This Session Is Going to Be Different

This Session Is Going to Be Different
Performer(s): Dr. Noelle Akopian — First Appearance: "Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!"

This session is going to be different, it’s going to be so different I know...

— Dr. Noelle Akopian, “Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!”

“This Session Is Going to Be Different” is s musical performance by Dr. Noelle Akopian. In this song she hopes that her latest therapy session with Rebecca proves more successful than her previous attempts to help her patient. It’s first appearance was in the Season Three episode “Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!”.

Song and lyrics

Broadcast version

Lyrics: This session is going to be different it’s going to be so different I know... This patient won’t be indifferent This time around she’ll want to grow... I’ve been burned so many times by the girl who’s committed so many burn crimes. Yet I never lost hope or endurance. Thank God I don’t accept health insurance. I charge 250 dollars an hour now. This session is gonna be useful... if she’s truthful about how she feels... So I’ll give it my all with my requisite therapy shawl... Kiss my fancy degrees on the wall for good luck... That it’s gonna be different... I can help her be different... Sweet Jesus, it has to be different! Cause if it’s not... I fricken quit!!!

Explicit version

Lyrics: This session is going to be different it’s going to be so different I know... This patient won’t be indifferent This time around she’ll want to grow... I’ve been burned so many times by the girl who’s committed so many burn crimes. Yet I never lost hope or endurance. Thank God I don’t accept health insurance. I charge 250 dollars an hour now. This session is gonna be useful... if she’s truthful about how she feels... So I’ll give it my all with my requisite therapy shawl... Kiss my fancy degrees on the wall for good luck... That it’s gonna be different... I can help her be different... Sweet Jesus, it has to be different! Cause if it’s not... I fucking quit!!!

Notes

Homage

This musical number seems to be inspired by the song “Maybe This Time” from the 1972 film “Cabaret” staring Liza Minnelli. The movie was an adaptation of the 1966 stage musical of the same name which originally did not have this song as one of its numbers. It was only officially added decades later in 1998 revivals of the production. In the movie the character of Sally Bowles, portrayed by Minnelli, sings of her hope that this time her love affair is going to last.

Production

Co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna posted a brief video of Michael Hyatt recording the song in a recording studio on her Twitter. According to Aline, Michael's voice didn't need any autotuning or correction for the final recording.