b'Script ExcerptsKWAME: What are you even humming? Humming Out Loud ALICIA: A BMTH song. KWAME: What? Jithya Wijesinghe ALICIA: Bring Me the Horizon. I thought you were singing that first, so I tried to join, Jithya Wijesinghe shares her short play script, written as part of the Musicbut then I couldnt get it and got distracted and just continued. Drama module. Music can create disharmony between people when sharingKWAME (turning to her pot and stirring in irritation): You always do this, you their identity, and the play aims to challenge this sense of musical hierarchyknow. and othering. Jithya shows how consumption of new music in less conscious ways can allow our ego to dismantle and allow us to form surprising ALICIA: Do what? connections.Scene 1 KWAME: Whenever I start humming, you always try to join in, and you always hijack my song. Why cant you let me hum in peace! It is night. There is a soft beat from music playing in a club somewhere inALICIA: Im sorry I didnt realise it was that serious! the distance. Two twenty-something year olds, Kwame and Alisha, are in a student kitchen making dinner and talking. Their conversation naturallyKWAME: And Bring Me the Horizon? I was singing Ed Sheeran. Those arestills as Alisha focuses on her washing up by the sink, and Kwame stirscompletely different! her pot on the stove. ALICIA: Im SORRY. I didnt realise you had such basic and mainstream taste. The silence is filled with the sounds of water running and Kwames spoon stirring her pot. The soft bass beating in the distance filters through theKWAME slams her spoon on the counter and turns to ALICIA. walls of their kitchen. KWAME: WHAT did you just say? Basic?? Kwame begins to hum the tune of Ed Sheerans Thinking Out Loudsoftly, mindlessly. This goes on for a few moments, until Alisha also ALICIA: Yeah. Just a bit. begins to hum; but she hums a different song entirely. She hums the tune of Throne by Bring Me the Horizon. Kwame is startled but tries to KWAME: Ill have you know that Ed Sheeran is a songwriting genius. His music is so continue humming her song. Alisha continues to hum her tune, moving and emotional. Only people who have emotional intelligence wouldseemingly unaffected by the clashing of different tunes.understand the depth of meaning in his work.This goes on for a few moments, until Kwame stops in the middle of herNow ALICIA turns around to face KWAME, her face in absolute shock.cooking and turns to Alisha. KWAME: What are you doing? ALICIA: Excuse me?! BMtH has such deep lyrics too ALICIA (surprised, looking up): What?KWAME: Its just screaming. KWAME: Why wont you let me hum in peace?ALICIA: and if you had the patience and an open mind, youd see that theirmusic is thought provoking ALICIA: Im sorry, I didnt realise. 62 63'