It’s time for the ladies to shine within the official music video for “Grease Is The Word”, a rebuffed model of Frankie Valli’s ear-worm music for Paramount+’s upcoming prequel sequence, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Before you proceed, we’re warning you that the traditional tune will instantly get caught in your head – if it hasn’t already after simply studying this far. Putting their very own spin on issues, the oldsters behind the remix ditched the disco feeling of the unique movie’s music, firming down the horn part and selecting up the tempo with a quicker tempo. While the sequence is about within the Fifties, the title monitor is drumming up recollections of welcoming the ‘60s with Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray.
As for the music video, it additionally acts as a trailer for the approaching sequence, spelling out the story of what’s to return for the titular gang of outcasts-turned-cool women. The opening moments introduce us to newly-official couple Jane (Marisa Davila) and Buddy (Jason Schmidt) who share a fast kiss earlier than the music takes over and all the drive-in breaks into music and dance. Wearing Buddy’s letterman jacket, Jane walks previous the concession stand and by her friends who’re movin’ and groovin’ to the title monitor. Gossip spreads as phrase breaks out that Jane and Buddy are official, with ladies in colourful lengthy skirts and guys with gelled hair becoming a member of in on the choreography.
The video additionally introduces us to different main women together with Tricia Fukuhara’s Nancy, Ari Notartomaso’s Cynthia, and Cheyenne Isabel Wells’ Olivia. While the sequence will inform the story of how the infamous Pink Ladies had been shaped; the traditional Grease boy crew the T-Birds are already a factor, and we catch a glimpse of them within the teaser as properly. Coming collectively in excellent concord, the tip of the video sees a serious ensemble dance earlier than issues return to enterprise as traditional on the drive-in.
Also starring in Paramount+’s Grease origin story will likely be Shanel Bailey as Hazel, Jonathan Nieves as Richie, Madison Thompson as Susan, and Maxwell Whittington-Cooper as Wally. While the challenge serves as a prequel to Randal Kleiser’s movie, we are able to count on to see one Grease character again in motion. Jackie Hoffman will tackle the function of the longer term Principal McGee who, in Rise of the Pink Ladies, is paying her dues because the Assistant Principal.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies cruises onto Paramount+ on April 6. You can take a look at the music video for “Grease Is The Word” under.