It’s hard to believe we were first introduced to High School Musical 17 years ago!
12.08.2023 - 19:05 / usmagazine.com
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series bid farewell to the East High wildcats in its season 4 finale, but not without seemingly honoring former costar Olivia Rodrigo.
In the series finale, which dropped on Disney+ earlier this week, Ricky (Joshua Bassett) gets a sweet compliment that relates to Rodrigo IRL.
“That took guts — what you did back there,” Gina’s mom, Terri (played by Napiera Groves), said after Ricky professed his love for Sofia Wylie’s character in song. “Guts are good [and] maybe you were worth the wait.”
While having “guts” is good for sharing feelings, it is also the name of Rodrigo’s second album. Rodrigo, 20, starred as Nini — Ricky’s first girlfriend — on the first two seasons of HSMTMTS, ultimately exiting in the middle of season 3 as her budding singer-songwriter career started to take off in real life.
Rodrigo — who dropped her debut LP, Sour, in 2021 — is slated to release Guts on September 8. “For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” she said in a press release in June about her musical inspiration. “I feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20 — it was such an intense period of awkwardness and change. I think that’s all just a natural part of growth, and hopefully, the album reflects that.”
While it has not been addressed if the “guts” line was a specific nod to Rodrigo, many fans immediately picked up on its potential allusion. “OK, BUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED???? ‘GUTS are good.’ Gosh Olivia its everyere [sic], even she is not on the show anymore, wow,” one social media user tweeted on Wednesday, August 9. “HSMTMTS cast is a Guts stan and we knoww about that!!!!”
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It’s hard to believe we were first introduced to High School Musical 17 years ago!
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Olivia Rodrigo has become the youngest person ever to receive the BRIT Billion Award.Rodrigo – who is currently only 20 years old – scored the landmark achievement in mid-July, but was presented with the award last weekend (August 17) while the singer was in the UK to promote her latest single ‘Bad Idea Right?’.A post shared by The BRIT Awards (@brits)The BRIT Billion Award, which was introduced earlier this year, recognises artists who achieve an astounding one billion digital streams in the United Kingdom. Other artists who have received the award so far since its inception in May include ABBA, Coldplay, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Lana Del Rey, Queen, Becky Hill, James Arthur, Rita Ora, Lewis Capaldi and Ellie Goulding.Olivia Rodrigo’s highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Guts’ is set to release on September 8 via Geffen (pre-order/pre-save here).
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Along with the tracklist for Olivia Rodrigo’s hotly anticipated sophomore album, “Guts,” came its total time — 39 minutes — which has rather inexplicably led to hundreds of complaints online that the album is somehow short-changing her fans due to its apparently brief length. “So short!” one fan complained. “They really be calling anything a ‘Album’ nowadays huh,” groused another.
, was just photographed in London sporting a scarlet minidress with shoes to match. If you haven’t already, now is the time to run out and buy yourself a bright red dress for fall, as the trend shows no signs of slowing down.On August 16, the “Bad Idea Right” singer was pictured leaving a London restaurant wearing a super-short crimson halter dress, with a sweetheart bustier-style top.
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Olivia Rodrigo is showing her silly side with her new single, «bad idea right?». The 20-year-old pop star channels a breakup with levity in the accompanying music video, as she embarks on a journey inspired by early-'90s horror to hook up with an ex after a night out with friends.
Olivia Rodrigo is showing her silly side with her new single, «bad idea right?». The 20-year-old pop star channels a breakup with levity in the accompanying music video, as she embarks on a journey inspired by early-'90s horror to hook up with an ex after a night out with friends.
Olivia Rodrigo will do anything to see an ex in the new Petra Collins-directed music video for her latest single, “Bad Idea Right?” The guitar-heavy single, produced by Rodrigo’s main collaborator Dan Nigro, features Rodrigo speak-singing sassy lyrics about wanting to see a former flame, but knowing it’s not the best decision (and maybe not caring). “Haven’t heard from you in a couple of months/ But I’m out right now and I’m all fucked up/ And you’re callin’ my phone and you’re all alone/ And I’m sensing some undertone,” Rodrigo sings in the first verse.
Olivia Rodrigo is preparing for the release of her sophomore album and the second song from the album is out now!
No Disney Channel Original Movie had the masses soaring and flying in quite the same way as High School Musical.
. But the Disney+ show was missing two familiar faces — Zac Efron, who played basketball playing heartthrob Troy Bolton, and Vanessa Hudgens, who played brainy singer Gabriella Montez, in the original films. Despite the return of several original cast members including Corbin Bleu (Chad Danforth), Monique Coleman (Taylor McKessie), Lucas Grabeel (Ryan Evans), and KayCee Strong (Martha Cox), Efron, Hudgens and co-star Ashley Tisdale (Sharpay Evans) did not make cameos in the finale season of the spinoff series.
come out as gay in the Disney+ series based on the iconic franchise.“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” dropped its fourth and final season on Wednesday and there is a scene where some of the original Disney Channel stars are filming “High School Musical 4.”The TV series’ showrunner Tim Federle told TV Line recently that he called Grabeel, 38, to tell him the news of Ryan’s sexual orientation.“Lucas, like, cried on the phone and said, ‘This would mean so much to people who grew up with this movie,'” Federle recalled.He went on and noted that the “Switched at Birth” star had told him: “It’s what they were always kind of missing from this character.”The TV show’s scene featured Ryan kissing his partner, portrayed by Pentatonix member Scott Hoying.“High School Musical” premiered on Disney Channel in 2006 and subsequently had two sequels released in the following years.
The series finale of the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series has aired and we have received an update on original characters like Troy and Gabriella.
Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the fourth and final season of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” now streaming on Disney+. The Wildcats of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” have taken their final bow. The Disney+ extension of the popular movie musical trilogy concluded this week with an eight-episode fourth season that found its cast performing a stage — or rather, basketball court — production of 2008’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” Members of that film’s original cast returned to East High to shoot the fictional “High School Musical 4: The Reunion.” Although the original films have had a presence since the pilot episode — the series is set at the high school where the films were shot — the final season is the show’s most meta endeavor yet.
A big “High School Musical” reunion just wasn’t in the cards.