Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The official video for “Masochist” from the Love in Hate Nation Original Cast Recording featuring Emerson Mae Smith, Sydney Farley, Amina Faye, Jasmine Forsberg, Lauren Marcus, Kelly McIntyre, Lena Skeele, and Tatiana Wechsler. Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis.

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Video by ZANNI Productions
Director of Photography: Jon Burklund
Camera: Carlos Cardona
Editors: Adele Overbey and Jon Burklund

About LOVE IN HATE NATION: A turbulent rock romance by Joe Iconis, composer and lyricist of the worldwide sensation Be More Chill! Set in a 1960s Juvie Hall, Love in Hate Nation tells the story of young people caught between eras of a changing America. Sixteen-year old Susannah Son is carted off to the National Reformatory for Girls to get her head put on straight. There she meets the aggressively incorrigible Sheila Nail, and a relationship forms which leads to an all-out “revolution in the institution” as they attempt to break out of the boxes society has created around them. Girl Group Wall of Sound harmonies are filtered through a punk rock spirit in this rebellious and romantic new musical.

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Lyrics:
THE CAT DON’T CHOOSE TO PURR                        
THE LIGHT DON’T CHOOSE TO BUZZ
WEATHER DON’T CHOOSE TO OCCUR
IT JUST DOES
 
ELECTRO SHOCKS DON’T ELECT TO STING
MEDICATION DON’T SELECT TO FIZZ
BUTTERFLY DON’T TRY TO BE A BEAUTIFUL THING
SHE JUST IS
AND HEY HEY THE WAY THAT I FEEL
THEY TRY TO SAY THAT IT ISN’T REAL
BUT I DON’T CHOOSE WHO I AM
I JUST EXIST
CUZ I MAY BE A QUEER, BUT
 
HEY, BABY, I AIN’T NO MASOCHIST
 
THE FIRE GOTTA MAKE SOME SMOKE
REBEL GOTTA RAISE HER VOICE
THE SYSTEM DOESN’T HAVE TO BE BROKE
BECAUSE UNLIKE US THE SYSTEM HAS A CHOICE
 
AND HEY HEY THE WAY THAT WE ARE
THEY TRY TO SAY THAT IT’S SO BIZARRE
THEY TELL ME HOW TO BE
I FIGHT BACK, I PERSIST
CUZ I MAY BE A BITCH BUT
 
HEY, BABY, I AIN’T NO MASOCHIST
UH UH
HEY, BABY, I AIN’T NO MASOCHIST
UH UH
HEY, BABY
THE WORLD CAN CLAIM IT’S ALL LIES
BUT AIN’T NOBODY GONNA TELL ME OTHERWISE
 
I JUST WANNA TRANSCEND
I WON’T STOP UNTIL
THEY CAN ALL COMPREHEND
THAT I AM NOT ILL
 
I ALREADY KNOW THAT I’M WHOLE
NOT SOMETHING IN BETWEEN
 
NOW, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL
IS I JUST WANNA BE
 
I JUST WANNA BE
 
I JUST WANNA BE SEEN
 
AND HEY HEY THE WAY THAT I FEEL
 
OO-OO
 
DON'T TRY TO SAY THAT IT ISN’T REAL
 
OO-OO
 
CUZ WITH THE TERROR THAT I FEEL
EVERY DAY
TELL ME WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND                     
WOULD CHOOSE TO FEEL THIS WAY
 
LET THEM SHACKLE ME DOWN
I WILL ALWAYS RESIST
 
I REFUSE TO BE ETERNALLY
DEGRADED AND DISMISSED
I LOVE WHO I AM
I DEMAND TO EXIST
 
AND I WILL NOT PLAY THE VICTIM TODAY CAUSE
 
HEY, BABY, I AIN’T NO MASOCHIST
UH UH HEY, BABY, I AIN’T NO MASOCHIST
UH UH HEY, BABY, I AIN’T NO MASOCHIST
UH UH HEY, BABY, I AIN’T NO MASOCHIST
UH UH HEY, BABY
 
YOU CAN CLAIM IT’S ALL LIES
 
ONE DAY EVERYBODY GONNA RECOGNIZE
I’M NOT WEARING ANY PHONY FAKE DISGUISE
MY EXISTENCE SHOULDN’T BE A COMPROMISE
AIN’T NOBODY GONNA TELL ME OTHERWISE