Pretending (Glee song)

"Pretending" is an original song from the second season of the American musical comedy-drama Glee, entitled "New York". The episode included two other original songs: "As Long as You're There" and "Light Up the World". The song was featured on the show's Volume 6 soundtrack.

The song was written by Adam Anders, Peer Astrom and Shelly Peiken.[1]

## Context

[edit]

Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson perform the duet to an enthusiastic audience at Nationals (a metaphor for their rocky relationship and uncertain future). They conclude the song by kissing each other, stunning the entire theatre into silence and "likely ruining their chances of a win with such a blatant display of unprofessionalism".[2]

## Critical reception

[edit]

PopCrush described the song as "heartfelt...one-of-a-kind" song as "the gem of the 'Glee' originals we've seen so far", noting it's "especially poignant" for "encompass[ing] the [Season 2] roller coaster ride" and for not providing "clear answers" to the "destiny" of Rachel and Finn's "broken relationship"; the site rated the song 4 and a half stars out of 5.[3] Idolator called the song a "heartfelt ballad", and partially incorrectly predicted the song would "hit an emotional story beat possibly involving the on-again/off-again lovebirds working out their feelings for each other" rather than being performed as a song at Nationals.[1] Blogcritics deemed it "a heck of a love duet",[2] while Screencrave said it had "heartfelt lyrics and a performance to match by both."[4] Twocents TV wrote the song was "not as good as Faithfully" (performed in the finale of Season 1 - Part 1) and that the "unprofessional and vulgar" performance "just added to the Finchel distaste".[5] DouxReviews gave the song a grade of B+.[6] Jacksonville.com deemed it "forgettable", writing "the duet improves with multiple listens, but still pales to previous Rachel/Finn numbers".[7]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "The Cast Of 'Glee' Isn't "Pretending" On Their Latest Original Tune". Idolator. 14 May 2011.
2. ^ a b JeromeWetzelTV (26 May 2011). "TV Review: Glee – "New York"". Blogcritics.
3. ^ "'Glee' Cast (Rachel and Finn), 'Pretending' – Song Review". PopCrush. 21 May 2011.
4. ^ "Glee: Season 2 Episode 22: New York -TV Review". ScreenCrave. Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
5. ^ "Glee – Recap & Review – New York". TwoCentsTV.
6. ^ Harry Earle. "Doux Reviews: Glee: New York". douxreviews.com.
7. ^ "Top 5 Quotes from 'Glee's' 'New York' episode". jacksonville.com.

* v
* t
* e

Glee

* Awards and nominations
* Merchandise

Seasons|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6

Characters|

| Main|

* Quinn Fabray
* Kurt Hummel
* Terri Schuester
* Sue Sylvester
* Emma Pillsbury
* Artie Abrams
* Rachel Berry
* Finn Hudson
* Will Schuester
* Mercedes Jones
* Noah Puckerman
* Tina Cohen-Chang
* Brittany Pierce
* Burt Hummel
* Santana Lopez
* Blaine Anderson
* Mike Chang
* Sam Evans
* Marley Rose
* Ryder Lynn
* Unique Adams
* Kitty Wilde
* Coach Beiste

|

Recurring|

* Lauren Zizes
* Dave Karofsky
* Shelby Corcoran
* Holly Holliday
* Rory Flanagan
* Elliott Gilbert

Albums|

* Volume 1
* Volume 2
* Volume 3 Showstoppers
* The Christmas Album
* Volume 4
* Volume 5
* Presents the Warblers
* Volume 6
* The 3D Concert Movie
* The Christmas Album Volume 2
* Volume 7
* The Graduation Album
* Season 4, Volume 1
* The Christmas Album Volume 3
* Sings the Beatles
* Celebrating 100 Episodes

Extended plays|

* The Power of Madonna
* Journey to Regionals
* The Rocky Horror Glee Show
* Britney 2.0
* Presents Glease
* The Quarterback
* The Christmas Album Volume 4

Songs|

| Seasons|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6

|

Original|

* "Get It Right"
* "Loser like Me"
* "Pretending"
* "Light Up the World"
* "This Time"

Related|

* Glee Live! In Concert!
* The Glee Project
* Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
* "See the USA in Your Chevrolet"

* Category

This 2010s pop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template