Break Free by Ariana Grande feat. Zedd is featured in Child Star, the ninth episode of Season Six. It is sung by Myron, Rachel, Sam, Sheldon, Sue, and Will with New Directions.
Sue and Will talk, and she states her plan is about to commence. Will replies that it will start when he trips her up on stage in front of the 13-year-olds. Sue says he wouldn't dare, and he says he would. Rachel enters the stage (with the word MYRON in the background) and leads the song. The New Directions join in, and Myron shows up on stage via his stage pod as everyone is enjoying the performance. After the performance, confetti falls all around the stage. Spencer and Mason are seen lifting Myron on their shoulders.
Lyrics[]
Rachel:
If you want it, take it
I should've said it before
Tried to hide it, fake it
I can't pretend anymore (The Group: Hoo)
I only wanna die alive
Never by the hands of a broken heart (The Group: Hoo)
Don't wanna hear you lie tonight
Now that I've become who I really are
Myron with the Group:
This is the part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more
This is the part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more
Sheldon:
You were better, deeper
I was under your spell
Sue and Will:
Like a deadly fever, yeah, babe
Rachel:
On the highway to hell, (Sheldon: Yeah) (The Group: Hoo)
Rachel with Sam:
I only wanna die alive
Never by the hands of a broken heart (The Group: Hoo)
Don't wanna hear you lie tonight
Now that I've become who I really are
Myron with the Group:
This is the part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more
This is the part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger (with Rachel: than I've been before)
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more
Rachel:
No more, baby,
Ooh
Rachel with the Group:
Thought on your body
Rachel and Will with the Group (Rachel with the Group):
(I) came alive
It was lethal
It was fatal
Rachel and Will:
In my dreams it felt so right
Sue and Will with Rachel:
But I woke up every day (The Group: Every day, every day)
Rachel:
Oh, baby
Myron with the Group (with Rachel):
(The Group: This is) the part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before (Rachel: Ooo!)
This is (the part when I break free)
'Cause I can't (resist it no more)
This is (Rachel: This is) the part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more
Trivia[]
- The original lyrics say, "But I woke up every time," but in the Glee cast version, it says, "But I woke up every day."
- This is the first time Beiste sings as a non-closeted transgender man.
- This is also the first time he sings in Season Six and the last time in the series.
- This is also the only group number Beiste sings in.
- This is the first and only group number in which Sue has a solo. The other songs she sang were either solos or duets of hers.
- This is the second of the two songs by Ariana Grande covered in the show, the first one being Problem.
- Coincidentally, both are sung in Season Six.
- Both of the original songs feature a guest artist: Iggy Azalea in Problem and Zedd in Break Free.
- Both come from Ariana Grande's second album, My Everything, released in 2014.