Start of Something New

## Music Video

* Nini Version
* Live Performance

“**Start of Something New**” is the first song in the original High School Musical. A new rendition of the song was featured in “The Auditions!” the first episode of *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* sung by Olivia Rodrigo as Nini Salazar-Roberts.

## Background

In the spin-off series *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*, the song is performed by students Nini (Olivia Rodrigo), E.J. (Matt Cornett) and Gina (Sofia Wylie) as their audition song to star in East High's production of *High School Musical*. An acoustic version featuring Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett was also recorded and uploaded on DisneyMusicVevo's channel on YouTube.

## Summary

When E.J. cheers on Nini on her audition, this causes Ms. Jenn to react and spill her drink on the control panel. Ms. Jenn says she will just have to sing without lights. Nini sings this with a piano at the first verse. Then Ricky lights on his phone flashlight following E.J. doing the same causing already a rivalry. Ricky's light fades into a spotlight. As mentioned earlier in the episode, Nini is on the stage, with a red dress and spotlights everywhere but she doesn't sing. This is what happened but Nini actually sings the song. At the outro, the scene fades back to the auditorium with the lights back on.

## Lyrics

* Live Duet
* Nini version

Livin' in my own world

Didn't understand

That anything can happen

When you take a chance

I never believed in

What I couldn't see

I never opened my heart

To all the possibilities, oooh

I know

That something has changed

Never felt this way

And right here tonight

This could be the...

Start of something new

It feels so right

To be here with you oh

And now lookin' in your eyes

I feel in my heart

I feel in my heart

The start of something new

Oh, yeah

Now who'd have ever thought that, hm

We'd both be here tonight

And the world looks so much brighter, oh

Brighter, brighter

With you by my side

By my side

I know

That something has changed

Never felt this way

I know it for

Real

This could be the

Start of something new

It feels so right to be here with you, oh

And now lookin' in your eyes

I feel in my heart

The start of something new

I never knew that it could happen

'Til it happened to me, oh yeah

I didn't know it before

But know it's easy to

See, oh

It's the start of something new

It feels so right to be here with you, oh

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart...that it's the...

Start of something new

It feels so

Right, oh

To be here with you

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart

I feel in my heart

The start of something new

The start of something new

The start of

Something new

Livin' in my own world

Didn't understand

That anything can happen

When you take a chance

I never believed in

What I couldn't see

I never opened my heart

To all the possibilities, oooh

I know

That something has changed

Never felt this way

And right here tonight

This could be the start of something new

It feels so right to be here with you, oh

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart

The start of something new

I never knew that it could happen

'Til it happened to me, oh yeah

I didn't know it before

But know it's easy to

See, oh

It's the start of something new

It feels so right to be here with you, oh

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart

The start of something new

## Trivia

* This is the first song Nini sings from "High School Musical".
* The second verse, chorus are cut from this version.
* The backing vocal from the studio version is not featured in the episode version.