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00:00:16My name is Casey Reed. No one knows I'm the heiress of Reed Records. The billion-dollar
00:00:22music empire, or that I'm Echo, the anonymous producer who swept the Grammys. I chose to
00:00:29stay invisible, because I fell for the one man I shouldn't have, Dexter Hayes, the rock
00:00:35star I secretly built from the ground up. I'm his assistant, his lover, and his
00:00:41ghostwriter. We share the same music, but never the same spotlight.
00:00:47Will you spit in my mouth?
00:00:59Dex, we're backstage. Someone might see us.
00:01:04I am so done hiding you. I have no idea what you do to me, Casey, how you make me
00:01:10feel.
00:01:11You are my favorite song. I lose control. My little man.
00:01:25I want you, Dex. I need you.
00:01:35Because you're already mine, I'm gonna call you on that stage tonight. I'm gonna sing
00:01:42the song that I wrote to you. I'm gonna kiss you in front of everybody. I'm gonna claim
00:01:47every inch of you. Note by note. In front of the whole world.
00:02:08Hey, Case, um, what's with all the secret phone calls? Just, what are you hiding?
00:02:14Nothing. It's just work stuff. Okay.
00:02:19It's time I come clean, too. Once he finishes this concert, the echo mask will come off.
00:02:26And I can finally be the real me. His echo and his Casey.
00:02:33You are gonna be my lucky charm tonight, like always.
00:02:49I can't wait to make you my wife.
00:03:00You are gonna be my lucky charm tonight, like always.
00:03:09I love you, I love you.
00:03:11I love you, Sandy, I love you.
00:03:12I love you, Sandy, I love you.
00:03:13I love you.
00:03:18I love you.
00:03:23And now, for the star of our show, the world's hottest pop star, and my soulmate, Dexter Hayes!
00:03:36Wait for me, right here?
00:03:40Dexter Hayes is my ticket to the top of the charts, but I'll never lock him down as long as
00:03:45he's in bed with his grumpy assistant.
00:03:49A lot of applause for Scarlet Heart, everybody!
00:03:54Fans already love us. Dexter Hayes, you will be mine.
00:04:00Scarlet Heart. Dexter Hayes' groupie-turned-wannabe pop queen.
00:04:04She's always throwing herself at my boyfriend.
00:04:07Maybe once he puts a ring on it tonight, she'll finally take the hint.
00:04:11I've got a really special one for you all tonight. Hope you enjoy.
00:04:24Shit! The backing mix is corrupted. I can't let Dexter's show get ruined. Echo can fix this.
00:04:34Are you here? I need your help.
00:04:38What the hell is she up to?
00:04:43Well, I guess the, uh, system couldn't handle all of our energy and good vibes, so...
00:04:48I'll be right back.
00:04:53There. Your gear from the studio.
00:04:56Or should I say Echo's gear?
00:04:58Dad! We've talked about this. In public, I am not your daughter, and I'm not Echo.
00:05:03But Dexter should know how hard you've worked for him.
00:05:06You made him the star he is.
00:05:10I'm telling him tonight.
00:05:11But for now, I have a tractor remix.
00:05:14Oh, that's my girl.
00:05:18When Dexter sees this, he'll dump that little cheater and run straight into my arms.
00:05:41Oh, my God. These are the arrangements of all of Dexter's hit songs.
00:05:45Is Casey... Echo?
00:05:48Echo?
00:05:49Echo?
00:05:56Time to save Dexter's concert.
00:05:58Play Dexter! Play Dexter!
00:06:01God, where's Casey? She said she'd stay right here.
00:06:04The show is a disaster. The fans are waiting. Can you please find her? I need her.
00:06:08No, Dexter.
00:06:10I'm the one you need.
00:06:12What?
00:06:21This is Echo's novel.
00:06:24Are you her?
00:06:26Are you her?
00:06:31Listen.
00:06:32Can you please save this song?
00:06:34I already did.
00:06:38Wait.
00:06:40Dexter, there's...
00:06:41One more thing I should probably show you.
00:06:45Casey has been hiding another man.
00:06:53All those secret phone calls, dodged questions.
00:06:57Casey was cheating on me this whole time?
00:07:00Dexter, I'm so sorry.
00:07:02I would never, never do this to you.
00:07:06Thanks.
00:07:15Wait, didn't Echo just mix a new track?
00:07:18Uh, and we're back.
00:07:20Well, I, uh, I wrote this song for the love of my life.
00:07:25At least I thought so.
00:07:35Get ready, Dex.
00:07:36And next, your next big single is coming to you in three, two, one.
00:07:44I'm a man of time.
00:07:50I'm a man of time.
00:07:51I'm a man of time.
00:07:51I'm a man of time.
00:07:59I'm a man of time.
00:08:02Every time I look, I remember the time I saw you, I'm a man of time.
00:08:11The time I looked into your eye, a secret feeling again, I know it was when I died.
00:08:22I'm a man of time.
00:09:02I'm a man of time.
00:09:10How could Casey do this to me?
00:09:17Everyone, give it up for Dexter Hayes!
00:09:31He promised he'd call me up on stage to announce our relationship.
00:09:36I loved her, and she betrayed me.
00:09:50Oh my god!
00:09:52Dexie!
00:09:53Oh my god, is he proposing to Scarlet Heart?
00:09:56Yes!
00:10:05Tonight was supposed to be the start of our new life together.
00:10:09I thought Dexter loved me, trusted me.
00:10:14No, I never wanted to propose to Scarlet, but she made my career, and Casey betrayed me.
00:10:24It was all a lie.
00:10:28All right, I can play along with his engagement, and I can move on from the woman who broke my
00:10:34heart.
00:10:42Hey, uh, Casey.
00:10:54You promised me that you'd tell the world about us tonight, but instead you propose and put a ring on
00:11:04Scarlet Heart's finger?
00:11:06Oh my god, Casey, you gave me no choice.
00:11:09I gave you everything.
00:11:13I loved you.
00:11:15Do you love her?
00:11:17I owe her.
00:11:18Okay?
00:11:19I owe her, all right?
00:11:21I don't...
00:11:22You owe her?
00:11:24Scarlet Heart is just some talentless industry plan.
00:11:28What has she ever done for you?
00:11:29Scarlet produced my career.
00:11:32She made me who I am today.
00:11:34Okay?
00:11:35So, so, so that's why.
00:11:36What are you talking about?
00:11:40Scarlet is Echo.
00:11:47You think Scarlet Heart is Echo?
00:11:51Well, I know she is.
00:11:53You know what?
00:11:54I'll never be able to thank her enough for everything she's done for me, and I feel like this is
00:11:59a good start.
00:12:02How could you believe her lies?
00:12:04Come on, all you do is lie.
00:12:08You know, I don't even know who you are anymore.
00:12:12Is this what you wanted all along?
00:12:14To be a music industry power couple?
00:12:18To please your adoring fans to boost your sales?
00:12:21He could have had that with me.
00:12:24This is all you ever really cared about.
00:12:27Isn't it?
00:12:33What do you know about Dexter's music?
00:12:40This is my notebook, full of songs that I wrote for Dexter's first triple platinum album.
00:12:48That's my notebook.
00:12:49How did Scarlet get her hands on it?
00:12:52I'm a musical genius.
00:12:53And you're just Dexter's little errand girl.
00:12:57How did you get back?
00:12:59Ow!
00:12:59Dexter, she cut me!
00:13:02Dexter, what has gotten into you?
00:13:03I don't...
00:13:04I know who you are anymore.
00:13:06Dexie, baby, I know all about girls like her.
00:13:11They want fame and money without really ever having to work for it.
00:13:14She's taking advantage of you.
00:13:17She has been for years.
00:13:19Dexter, you can't seriously be believing this.
00:13:22Scarlet is not Echo.
00:13:24Then tell me why I shouldn't.
00:13:26Okay?
00:13:26Why shouldn't I believe her?
00:13:30Go wait in the car, please.
00:13:37Look, I know that you've been hiding things, so please just, just tell me the truth.
00:13:48Okay, right now, or we'll lose us forever.
00:13:54Please.
00:13:58Please.
00:14:07The truth doesn't matter anymore.
00:14:09You don't trust me anyway.
00:14:16We're over.
00:14:18Dex.
00:14:21Goodbye.
00:14:23Forever.
00:14:43The hottest rock star on the planet is officially off the market.
00:14:47Dexter Hayes popped the question to up-and-coming singer Scarlet Hart tonight, and she said yes.
00:15:00Dad, I gave Dex everything.
00:15:02I made his career, but he doesn't want me.
00:15:06He never did.
00:15:08What happened, princess?
00:15:10Scarlet Hart.
00:15:11She stole him, and now she's trying to steal my identity.
00:15:15I'll come get you.
00:15:31It looks like Dexter's whore is awake.
00:15:34Let's see how his future wife feels about you seducing her man.
