Paramount+ has finally revealed that the upcoming ninth episode of season two of its hit original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will be a musical themed episode, the first ever in Star Trek franchise history. The reveal was made during the Trek Universe presentation in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con. In addition, a first look at the teaser trailer for the episode, titled “Subspace Rhapsody,” was released during the presentation.
The special musical episode “Subspace Rhapsody” will feature 10 original songs, plus a “Subspace Rhapsody” version of the series’ main title, with music and lyrics by Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo) and Tom Polce (Letters to Cleo, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend).
Watch the brilliant teaser for “Subspace Rhapsody” in the player below:
You can also pre-save the ten song soundtrack to your favourite streaming service right here.
With the surprise release of the crossover episode with Star Trek: Lower Decks, Paramount+ has released an updated schedule for the remaining episodes of season 2. The new schedule confirms that season finale, “Hegemony”, moves up by a full week to August 10, 2023.
- Saturday, July 22 – Episode 207, “Those Old Scientists”
- Thursday, July 27 – Episode 208, “Under the Cloak of War”
- Thursday, August 3 – Episode 209, “Subspace Rhapsody”
- Thursday, August 10 – Episode 210 (Season Finale), “Hegemony”
A stunning poster for the musical episode also made its debut during today’s Hall H presentation:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds stars Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Rebecca Romjin as Number One and Ethan Peck as Spock. Joining them are Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas, Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga and Bruce Horak as Hemmer.
New episodes of Strange New Worlds premiere Thursdays via Paramount+ in the US and UK.