00:00So this is your big plan? Just wait over there.
00:07Katie! Come back here! Stop, stop, stop, stop!
00:10Who is Lux? For Halloween this year, I'm going as Lux.
00:13What the sands? That was a Lux!
00:14If you haven't been paying attention, let me catch you up. There is a masked musician
00:18who goes by Lux, and in six months, this person has gone from zero to hundreds of millions of
00:23listens. Like, hundreds of millions. And here's the thing, nobody knows who she is. No name,
00:27no face, no location, nothing. Some people, they're even saying she might not be a real
00:31person, or that she's maybe AI generated with. Okay. So the biggest mystery in music right now is
00:36who is Lux? Someone's coming! Oh my god, it's him!
00:40I caught a sneak peek at you. The blinds are so good when I saw you.
00:52What's up, guys? How are you? Great to meet you.
00:55Welcome to the show. No good for you. Of course.
00:58Lux just dropped a new video.
00:59Nobody knows me. You think about me every night. So long when I look and shine.
01:07I think I'm high, baby, I think I'm high, baby, I think I'm high, baby, I think I'm high.
01:23Could you see that video, dude? Absolutely.
01:27The energy?
01:33You're staring. This is as close as I'm gonna get. I can't afford a ticket.
01:36What? No, no. This is one night that you are finally away from your family.
01:40There is no way that you're gonna see this concert.
01:42Oh, let's go. Come on. Excuse us. Excuse us. We're important. Thank you.
01:46So this is your big plan? Just wait over there.
01:50Katie! Come back here. Stop, stop, stop, stop.
01:54No, don't run.
01:58Nice work, fella. Come back here. Stop!
02:05But you look horrible for the Cowboys.
02:07Your writing's been absolutely rubbish since I'm born.
02:09How's the new single doing?
02:10Do you want the bad news first or do you want me to like you?
02:12I want you to do your job.
02:18Help me.
02:19I am trying to help you, but your writing's been absolutely rubbish since Samantha dumped you.
02:24Hey, gang. Your girl Samantha is so happy to be single again.
02:29Luke Rivers. You fumbled a real one. Hey, how's it feel to play for a half-empty stadium?
02:35Face it, loser. You're nothing without me.
02:39Look, just forget about her, okay? You really need to concentrate on your fans and not some
02:44manufactured pop star that you've been shagging.
02:46You got this, Matty. He needs you.
02:52Chill. Matty Bryce, you look like your life flashed before your eyes.
02:55I did, and it was sad. It was just Spotify playlist and broken dreams.
03:00If you want to work with Luke, you'll just have to show him that you're a fellow musician.
03:05If he doesn't hire me, I'm back to polishing coffins at my parents' funeral home.
03:08I can't work there. Luke is my only shot.
03:10Last year it was opening for Taylor Swift.
03:12Last year you had a massive record and a hit single.
03:14This sophomore slump thing that you've got going on,
03:17it's having people calling you a one-hit-wonder.
03:19No one is calling me a one-hit-wonder.
03:21No one is calling you at all.
03:22You need some new ideas.
03:25He needs you.
03:26Whatever, it doesn't matter.
03:27You're just going to replace me with AI.
03:29Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
03:30You know the label has a hard stance against AI.
03:32Okay, Claire.
03:33Last year was opening for Taylor Swift.
03:39See, Luke?
03:40Women are still throwing themselves at you.
03:42Yeah.
03:43Luke, I wrote a song that's perfect for your next album.
03:47Give me a chance.
03:50Uh, I don't write with anyone anymore.
03:54It's, it's, you just read me.
04:03Look, I appreciate the chutzpah ladies.
04:05Here's two tickets to tonight's gig.
04:07Is he always like that?
04:09Only on his good days.
04:12You know, I don't get what people see in the room.
04:17Okay, maybe I see it.
04:19I am giving up.
04:22It's such a waste of time
04:25to hold out for your love
04:29when all you did was stop our potential
04:35hope we could be
04:38my dream symbol
04:41and find a way back to me
04:47I'm getting out of here.
04:50Play your old stuff!