00:15:39Who are you?
00:15:40Let me go.
00:15:42Don't worry, Scarlet.
00:15:44We won't hurt you.
00:15:45We're your friends, too.
00:15:47We've only shipped Dexter Hayes and Scarlet Heart.
00:15:50We're just trying to teach this filthy skink a lesson.
00:15:54We saw you kissing Dexter backstage.
00:15:58You're trying to steal him from his soulmate.
00:16:02I wasn't stealing him.
00:16:04We were in love.
00:16:06Or I thought we were.
00:16:08Oh, we'll see about that, won't we?
00:16:11The only way you'll live tonight is if Dexter chooses to save you.
00:16:21Who the hell is everybody?
00:16:26Dressing room.
00:16:27Come alone.
00:16:28Choose to save Scarlet Heart and we'll spare them.
00:16:32Choose your little assistant and they both die.
00:16:36You've reached Casey.
00:16:38I can't come to the phone right now.
00:16:40Where the hell is my daughter?
00:16:44Casey?
00:16:45So she never left a concert.
00:16:47Get back to the concert hall now.
00:16:50Dexter is coming.
00:16:52We'll see who his true love is.
00:16:54You psychos!
00:16:57Are you hoping that he chooses you over his fiancée?
00:17:02Obviously not.
00:17:04She's just some nobody who slept with him to break into the industry.
00:17:07You fucked him too?
00:17:10God.
00:17:11Our precious Dexter.
00:17:13Soiled by a dirty star fucker.
00:17:16Girls like you don't deserve him.
00:17:18You don't deserve to live.
00:17:20No one knows what the real Echo looks like.
00:17:23So if Casey dies, then the truth dies with her.
00:17:28That's not true.
00:17:30First you steal my identity, now you're trying to get me murdered.
00:17:33You're psychotic.
00:17:35Oh, don't worry, Casey.
00:17:36If you die today, Dex and I will make a song about you and maybe it'll even be the least
00:17:41single on our new album.
00:17:43You're crazier than they are.
00:17:45Who are you calling crazy?
00:17:51Casey.
00:17:52Dexter.
00:17:58Dexter.
00:18:00Dexter, Dexter.
00:18:03Dexter, Dexter, help me.
00:18:04They hit me and then they tied me up and now they're trying to kill me.
00:18:09Okay, guys, let's just put the guns down, okay?
00:18:14We can't do that, Dexter.
00:18:16We're your biggest fans.
00:18:18We're doing this for you.
00:18:20Okay, well, if you love me, all right, you'll put the gun down and then let these two go, please.
00:18:26No, that's not how this works.
00:18:29Dexy, you would be nothing without Echo.
00:18:33We're engaged now.
00:18:34You can't let me die.
00:18:35Dex, all the love we ever had, all the memories, all the I love yous you told me, did they
00:18:42mean anything?
00:18:43You must choose one to live.
00:18:46Will it be your future wife or your mistress?
00:18:51Who really holds the key to your heart, Dexter Hayes?
00:18:55They said if I don't choose Scarlet, then they both die.
00:18:58I can save Casey, but I have to break her heart.
00:19:03Which one really holds the key to your heart, Dexter Hayes?
00:19:11You never really loved me, did you?
00:19:14And you loved him?
00:19:16You leeched off him for half a decade.
00:19:20If that's what you really think, Dex, go ahead.
00:19:23Make your choice.
00:19:24Choose now or they both die.
00:19:26Dexter, Dexter, please.
00:19:28Think of everything I've done for you.
00:19:30You dumped her.
00:19:32You chose me.
00:19:33Don't let them murder me.
00:19:35That's enough.
00:19:36We're pulling the trigger in three, two, one.
00:19:41Okay, okay, okay.
00:19:42I can't risk them killing Casey.
00:19:45Scarlet, all right?
00:19:46I choose Scarlet.
00:19:51Dexter.
00:19:52I'm gonna faint.
00:19:54I was so scared.
00:19:56He chose Scarlet?
00:19:58Good choice.
00:19:59Cheating whores deserve to die.
00:20:01Now, wait a minute.
00:20:02You told me that...
00:20:03You made your choice, Dexter Hayes.
00:20:05Now you get to be the one who saved your soulmate.
00:20:09And we'll take care of your scandalous side piece.
00:20:12No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:20:19I guess this is the end.
00:20:25Goodbye, Dexter.
00:20:28Put the gun down!
00:20:31Put the gun down!
00:20:32Goodbye, Dexter.
00:20:34Hey, drop the gun!
00:20:45Let's go!
00:20:46Let's go!
00:20:47Let's go!
00:20:47Okay.
00:20:48Okay.
00:20:49Okay.
00:20:50Okay.
00:20:50All right.
00:20:51All right.
00:20:52All right.
00:20:55It's gonna be okay.
00:20:56Okay?
00:20:57You left me to die!
00:20:59And for the record, I never needed your money!
00:21:02I was right to walk away!
00:21:05Staying with you was the biggest mistake I've ever made!
00:21:08Look, Casey.
00:21:09You don't understand, all right?
00:21:10They were gonna make me...
00:21:11I'm done living in your shadow, Dex.
00:21:16Goodbye.
00:21:21I...
00:21:22Casey.
00:21:23Casey.
00:21:23Hey.
00:21:31Casey.
00:21:32Casey, stop!
00:21:33Please, stop!
00:21:34Please, please.
00:21:35We're gonna go...
00:21:36Okay, what are you gonna do without all this?
00:21:38You should be asking yourself that same question.
00:21:42Good luck staying at the top of the charts once I'm gone.
00:21:44You're delusional.
00:21:46He doesn't need you.
00:21:47He has Echo.
00:21:49Yeah.
00:21:50Sure he does.
00:21:51Fame really has changed you, Dexter Hayes.
00:21:57Fame changed me?
00:22:00Okay.
00:22:01And what about you?
00:22:03You're the one that's been sneaking around behind my back this whole time.
00:22:08I never betrayed you how you betrayed me by putting that ring on Scarlet's finger.
00:22:14You chose her and you left me for dead.
00:22:17No.
00:22:18Casey, you don't understand.
00:22:19I was trying to...
00:22:44Oh my god, that's...
00:22:45That's Ed Reed, the CEO of Reed Records.
00:22:50So sorry I didn't come sooner, baby girl.
00:22:55You're here now.
00:22:56Take me home.
00:23:14I was trying to...
00:23:15I was trying to...
00:23:18I was trying to...
00:23:19I was trying to...
00:23:20Casey, hey!
00:23:20If you want...
00:23:27Casey!
00:23:28How did you kill?
00:23:29She has everything.
00:23:31Casey!
00:23:32Casey!
00:23:33Let me explain!
00:23:38Scarlet.
00:23:39Mrs. Hayes, you should have seen it. I almost died.
00:23:43And that desperate skank cheated on Dexter with some sugar daddy.
00:23:47I always knew she was a gold digger.
00:23:50She tried to trap Dexter first.
00:23:53Then when that failed, she went after the CEO of the biggest music label in the world.
00:23:58Dexter, she never cared about you.
00:24:01She's been lying to you this entire time.
00:24:03All she ever cared about was money and power.
00:24:05I thought Casey loved me.
00:24:08But the whole time, she was in bed with the CEO of Reed Records.
00:24:17Forget him, princess.
00:24:19You are much too talented to be running some rock star's errands.
00:24:24How could I be so blind?
00:24:28Three days from now, at the annual Music Hall of Fame Gala,
00:24:32announcing you as the new CEO of Reed Records.
00:24:36And my daughter, the heiress to my empire.
00:24:40It's time to show the world who you really are.
00:24:50My back is pressed.
00:24:59My back is pressed.
00:25:09Okay, guys, cut the track.
00:25:14The damn thing is in the wrong key.
00:25:17Look, guys, we have one week, all right, to finish this song before the release.
00:25:22The Echo that I know can put together a perfect studio mix in hours.
00:25:27You can't even fix a simple beat or a key.
00:25:31What's going on?
00:25:33Look, Scarlett, I just gotta ask.
00:25:35Are you really Echo?
00:25:41Are you really Echo?
00:25:44Dexy.
00:25:47Of course I am.
00:25:49It's just your new assistant.
00:25:52He's been messing.
00:25:53He's messing with my tracks.
00:25:55He's obviously trying to sabotage our new album.
00:25:58I mean, look.
00:26:01Last saved by Max.
00:26:03Yeah, that's because you don't know how to...
00:26:05Okay, you know what?
00:26:06Echo would never put her name on garbage like this.
00:26:10Mr. Hayes, please, listen.
00:26:12It's...
00:26:13It's desperate.
00:26:14And I'm sorry, but my last assistant would have never screamed me over like that.
00:26:19You're fired.
00:26:42Good luck staying at the top of the charts once I'm gone.
00:26:46Writing love songs used to be so easy with Casey here.
00:27:03We're sorry.
