Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

After writing Keep The Beat last year, I ripped up M.I.A.M.I. and started from scratch, using the first half of the… https://t.co/uOqFqHfNtg — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

Since freestyle was so big in NY & Miami, I thought it would be a perfect way to introduce Miami and be a culture s… https://t.co/cRYjq8e2Vz — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

RUNNING OUT OF TIME: ALWAYS wanted to write an 80's latin freestyle song. Growing up, my sister had tapes upon tape… https://t.co/SZEcMj1z1r — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

It's lovely for Vivo to embrace Gabi's improvisational aesthetic, while also harnessing what he knows: musicianship & showmanship. And I got to flip the rhymes in that line from the old thing. I think the new line is better. -LMM #VivoMusicDeepDive https://t.co/QeJLdUpNFe — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

TOUGH CROWD: in the 1st draft of Vivo, Dancarino was a giant Alligator, and Vivo had a song that got the animals to band together to defeat him. There was one lyric from that I really liked: "Predators & prey are not competitors today." — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

RT @SonyAnimation: Everyone gets an A for effort 🏆 #VivoMovie https://t.co/AxW2OJdOtI — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

RT @BroadwayWorld: .@TheTelseyOffice @Lin_Manuel & the Miranda Family have announced the launch of The Telsey Office Miranda Casting Fellow… — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

@joshuahenry20 I remember @RobinofJesus telling us in late 2005: "You all need to see this kid Josh Henry for Heights. I just did Godspell with him in CT, and he is the TRUTH." He was right. Always feel lucky to be in the room with you. -LMM — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

And some of you caught a reference to the ol' "footprints" poem. ("That one set of footprints was love dragging you around.") My abuela had that poem on her wall when I was a kid. I thought SHE wrote it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This song brings me so much joy. -LMM #VivoMusicDeepDive — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

If 90's R&B taught me anything, it's that love is as painful as it is beautiful. So "Love's gonna pick you up," but it's ALSO "gonna kick your butt and drag you around." Some of you spotted the Back To The Future reference in the lyric: https://t.co/m00NCtKLUB — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

So I was thrilled to bring in one of my favorite voices @aneesafolds to sing for Valentina. Her movie debut! (Cue Valentina singing "that's meeeeee" lol) You'll see her again in #TickTickBoomMovie later this year. — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

Brian Tyree Henry has an amazing voice, which I knew from his pre-movie star musical theater days. Nicole Byer said right up front: "I'm not a singer." (she does have my son Francisco's favorite line in the movie: "BAYOUS?! IN MY FACE?!?!?") https://t.co/qq5t5XS1eT — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

My middle school slow song era was particularly tasty: Boyz II Men, Janet Jackson circa Again, Jodeci, Shai, All-4-One. So I tried to wrote a mid-90's R&B slow jam. The first time you hear it in the movie, @ChrisisSingin & @OneVeronicaGirl are singing it, in love as they are. https://t.co/cy8QAitVEC — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

LOVE'S GONNA PICK YOU UP: So when faced with writing a song for the spoonbill "dating season," my brain immediately went to: The last slow song at the middle school dance in the gym. And the panic of everyone pairing up around you while you...super don't. https://t.co/RRbyU7Q1nf — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

Movie theaters November 12, in your @netflix November 19. ❤️❤️❤️ #TickTickBoomMovie -LMM — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

RT @NetflixFilm: Before Jonathan Larson revolutionized theater with RENT, his 1990 musical TICK, TICK…BOOM! told the story—his story—of a y… — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

"Freeze the frame, back it up..."#TickTickBoomMovie has a world premiere on November 10th! See you at opening night of #AFIFEST! -LMM — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

@_and_peggy He is 6. He was 5 last year. -LMM — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

The final section when Gabi comes back in singing My Own Drum while Vivo sings his chorus really hits home. It's so simple but so goosebump-inducing, to see them find a common language in music. And finding that with my son was pretty special too. -LMM #VivoMusicDeepDive https://t.co/dXlROxMfYS — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

(I let him play a lot of other crazy stuff into the first demo too, but the right hand figure from the previous tweet stayed in the movie, lol) https://t.co/Pz7gkDrp9F — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

While figuring out the chorus on piano, my 5 year old Sebastian wandered over and said, "can I help?" He fooled around on higher notes while I kept working. Eventually he landed on this. I looked up said "PLAY THAT AGAIN." https://t.co/yWbmNt3aJ7 — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

I wrote Keep The Beat in May 2020, no end to the pandemic in sight. The fate of the movie was uncertain. We were trying to figure out how to keep going from our respective homes. So if the chorus hits extra hard...it's kind of where we were at. — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

KEEP THE BEAT: So this was already a wonderful scene, the heart of which is verbatim still at the center of the song, as Gabi "teaches" Vivo how to drum. Then we realized it was a long time between tunes in the second act. So I pitched that maybe there was a song here. — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

When @SoniaMManzano needs a theme song for her new show, you answer the call! Music by @bsherman2222, vocals by @Flaconavaja, lyrics by yours truly. Wepa! -LMM — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

RT @SonyAnimation: #VivoMovie's Juan de Marcos, @lidyajewett, @nicolebyer, and Ynairaly Simo show how they wow in a world full of ho-hum. S… — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

And then to get Missy on the remix was so incredibly full circle. Unsupervised, lonely, extra extra Ben Hascombish 10 year old me is doing backflips of joy and gratitude, and always will be. Next up, Keep The Beat... #VivoMusicDeepDive — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

Finally, a huge amount of the success of this song is Ynairaly Simo, whose voice is pure joy, and grew so much as a singer over our multi-year recording session. Her exuberance IS the song. The job was to create a musical version of her joy. (📸 @LacketyLac) https://t.co/PUO6sN0gPE — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

I played the recorder solo on the song, on the 3rd grade recorder, which I keep by my keyboard (thank you Ms Ames). And Quiara's daughter actually sang the first demo, and did an amazing job. https://t.co/cI6hflUBad — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

When I was 10 years old I read @StephenKing's IT (which is YOUNG! I was unsupervised!) but this passage about Ben Hascomb and loneliness hit me where I live & always stayed with me: (thanks to @BBW_BFF for posting here): https://t.co/0mkkcl3KcX — PolitiTweet.org

Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

Reclaiming solitude & theatricality as a superpower was something I thought about a lot while writing the lyrics. Gabi reclaims a lot of insults as strengths: "Extra extra!" "I get my own seat on the bus" "You're at a 10, I need you at a 3." https://t.co/f7mdXlz2FT — PolitiTweet.org