]

@@Folemaet It doesn't really matter what she technically is because the mood is still millennial AF.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

@@Folemaet millenials being 35-40 when season 3 aired is a wildly incorrect statement. You said it yourself, the oldest millenials were born in 1980, which means we only started having 40 year old millenials in 2020. Season 3 aired in 2017-2018. Given how the midpoint of the millenial birth interval is 1988, the most average millenial was 29-30 at the time, definitely not 35-40. And I don't know why you cut off Gen Z at 1990, must be a typo. 1996 is when you have your youngest millenials, consecutively, that's when you have your earliest Gen Z's. Now Heather states she had been a college student for 8 years in season 1, which took place in 2015-2016. Given Heather's overall character, it is unlikely that she graduated hight school early for whatever reason - most likely, she went to college when she was 18, making her 26 during season 1 (which also means she must be very close in age to Rebecca, who is 26 at the very beginning of the show; I guess Rebecca clings to a technicality when saying Heather is younger than her, or, more likely, she assumed Heather was a normal 20 year old college student before asking her directly about her college tenure). Now if Heather is 26 in 2015-2016, that wouold mean she was born around 1989-1990, making her a very definite millenial. And I don't think Darryl is a millenial. If he was a millenial, the oldest he could be in season 1 would be 35, while he gives off a strong vibe of a man in his early 40s. I don't have any concrete evidence for that though.

[@ninninin656]

This is an almost scarily accurate recreation of the moment I graduated college

[@TimeandMonotony]

Same.

[@noracozadd6929]

SAME

[@sabrownhundred]

@blastemy There are plenty of other people in your position. They just don't feel the need to brag about it and knock others down. I'm glad you have a good career, but you should probably work on whatever insecurities of yours are causing you to troll on KZbin.

[@thekuddlykrab1499]

blastemy I will never understand the “you’re not as good as me if you had ‘mommy and daddy’ pay for your college” attitude. Like....isn’t that part of being a good parent? Wanting what’s best for your child and providing them with an education?

[@camilacastillo7855]

Whoever blastemy was it's a god thing they deleted there coment

[@troy7414]

this is the most heather thing to ever heather

[@troy7414]

hulkhatepunybanner I'm just saying this song perfectly encapsulates heather's personality

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

"...to ever heather" ?

[@troy7414]

hulkhatepunybanner it's a joke lol

[@troy7414]

hulkhatepunybanner the grammar was off intentionally, that's what was supposed to be funny. this encapsulates heather's personality so much and so accurately that if "heather" were to be used as a verb in relation to this heather, acting like this is what the person would be doing

[@adcamper92]

I’m a student

[@radmax]

I don’t know why, but her having a friend at college who has this main character/supporting cast energy but we never saw before and never see again is one of my favorite things about this video.

[@acharliebrownlife]

I apologize for the necromancy but this is one of those genius things about this show. You can see other characters going through their own shit (Trent and Audra for example going through their ingenue phases) and get glimpses into their lives and it really drives home how much of our experience is universal even if the details are different. I think repeating the songs is the most obvious tell but I love this too. It makes it real and relatable. This show is a masterpiece.

[@antonliir8189]

“You did it! You reached for the moon and landed among the stars” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pacman5698]

If Mermista doesn't perform this after the war is done with Adora and Seahawk as her back up dancers I'm gonna be pissed.

[@neonal18]

I dunno, I'd say the backup dancer girl would be Perfuma rather than Adora. She's definitely the type to say things like "You reached for the moon and landed among the stars" and incite a cheesy inspirational musical number like this.

[@KarishmaChanglani]

Omg. Until I saw this comment I didn't even realize mermista has, Vella Lowell (Heather) as the voice actress.

[@margauxvirra]

Karishma Changlani same like I heard it but it didn’t click.... I’m glad there’s a living mermista song lol

[@aracelliv4226]

Thank you! I couldn't place the voice.

[@zeldahandel6211]

I couldn't figure out why I knew her voice. thank you

[@nyls1717]

Considering how all of the musical numbers all take place in Rebecca's imagination, it's amazing to see how she imagined Heather's graduation. Her first solo song was very apathetic, but the more Rebecca got to know her, Heather gradually became appearing more lively and energetic in mind as well.

[@sandraazocar]

I seriously love the face of the blonde girl. It's so teen musical.

[@cinerina]

Those backup dancers have to be drinking unicorn blood to be that perky.

[@nxt_tim]

I wanna marry both of them :D

[@alexandrezani]

Actually, they are unicorn blood homunculi.

[@brimstoneclub]

That's so dark lol

[@juang2337]

blastemy You could, but from the minute the blood touches your lips, half of your life will be Cursed.

