- I must say, the tea this season
is absolutely piping hot.
There is so much juice that is going to be spilled.
These characters take just a new journey
that's gonna shock you.
I was flipping my chair
and clutching my pearls every single episode,
but I can't give too much away
'cause I don't want to get fired, but, you know.
- It's just always so much fun just thinking
about what's going to happen in the coming episodes
because we're just
as much fans of the show as the actual fans of the show.
- I think we fangirl over the show more
than some fans fan over the show.
- Literally it's crazy, but it's wonderful to work
on a project that you thoroughly love as much as we all do.
- I don't know if we're experts on high school,
but it is cool, kind of, getting to
relive these years again.
- Experts?
[Laughs]
- I was going to say,
I'm pretty sure most of us didn't go to high school.
[Laughs]
- Hey, we're the cast of
'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,'
and these are our top eight high school anthems.
- [Larry] My high school anthem is "My Shot" from 'Hamilton,'
because I think when you're in high school,
you're kind of figuring out where you want to go in life.
And also, when I was in high school,
'Hamilton' came out on Broadway.
So, 'Hamilton' was, like, in my grad party playlist
and, you know, so, I have a close attachment with 'Hamilton,'
the musical, and my high school experience.
- I had a couple that I was thinking of.
Like, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is,
like, just a great song in general.
Like, I just, that Elton John,
like, that gets me going no matter what.
But, I'm trying to think of, like, an anthem, like a song,
you know, that's, like, really, like,
that's just a good song.
Um, I don't know why the song "Footloose" came
to my head right now, for whatever reason.
But, like, that's, like a,
that song gets you dancing no matter what,
but it's still not, like, an anthem song.
So, I don't really know how to answer this question.
- I was about to search up "best high school movie music."
[Laughs]
- All right, next.
- One of my favorite songs ever,
I think also can work as a high school anthem,
is "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield,
because it's all about, you know,
the unwritten future, you know?
[Bleeped out singing]
Oh, I can't sing it!
[Laughs]
- [Frankie] OK Joe, let's -
- [Joe] You know, "the rest is still unwritten,"
whenever you're in high school.
You're just figuring it all out.
- I would say "All Star" by Smash Mouth, I think is
a perfect high school anthem.
- [Joshua] Yes.
- I don't even need to explain.
I think we all know.
"All Star" by Smash Mouth gets everybody pumping.
- Real quick, I just found, I'm just
looking through my playlist at this point, but
"Everybody Talks" by Neon Trees.
Everybody talks in high school, like,
everybody loves talking,
and there's, you know, gossip and all that stuff.
But also, I just think the song's a banger.
You know, if you hear,
[bleeped out singing].
You know, I can't sing though.
- [Matt] No singing!
- [Joshua] I know! I'm sorry!
- For me, I'm going to go with
"We Are Young" by fun.
I just remember jamming to that song every single day,
when, like, I was in school,
all my friends singing along, I love that song.
I still listen to it.
- For some reason everybody at my school
did full music videos to "California Gurls" by Katy Perry.
So, that song, like, always reminds me of high school.
When we were on set, Josh, he'll, like, walk in and he's like,
"What's the vibe? What's the vibe? Just name a song."
"Name a song from the 80's. Name a song from the 90's."
And we were like, "Ahhh."
[Laughs]
- Well, you know, you can't go wrong with, like, Queen
or The Beatles or anything like that,
just to get things moving.
- So, I'm in high school right now.
But, like, when I think of when I'm in high school,
I think of when I was, like, nine years old,
like, I think that's when I was in high school,
even though I'm in high school now.
- Sofia's, like, 10 years older than she really is, I swear.
- Currently, 30 years old.
So, 10 years ago, when I was in high school,
my favorite song was "Replay" by Zendaya.
That was my fave song.
So, for some reason, I just think like, "Oh, high school,
Zendaya, 'Replay,' love it."
But, I don't know how it incorporates
with an actual high school experience.
I haven't had a high school experience.
So, we'll just go with a classic and there's that.
[Laughs]
- In high school, like, through the hallways,
I would always have on my headphones.
So, I had two songs on constant rotation,
and it was "Milk" by Doja Cat and "Personal" by Kehlani.
If you listen to those songs,
it will make you feel invincible.
It's absolutely bangers and very much throwback.
I'm not going to say what year
'cause I don't want to give out my age,
but very much bangers.
[Laughs]
- You know there is a such thing as Google, right Dara?
I can find it.
[Laughs]
- There is a number mid-season that makes me
cry every single time without fail.
I cried when we filmed it,
I'm literally about to cry talking about it.
I'm not going to
because it's 10 in the morning in New York,
and I'm fine.
But, there is a song that I can't give away,
but everybody will cry.
I guarantee it.
It's, like, the most special part in the entire season.
It's incredible, but I can't really give anything else away.
- I think the original music in season two
is, like, a step up from season one.
I mean, like,
the original songs are, just, so incredible this season,
and I can't wait for everybody to play them on repeat.
- The first season, kind of, encapsulated what it
means to find your tribe and find your people.
This season, it, kind of -
we get to explore who these characters are
as individuals outside of the theater group.
- The more we just get to know each character
and get to see everybody shine in their own, like, unique way,
it's just really awesome.
I mean, the cast is full
of so much talent of, like, all different areas,
and you really get to see everybody, like, showcase themselves
in their best light,
while also, obviously, like, giving you more insight
into the characters and what they're going through.
- I feel like our show, you know,
really resonates with people.
I feel like our show did a really good job
of introducing a new, colorful group
of wonderful people and characters that, you know,
can relate to everybody outside of the screen.