I Did Something Bad

Accolades:

2025 WGI Independent A Class Finalist 

Show Synopsis:

Darkness falls on an abandoned factory as sirens wail and chaos erupts. I Did Something Bad plunges the audience into a high-energy mystery, with the drumline sprinting onto the floor as crooks on the run. Using Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do as its source, the opening section is frantic and explosive, each rhythm capturing the tension of a heist gone wrong. The movement ends in a burst of intensity before the crooks duck into the shadows, attempting to cover their tracks. The music shifts into a hushed, jazz-inspired arrangement of Don’t Blame Me, where every note tiptoes with suspicion, and the performers embody the nervous stillness of criminals hoping to evade capture.

But silence doesn’t last. A soft snare roll is shattered by the crack of a gunshot, and the energy surges back with full force. The bass line drives the finale, pounding away on metal barrels from the set as Taylor Swift’s I Did Something Badpropels the show toward its climactic ending. Just as the mystery seems solved, a final twist reveals itself: a glowing signal emerges, and a caped crusader arrives to avenge a fallen partner. The crooks may think they got away with something, but in the end, justice is hot on their trail.

Tempo Range: 120 - 172

Instrumentation:

• Snares
• Tenors (5)
• Basses (5)
• Cymbals
• Glock/Xylo/Crotales
• Vibes 1
• Vibes 2
• Vibes 3
• Marimba 1
• Marimba 2
• Marimba 3
• Mallet Station
• Synthesizer
• Electric Guitar
• Bass Guitar
• Drumset
• Aux Perc