[@EinDose]

@@juang2337 Hold on, this is important, which half? Front half, back half? Left half?

[@BagelsAfterMidnight]

"The clock knows its destiny." XD So brilliantly inane

[@Mimussaturninus]

Bagels After Midnight, your videos are amazing! Please tell me there will be a new one in the near future!

[@BagelsAfterMidnight]

thx!

[@bhhbnjkbh9044]

I love your channel.

[@oof-rr5nf]

Bagels After Midnight Love your channel, my dude.

[@passdabluntcuz9992]

Holy shit! I ain't expect to see you on the comments 😂

[@kittyquiqui]

"Oh God, do I have to sing an inspirational musical theater song right now? I just can't.." **sings anyway** lol

High School Musical: Senior Year

[@LindsayCatherine]

Letícia Evelyn I canNOT with your profile picture. Adorable.

[@jack4067]

Her attitude is my Monday

[@IvyG-C]

Her attitude is me every day

[@lindseydickey9282]

It's my every day.

[@tamasgabor7084]

she's a legend. she's an icon. and she IS the moment. now come on now

[@TheCNRProject]

The excessive optimism and energy of the backup dancers in contrast with Heather gives me so much life.

[@juliah3008]

I was today years old when I realized that she also voiced mermista in she-ra and literally no idea how I didnt notice it sooner but listening to this song immediately after watching spop and it finally clicked

[@EpicKate]

As soon as I heard Mermista's voice I knew it was Heather! Isn't She-Ra an amazing show though?!

[@kkll1992]

Heather and Mermista are both queens who don't care

[@gabrielcarrizo786]

This is my enthusiasm every day in life

[@erikhernandez4812]

Heather is such a relatable character that it concerns me sometimes. Like I feel like that much lack of energy and enthusiasm in life is comedic when it's not a real person but when it's me maybe that's a problem, but oh well, nothing to do but live life anyway I guess.

[@ajalcabasa8825]

"CAN’T WAIT TO MEET WHOEVER I WILL BE." Meets older her in the next few seconds

[@3NU]

It's just like, so on the nose.

[@SebiTheHunter]

Heather is so perfect

[@hannahmobrien]

I love that this song turned into Heather's theme. I specifically remember it playing when she came down the aisle but there were a few other times

[@bk138gt6]

She somehow nailed being a great singer while also sounding totally miserable

[@angelagarcia7093]

I'm sure she was slightly more active singing that in the studio

[@elena-manuelapetcu6747]

This song is a perfect combination between the excitement felt by young kinds who dream of becoming someone in life and the constant "meh" feeling after they graduate. Beautiful.

[@generalhorse493]

makes me wonder if the kids who committed suicide weren't the lucky ones in the end since they didn't have to grow up to be forced to endure life after graduation.

[@LisaMichele]

Today's tomorrow's yesterday 😂😂

[@despairspreadslikeavirus9333]

Well it is.

[@optimiserablic785]

*ugh*

[@CV-Moore]

Well she isn't wrong.

[@TequilaMockingBird91]

And time doesn’t care that it flies by.

[@LeratoM98]

LOL ikr🤣

[@Deva7]

Vella is my favorite! I'm always waiting for her scenes and I'm so glad she got a solo song at last! She's actually a great singer, but Heather's dead pan expression makes her performances both amusing and hilarious, she's like a polar opposite of Rebecca LOL

[@simplyivyvine2617]

The really missed the opportunity at the end when normal heather and older heather are holding hands and singing together. Instead of “the moment is me” “The moment is we”

[@bfkolod1783]

Simply Ivyvine who can it her only. So it me

[@DeCryptid23]

I honestly thought so too.

[@jfll29]

They did it in the live version xd

[@quinnwilder6990]

That's even more perfect because Heather would hate it to an even greater degree.

[@Micaerys]

She did it when she sang it with David Hull, apparently

[@hazalsena.23]

Heather and Mermista are moods and both of them are Vella Lovell. I simply love her!

[@Idontexisthihi001]

I heard her voice in the first couple episodes and to be honest I didn't even really notice at first, 3 episodes later this was driving me crazy until I googled and confirmed it

[@besufekadmulu965]

I love you Rachel Bloom, let's take over the world....like actually take over the world.

[@videohistory722]

Besufekad Mulu ever watched the outtakes? Not only is she funny, she swears like a sailor. It's glorious to watch

[@besufekadmulu965]

Nope. But now I will!

[@courtneymidyett3123]

Squad goals

[@musi4841]

This gives me so much life, whenever I'm feeling down I just listen to this and it just makes me feel so much better. SO inspirational.

[@ashleyb2984]

It literally JUST came out lol

[@ScionStorm1]

Really? "Totally Fucked" from Spring Awakening always makes me feel better.