00:27:04You have reached a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service.
00:27:09Alright, she broke my heart and she moved on.
00:27:12So why can't I do the same?
00:27:32Look what we just got.
00:27:34An invitation to the biggest industry event of the year.
00:27:37The Reed Records Music Hall of Fame Gala.
00:27:47Look, I'm not interested.
00:27:48Okay, we have a song to finish.
00:27:50Dexter.
00:27:52You said it yourself.
00:27:53They can lay down a track in hours.
00:27:54We have to go.
00:27:56This is a personal invitation from Mr. Ed Reed himself.
00:28:01Okay, look, I know what you're thinking, but Casey probably meant nothing to him.
00:28:08He's a billionaire record executive.
00:28:10I'm sure he has a whole roster of scorned assistants lining up to get on their knees and work for
00:28:14a few extra bucks.
00:28:15You have to go and you have to impress him, okay?
00:28:18He could make or break our careers.
00:28:21Okay, I guess you're right.
00:28:23Of course I am.
00:28:26We are the industry's it couple.
00:28:29So now, forget about that stupid little assistant of yours and start getting ready.
00:28:35I mean, what was so special about her anyway?
00:28:37Her coarse, tangled hair?
00:28:41Or her dull, crusty skin?
00:28:45Or maybe those hideous, god-awful clothes?
00:28:52I'm Echo.
00:28:53I'm the Reed heiress.
00:28:55And I'm taking back everything that's mine.
00:29:00Scarlet, open here.
00:29:01Show me small.
00:29:03Come on, that's here.
00:29:04Hold it.
00:29:05You there.
00:29:07How does it feel to be at the event of the year as the industry's new it couple?
00:29:11We're honored.
00:29:12And with Reed Records on our side, our album is sure to be the number one hit of the decade.
00:29:17Are you excited to meet this mysterious new CEO of Reed Records?
00:29:21I hear Ed Reed is introducing the whole world to his daughter.
00:29:25The heiress to the Reed merchant.
00:29:27Do you think she's going to be the new CEO?
00:29:29I don't know.
00:29:30Who is this mysterious heiress?
00:29:32She is Ed Reed's daughter.
00:29:34I bet she'll be making a very splashy entrance.
00:29:38Whoever she is, we need to impress her, okay?
00:29:39She could be our ticket to a number one album.
00:29:41Look, here she is now.
00:29:53No fucking way.
00:29:56No fucking way.
00:30:19Casey?
00:30:23Casey?
00:30:25Hey, Dax.
00:30:26Long time no see.
00:30:31Dax has already moved on with Scarlet.
00:30:34I should be happy walking away from him.
00:30:37So, why does my heart still ache?
00:30:55Ignore her.
00:30:56And instead, focus on kissing up to Ed Reed so he introduces us to the new CEO.
00:31:01You should listen to her, Dexter.
00:31:04All we need to do is get on their good side, and our album will go straight to number one.
00:31:09She's right.
00:31:10I have to impress Ed Reed and this new CEO if I want our album to be a hit.
00:31:31Scarlet, what a terrible surprise.
00:31:34I should have known you'd sneak in here hunting for your next sugar daddy.
00:31:37But this party is for the elite of the music industry only.
00:31:41I suggest you wait on the street corner with the other hookers.
00:31:44But the party's just getting started.
00:31:46I can't miss the big announcement.
00:31:51Why?
00:31:52So you can seduce the new CEO of Reed Records, too?
00:31:56I hear he's much more selective than Ed Reed, so don't expect him to look at you twice.
00:32:01And don't distract Dexter tonight.
00:32:03Leave, or I will have security escort you out.
00:32:06I'd love to see you try.
00:32:11Are you jealous?
00:32:13I loved him, and those feelings don't just go away.
00:32:16How could she change his mind so easily?
00:32:21You can dress up all you want.
00:32:24But you will always just be Dexter's lowly, little, errant girl.
00:32:29I thought she was someone important.
00:32:32She's just a desperate assistant playing dress-up.
00:32:35Imagine getting dragged by the Scarlet Heart.
00:32:38I would never emotionally recover.
00:32:40Where do you think she got the jewels, though?
00:32:41Probably out-whoring herself to old men.
00:32:44Just like all those desperate social climbers in our industry.
00:32:48Hmm.
00:32:49They got that right.
00:32:50Hmm.
00:32:52Is that so?
00:32:53Tell me something, Scarlet.
00:32:55Is it really me?
00:32:57Who's putting on an actor?
00:33:01Is it you?
00:33:04How dare you!
00:33:07Careful.
00:33:08The new CEO might be watching.
00:33:12You think you're hot shit just because you're the real Echo.
00:33:15You may have the talent, but you have no money and no connections besides the ones you make in pay
00:33:20-by-the-hour hotel rooms.
00:33:22But me, I'm a beloved up-and-coming pop star.
00:33:25And if you so much as threaten me or my career ever again, I will get you canceled so fucking
00:33:31hard, your grandchildren won't be able to show their faces in public.
00:33:36Mr. Reed.
00:33:38Mr. Reed.
00:33:38Hi, uh, Dexter Hayes.
00:33:39Thank you so much for the invite.
00:33:41Um, you've always been a true hero of mine.
00:33:45Well, I would really love to put that, um, well, that incident with my assistant behind us.
00:33:51Oh, Dexter Hayes, of course I can.
00:33:54Got you.
00:33:55Oh, I can't wait to see the look on his face when he realizes the assistant he rejected is my
00:34:01daughter and the heiress to the Reed record's fortune.
00:34:05Well, you know, sir, um, well, you may or may not have heard about, uh, the record that Scarlet Heart
00:34:10and I are, uh, working on.
00:34:11I really think that between my lyrics and, well, her producing and your musical genius over the last many decades,
00:34:18I think we could really make something special.
00:34:21Well, you make a compelling point.
00:34:24And, you know, if it's not too much, it actually might be helpful for the record.
00:34:27Well, maybe if you could put in a good word with, uh, the new CEO, I, I, well, that would
00:34:33make me forever, forever grateful.
00:34:35Why don't you put in a good word yourself?
00:34:38The new CEO is already here.
00:34:52Casey, Casey, Casey, Casey, Casey, Casey, I've, I've been trying to call you the last few days and, well, I
00:35:03guess I'm just surprised that instead you just showed up here.
00:35:05I hated myself for wanting to pick up the phone, for wanting to hear his voice again.
00:35:12But after what he did to me, I couldn't give him the satisfaction.
00:35:16Oh, you've been calling me for the last few days.
00:35:19What, you missed me already?
00:35:21Did Ed Reed bring Casey as his date?
00:35:24This event is invite only.
00:35:29Yeah, dang, I guess I left my invite at home, but I think I'm gonna stay.
00:35:35You know, Scarlet, on the other hand, though, has been throwing around nothing but vile slander and empty accusations all
00:35:42night.
00:35:43If anyone needs to go, it should be her.
00:35:45Unless you want me to expose your lies to Dexter right here, right now.
00:35:49Yeah, right.
00:35:51The only ones who can remove me are Mr. Reed himself or the new CEO.
00:35:56You have no power here.
00:35:58Okay, guys, Ed Reed and this new CEO are about to announce our new album.
00:36:03Can we have this conversation later?
00:36:06Aw, Dex.
00:36:08You forgot to say please.
00:36:19Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to announce tonight's special guest.
00:36:27Reed Records is the number one largest music label in the world.
00:36:33But tonight, I'm gonna introduce you to someone who's more precious to me than any company.
00:36:39Someone who grew up listening to me play piano, who has written hundreds of songs and never put her name
00:36:45on one of them.
00:36:46Because she never wanted to gain fame through mine.
00:36:51No more secrets, Dexter Hayes.
00:36:53It's time you finally learned who you really rejected.
00:36:57Mr. Reed is looking right at us.
00:37:00He's gonna call us on stage.
00:37:02All right, this is it.
00:37:03He's gonna announce that he's signed us to Reed Records.
00:37:05I want to introduce the heir to my billion-dollar music empire.
00:37:11The new CEO of Reed Records.
00:37:14My princess.
00:37:16And the light of my life.
00:37:19My daughter.
00:37:20Casey Reed.
00:37:25What?
00:37:27What?
00:37:31No.
00:37:39Casey.
00:37:56That's the Reed heiress?
00:37:57Holy shit.
00:37:59She's not a sugar baby.
00:38:00She's the daughter of billionaire music royalty.
00:38:03Scarlet Heart is delusional.
00:38:05Insulting the new CEO of Reed Records to her base?
00:38:09She just committed career suicide.
00:38:11Mr. Reed, your gift.
00:38:13For the lady of the hour.
00:38:15Ugh.
00:38:16That's millions of dollars of gold.
00:38:19Dad, this is too much.
00:38:21Well, something from your old man.
00:38:22And now Dexter will see that you're worth more than your weight in gold.
