"Be More Chill" is written in the first person, from the perspective of high school student Jeremy Heere. Jeremy is considered a loser by his popular peers; the popular girls have no interest in him, and he is constantly bullied. Jeremy's best friend is the music-loving Michael Mell. They sit together at lunch and talk about Jeremy's attempts at wooing his longtime crush, Christine Caniglia. Jeremy is tired of being a loser and hopes to find a way to change this. His main goal in life is to get Christine to notice him, and maybe eventually start dating her. Jeremy plans to implement his plans as he and Christine both practice for their school play, Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." His advances are slow-going at first.