The two have a heated argument, after which Coloratura renounces her childhood nickname.Īs Applejack helps Pinkie Pie meet Svengallop's demands, she tries to think of a way to convince Coloratura that her manager is manipulating her. Coloratura is in disbelief at Applejack's accusations toward Svengallop, and she thinks Applejack is simply jealous of her fame. Applejack overhears and brings it to Coloratura's attention. Meanwhile, Svengallop meets with Pinkie Pie and piles more hard-to-meet demands upon her, threatening to pull Coloratura out of the festival if his demands are not met.
Applejack is pleased that a glimmer of her old friend still remains. Coloratura happily meets the foals of Ponyville and announces a contest in which the winners will sing on stage with her during the festival. When a meet-and-greet with school foals is next on Coloratura's schedule, Svengallop suggests skipping it, but Coloratura refuses, saying that meeting school ponies is her favorite part of any event. Her spectacle is met with mostly positive reception, but Applejack finds it too flashy, and all of Svengallop's praise is toward the "bells and whistles" rather than Coloratura's singing. In her rehearsal for the Music Festival, Countess Coloratura performs a techno-pop song with backup dancers and strobe lights. Svengallop demonstrates his exceedingly high standards further in his interactions with Pinkie Pie when he judges the festival preparations.Īpplejack confides in Rarity that she hardly recognizes the pony she once knew, but Rarity insists she'll change her mind once she sees Countess Coloratura perform.Ĭountess Coloratura performs The Spectacle. When Countess Coloratura arrives in an extravagant manner, Applejack tries to approach her, but her manager Svengallop's intervention causes her to act aloof and pompous. Even though they eventually lost touch, Applejack remembers Coloratura as a kind pony and dismisses the idea of her becoming a demanding diva. As fellow campers, the two were close and performed together in a talent show, and Applejack knew Coloratura by the nickname "Rara". Though Applejack doesn't know who Countess Coloratura is, she remembers befriending a pony named Coloratura at Camp Friendship when she was a filly. Rara performing Equestria, the Land I Love with great passion. " Who in the hay is "Countess Coloratura"?" - Applejack Countess Coloratura Twilight Sparkle mentions that they have a long list of performers lined up, but thanks to Pinkie Pie, they have managed to book the most popular pop singer in Equestria: Coloratura. The episode opens with Applejack overseeing the organization of the Helping Hooves Music Festival, with help from her friends. Gasp! Applejack doesn't know Countess Coloratura?! The song The Magic Inside has been nominated for "Outstanding Original Song" at the 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards.
Some working titles for this episode include "The Fame Game", "Pony Face" (a parody of Lady Gaga's song " Poker Face"), "Glitter and Eat Hay" (a parody of " Glitter and Be Gay" from the Leonard Bernstein operetta Candide), "Ornamentation Complication", "Elation Fixation", and "Pony of Pop". Īccording to Rogers, several scenes had to be shortened for time such as Svengallop's downfall, in which he is outright fired by Coloratura rather than voluntarily abandoning her. The episode was released early on YouTube by the channel HasbroEpisodes, eight hours before its scheduled air time.īackground designs for the episode were designed by Rebecca Dart, Kora Kosicka, Charmaine Verhagan, Fernanda Ribeiro, and Matt Herring. The clip features Hall's character and song for the episode. Īn animatic clip from the episode was screened at San Diego Comic-Con International on July 10, 2015. On April 14, 2015, Rogers pointed out that this episode would be her last for the series. The same day, Amy Keating Rogers revealed on Twitter that she wrote the episode. Lena Hall recorded her dialogue for this episode on October 27, 2014.