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First Listen: "The Other One" From Love in Hate Nation, New Joe Iconis Cast Recording

The recording of the musical set in a 1960s girls’ reformatory will be available for streaming tomorrow.

Zachary Stewart
Kelly McIntyre and Amina Faye sing "The Other One in Love in Hate Nation''.
Kelly McIntyre and Amina Faye appeared in the Two River Theater production of Love in Hate Nation, and are featured on the original cast recording.
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Tomorrow, Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of the Two River Theater production of Love in Hate Nation. With book, music, and lyrics by Joe Iconis (Be More Chill), Love in Hate Nation is about a depressed, Black, queer teenage girl named Susannah Son who is sent by her white adoptive father to the National Reformatory for Girls.

In his review for TheaterMania, critic Pete Hempstead noted that the love duets between Susannah and Sheila (another inmate) "stand out from the rest."

You can hear one of those duets, "The Other One," in an exclusive first listen below. It features original cast members Amina Faye and Kelly McIntyre. Love in Hate Nation is now available to pre-order or to pre-save on Spotify. The album officially drops Friday, February 11.