00:38:26This cannot be happening.
00:38:28She's a nobody.
00:38:31I knew Casey was keeping secrets from me, but I didn't know she was hiding who she was.
00:38:37Ed Reed was never her sugar daddy.
00:38:39He was her father.
00:38:40This whole time, she was with me for love, not fame.
00:38:44She tried to tell me the truth, and instead of trusting her, I left her for another woman.
00:38:49How could I be so blind?
00:38:58What suits you?
00:38:59Uh, the, um, guitar and, uh, CEO title.
00:39:04Why can't you just say you miss me?
00:39:07Casey, I love, I just...
00:39:09I've got me for years.
00:39:14I thought you'd stay the same.
00:39:18All of those years.
00:39:20I just...
00:39:21I still miss you.
00:39:32Shouldn't you be licking your fiancé's wounds?
00:39:35Knowing she just insulted the CEO of the most powerful music company has got to hurt.
00:39:41But, I mean, you of all people should know.
00:39:43Please, you have to believe me, okay?
00:39:44If you just let me explain, I promise...
00:39:46Explain what, Dexter?
00:39:47Why you want me back?
00:39:49After finding out I'm your boss?
00:39:53You're leaving me for Echo?
00:39:57No, no, look, that's not why I'm here.
00:40:00If you just let me tell you, I...
00:40:02I mean, come on, Casey.
00:40:04I mean, you gotta understand, you're the one who lied to me.
00:40:07I lied?
00:40:08Yeah.
00:40:08And what would you call getting engaged to Scarlet after promising to put a ring on my finger?
00:40:12I didn't want any of that to happen.
00:40:15You have to believe me, please.
00:40:16I was just trying to...
00:40:19Look, I...
00:40:20Just tell me one thing, okay?
00:40:22I guess, why are you here?
00:40:23Are you here just...
00:40:24Is this just some royal way to get revenge?
00:40:26Tank my career?
00:40:30Oh, tank your career.
00:40:32I made his career.
00:40:35I loved you, Dexter.
00:40:38You might have found out who my father is today, but you still have no idea who I am.
00:40:42Wait.
00:40:46This...
00:40:47This is why you proposed to Scarlet, isn't it?
00:40:50Why you left me for dead.
00:40:55Sucked up to my dad.
00:40:57Threw me to the curb for the fame.
00:41:00The fortune.
00:41:02The fans.
00:41:03No, no, please.
00:41:03No, no, no.
00:41:04Actually, I think it's time to make my first decision as the new CEO.
00:41:10Can I get everyone's attention, please?
00:41:15I hope everyone is having fun.
00:41:17Reed Records will be ending its contract with Dexter Hayes and dropping him as an artist.
00:41:28Effective immediately.
00:41:30Oh, my God.
00:41:31Oh, my God.
00:41:32Oh, my God.
00:41:36You know, I am so glad I never told you who I really was.
00:41:42Because if I didn't, I might not have ever found out that you don't really love me for me.
00:41:46Casey, none of that is true, okay?
00:41:48None of this.
00:41:48I don't care about that.
00:41:49I've always loved you.
00:41:51Don't bother arguing with her anymore, Dexter.
00:41:53She may be rich, but she's just an arrogant nepo baby with no real talent.
00:41:58Scarlet is Echo.
00:42:00She can produce your songs.
00:42:02She can get you to the top of the charts with or without Reed Records.
00:42:06Dexter, you don't need her.
00:42:08She doesn't understand you like Scarlet does.
00:42:11Okay, Mom, Mom.
00:42:12Stop.
00:42:13You're my mom, not my manager, all right?
00:42:17I'm done talking about this.
00:42:38I've known you for years.
00:42:42I thought you'd say the same.
00:42:48All of those years.
00:42:53I've broken their place.
00:43:02You're my mom, not my manager.
00:43:42I thought I was clear our relationship is over, Mr. Hayes.
00:43:45You're no longer welcome at Reed Records.
00:43:47I just came to pick up my equipment.
00:43:51Casey's wrong about me.
00:43:53I never gave up on us.
00:43:54She's got another truth.
00:43:56I don't think there's anything left to talk about, Dex.
00:44:06Fine.
00:44:08Let's not talk.
00:44:14What's wrong?
00:44:16Your fiancé not keeping you satisfied?
00:44:20I've been doing too much thinking about my former assistant.
00:44:28Not anymore.
00:44:30I'm your former boss now.
00:44:32In fact, here are your termination letters.
00:44:39I don't give a fuck about the contract.
00:44:42I don't give a shit about my career.
00:44:43I just want you.
00:44:44And I know that you want me too.
00:44:47Don't act like you've forgotten.
00:44:50What we had.
00:44:52I've been trying to, but being this close again, it feels impossible.
00:44:59You're not like an instrument.
00:45:02But you tremble every time we touch.
00:45:10I don't care about the fans.
00:45:12I don't give a shit about the tabloids.
00:45:13I don't care what the record labels have to say.
00:45:15If you tell me that you want to be with me,
00:45:19we'll be together.
00:45:24We can tease each other all day.
00:45:28Until you finally admit
00:45:30that you still love me.
00:45:57You're right.
00:45:58I am like an instrument.
00:45:59The way I let you play me.
00:46:02After what you did,
00:46:03why would I trust you ever again?
00:46:05Listen to me.
00:46:06I've been trying to tell you
00:46:08I do not want to be with Scarlet.
00:46:10Hello?
00:46:12Tell Sasha Silver I'm on my way.
00:46:15Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:46:15Hold on.
00:46:16Sasha Silver?
00:46:17I've been telling you for months.
00:46:18The guy's a douchebag.
00:46:21A douchebag
00:46:22with over a hundred million strings.
00:46:24I mean,
00:46:25we have a Dexter Haye-sized hole to fill
00:46:27and he could be the next big thing.
00:46:28It's not safe, Casey.
00:46:30You don't need him.
00:46:31No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:46:33I don't think you,
00:46:34of all people,
00:46:36get to tell me what I need.
00:46:37Casey.
00:46:38Casey.
00:46:39Casey!
00:46:42Daisy has every right
00:46:43to be angry with me
00:46:44after what I did.
00:46:45I have to prove
00:46:46she can trust me again.
00:46:59Perfect timing.
00:47:00Make yourself comfortable.
00:47:01Thank you for meeting me
00:47:02on such short notice.
00:47:04Sasha generally doesn't like
00:47:05women who speak too much.
00:47:07I've been an exception for you.
00:47:09Do you always refer to yourself
00:47:10in the third person?
00:47:12I don't know what that means,
00:47:14but
00:47:16you want to hear
00:47:17one of Sasha's demos?
00:47:18They're a big hit online.
00:47:19I'm very excited
00:47:20about a potential partnership.
00:47:22Well,
00:47:24hired to be blown away.
00:47:26Actually,
00:47:27I was hoping for a live performance
00:47:29if you don't mind.
00:47:30So many musicians out there
00:47:31faking their music with AI,
00:47:32you know?
00:47:33Of course.
00:47:35But
00:47:36you're not in a hurry.
00:47:38Why don't we toast first
00:47:39to this potential partnership?
00:47:57Shall we?
00:47:58How can I resist?
00:48:00I do love straight vodka.
00:48:08But
00:48:09you know what I
00:48:11actually
00:48:12love
00:48:13even more than that?
00:48:15What's that?
00:48:17Exposing
00:48:18asshole
00:48:18pervs.
00:48:19My hair!
00:48:21What the
00:48:21fuck?
00:48:22You really think
00:48:23you can drug me?
00:48:24And then what?
00:48:25Force me to sign you
00:48:26to read records?
00:48:27Now you know
00:48:28who you're dealing with.
00:48:30Not so fast.
00:48:32You thought you could
00:48:33just walk in here
00:48:34and demand a live performance
00:48:35from thee,
00:48:36Sasha Silver?
00:48:37Do I look
00:48:38like a little bitch to you?
00:48:39Absolutely.
00:48:40And a fraud.
00:48:43I'll be sure
00:48:44no label
00:48:45will ever
00:48:45sign you
00:48:46no matter
00:48:47how talented you are.
00:48:49I want me
00:48:50to label
00:48:50to sign me.
00:48:51Not when I
00:48:52can't read records
00:48:53for myself.
00:48:56be shy, Casey.
00:48:58I'm just hoping
00:48:58you get ready.
00:48:59The paparazzi
00:49:00will be here
00:49:00any minute
00:49:00to see my new
00:49:01mistress.
00:49:02He'll plaster
00:49:02our photos
00:49:03all over the
00:49:04tabloids.
00:49:05Everyone will
00:49:06see what a
00:49:06slut you are.
00:49:07How you
00:49:07slept your way
00:49:08to the top.
00:49:10Your poor
00:49:11father.
00:49:11He's gonna have
00:49:12no choice
00:49:13but to hand
00:49:14you and your
00:49:15company over
00:49:15to me.
