The Dropout: Elizabeth Holmes' Theme Song Is Deeper Than You Realize
Hulu’s The Dropout outlines the life of Elizabeth Holmes and her rise to power through her company Theranos, and the story is given deeper meaning by Holmes’ de facto theme song, “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)” by Alabama. The real Holmes was convicted in federal court on charges of fraud this year after financial duplicity involving her company, Theranos, famously unfolded in the public eye. The 1992 country tune stands out among the series’ soundtrack and underscores Holmes’ obsessive drive to succeed no matter the cost.
The Dropout features a time capsule playlist of '00s songs, but Alabama’s “I’m in a Hurry” is an important contrast to its peers. Holmes (played by Twin Peak’s Amanda Seyfried), is depicted in The Dropout with such ambition that her regard for humanity takes a backseat. Holmes’ signature anthem (she listed “I’m in a Hurry” as her favorite song in her high school yearbook) gives viewers a deeper glimpse into how Holmes’ drive to accomplish big things at a young age was unencumbered by time.
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“I’m in a Hurry” bears a sense of impatience that turns anthemic for Holmes. In The Dropout episode 1 (aptly titled “I’m in a Hurry”), Holmes attends a college program in Beijing, China before she begins at Stanford. Holmes’ investment in education isn’t shared by her dormmates, who mock her when she speaks to them in Mandarin. She tries out the language once again on a male student who rejects her, but Holmes’ future paramour and Theranos CCO Ramesh «Sunny» Balwani overhears and is impressed (Balwani’s character in The Dropout is played by Naveen Andrews). Episode 1 features the Alabama track with its chorus, “I'm in a hurry to
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