At San Diego Comic-Con 2023, Paramount+ revealed the first look at the upcoming ninth episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2, which will be a musical-themed episode, the first-ever in Star Trek franchise history.

In addition, following an advance screening of episode seven of the current season at SDCC 2023, the highly anticipated Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Star Trek Lower Decks special crossover episode will have a surprise early drop and be available to stream today, starting at 7 pm ET on Paramount+ in the U.S. and all Paramount+ international markets exclusively on the service.

With the early drop of episode seven, the updated Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season-two global release schedule on Paramount+ is as follows:

• Saturday, July 22 – Episode 207, “Those Old Scientists”
• Thursday, July 27 – Episode 208, “Under the Cloak of War”
• Thursday, August 3 – Episode 209, “Subspace Rhapsody”
• Thursday, August 10 – Episode 210 (Season Finale), “Hegemony”

The special musical episode “Subspace Rhapsody” will feature 10 original songs, plus a “Subspace Rhapsody” version of the series’ main title, with music and lyrics by Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo) and Tom Polce (Letters to Cleo, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). PRE-SAVE the “Subspace Rhapsody” soundtrack on all available digital music streaming platforms.

Check out the Star Trek musical teaser below:

Prepare for the musical event of the season! ? #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #StarTrekSDCC pic.twitter.com/XnQd16mvD2

— Star Trek (@StarTrek) July 22, 2023