I love it when Armand Hutton is in both his rebellious activist stage as well as his opera/musical theatre best life. Having spent the last few years treading the boards in a few stage productions, you can tell the influence in both the scope and style of the music he's writing and the way he's currently performing.

While steeped in the troubles facing the United States for the past year as the subject matter (there is a slight nod to Luigi Mangione and the healthcare system near the bridge), Resist is every bit the Disney masterpiece.

"The power is with us when we fight as one" and "We'll beat the Devil and his sons" are the eeriest and "ear"iest of earworms. The song sounds like it was either lifted right out of Prince of Egypt or Les Miserables, or a trunk song from either Hunchback of Notre Dame or Faust. Like it's that epic and that slightly overwrought, but you are damned to dislike it because it's just that infectious.

The production is intense and atmospheric — there is a cold exterior overall that feeds into the dystopian nature of the song. And yet, the sounds keeps expanding with each verse and chorus. You hear and understand the story from Hutton's crisp yet melodious diction and voice. He's working on all cylinders as a soloist on this one. And it helps that the song is backed by the sonorous voices of the Oakwood University Aeolians, one of the best collegiate choirs in the country. The choir provides every vocal color and inflection that one could imagine and not know is needed to present this song to the listening audience.

When I first started listening to this single, I didn't get it. I thought it was such a departure from Hutton's previous work, but the more I listened the more essential it became to live inside the song. I can't wait for the musical that's sure to come from this (and I know a good director). It's one I won't be able to resist.