00:49:16You're delusional.
00:49:17Stay away
00:49:18from me.
00:49:19You're fine.
00:49:20You don't tell
00:49:20Sasha.
00:49:21Hey!
00:49:23Break your
00:49:24fucking hands
00:49:24off.
00:49:26I'll break
00:49:26your fucking
00:49:27hands.
00:49:28Dexter Hayes.
00:49:30Are you okay?
00:49:31I'm fine.
00:49:36What the fuck,
00:49:37Hayes?
00:49:38I could sue
00:49:39you for that.
00:49:40I'd love to see
00:49:41you try, sweetheart.
00:49:42You're just
00:49:43a wash-up
00:49:43addict.
00:49:44And you do
00:49:44not have a
00:49:45leg to stand
00:49:46on.
00:49:46Okay?
00:49:51Okay, I'm
00:49:52sorry.
00:49:52Jesus.
00:49:54We could've
00:49:54produced a
00:49:55sick-ass record
00:49:56together.
00:49:56You kind of
00:49:57wanted to
00:49:57defend this
00:49:58used-up
00:49:59slut.
00:50:00I mean,
00:50:00what the
00:50:00fuck?
00:50:03Her name
00:50:04is Casey
00:50:05Wynn.
00:50:06And she's
00:50:06the future
00:50:07of the industry
00:50:08that you want
00:50:09so badly
00:50:09fucking in!
00:50:11Your career
00:50:12is dead,
00:50:13Sasha.
00:50:14I'm not
00:50:14sure of that.
00:50:16Let's go.
00:50:24Let's go.
00:50:28Give me
00:50:28your hand.
00:50:36Casey,
00:50:36I've been
00:50:37telling you
00:50:37for months,
00:50:38Sasha Silver
00:50:39is literally-
00:50:39My business
00:50:40is none
00:50:41of your
00:50:41concern.
00:50:42If I didn't
00:50:43show up tonight,
00:50:44what the hell
00:50:44do you think
00:50:44would've happened?
00:50:45Do you have
00:50:45any idea
00:50:46what he could've
00:50:46done to you?
00:50:47He could've
00:50:47raped you.
00:50:48Yes!
00:50:48He could've
00:50:48done-
00:50:48Okay!
00:50:49I know!
00:50:51Newsflash!
00:50:51I'm not
00:50:52your assistant
00:50:53anymore!
00:50:54So,
00:50:55it's not
00:50:55your concern
00:50:56where I am
00:50:57or what I'm
00:50:58doing,
00:50:58okay?
00:50:59So,
00:50:59stop
00:51:01following me.
00:51:06The car
00:51:07is still
00:51:07fucking moving.
00:51:09Stop
00:51:10following you
00:51:10the minute
00:51:11that you
00:51:12stop making
00:51:12stupid
00:51:13fucking
00:51:14decisions.
00:51:16And when I've
00:51:16made up for
00:51:17all the danger
00:51:17I've put her
00:51:18in.
00:51:21You're way
00:51:23too interested
00:51:24in my
00:51:25personal life,
00:51:26Dex.
00:51:27Won't your
00:51:28fiance be
00:51:29jealous?
00:51:33I've been
00:51:34trying to tell you
00:51:35for weeks
00:51:36I did not
00:51:37want to
00:51:39marry
00:51:39Scarlet.
00:51:41You don't
00:51:42fucking
00:51:42let her.
00:51:43Now you're
00:51:43really starting
00:51:44to piss me
00:51:45off.
00:51:45Isn't that
00:51:46the point?
00:51:56So,
00:51:58what am I
00:51:59supposed to
00:51:59do?
00:52:00Pretend
00:52:01she doesn't
00:52:02exist and
00:52:03be the
00:52:04pop stars?
00:52:05secret
00:52:06side piece
00:52:07again.
00:52:09I should
00:52:10push him
00:52:11away,
00:52:11but I
00:52:12can't deny
00:52:12how much
00:52:13I miss
00:52:13his touch.
00:52:14You were
00:52:14never the
00:52:15side piece.
00:52:17And you
00:52:18know it.
00:52:28Boss,
00:52:29I have
00:52:29news!
00:52:31Thank you
00:52:32for your
00:52:33help today,
00:52:34Dexter.
00:52:36please,
00:52:37stop following
00:52:38me.
00:52:41Or else
00:52:42it's going
00:52:42to get
00:52:42harder and
00:52:43harder to
00:52:44walk away.
00:52:53Great timing.
00:52:55As always.
00:52:57Why are you
00:52:57even here?
00:52:58I've done
00:52:58what you
00:52:58asked.
00:52:59News of
00:52:59Sasha Silver's
00:53:00fraudulence and
00:53:01drug abuse have
00:53:01been leaked to
00:53:02the press.
00:53:03No label,
00:53:04studio,
00:53:04brand will
00:53:04go anywhere
00:53:05near him.
00:53:06His net worth
00:53:06plummeted to
00:53:07zero.
00:53:08Good.
00:53:09Buy all the
00:53:09rights to his
00:53:10music.
00:53:12I'm going to get
00:53:13back to Casey
00:53:13as a gift.
00:53:19I heard what
00:53:20happened with
00:53:20Sasha.
00:53:21Now that was
00:53:22way too risky,
00:53:22Casey.
00:53:23Look, I'm far
00:53:24from Dexter's
00:53:25biggest fan,
00:53:25but that could
00:53:26have gotten
00:53:26real ugly if
00:53:27he hadn't
00:53:28shown up.
00:53:28I could have
00:53:29handled Sasha.
00:53:30There was also
00:53:30a huge leak in
00:53:31the press.
00:53:32All of Sasha
00:53:33Silver's dirty
00:53:34laundry out
00:53:35for everyone to
00:53:36see.
00:53:36He's been,
00:53:37what do you
00:53:37kids call it,
00:53:38canceled.
00:53:38Who took him
00:53:39down?
00:53:41Dexter Hayes.
00:53:47He even bought
00:53:48the rights to
00:53:48Sasha's music.
00:53:50He can't sing
00:53:51anything anywhere
00:53:52or get sued to
00:53:53hell and back.
00:53:54Dex took down
00:53:55Sasha Silver?
00:53:56For me?
00:53:58Maybe.
00:53:59He's not as bad
00:54:00as I thought.
00:54:01Or maybe he
00:54:02should stop
00:54:02interfering himself
00:54:03with my life.
00:54:08The world-famous
00:54:09music producer
00:54:10Echo is set
00:54:11to finally
00:54:12reveal their
00:54:12identity at the
00:54:13legendary Universal
00:54:14Music Awards
00:54:15tomorrow night.
00:54:17Scarlet's
00:54:18getting desperate.
00:54:19She's trying to
00:54:19convince the world
00:54:20she's Echo
00:54:21before it can
00:54:21expose her lies.
00:54:23She can't keep
00:54:23up the act forever.
00:54:25Sooner or later,
00:54:25Dexter will realize
00:54:26she can't even
00:54:27hold a tune.
00:54:28Much less
00:54:29produce a hit track.
00:54:30Scarlet is nothing
00:54:31if she's not Echo.
00:54:33She knows
00:54:33Dexter wouldn't
00:54:34look at her twice,
00:54:35let alone marry her,
00:54:37if she wasn't
00:54:38pretending to be
00:54:38a genius producer.
00:54:39I don't know
00:54:40how she thinks
00:54:40she's going to
00:54:41get away with it.
00:54:43I think it's time
00:54:44the world finds out
00:54:46who the real Echo is.
00:54:51You want to go
00:54:52to the UMAs
00:54:53as Echo?
00:54:54They've invited me
00:54:55every year
00:54:56and I've always refused.
00:54:57I've let this scam
00:54:58go on long enough.
00:55:00It's time the world
00:55:01finds out the truth
00:55:01about Scarlet Heart.
00:55:03The world?
00:55:04Or Dexter?
00:55:08This isn't about him.
00:55:11He made his bed
00:55:12when he proposed
00:55:13to Scarlet.
00:55:14Well, my daughter
00:55:14deserves all the
00:55:15recognition of the world.
00:55:17But if you're
00:55:18going to go with Echo,
00:55:19oh, you're going
00:55:20to do it right.
00:55:21Ha ha,
00:55:22with the best equipment
00:55:23money can buy.
00:55:24Huh?
00:55:26I want people
00:55:27to see my princess
00:55:28with us for the queen
00:55:29that she is.
00:55:33You're the best, Dad.
00:55:48Mrs. Hayes!
00:55:50It's so good
00:55:51to see you again.
00:55:54How's Dexter?
00:55:55Engaged.
00:55:57Yes, my future
00:55:58daughter-in-law
00:55:59is performing
00:56:00at the Universal Music
00:56:01Awards tomorrow
00:56:02and I'd like to gift her
00:56:03something to mark
00:56:04the occasion.