04:51His music was so good
04:52before he dated that pop star Samantha.
04:54Well, maybe he needs a new muse.
05:01Do you still have your autograph, Sharpie?
05:03Yeah, kids.
05:07I'm sorry, what are you doing?
05:14Oh, we've got a sign. Let me see.
05:16I bet you can't sing these now.
05:18Sorry, sweetheart.
05:19We're only doing my songs tonight.
05:21No!
05:22Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing!
05:26Sorry, I didn't hear you.
05:27Do you want me to sing her song?
05:30Here we go.
05:31Just this one time.
05:32I know who I really am.
05:37Bright lights will look my head.
05:39Do they still need me at all?
05:50Okay, how about this?
05:52Come join me on stage.
05:57Ready?
06:08Hey, I've got an idea.
06:10Who wants to hear Maddie sing her own song?
06:16I didn't say I could perform.
06:18Hey, you want to be my songwriter?
06:20You got to show me you can do it.
06:23This is your chance.
06:24Who wants to hear Maddie sing her song?
06:28All right, so I'm going to give her this.
06:32Are you okay?
06:40Maddie?
06:42Okay.
06:43You got this.
06:48This is a song I wrote about following your dreams.
06:56My heart is beating so loud, I know what I want, never had any doubts, keep my head down.
07:13I'm pushing up and close to a dream, the road ahead and waiting for me.
07:26Hey, who is this nobody?
07:31Maddie, wait.
07:32Hey, come back.
07:35Oh my gosh, did you know the last six-inch Louboutins?
07:38It's when I discovered Luke because I knew that he had it.
07:42What's it?
07:43It's exactly what I saw in you tonight.
07:45Don't give up over just one bad night.
07:47Look, call me in like a couple of years when you've got everything together.
07:51Okay?
07:53Where have you been?
07:57Working, huh?
07:57No, you are working for us.
07:59I gave you one year for chasing that silly dream.
08:03I don't want to work in a funeral home.
08:05Our life work is this funeral home.
08:07Music is just a dream.
08:09You're wrong.
08:09I'm gonna buy this family a house one day, you'll see.
08:12You're being selfish.
08:13Your father is sick, so if you don't like, you can pack your bags and get out.
08:19Mom.
08:22Hello?
08:24Yes?
08:25Are you delivering my ceviche?
08:27It's Maddie.
08:29From last night?
08:30We met at Luke's show.
08:31He said that I had it.
08:36Oh, right.
08:37That was more of an inspiration rather than an invitation.
08:41Wait, wait, wait.
08:42Sorry, um, I just, I, I know I'm meant to do this.
08:49Okay.
08:50Prove it.
08:52Sing.
08:53Right now?
08:54Yeah, right now, right here.
08:56Sing.
08:57Sing like everything depends on this moment.
08:59Because for you, sweetheart, right now it does.
09:05Okay.
09:06Got this.
09:11Something struck me once you came around.
09:16Shook me up and down.
09:19Saw your brightest star through darkened midnight skies.
09:24Oh, my gosh.
09:32Luke?
09:33Luke?
09:33Luke?
09:34Meet your new songwriter.
09:36No, no.
09:37I told you I have a deep and soulful process.
09:39Dude, your last song you rhymed night with tonight, midnight and fortnight.
09:42Okay, I've got to make a phone call.
09:45You, get back to work.
09:49Hey, Luke, what do you think of this beat?
09:56You know that's not real music, right?
09:59You're as bad as Lux.
10:01You can't feel a bunch of ones and zeros.
10:03It has no soul.
10:04Literally, billions of people prove you wrong every day.
10:07Billions of people aren't here.
10:10It's just you and me.
10:15Do you know what it's like to feel something real?
10:21I'll show you.
10:29You can't hear it like this.
10:34You can keep rhythm, right?
10:36Yes.
11:07Oh, getting along famously, I see.
11:10Luke, the label's giving you one week to drop your next single, or they're dropping you.
11:17TikTok lovebirds.
11:22You got this.
11:24I could give two shits how many plugins you have.
11:26We're tracking everything live.
11:28Tara brought me in here because obviously what you're doing is not working for you.
