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First Listen: Lea Michele and Hannah Cruz Sing "I Know Him So Well" From Chess Cast Recording

The album drops on April 10.

| Broadway |

April 9, 2026

Ghostlight Records has given us a first listen to the Chess cast album, which will be released for streaming on Friday, April 10.

Here, you can join the fun by listening to Lea Michele and Hannah Cruz’s big second-act showstopper, “I Know Him So Well.”

Chess stars Aaron Tveit, Michele, and Nicholas Christopher. The cast also features Cruz, Tony Award nominee Bryce Pinkham, Bradley Dean, and Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill. The ensemble includes Kyla Bartholomeusz, Daniel Beeman, Shavey Brown, Emma Degerstedt, Casey Garvin, Adam Halpin, Sarah Michele Lindsey, Michael Milkanin, Aleksandr Ivan Pevec, Aliah James, Sydney Jones, Sean MacLaughlin, Sarah Meahl, Chloé Nadon, Ramone Nelson, Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard, Michael Olaribigbe, Katerina Papacostas, Samantha Pollino, Adam Roberts, Regine Sophia, Travis Ward-Osborne, and Katie Webber.

In Chess, featuring music and lyrics by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, based on an idea by Rice, two of the greatest chess players in the world compete for something beyond victory as the woman between them is caught in a high-stakes battle of desire and devotion.

This production directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Lorin Latarro has a new book by Danny Strong, orchestrations by Anders Eljas and Brian Usifer, music supervision by Brian Usifer, and music direction by Ian Weinberger.

The album will be released on CD and vinyl later this year.

You can pre-save the album on all major streaming platforms here.