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So, tell me, have you got any brothers or sisters?
Just Jack, she's over there.
-Hi, Jack. -Hi, fuck face.
Jack, I think you made a bad word choice there.
Just ignore her, Ashley.
I'll make note of that.
So how about your mom and dad? What are their names?
Um... Well, my dad's Kevin. My mom was called Genevieve.
Everyone called her Gen.
She died a couple of years back.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
If at any time you wanna talk about it, I'll be here for you.
That's very kind.
So, anyway, Rachel, what kind of things are you into?
Uh, into as in...?
What kind of things do you and your friends do for fun?
Oh, well, um, since we moved,
I... don't exactly have many friends.
You do now I'm here.
Hey, do you want me to help you with a makeover?
Uh... A little later, maybe.
How about a song, then?
Sure.
[music plays]
[chuckles]
Ashley, stop.
-Jack. -[Jack] You know I hate that shit.
-[Rachel] Leave her alone. -Her?
It's my birthday, I wanna listen, put your headphones on.
Whatever.
[Rachel] Sorry about that, Ashley.
That's OK, do you want me to start over?
-Sure. -[music plays]
Oh, honey I'll do anything for you
Oh, honey Just tell me what you want me to
Oh, honey Kiss me up against...
So, like, where did the inspiration for "On A Roll" come from?
Well, it's about when dreams come true.
You know I wrote all my early songs in my dreams and recorded them
-and put them on YouTube. -Of course.
Well, that song's me saying, "Look how far I came.
If I did it, so can you."
That's so cool.
OK, be back in a moment, just gonna run to the bathroom.
Don't be long, miss you already.
Miss you.
[plucks strings to muffled music on headphones]
[rock music plays]
[music stops]
Your creativity is so awesome.
I wasn't playing for you.
Expressing yourself musically can be very empowering.
Not your kind of music.
-Well, what kind of music do you like? -You wouldn't have heard of it.
Try me. I always love to learn.
OK.
Pixies, Sonic Youth, Idles, Savages.
Are those foreign bands?
[scoffs]
More like vintage.
My mom was super into them, so...
So you only listen to music your mom liked?
Ashley, go to sleep.
-[muffled rock music] -[plucks guitar]
[Catherine] Guys, I'm at a loss. I mean I know I'm talking about next year,
but I... [sighs]
I've got tour venues earmarked, marketing spend locked in.
We're talking sunk costs. Ashley Toos haven't recouped yet,
the current sales cycle is starting to dampen,
and we are way behind on the next album.
Behind as in...?
[Catherine] As in "I don't have a single song yet" behind.
So Ashley hasn't written anything for the next album?
[Catherine] Nothing usable.
Well, if she's feeling under-creative,
there are some mild hallucinogens I can recommend,
all organic.
Munk,
the current meds you've got her on don't seem to be working.
You've seen her, she's unpredictable.
The other day I walk in and she's writing some obtuse bullshit
twenty people are gonna relate to and no one is gonna buy.
She's Ashley O, not Leonard fucking Cohen.
She doesn't understand how fragile all this is.
You think I should up the dose?
[Catherine] I don't know what to do.
I think I do.
Go on.
[Ashley O hums]
[music plays indoors]
...demonstrate it 'Cause I'm going down in history
That's it.
Hey, yeah whoa-ho
- I'm on a roll -Incredible.
Keep it up.
Achieving my goals
[laughs]
[Ashley Too] You are getting so good.
Oh, come on, I dance like a doofus.
That's not true, you're a special person.