Tyler Perry's 'The Passion' brought back Hoobastank, and Twitter loved it

The reason is yooooo.
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Yohana Desta
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Hoobastank has risen. 

During Tyler Perry's special live event The Passion -- a musical about Jesus Christ -- the apostle Peter (Prince Royce) sang an emotionally-wrenching performance of ... "The Reason" by Hoobastank.

Because, you know, when you think about the Bible, you think about Hoobastank. 


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Executive producer Adam Anders says the song choice was his wife's idea, and that it was "perfect" for the musical. 

It was also perfect at catching viewers off guard. Hordes took to Twitter to share their delight/rage over the song choice. 













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Yohana Desta

Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.

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