Scarlet is the main character of the series, she’s a hardworking young woman with big dreams of becoming a global superstar. She has passion, fire, and drive, but also self doubt, and the inability to read a room (or other peoples feelings towards her). She’s a leader, however, so she knows how to take charge. Scarlet stands up for what she believes is right, and won’t take shit from anyone! She’s creative, innovative, and always has a solution.  She also has a unique way of getting herself into trouble, but an even more unique way of getting out of it. Scarlet still has struggles despite her confident attitude. She came from a school where she was bullied, and is mourning the loss of her father due to gun violence. There’s a lot of anger in Scarlet causing her to lash out and turn to her music for her salvation. She represents those who work hard, and have tunnel vision aspirations. 

Randall is the male lead of the show, and the inevitable love interest of Scarlet. He’s incredibly talented, which in turn has turned him into an arrogant young man.   Underneath his facade he harbors anger and resentment, but is it his talent or is it his troubled home life that is the focal point of said anger? Randall’s character arc throughout season one is him turning from Scarlet’s foe, into her frenemy, and then into her best friend. Randall is incredibly loyal, but has deep rooted emotional issues which cause him to put up very high walls that are masked by arrogance and pride. He’s a walking representation of every young kid with a secret, a secret that is kept up until season five. 

Our next star is Stone Briggs Cornelius, Stone is an asshole. At a very early age, it was widely acknowledged that he was a musical prodigy, so he grew up living his life as a local star. He was pushed very hard to perform perfectly, and thus when he would mess up- he’d have music stands thrown at him. In his own words ‘It really inspired me, you know? Made me wanna be better!’ It was also at this moment that he recognized that he was a masochist. He is aloof, arrogant, and somewhat charming. He is a chick magnet, despite none of the friend group thinking he is cool, and or, good looking. This however does not phase Stone, as he is a masochist, and doesn’t care for the girls who throw themselves at him. Stone is impervious to any criticism, and unmoved by any praise. Stone is Stone. He represents nobody but himself.

Dawson is a strange young boy with urges that nobody needs to hear about, but have to hear about anyway due to his constant need to talk about masturbation. He clearly has psychological issues that pretty much go ignored by the gang because they’re all children. Dawson is a solid musician, but somewhat of a freak. He’s obsessed with Katrina, and will stop at nothing to get but one kiss from her. Dawson provides comic relief, and often busts out with some crazy sayings. He also is a representative for how most of Gen Z has developed way too fast.

Katrina is the school's sweetheart! She is pure, innocent, and naive but with a catch! Katrina is fiercely competitive, and always willing to go for the jugular when it comes to musical theater. She is known to break out into random broadway style songs, and to force people to fall in love with each other against their will. Katrina is a boss, but she needs to be liked by everyone around her. So she makes it her mission to get Scarlet, and the emo kids, to be her friends. It somewhat works seeing as one of the kids, Dawson, is madly in love with her. Karina doesn’t seem to care for him, however. She is more focused on tap dancing, operatic style singing, and Percy Jackson. She’s a representation of sweet and sour.

The final member of the main cast we have is Darryl. Aside from his once in a blue moon lines, he’s just sort of there with everybody else. He has no opinions nor personality traits.  He is just there, and he plays bass in Randall’s band. No one knows anything about his background, what he does outside of school, or what he does inside of school. The gang has just accepted that he is a part of the gang, and he hangs around— and they all like him. He’s a representation of charming, likeable, and calm young adults.