Background

Jorge Rivera-Herrans started working on the musical around June of 2019 for his senior thesis for college. He wanted to create a musical that was inspired by video games and anime to "emulate their addictive sense of progression". He was heavily inspired by these media forms and references them throughout the musical. On January 17th, 2021, he uploaded his first video on TikTok where he introduced the musical by singing an older draft of Full Speed Ahead. He soon released other excerpts of songs from the musical and began to garner an audience.

On January 17th, 2021, he uploaded his first video on TikTok where he introduced the musical by singing an older draft of Full Speed Ahead. He soon released other excerpts of songs from the musical and began to garner an audience.