Disney’s Lemonade Mouth Trio Shares Heartfelt Then-and-Now Reunion
On August 1, 2024, Hayley Kiyoko posted a then-and-now photo with Bridgit Mendler and Naomi Scott, confirming their bond beyond the 2011 Disney film Lemonade Mouth.
Maya Rivers here, gathering verses from digital snapshots and childhood memories.
Ah, the fleeting chords of teenage dreams find fresh harmony in an Instagram scroll.
In her latest social-media sonnet, singer Hayley Kiyoko, 34, honored her long-standing friendship with fellow Lemonade Mouth stars Bridgit Mendler and Naomi Scott. The August 1 post opens with a present-day shot of the trio laughing beneath sunlit trees, overlaid with the lyric, “How many months have you been friends?” A sepia-tinged throwback follows, featuring their ribboned heads and insights from detention hall rehearsals, captioned simply, “Months?” Beneath the frame, Kiyoko wrote in bold affirmation, “We’ll always be more than a band.”
Their bond first blossomed on the set of the 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie, where Kiyoko, Mendler and Scott joined Adam Hicks and Blake Michael to form the fictional rock group Lemonade Mouth. Between detention rehearsals and a local battle-of-the-bands, the young actors recorded tracks that even cracked the Billboard Top 100, giving their coming-of-age anthem real-world echo.
Though the leading ladies have since charted independent courses—Kiyoko forging her identity in pop music, Mendler launching a space-startup after earning a law degree, and Scott starring in major film franchises—their camaraderie has never flattened like an expired vinyl. In October 2024, Scott, 32, confessed to MTV UK that her faux American accent still becomes the butt of her friends’ jokes: “Hayley and Bridgit actually take the piss out of me all the time for my American accent in Lemonade Mouth, because it was my first time doing it.”
Their solidarity surfaced again when Scott served as a bridesmaid at Mendler’s 2019 wedding. More recently, at the premiere of the horror film Smile 2, Scott singled out Mendler as the ideal ally in a supernatural showdown, admiring her “space-company founder meets legal scholar” resourcefulness to vanquish any movie demon.
The nostalgia doesn’t end with the girls of Lemonade Mouth. Clayton Snyder, known to Hilary Duff fans as Ethan Craft, traded acting roles for Pepperdine University water-polo matches and now thrives in Southern California’s real estate market. He told E! News that surprise recognition from clients proves his Disney legacy endures even as he sells luxury homes.
Adam Lamberg, the earnest David “Gordo” Gordon from Lizzie McGuire, stepped away from acting after a brief 2014 NCIS appearance and pursued geography studies at UC Berkeley before earning a Master’s in public administration. Meanwhile, Lalaine, who portrayed Miranda Sanchez on Lizzie McGuire, saw her entertainment career wobble after a music attempt and a 2007 pilot, culminating in legal troubles that steered her out of the spotlight.
Whether revisiting chart-topping hits or turning the page on childhood stardom, these former Disney Channel talents reveal that friendship and reinvention endure long after the closing credits roll.
And thus, we pause at the next verse, awaiting their future encore.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! News, MTV UK, Billboard
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