High School Musical 2: "Gotta Go My Own Way"

This is my favourite song out of High School Musical 2. It's called Gotta Go My Own Way, sung by Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), which is also a most emotional moment in the film as she decides to break up with Troy Bolton (Zac Efron). Word has it that Zac does his own singing in HSM2 as opposed to mostly using songwriter Drew Seely's voice in the first installment.

Somehow I find Troy's innocent mannerisms, especially in this video, appealing. He almost always looks helpless and coy, in contrast to Gabriella, who appears a much stronger person.



For some reason, I favour Gabriella's solos in both movies. In the first installment, my favourite song was When There Was Me and You, when Gabriella feels heartbroken thinking Troy doesn't love her. (Gasp! I think I'm seeing a pattern here!) And I don't even mind that Vanessa's voice is very much studio-produced, and that anyone could tell. The music sounds nice, and poppish. Just the way I like it!

Oh yeah, and emotional too.

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Ps. Go watch Hairspray and root for Seaweed and Penny!