00:56:05So none of these
00:56:06mass-produced guitars.
00:56:08She's a musical genius.
00:56:10We need something
00:56:11one-of-a-kind
00:56:12just like her.
00:56:13Of course.
00:56:14I have the perfect
00:56:15gift for her.
00:56:16A custom
00:56:17Fender Signature
00:56:18Stratocaster.
00:56:24Please don't
00:56:25touch that.
00:56:26Those instruments
00:56:27are only for
00:56:28our VIP clientele.
00:56:30Ugh.
00:56:31It's you.
00:56:32Get this
00:56:33career-sabotaging
00:56:35stalker
00:56:35out of here.
00:56:37Excuse me?
00:56:38You're disturbing
00:56:39our VIP customers.
00:56:40I have to ask
00:56:41you to leave
00:56:42now.
00:56:47I'm the CEO
00:56:48of Reed Records.
00:56:51I have just as much
00:56:52of a right to be here
00:56:53as you.
00:56:54Because of your
00:56:55Nepo baby connections,
00:56:57we all know money
00:56:57can't buy talent.
00:57:00Tell that to Scarlett.
00:57:02Excuse me?
00:57:03I am Dexter Hayes'
00:57:05fiancee
00:57:06and creative collaborator.
00:57:07And you don't really
00:57:08know anything about music.
00:57:10Yeah.
00:57:11You're right.
00:57:12in that case.
00:57:15You should have this.
00:57:23No!
00:57:27Oh, my God!
00:57:30Oh, my God!
00:57:30What?
00:57:34Oops.
00:57:35Slipped out of my hands.
00:57:37My bad.
00:57:39Oh!
00:57:39Are you insane?
00:57:41You just destroyed
00:57:42a million-dollar guitar!
00:57:44Here it is!
00:57:46Take this woman away!
00:57:47Hold on just one second.
00:57:50Dexter Hayes!
00:57:51Dexter Hayes?
00:57:51Oh, my God!
00:57:53I need to speak to the owner
00:57:55about an offer.
00:57:56You think you set up for me?
00:57:57Yes!
00:57:57Of course, Mr. Hayes!
00:57:59Okay.
00:58:01Just kidding.
00:58:04It's all yours now.
00:58:14Scarlett, ignore this wannabe musician.
00:58:18We'll find a better option.
00:58:25Like this one.
00:58:27Beyonce used this
00:58:28on her last album.
00:58:29This instrument
00:58:31is worthy of Echo,
00:58:32the genius producer.
00:58:35Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
00:58:37Actually, actually,
00:58:38this guitar
00:58:39is no longer available.
00:58:41In fact,
00:58:41my entire collection
00:58:42is on hold
00:58:43for the new owner.
00:58:45I'm gonna just...
00:58:48My apologies,
00:58:49my apologies.
00:58:51No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:58:52We saw it first.
00:58:54Look, look.
00:58:55We just want the one guitar.
00:58:56I'm sure we can come
00:58:57to a generous agreement.
00:58:59You could pay all you want
00:59:00for the guitar,
00:59:00but it's not gonna stop
00:59:02Scarlett from choking.
00:59:04on the stage.
00:59:08How dare you,
00:59:10you little bitch!
00:59:17That's enough.
00:59:20Hi, Dexy.
00:59:24Are you okay?
00:59:26Dexter,
00:59:27she just insulted
00:59:28your fiancée.
00:59:30You need to do something.
00:59:31Mom,
00:59:32do you really want
00:59:33to have a conversation
00:59:34right here and now
00:59:35about the current status
00:59:35of my engagement?
00:59:38Scarlett's talent
00:59:39as a producer
00:59:39is the reason
00:59:40you're as famous
00:59:41as you are, Dexter.
00:59:43The least you could do
00:59:45is show her
00:59:45a little respect.
00:59:48You know what?
00:59:49Actually,
00:59:49I'm sorry.
00:59:50You're right.
00:59:51I should show respect
00:59:53to the one person
00:59:54to the one person
00:59:55who's always been there for me.
00:59:58Please ring up the guitar
00:59:59for Miss Hunt.
01:00:00I knew you would support me.
01:00:02Mr. Hayes,
01:00:03it's not for sale.
01:00:04You know,
01:00:05why don't you ask
01:00:06the new owner
01:00:07how much it costs
01:00:08and I'll pay it
01:00:08whatever it is
01:00:09right here and now.
01:00:11Miss Reed,
01:00:13as the new owner
01:00:13of the store,
01:00:14how much would you like
01:00:15to charge the guitar for?
01:00:16Wait, what?
01:00:21I'm sorry.
01:00:22I'm the new owner?
01:00:25Consider a late birthday gift
01:00:27for my former assistant.
01:00:29You did this for me.
01:00:31You really think
01:00:32I need a music store?
01:00:34Well, as CEO
01:00:35of Reed Records,
01:00:36you probably don't know.
01:00:37But I'm someone
01:00:38who cares about you a lot.
01:00:40Why the hell not?
01:00:42Dexter!
01:00:43Are you insane?
01:00:45She's not even
01:00:46a real musician.
01:00:47And you gave her
01:00:49the entire store?
01:00:50You're gonna make us
01:00:52pay her for a guitar?
01:00:54Oh, it's okay.
01:00:56Scarlett could have it
01:00:57for free.
01:00:57As long as she shows us
01:00:59the big hit
01:00:59that she's working on.
01:01:03Casey,
01:01:04I am not stooping
01:01:05to your level.
01:01:06And besides,
01:01:07we're late for hair
01:01:08and makeup.
01:01:09I will talk to you
01:01:10about this later.
01:01:13You will regret this.
01:01:15Casey has done nothing
01:01:17but ruin you.
01:01:18She's just a pretty face
01:01:20with no talent
01:01:21to back it up.
01:01:22Thanks, Mom.
01:01:28One,
01:01:29I'm not your assistant
01:01:31anymore.
01:01:31It's Miss Reed
01:01:32Reed, and I'm the CEO
01:01:34of Reed Records.
01:01:35Two,
01:01:36my birthday was months ago.
01:01:38Actually,
01:01:39the night that you
01:01:40proposed to Scarlett,
01:01:41so your gift
01:01:42means nothing.
01:01:45Did you know
01:01:46I was actually gonna tell you
01:01:47my secret that night?
01:01:48What secret?
01:01:52Secret?
01:01:53What are you talking about?
01:01:54What secret?
01:01:58What secret?
01:01:59Ruth?
01:02:00No.
01:02:01That I wanted to spend
01:02:02every single day
01:02:03of the rest of my life
01:02:04with you.
01:02:08But not anymore.
01:02:11I don't need you.
01:02:22Don't pay attention
01:02:23to anything she just said.
01:02:24I want you to get
01:02:25the best equipment
01:02:25and the best instruments
01:02:26to her collection.
01:02:28Yes, sir?
01:02:31Oh, one more thing.
01:02:33She's fired.
01:02:36Yes, sir?
01:02:39But, Dexter,
01:02:41you can't do this.
01:02:42I love you.
01:02:55Mr. Hayes?
01:02:56Ms. Hart?
01:02:57You're on in five.
01:02:58The broadcast
01:02:59will begin live.
01:03:02Did you hear that?
01:03:03Millions of fans
01:03:04are gonna be hearing
01:03:05your song.
01:03:06That's exactly
01:03:07what you deserve.
01:03:08The world needs
01:03:09to hear your talent.
01:03:11I can't believe
01:03:12I'm about to perform
01:03:13on the Universal Music
01:03:14Awards stage.
01:03:16All right, guys.
01:03:17It's time.
01:03:18Let's go.
01:03:19Scarlet!
01:03:33You can't start
01:03:34the show without me.
01:03:39I knew you'd make it.
01:03:40Of course she did.
01:03:42Her daddy probably
01:03:42got her a ticket
01:03:43after she cried
01:03:44about being left out.
01:03:45Dexter, Scarlet.
01:03:47You know,
01:03:47I'm actually surprised
01:03:48you showed up.
01:03:49I thought it would be
01:03:50too painful for you
01:03:51to witness people
01:03:52with actual talent
01:03:53perform when
01:03:54you yourself
01:03:55have none.
01:03:56Mm.
01:03:57I'm getting
01:03:58a lecture about talent
01:04:00from you.
01:04:01Oh.
01:04:02Guess we'll see
01:04:02who's real
01:04:03and who's fake tonight.
01:04:05Wreck-a-lake, Scarlet.
01:04:07Or should I say
01:04:08Echo?
01:04:10Don't choke.
01:04:13Hope you don't choke.
01:04:34The playback's down.
01:04:37The track's gone,
01:04:38completely white.
01:04:40You have another version
01:04:41of the track, right?
01:04:45I didn't even make
01:04:46that version.
01:04:47I had to pay
01:04:48Taylor Swift's producer
01:04:48to send me
01:04:49down to the reject tracks.
01:04:50Go fix this.