[@eritain]

"Face Your Fears" is real good for the ol' confidence too.

[@angelagarcia7093]

They recorded the song with another singer who actually sings it with enthusiasm. It's in you tube music, if you want to listen it

[@rosaryfish]

SHES MY FAVVVVV

[@emillelee5999]

I love how she's so disgusted by her own lyrics

[@mediocretriplethreat]

IDK why, but I'm so obsessed with her beautiful voice crack at 1:43. It's somehow so elegant and nice to listen to.

[@jessicahohner1713]

Vella is really putting that Julliard degree to great use here.

[@RaphaelBas1995]

Well, color me inspired.

[@mayadg16]

Raphael Basile I thought you were going to stay ‘Well, color me stoked’😄 sorry I’m stuck in the Heathers film world

[@EmmaPalmaVelasquez]

By giving us nothing, she's giving us everything!

[@bgeese1918]

I love how emotionless or deadpan she’s intended to sound but there’s so much emotion in this number lmaooo

[@lettucelive]

YES VELLA MY LOVE

[@matesafranka6110]

That little "Ugh," after the second line, together with that slow blink... that's the face of every parent ever who had to take their kid to High School Musical XD

[@ldmcpod]

CAUSE I AM HEATHER, THIS HEATHER IS ME ♪

[@enx2083]

ENTHUSIASM

[@inasaira8380]

this is the only song in the show thats actually written like a normal inspirational theater song, not a parody. this song has zero punchlines. in a different context this would pass as a real musical theater song. the fact that its still hilarious means musical theater songs are so over the top theyre just naturally dumb as fuck without the parody punchlines. its brilliant on a meta level.

[@anthony449]

This show is so underrated

[@pohakukealoha5328]

Heather is my favorite character on tv right now. Every single sentence and look is perfection

[@bcpr9812]

This is me, when people try to get all inspirational and Hallmark-y, around me. Spaaaaaaare meeeeee.

[@stanleycoleman]

The backup dancers are funny. Lol.

[@ArturGlass.C]

Yes the blonde woman is so amazing she looks like it's the best day of her life and she isn't even the one who's graduating.

[@xChaseTheWind]

I had never laughed so hard at a musical number, I lost it at when the dancers started jumping around behind her, this is a brilliant scene I love it so much

[@erinmalone2669]

She is absolutely my mood.

[@tobytieger7156]

Heather's wonderful, and this song makes me so deeply happy. What do you all think the odds are that she comes out of this season going into a PhD program? She gets to be a grad student for 5-10 more years, and then as a professor she literally never has to leave school for her entire professional career.

[@annesophiejp]

I had a friend who did that.

[@Benjumanjo]

Or you can have the courage to move on and do something practical with your life.

[@am-rk2rc]

@@Benjumanjo some people love to study and want to stay in academia their whole lives. no shame in that.

[@Benjumanjo]

@@am-rk2rc Yes, and some people don’t have a good reason, and their act of cowardice will fester inside them like a bad cold. It’ll get stronger and stronger until they’re like 40 and realize they’ve been running away from themselves their entire lives and they’ll have a midlife crisis with potentially disastrous consequences.

[@itmeeeez]

@@Benjumanjo you probably have no idea how challenging academia is.

[@beverlyjohnson5976]

idk why i just love the way she says "there's an old woman in the park" and "old woman please tell me your tail" so much-

[@beckhampang191]

Let's appreciate the backup dancers. At around 1:50 they are still dancing at the far background.

[@jp9707]

I think it's 1:35, can't see them after that

[@clatowett]

Her face gets me every time.

[@ginax8307]

I love the dancers lmao

[@ldmcpod]

I LOVE THIS WOMAN SO MUCH!

[@GiaMarieCarangi]

Why do I like this song so much?

[@MrTheta78]

I want these back up dancers irl to pump me up wherever I go.

[@skullcrushers10]

I want Rachel to know that im walking to class in college right now and I cant stop smiling and laughing while listening to this on spotify and im positive I look like a crazy person but it’s worth it

[@safiyaelba1859]

I just love her! Her lack of enthusiasm is perfect.

[@AlaysiaSelvin]

Heathers: We are the moment Me: the moment is we the moment is we the moment is we the moment is we Heathers: The moment is....me.... Me: GOSH DANG IT YOU TWO.

[@codyofathens3397]

Yes!

[@AlaysiaSelvin]

@@codyofathens3397 It gets me every time!! xD

[@codyofathens3397]

@@AlaysiaSelvin It's the clearly superior line!

[@bionicdragon5]

It was payback for having to sing the entire rest of the song.

