Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
emilyfaye48
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/09
#1Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 3:12am
Hello my friends <3
I have been listening to the new Taylor Swift album and the opening guitar is tickling my brain in a very frustrating way. I SWEAR it sounds exactly like the beginning of a song from a musical but I can't figure out which one. I don't know if I'm just crazy and it sounds sorta like a lot of things but I really feel like there is a musical theatre song that starts exactly or nearly exactly like the song Actually Romantic. I thought it was Rent or maybe Next To Normal but it's not.
PLEASE give it a listen, literally just the first 5 seconds of the song is what I'm talking about. Thank you so much for any input <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShsfUTynzQU&list=RDShsfUTynzQU&start_radio=1
Without bread we'd just be hungry
but without theatre we'd be dead
Mskuphantm
Understudy Joined: 10/1/23
#2Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 3:16am
You Will Still Be Mine from Waitress, perhaps?
emilyfaye48
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/09
#3Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 3:19am
ooh this is a great suggestion but doesn't quite hit it. But the guitar does kinda give me the same vibe. Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't listened to that song in a long time. RIP Nick Cordero. He was really perfect in that role
Without bread we'd just be hungry
but without theatre we'd be dead
#4Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 10:16am
It reminds me a little of certain moments from Spring Awakening, particularly the beginning of "The Dark I Know Well."
#5Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 3:23pm
this is a very different tone, but it is the same chord progression and key as If I Could Tell Her from DEH
#6Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 4:18pm
Maybe the opening from Murder Ballad?
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#7Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 6:23pm
It reminds me a bit of the beginning of "I Am The One" from Next To Normal.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#8Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 7:10pm
Not from a musical but it's basically the same opening as Teenage Dirtbag.
#9Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/4/25 at 8:15pm
Murder Ballad immediately came to mind for me.
#10Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/5/25 at 7:01pm
Hi! Could you be thinking of The Long Grift from Hedwig and the Angry Inch? Different key and tempo, but after thinking about your post for a bit and listening back to back, felt like it could be the answer. Let us know when you do figure it out!! So curious.
#11Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Posted: 10/5/25 at 9:42pm
Also not a musical but it reminds me of the opening of Everclear's Father of Mine.
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