01:04:51Now.
01:04:54This is bad.
01:04:56All right,
01:04:56everyone's just out there
01:04:57staring at us.
01:04:58We're gonna burn the broadcast
01:04:59and the label's gonna drop us.
01:05:01What are we gonna do?
01:05:03I have an idea.
01:05:06Your Echo, right?
01:05:18Yes, it's true.
01:05:20I'm Echo,
01:05:22the award-winning producer
01:05:23and Dexter Hayes'
01:05:25longtime mystery collaborator.
01:05:27Then prove it.
01:05:28Go ahead.
01:05:30Why don't you mix us
01:05:31a live track right here,
01:05:32right now?
01:05:33Come on.
01:05:34You're a genius producer, right?
01:05:36I mean,
01:05:37this is your chance
01:05:38to show off your talents.
01:05:39I mean,
01:05:39the whole world is watching.
01:05:42I don't know
01:05:42what any of these buttons
01:05:43even do.
01:05:44This bitch
01:05:45is trying to sabotage me.
01:05:46I must have another file
01:05:48I can play.
01:05:48I'll just make it look
01:05:50like I'm mixing in real time.
01:05:52Of course.
01:05:54Watch me work my magic.
01:06:13And that's how it's done.
01:06:15Show must go on.
01:06:17Nice try.
01:06:18Scarlet's proven herself enough.
01:06:20You can stop
01:06:21with the jealous witch hunt now.
01:06:24Okay, can you boost the treble
01:06:25on the EQ in the middle
01:06:26and can you pan
01:06:27from stage left to stage right
01:06:29real quick?
01:06:31Yeah.
01:06:39Damn, I guess you're
01:06:40going to have to do
01:06:40with the old-fashioned way.
01:06:42That means recording
01:06:43the instruments live,
01:06:44looping them.
01:06:45Don't listen to her.
01:06:46She doesn't know
01:06:47what it takes
01:06:47to make a track
01:06:48of my caliber.
01:06:49And this isn't
01:06:50the first time
01:06:51one of Dexter's tracks
01:06:52have been corrupted.
01:06:53If I didn't know
01:06:54any better,
01:06:55I think you were
01:06:56trying to sabotage it.
01:06:57Scarlet, Scarlet,
01:06:58why would Casey do that?
01:07:00For real, okay?
01:07:00You're Echo, okay?
01:07:03So, just fix the track.
01:07:06Yeah.
01:07:07Come on, Echo.
01:07:08What, you have
01:07:09performance anxiety?
01:07:18Scarlet, you are
01:07:20our only hope now.
01:07:21You have to fix this.
01:07:23I could,
01:07:24if I had something
01:07:25other than this shoddy
01:07:26Breed Records
01:07:27music equipment
01:07:28to work with.
01:07:29Casey, if you're
01:07:30such a genius,
01:07:30why don't you fix it?
01:07:32Oh, I actually would,
01:07:34gladly,
01:07:34but it's actually
01:07:35your big night,
01:07:36so why don't you
01:07:37show everyone
01:07:37the brilliant Echo
01:07:38and how you made
01:07:39Dexter Hayes a superstar?
01:07:41Echo!
01:07:42Echo!
01:07:43Echo!
01:07:45Echo!
01:07:46Echo!
01:07:46Echo!
01:07:47Just your Echo,
01:07:48okay?
01:07:49Record some
01:07:50mini-inchments,
01:07:51lay them down,
01:07:51make a track.
01:07:52It's that simple.
01:07:52You know how to do this.
01:07:54You really think
01:07:55your fiancé
01:07:56is going to be able
01:07:57to fix this show?
01:07:58I mean,
01:07:58if she goes down,
01:08:00you go down with her.
01:08:02Casey shouldn't even
01:08:03be here.
01:08:04I can't let her expose me.
01:08:06Not when I'm so close
01:08:07to marrying Dexter
01:08:08and becoming a pop legend.
01:08:32Is this part of her process?
01:08:33It would take a true genius
01:08:35to make that racket
01:08:36sound like music.
01:08:55Oh, my God.
01:08:59Is Scarlet Heart
01:08:59tone deaf?
01:09:01Come on, Echo.
01:09:02Show them your talent.
01:09:03Keep going.
01:09:04Get off the stage.
01:09:06You're ruining the UMAs.
01:09:10All right, look.
01:09:13It's done.
01:09:15You're really going to
01:09:16give up that easily, Dex?
01:09:18You're going to throw it
01:09:19all away because of Scarlet?
01:09:20Yeah, I am.
01:09:22That whole career
01:09:23that I fought for
01:09:24for however,
01:09:24how many years?
01:09:25Yeah.
01:09:29Because you know what?
01:09:31Someone that I was close to
01:09:33once told me
01:09:34that there's a lot more
01:09:35to life
01:09:36than just your career.
01:09:37And who knows,
01:09:38maybe I can get
01:09:39a cool new gig
01:09:40as a personal assistant
01:09:41for the new CEO
01:09:42of Reed Records.
01:09:45Dexter,
01:09:46stop it
01:09:46with those awful jokes.
01:09:48Your entire life's work
01:09:50is on the line.
01:09:51Mom,
01:09:52you heard the track, okay?
01:09:54There's no saving the song.
01:09:56Now, it's over.
01:09:56It's over.
01:10:11Well,
01:10:12I guess it's time
01:10:13for the next act
01:10:14of this show.
01:10:16No, no.
01:10:17There's no,
01:10:18there's no other act.
01:10:20Hey!
01:10:20It's time to let
01:10:21a real musician
01:10:22take the stage.
01:10:24Hey!
01:10:30What the hell
01:10:31do you think
01:10:32you're doing?
01:10:32Mom, mom, stop.
01:10:35You heard of Scarlett?
01:10:37I mean,
01:10:38you can stay
01:10:39unless you want
01:10:40to go down
01:10:40as the worst performer
01:10:41in UMA history.
01:10:43If I couldn't mix
01:10:44a whole live track,
01:10:45what makes you think
01:10:45you could?
01:10:46For one,
01:10:47I know what I'm doing.
01:10:49And if you don't?
01:10:51Will you step down
01:10:52as Reed Records' CEO
01:10:53if you fail?
01:10:55Happily.
01:10:56Hmm.
01:11:00Everyone,
01:11:00we're about to watch
01:11:01the Reed Records' CEO
01:11:03dig her own grave.
01:11:04It seems like Echo
01:11:05is having technical
01:11:06difficulties with her track.
01:11:08Since we're live,
01:11:09let's make something new.
01:11:11Dexter,
01:11:12sing me the first line
01:11:12of your song,
01:11:13just your voice.
01:11:15Right now.
01:11:16Right now.
01:11:23I am not the kind
01:11:26for a show.
01:11:31This is not
01:11:32a one-time thing.
01:11:34Lights are low,
01:11:36but I still will.
01:11:39This morning's got
01:11:41a sting.
01:11:43Good.
01:11:46Now let's
01:11:47make a hit.
01:11:55Let's fucking go!
01:12:12Wait, what is she doing?
01:12:15I mean,
01:12:16you produced this, right?
01:12:17So do you want
01:12:18to go ahead and take over?
01:12:19I can't.
01:12:20I don't have much.
01:12:22You don't need anything
01:12:23except for a band
01:12:24and raw talent.
01:12:25I mean,
01:12:26you are a musician, right?
01:12:31Since when is Casey Reed
01:12:32you're a musical genius.
01:12:34That sound,
01:12:35it's familiar.
01:12:44Stop!
01:12:45Stop it!
01:13:00You're Echo.
01:13:01Does this mean
01:13:02Casey Reed
01:13:04is Echo?
01:13:05This is my song!
01:13:07She just ripped it off!
01:13:08Who's stealing now,
01:13:09Scarlet?
01:13:10Don't listen to her!
01:13:13I'm Echo!
01:13:17I didn't even
01:13:17make that version.
01:13:19I had to pay
01:13:19Taylor Swift's producer
01:13:20to send me
01:13:20one of her reject tracks.
01:13:22Go fix this.
01:13:26Now everyone
01:13:27knows the truth.
01:13:32She's the one
01:13:33that saved the song.
01:13:34No, that was me!
01:13:35I already did
01:13:36all the work.
01:13:37She's just
01:13:37taking the credit.
01:13:39I had to mix
01:13:40the track live,
01:13:41Dexter,
01:13:42so that makes it
01:13:42my intellectual property.
01:13:44You're welcome
01:13:45to put it
01:13:45on your next album,
01:13:47but you're gonna
01:13:47have to pay me for it.
01:13:49Where do I sign?
01:13:50I don't think
01:13:50you could afford my fee.
01:13:53I think you might
01:13:54just be surprised.
01:13:56200 million.
01:13:58200 million?
01:13:59For one song?
01:14:01That's more
01:14:01than our entire album deal.
01:14:03Are you insane?
