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'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend': The Cast's Favorite Songs
Rachel Bloom (Rebecca/co-creator)
“One of my favorites is ‘[Let’s] Generalize About Men.’ I just think it’s feminist and anti-feminist at the same time, which is not easy to do. The music is by [executive music producer] Adam [Schlesinger], and it’s just so good. That writing session where Adam and [executive producer] Jack [Dolgen] and I brainstormed for that song was so fun. I also have favorite songs based on how fun the writing sessions were. There’s the song ‘Horny Angry Tango.’ Jack and I just wrote that making each other laugh in my office. ‘[It Was a] S–t Show’… I love that song partially because it was the hardest one to write. It’s one of the two songs on this show that we’ve written that it made me cry, because I was like, ‘I’m never gonna get this right!’ I thought we couldn’t curse, and so I had to call [Standards & Practices] and beg them, ‘Can you please let us bleep two s–ts?’ And they gave us two s–ts. Literally two s–ts.”
Donna Lynne Champlin (Paula)
“My favorite song involved a cast member that’s no longer with us… but my favorite song is actually ‘Settle For Me.’ It’s just always been.”
Scott Michael Foster (Nathaniel)
“‘Gettin’ Bi’ is one that gets stuck in my ear a lot. ‘Man Nap’… I like Pete [Gardner] songs. I like all Darryl songs. But ‘Antidepressants [Are So Not a Big Deal]’ is one of my favorites. ‘[Let’s] Generalize [About Men]’ is, I probably want to say, one of the best songs on the show. It’s a hit! It’s a hit song. That gets stuck a lot. But the ‘Antidepressants’ song is, I think, a really fun take on the La La Land music, so that one’s become a new favorite.”
Vella Lovell (Heather)
“I feel like every song gets stuck in your head. Every song is my favorite. But I’m gonna say ‘Fit Hot Guys [Have Problems Too].’ I was the only cast member who went to the taping! I thought we were all gonna come. It was just me.”
Gabrielle Ruiz (Valencia)
“If I could have a different life, I would love to have been a full-fledged adult in the disco era. That’s my favorite era, and ‘We’ll Never Have Problems Again’ is my absolute favorite. There was one moment in one draft where more characters were in there, and I was heartbroken that I wasn’t in it. I was so ready to go down that line! Even though I wasn’t in it, I was so happy to at least go and watch it. There was a roller-skating duo in there, and they were spinning and lifting each other to the point where the whole crew waited for us to wrap that day so we could all dance. What joy! This show has brought so much joy.”
David Hull (White Josh)
“Mine’s consistently ‘[The] Math of Love Triangles,’ and has been for years. It hasn’t been bumped.”
Jack Dolgen (executive producer/songwriter)
“To me, the song that, if someone would say, ‘Give me a song so I can understand this show,’ I would give them ‘[You] Stupid Bitch.’ I think it’s just the ultimate Rachel Bloom song. So emotional, so specific, but so relatable at the same time, funny in all the right spots. I didn’t write that one. I’m unbiased on this.”
Kathryn Burns (choreographer)
“I think I’m gonna say ‘Antidepressants’… the genius of this show is you take something dark and real, and what is the perfect way to heighten it? It is a big La La Land, musical theater, dancing-in-the-street number. And what earns the joyousness? Oh, they’re all on antidepressants. They’re all great! You have to earn the dancing, and ‘Antidepressants’ is the perfect example.”
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