How to Fail as a Popstar OST
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How to Fail as a Popstar is a compilation of songs from and inspired by Vivek Shraya’s beloved one-person show and her CBC Gem Original Series, airing Fall 2023.
Dry (Dream Version)
- Written & performed by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton
- Produced & mixed by James Bunton
I’m a fag 4 U (Sped Up Version)
- Written by Vivek Shraya
- Performed by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton
- Additional vocals by Shamik Bilgi, Adam Holman, and Derritt Mason
- Produced & mixed by James Bunton
Take Flight
- Written & performed by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton
- Produced & mixed by James Bunton
Showing Up (feat. Jully Black)
- Written by Vivek Shraya
- Performed by Vivek Shraya, Jully Black, and James Bunton
- Produced by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton
- Mixed by Darren McGill
Music Ur the 1 (Youth Talent Quest Interlude)
- Written by Johnny Spence and Vivek Shraya
- Performed by Johnny Spence, Vivek Shraya, and James Bunton
- Produced by Johnny Spence & Vivek Shraya
- Mixed by Johnny Spence
- Written by Vivek Shraya
- Performed by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton
- Produced & mixed by James Bunton
SOS (from If We’re Not Talking)
- Written by Vivek Shraya
- Performed by Vivek Shraya & Meghan Toohey
- Produced & mixed by Meghan Toohey
Take Flight (Mississauga Children’s Choir Version)
- Written by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton
- Choir vocal & piano arrangements by La-Nai Gabriel
- Performed by the Mississauga Children’s Choir:
Arev Arzumanian, Skylar Burgess, David Chang, Susan Chen, Adelyn Franco, Ana Gualdron, Abigail Joseph, Leiya Joshi, Ai Katargi, Vedika Kothari, Alysha Maingi, Ariana Maingi, Lucas McAlinden, Caitlin Moreira, Valeria Pinto, Lily Raic, Maya Raic, Nikita Spoletini, Harrison Staab, Langdon Staab, Zoe Venema-Hill, Zoe Yee.Executive Director: Caroline Suki. - Piano by Joel Goodfellow
- Conducted by Dr. Rebecca Strutt, with Camille Labonté and Anika Venkatesh
- Produced by Vivek Shraya
- Mixed by Patric McGroarty
The List (from How to Fail as a Popstar)
- From How to Fail as a Popstar,
written & created by Vivek Shraya, directed by Brendan Healy - Performed by Vivek Shraya & James Bunton
- Produced & mixed by James Bunton
- The original production of How to Fail as a Popstar was
commissioned & produced by Canadian Stage, Toronto, ON
- From How to Fail as a Popstar,
- Mastered by Heather Kirby
- Text edited by Trisha Yeo
- Photography by Vanessa Heins
- Design by Tim Singleton