Renee Rapp - 'I'd Rather Be Mean' (Pronoun Showdown)

Pronoun Showdown is a concert series that explores what happens when you flip the pronouns in well-known songs!

PRONOUN SHOWDOWN 7
August 20, 2019 - Live at The Green Room 42

Lyric Changes by Kimberly Jenna Simon, Abby DePhillips, and Benjamin Rauhala
Musical Direction by Benjamin Rauhala
Produced and Conceived by Abby DePhillips & Kimberly Jenna Simon

"Mean" - Taylor Swift
"I'd Rather Be Me" - Mean Girls (Nell Benjamin and Jeff Richmond)

Filmed and edited by Rebecca J Michelson

[dandanmanlyman]

This girl was born to play Regina George.

[misssupercookie]

I love how she *could* have gone for an empowering anti-bullying anthem, but she went 'nah my name is Regina George losers'

[flowers-bilr]

Okay but her voice fits really well with I'd rather be mean

[emilydanielle]

“you’ll eat alone from this moment on cause that’s just what you’ll do” was so cute HA

[rino]

i mean janis was a mean girl too, she just happened to be an *unpopular* mean girl

[mychaeltorres]

She sounded exactly like Barrett when she sung the Id Rather Be Me parts

[YourCreativeDreamer]

“I’d Rather Be Me” really showcases her voice! What a great song for her!

[roda]

I expected an "I'd rather be me" rendition with me changed to mean

OMG THIS IS THE MOST LIKES IVE EVER GOTTEN IN MY LIFE

[kelsey]

1:31
You guys are really sleeping on this joke. She’s talking about Jason Weems, the guy who wanted to “guess girls bra sizes” in Mean Girls.

[disneytwst]

I wanna see a show with her as Janis and Barrett as Regina now
P.S Can we not be mean to Barrett

[chiabee]

The power and control in her voice wow

[mackenziebuchter]

Ok. Anybody else hear her as Janis as well?

[TheSoulsister]

Came here after looking up who will be the next Regina George after Taylor Louderman and man I’m not disappointed. 👏

[abbydephillips]

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m in love with Renee Rapp! Thanks for making a year long Regina George Mean dream come true 😩

[cinnominbubble]

Me, with my words like knives
And my swords and weapons that I used against you
I, have knocked you off your feet again,
Got you feeling like a nothing
You, with your voice like nails
On a chalk board, calling you out when you're wounded
Me, picking on the weaker man
Well, I can take you down
With just one single blow
But you don't know what you don't know
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all I'm ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so I can't hear you
Yes, all I'm ever gonna be is mean
You won't twist in knots to join my game
Then you say I make you mad
And when I treat you bad
You say "you're bad"
And you'll eat alone from this moment on
That's just what you'll do
'Cause you'd rather be me
You'd rather be me
You'd rather be me than be like
You, with your teeth like corn 
And your high pitched voice
And your lack of humour
I have pointed out your flaws again
As if you don't already see them
You walk with your head down,
Try to block me out 'cause you never impress me
You just want to feel okay again

So here's my right finger
To how I should behave
'Cause sometimes what's meant to break you
Just makes you brave

Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all I'm ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so I can't hear you
I don't need their good opinions
I have plenty of opinions
Everybody has opinions but it doesn't make them true
What's true is being me
And I'd rather be mean
I'd rather be me than be like you
So I'll raise 'em high 'cause playing nice and shy would be insulting to my IQ
You'd rather be me (I'd rather be you)
You'd rather be me (I'd rather be you)
You'd rather be me than be like you! (I'd rather be you)
I'd rather be mean (I'd rather be you)
I'd rather be mean (I'd rather be you)
I'd rather be mean than be like me

[yee-raplantar-maximoff]

I love that Renee decided to do this the Regina way rather than her way, lol

[unwrittenemmy]

Renee Rapp and Taylor Swift, my literal two favorite things

[livsantiago]

there are multiple moments in this that I'll replay multiple times to hear her voice

[ryanjoshuacalo]

It's nice that the pronoun showdown allowed us to see the other side of the story

[joeytansey]

The amount of fun she has being in her vilian era is soooo delicous, home girl is going to rule the world one day 💅🌝👑