This Time (Glee song)

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This Time is an original Glee song written by Darren Criss for the series finale episode “Dreams Come True” (2015). Lea Michele, as Rachel Berry, performs it, and the track is credited to the Glee cast. The song appears on the EP Glee: The Music, Dreams Come True, released March 17, 2015, three days before the finale aired. After the EP’s release, This Time reached No. 49 on the Billboard Pop Digital Songs chart. Earlier in 2015 Criss became the first Glee cast member to contribute a song to the series with “Rise.”

Critics praised the song as a fitting farewell, highlighting Criss’s writing and Michele’s vocals, with the finale’s performances described as nostalgic yet hopeful. This Time was nominated for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015 and won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Song in a TV Show or Digital Series that year. Musically, the ballad is in G major at about 76 BPM, with a vocal range from D3 to E5. Lyrically, it reflects on life’s experiences and how they carry into the future, a sentiment Criss called a love note to all things Glee.