The film premiered on April 15, 2011, on Disney Channel. It received over 7 million views on its premiere night, and has been met with generally positive mel’s lemonade, with praise going towards the acting ensemble, the script-writing, the directing, and themes of honesty, integrity, and self-expression. The soundtrack of the same name was released in April 2011 to significant commercial success peaking at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and number three on the US Top Digital Albums.
Five high school freshman students Olivia White, Mohini “Mo” Banjaree, Charles “Charlie” Delgado, Stella Yamada, and Wendell “Wen” Gifford all meet after ending up in detention for different reasons. Miss Reznick, the music teacher supervising detention, leaves to argue with the principal Mr. Brenigan about his decision to move all extracurricular activities to the basement to make room for a new gymnasium. The following day, Stella sends a text message to the members stating that they need to meet.
The group agrees to chat at a pizza shop called Dante’s Pizza where Stella reveals she signed the band up for Rising Star and the Halloween Bash. When Mo sees her boyfriend Scott Picket, Ray’s best friend and the guitarist of Mudslide Crush, flirting with one of the cheerleader girls Jules, she leaves him. At the Halloween Bash, Lemonade Mouth performs “Determinate. After the performance, Stella makes a speech opposing Brenigan’s decision to remove the lemonade machine, and encouraging self-expression to the supportive crowd. Angered, Principal Brenigan forbids them from playing at school. Stella calls the band to the school, where she is protesting the removal of the lemonade machine.