The Idol

-Xander: Hey. -Hi.

Okay, who knows why we've been summoned?

Jocelyn says she's found her new sound.

-Oh, okay, okay. -Xander: Mm-hmm.

What about the sound we created for her?

Nikki: You guys are enabling her.

There's, obviously, something a bit off.

Not all oars are in the water--

The girl's mother died.

So, my mother's dead. Is your mother alive?

-You are somethin' else. -People die.

People die... all the time.

-Are you fuckin' joking now? -Everybody dies.

-Are you serious? -What?

-Jocelyn: Hi, guys! -Destiny: Here she comes.

-Uh-oh. Oh, hi. -(all greeting Jocelyn)

Hi! Thank you guys so much for coming.

I know it was last minute and everything.

-Nikki: It's alright. -You call, we come.

So, um, last night,

I got a little bit inspired

-and I took "World Class Sinner"-- -Okay.

-Destiny: Mm-hmm. -And I re-did it.

-Nikki: What? -Destiny: Mm.

Well, I just-- I made it my own a little bit.

Nikki: Okay.

Okay, Nikki, before you make up your mind, will you just listen to it?

-I'm, I'm really excited to play it for you. -I mean-- (sighs)

-Sure. Sure. (chuckles) Sure. -Jocelyn: Is the speaker on?

-Leia: Yeah, it's set up. -Just gonna connect to the--

-(Xander claps) -Woo!

I mean, okay, I'll go first.

I mean, it's not happening, it's not.

-I-I mean, what? What? It, it-- -Chaim: Alright. Wait, hold on.

-Hold o-- Hey, Nikki. -It's, it's not happening.

-It's not. Chaim, don't. -Okay.

Okay, but, Nikki, this, this is something

that, like, no one's doing.

-Nobody sounds like this. -Well, yeah!

There's a reason no one is doing this right now.

It's-- It's not commercial.

Okay, but I told you it's not finished.

By the time I finish it, it will be commercial.

Well, we have a giant fucking hit.

Why would we change it? Ticket sales are down.

But, Nikki, it's not me.

-It's not me. -The single drops next Friday.

We've already done our spends on radio,

on digital, on streaming,

and we spent $1 million

on the goddamn fucking

giant strip club for the video that

you and, uh, uh, Sarah Lawrence here

are shooting this week.

Okay.

That's fine. I'll just-- I'll release it myself.

-Wait, baby. No, no, no, no, no. -What the fuck are you-- Okay.

So, you think you've got a bigger fuckin' dick than me now, Princess?

You wanna fuckin' back it up a little bit

and go through a little oral history

of how we fucking got here?

Because I am more than happy.

I'll spell it out for you.

Remember when your mother got sick?

It was Finkelstein and I.

We came to you and we said,

"We should cancel that tour."

And you said, "No, Nikki, don't.

Please. I can do it. Trust me."

And then a week before you're gonna play Madison Square Garden,

I get a call that you are out of your fucking mind,

babbling up on the roof,

talking to, uh, things

-in outer fuckin' space. -Chaim: All right, all right.

-We don't have to rehash-- -So, wait, so what do we do?

We cut our losses, we refund the tickets.

We spent eight months getting you healthy,

and then we spend millions sending you around the world,

putting you with producers

to give you an EP

of giant fucking big-titted hits!

And now, you're gonna sit here and tell me

that, "It's not me. I don't like it."

Well, that's too bad. It's too fucking late.

That train has left the station

and whether you like it or not,

you are going for that ride!

My suggestion to you?

Appear grateful.

Put on that face, the grateful one.

Yeah... there it is.

-Well, thank you, Nikki, for being so predictable. -(softly) You're welcome.

And, um...

fuck everyone else for being a fucking coward.

I mean, who wouldn't be grateful

after being talked to like that?

Voicemail: Your call has been forwarded

-to an automatic-- -(ends call)

Nikki: It doesn't make any sense.

-We have a giant fucking hit. -Xander: Have some tact

-in the way that you say it. -It was s-- Yeah.

But you know it was awful.

-Why don't one of you-- -I-I actually like it.

-I think it's cool. -I think it's--

-I like all the breathing in it. -Oh, please. You don't like it.

Chaim: We're not gonna win this one.

I just didn't realize how hard

this was gonna be without her.

When I lost my mother, I was a wreck for a year.

Of course, my mother was nice to me.

What did you think of the song?

You don't believe in it?

You know what I believe in?

You.

100%.

Hm?

(new version of "World Class Sinner" playing)

(moaning, heavy breathing in song)

-Hey. -Tedros (on phone): Why'd you play them the song?

-You know it's not done, right? -No, I know, I know. I just--

That was just the first night working together.

It was stupid. I was just... excited.

No, you should be.

You know, there's a powerful voice inside you.

I wanna reach down and pull it out.

What are you doing right now?

You know, I'm just at the club.

Jocelyn (on phone): Nice.

Just catchin' up on some, some work, you know?

-Jocelyn: Nice. -Handlin' some business.

Jocelyn: Are you with people?

Nah, it's just me here.

Jocelyn: It's so late, I thought you'd be,

like, sleeping or something.

I'm literally about to sleep

and then I just-- I realized, uh, my phone

was on silent all day,

and my assistant had my phone--

So, where are you from originally?

Leia (on phone): I am from New York.

Really? You don't seem like you're from New York.

Wow. I've...

never been told that before.

I feel like everyone says that I--

I seem super East Coast, like, uptight and everything.

Ah, I've never been to New York.

Leia: You've-- Really? I mean, that's not

-bad, but it's-- -Oh?

Well, maybe you should take me some time.

Leia: Yeah, I mean,

we should go on a trip.

Izaak: Show me around, I'd love that...

if you can handle it.

Jocelyn: Do you wanna come over and work on some stuff?

Tedros: I can't tonight.

-Okay, what about tomorrow? -Tomorrow, I, uh,

I don't think I can tomorrow either, but

maybe the day after?

Yeah, I can do the day after.

I-I think, I think that, that works for me.

I'm, I'm shooting a music video that day.

Um, maybe come over after?

Tedros: Alright, well then, I'll see you, um...

hopefully I'll see you in a couple days.

Yeah. Yeah. I-- That would be nice.

Tedros: Take care of that voice.

-Try not to smoke too much. -(both chuckle)

Joss.

Joss... Come on. Time to get up.

I feel like you were up talking to that gross guy all night.

-(Jocelyn chuckles) -Coffee's on the side table.

Tedros (over phone): So you're going back

to the original version of the song?

Jocelyn (over phone): Yeah. My manager said

we're not gonna win this fight.

Tedros: Well, maybe you need a new team.

You should be surrounded by people who believe in you...

and trust your vision.

-(water running) -(Jocelyn humming)

-Thank you so much. -You're welcome.

-You need anything else? -No.