[@calilovett2063]

"Vella Lovell" is such a pretty name/surname combo

[@heathercarmichael1099]

She is too cool for school 👍🏻😀 xx

What do you mean? She is a student. Okay, I meant "was".

[@heathercarmichael1099]

Jeffery Lin It is just an expression,not literal

Yeah, I got that. I just found it funny how she always says, "I'm a student!"

[@heathercarmichael1099]

Jeffery Lin oh I see lol 😂,all heathers are cool 😉

[@morbidsearch]

She's got a point, she's an icon, she's a legend and the moment is her

[@kimcas865]

Vella went to Julliard and I thank the lord every day that we got her as a gift.

[@bionicdragon5]

This 100% reminds me of my high school graduation, when my parents and all my teachers made such a big deal out of it and forced me to attend the ceremony, despite the fact that, in the grand scheme of things, a normal, run-of-the-mill diploma with literally nothing else doesn't really amount to anything. But I had to play along with the spectacle of it all and sit through a bunch of cheesy "you are the future" speeches because "yay, you did a thing!"

[@EscFreak2023]

I am in love with Heather's voice, like, in love love

[@Skyehye3113]

The way she goes what after the clock line is so funny I kept going back and watching it and it was still funny

[@amitshirazi5285]

thats the BEST. i can't. i just can't.

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

1:32 There's Mermista for you

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

Vella is like Aubrey Plaza, only a different ethnicity.

[@mkehat1]

The choreography is so packed with innuendos, perfect.

[@TamannaDas]

I cried when this played in the background in the latest episode 😭😭

[@basteque_]

I love her!!! I want to see more of Heather this season.

[@stewie9956]

Possibly died of laughter lol

[@ozolotl]

I wish she had a song that she was actually happy to sing

[@brimstoneclub]

LemonadeLiz that would ruin her character

[@ozolotl]

Wilson Cardenas but what if she gains some enthusiasm for one thing? I liked her reprise of “settle for me”. Her voice was lovely in that

[@flocurlz8069]

She enjoyed trap in the bathroom... A little

[@despairspreadslikeavirus9333]

Friendtopia she was very happy.

[@CV-Moore]

Settle For Me Reprise?

[@rkgk1517]

That blonde girl who begins the conversation with her is pretty much a spot-on High School Musical extra... respect

[@antonliir8189]

“You did it! You reached for the moon and landed among the stars” is literally the lamest corniest quote ever 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@charlsief]

I'm kinda sad that Vella's first solo song was purposefully sung with 0 motivation. She has a lovely, unique voice and I want to hear it at 100%

[@maybeee7990]

Stuck In The Bathroom was her first solo, although technically it was Don't Settle For Me

[@briannagravely9349]

The actress sings for She-Ra as well if you look up Mermista.

[@pndlc]

I graduate this Saturday and this embodies what I'm currently feeling

[@stephsvids9812]

Heather AKA Vella is such an amazing singer! She needs more songs in season 4

[@goodnewsnobody3476]

FUUUUCCCCKKK! I'm going to cry. This is wait i've waited for. This is MY moment!

[@maayanona]

Can I just point how great the dancers are? And the faces of the girl dancer are just... WOW.

[@jackiejns983]

Dancers ARE HILARIOUS!!!!

[@marybree6719]

anyone else watching this in 2020? she already had (Mermista's uugghh ready to go) i just find it funny

[@jamesnicohlas7900]

This was the best thing I've ever seen.

[@שחףסימון]

What I love about this song is that Rebecca knew how Heather would react when she forced her to sing. Heather just breaks the fourth wall between them and it's amazing.

[@cherryjawbreakalt]

This is my mood as I'm finna graduate and people make it a big deal

[@mefi9788]

I never get sick of this!

[@sylviareed4031]

OMG I love this cast. Everyone on this show was a prodigy. A Broadway star :)

[@jackiejns983]

This is why I love CEG. HILARIOUS!

[@envoy2500]

Her choreography is just amazing lol

[@cassieblanche6812]

The “please don’t say it” took me out 😂😂😂

[@mainie_videoediting]

1:50 I think the two background dancers are still dancing away in the background :D I love this show

[@ColleenNg]

The female backup dancer’s energy is so addictive lol in contrast to heather. Yes you go girl

[@jennyholiday88]

This song is actually hella inspirational.

[@Hermititis]

Didn't Heater drop her Abnormal Psych class during her presentation on Rebecca? That's probably incomplete, and therefore one class she could sign up for again. Also, she could go for a PhD. That'd keep her in school for several more years.

[@prageruwu69]

i KNEW i recognized mermista's voice!

[@sarahwessels7020]

I love the girl dancing in the Background ❤

[@albertelnen9144]

She's the one whose put together the most in this show.