11:31Okay, let me explain something to you.
11:32Number one, I am the boss.
11:34Rule number two, no AI ever.
11:36And rule number three, I know what my fans want.
11:39Your last single was about a Lamborghini.
11:41Is that what your fans want?
11:43At least I have fans.
11:45You are nobody.
11:50Well, I'd rather be a nobody than a has-been.
11:53Get out.
11:55Get out!
11:56I'm not working with you.
11:56I can't work with you, actually.
11:59Don't let the door hit you on the way out, princess.
12:15Hey, Bella.
12:16Hey.
12:18Sorry, he DM'd me.
12:19Just talk to him.
12:20Oh, I love it.
12:21Thanks.
12:22Bye.
12:23What do you want, Neo?
12:24It's John Lennon's jacket.
12:26Um, nice place.
12:28My parents kicked me out.
12:29Like you, they think I have no talent, so.
12:31I never said that.
12:33Look, I really just stopped by to drop this off.
12:35I really appreciated it.
12:37This is private.
12:38You know, especially the Luke Rivers tribute.
12:40Listen, hey, your lyrics, they're some of the best I've ever read.
12:43Your grief, your joy, your pain.
12:45I saw it all on the page.
12:49And I was maybe a little harsh.
12:51So what?
12:53I'm unfired?
12:54Only if you un-quit.
12:55What about the rules?
12:57Just no AI, ever.
13:02Okay.
13:03Okay, great.
13:04See you at work.
13:06Loading Luxe Interface.
13:08Welcome back, Maddie.
13:10Remi Face Detect.
13:14Now my dreams do shatter every night, but the light seems to find every part of me, tearing at the
13:30seas.
13:40And I'm a secret billionaire at these little girl, I got a lot of money in cars.
13:48I think we need some fresh ideas.
13:50Probably.
13:53Why don't you tell me the worst pain you've ever felt?
13:58Can we do something else?
13:59I don't really do pain.
14:00Is that because Samantha broke your heart?
14:03Yes, yes, yes, yes.
14:05This.
14:05Music is about sharing these feelings with a million strangers.
14:14Kind of what?
14:15Yeah?
14:17Love it.
14:21I'm shaking when I'm next to you.
14:27Trust me.
14:29I've got this song stuck in my head.
14:31I think the guitar should go like.
14:35And what if the drums went.
14:39And what if I added a bunch of other crazy shit and it sounded like.
14:48Can't tell just yet what I'm gonna do.
14:51I'm shaking when I'm next to you.
14:54Just curious, do you want it too?
14:57Baby, I'm already boom.
15:02I think we got it.
15:03Yeah, we got it.
15:04Hell yeah.
15:05Maddie, I was thinking for the...
15:08What's going on?
15:09Our new song is going viral.
15:12What?
15:12Okay, so Luke River just teased a new single.
15:14And I want you to actually watch this.
15:16Because fans are losing it.
15:17And not just over the music.
15:18But over this girl in the second half of the video.
15:20Does she have views?
15:21The video's at 26 million views.
15:23And it feels like Luke might actually be back.
15:29So what do you want to do now?
15:30You're successful.
15:31Well, we've got to celebrate.
15:33Can't even remember what that feels like.
15:35It's been a raw year.
15:37Well, raw emotion makes the best music.
15:40Why do you think Lux is so popular?
15:43Lux and raw emotion?
15:44No, Lux is popular because people are stupid.
15:46And they chase whatever shiny thing is in front of them.
15:52Okay, I'm sorry.
15:54It's just...
15:55Samantha broke my heart.
15:57She used me for the fame.
15:58And she called the paparazzi so we were never alone.
16:01And she told me that if I had a more commercial approach that I would be more successful.
16:06And I tried it.
16:07And then when it flopped, she, um, she dumped me and she called me a loser.
16:11Face it, loser.
16:13You're nothing without me.
16:17You should put all that heartbreak in a song.
16:19You should put all that heartbreak in a song.
16:45Congrats on your viral song, Luke.
16:48Miss me?
16:49Dang.
16:50Hi, Samantha.
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