01:14:04And
01:14:04I want my name
01:14:06to be credited.
01:14:08Bad deal,
01:14:09Miss Reed.
01:14:11And one last thing.
01:14:12I want
01:14:13a public apology
01:14:15from Scarlett Hart
01:14:17and Amelia Hayes.
01:14:18That's ridiculous!
01:14:19Why should we
01:14:20apologize to you?
01:14:21I mean,
01:14:22you don't have to.
01:14:22I could just go ahead
01:14:23and leave,
01:14:23and then Scarlett
01:14:24could finish the album,
01:14:25and Dexter's career
01:14:27could crash and burn,
01:14:28so
01:14:29what will it be?
01:14:35The clock is ticking.
01:14:38I was wrong about you.
01:14:40You saved Dexter's song.
01:14:43I'm sorry.
01:14:47And you?
01:14:48Do it.
01:14:50Apologize to her.
01:14:51That bitch!
01:14:52Why do I have to
01:14:53apologize to her?
01:14:54She ruined everything!
01:14:56Come on,
01:14:57let's hear it.
01:14:57Tell the world the truth.
01:14:59Scarlett?
01:15:00Fine!
01:15:01I'm not Echo.
01:15:02I pretended,
01:15:03and I never wrote
01:15:04or produced
01:15:04any of Dexter's songs.
01:15:06They are happy!
01:15:10I was wrong about you.
01:15:12You saved Dexter's song.
01:15:15I'm sorry.
01:15:19And you?
01:15:21Do it.
01:15:22Apologize to her.
01:15:23That bitch!
01:15:25Why do I have to
01:15:25apologize to her?
01:15:27She ruined everything!
01:15:28Come on,
01:15:29let's hear it.
01:15:30Tell the world the truth.
01:15:31Scarlett?
01:15:32Fine!
01:15:33I'm not Echo.
01:15:35I pretended,
01:15:35and I never wrote
01:15:36or produced
01:15:37any of Dexter's songs.
01:15:38They are happy!
01:15:41They are happy!
01:15:44Wait,
01:15:46that's not
01:15:46what I really meant!
01:15:48Dexter!
01:15:49She manipulated me!
01:15:51You're still my fiancé!
01:15:52You believe-
01:15:52Scarlett,
01:15:53you are exactly
01:15:54what we all see you.
01:15:55You're fucking
01:15:56bought in your
01:15:56damn wire!
01:15:59Casey
01:15:59is the one
01:16:00who built my career.
01:16:02Hell,
01:16:02she's the one
01:16:02who saved the damn song!
01:16:04She's the only one
01:16:06who ever cared about me
01:16:07or loved me.
01:16:10Our engagement
01:16:11is off,
01:16:12and so is the record.
01:16:35Please don't cancel the album!
01:16:37The album
01:16:38terminating your contract
01:16:40and blacklisting
01:16:41from the industry.
01:16:42Career is over.
01:16:48You got yourself
01:16:49a deal case.
01:16:58Hit it.
01:17:05If we're not here
01:17:07for long
01:17:08Tell me
01:17:11where
01:17:12would we
01:17:13belong
01:17:14My back is
01:17:17passed
01:17:18against
01:17:19the wall
01:17:20I need you
01:17:22to know
01:17:23I'm not afraid
01:17:25to fall
01:17:26Your name's on fire
01:17:29in my
01:17:31wings
01:17:32It's burning
01:17:33for my chains
01:17:37Who are you
01:17:39to tell me why
01:17:43Who am I
01:17:45to look like
01:17:48This mirror
01:17:49shows a thousand
01:17:51places
01:17:51But you're not
01:17:53that likecida
01:17:55What
01:18:00a down
01:18:00cosa
01:18:01looks
01:18:02like for
01:18:02you to
01:18:02up
01:18:02By
01:18:02me
01:18:02and
01:18:19I
01:18:23always
01:18:53Award-winning, genius music producer, Echo.
01:18:56I think everyone saw the broadcast, and my work speaks for itself.
01:19:00You are a revolution in the music industry, and we can't wait to see what you do next, Echo.
01:19:08You arrogant fucking whore!
01:19:11You ruined everything!
01:19:15Dexter was gonna be mine!
01:19:18I was gonna be the biggest pop star in the world!
01:19:29But you had to get in my way.
01:19:34That won't happen again.
01:19:36Hercie!
01:19:37Dex, no!
01:19:49Dex, Dex, stay with me!
01:19:51Oh, my God!
01:19:56Hey.
01:19:57Hey.
01:19:57Hey.
01:19:59You've been here all night.
01:20:01You still love her, don't you?
01:20:04Dexter saved my life, but as soon as I thank him, we can move on.
01:20:10You know, if you say so, but have you stopped and asked yourself why he risked his own life to
01:20:16save you?
01:20:16It doesn't matter now.
01:20:19Things will never return back to how they were before.
01:20:23Casey, Dexter was an absolute idiot for betraying you, okay?
01:20:28But without him, I would have lost my baby girl.
01:20:32And those two songs you two produced together, they made millions believe in love.
01:20:38Your love.
01:20:39Well, they shouldn't have fallen for it.
01:20:41I mean, a love like that burns bright, but it doesn't last forever.
01:20:47Clearly, Dexter never stopped caring about you, hmm?
01:20:51Maybe your love story isn't over.
01:20:53The other Reed Records executives want Dexter to headline the big festival and sign him to the label again.
01:21:00You know, if our CEO approves.
01:21:07Dexter's sleeping, but you can see him now.
01:21:15Don't be afraid to tell him how you feel, princess.
01:21:34It was a close call.
01:21:37One centimeter to the right.
01:21:38He could have punctured his lung.
01:21:40If Dex couldn't sing anymore, his life might as well be over.
01:21:45Oh, hopefully.
01:21:46He'll recover.
01:21:47But for now, all he need is rest.
01:21:50That's it.
01:21:52Okay?
01:21:52Okay.
01:21:58What is wrong with you, Dexter?
01:22:02How could you do something so stupid?
01:22:06If you don't make it through this, I won't never forgive you.
01:22:11Never.
01:22:14Bye.
01:22:21I got you beautiful.
01:22:26Why are you still mad at me?
01:22:29I think I have every right to be.
01:22:35Casey, I...
01:22:36Casey, I...
01:22:40I miss you.
01:22:42I miss him, too.
01:22:43But everything we've put each other through, can we really be together again?
01:22:48Dan, you saved my life, and...
01:22:54I will be forever grateful.
01:22:58And in return, I'll give you your song for free.
01:23:01And, um, we can go our separate ways.
01:23:04We can end on a high note.
01:23:05No.
01:23:05Listen.
01:23:06No.
01:23:08Is that really what you want?
01:23:11To walk away from all this forever?
01:23:20Look, there's something I have to show you.
01:23:22Something I've been trying to show you.
01:23:36That horrible night when I chose Scarlet.
01:23:40I only did it because I had to.
01:23:43They forced you to choose her.
01:23:45I was trying to save your life, okay?
01:23:47I would never, ever, ever do that to you.
01:23:51I'd choose you a million times over.
01:23:53And I knew that I'd break your heart.
01:23:54And I knew that I would lose you.
01:23:57And I...
01:23:59But I'd rather risk that than losing your life forever.
01:24:07When I said I loved you, Dexter, I meant it.
01:24:11I don't want to be with anyone else.
01:24:13Me neither.
01:24:18You're my little muse.
01:24:22My pop star.
01:24:28Which...
01:24:28Reminds me.
01:24:32Reed Records would like to formally invite you to headline the wildlife festival.
01:24:38The wildlife festival is the biggest music stage in the world.
01:24:42You saved their CEO.
01:24:44You deserve it.
01:24:45You're the reason I sing.
01:24:47You're the reason I live.
01:24:49I don't want to song write or do any of this if I don't have you.
01:24:52You...
01:24:53You're my world, Casey.
01:24:57I know I've written a lot of songs, okay?
01:24:59I know.
01:25:01But none of them compare to how I feel.
01:25:04I don't want to be with you for just who you are or what you have or any of that
01:25:08stuff.
01:25:09I don't even want to sing or have this career.
01:25:10I'd give it up in a second if it meant just being with you.
01:25:14That's all I need.
01:25:17We do it together.
01:25:22I don't have a sound without you, Dexter Hayes.
01:25:26Okay.
01:25:29I want us to do this together.
01:25:33I love you.
01:25:36I love you, too.
01:25:50It's the biggest cry I've ever seen in my life.
01:25:54Then you'd better give them one hell of a show.
01:25:59Yes, ma'am.
01:26:09I wrote this song with Casey Reed, who is my echo, but more importantly, she is undoubtedly the love of
01:26:18my life.
01:26:21So, I hope you enjoy.
01:26:42I hope you enjoy.
01:26:46There will be time I remember to smile, I imagine a world way together.
01:26:55I hope you enjoy.
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