All language subtitles for Queens S01E11

There's not a label
run by women
that isn't out
just for the money.

All: Nasty Girl Records!

♪ I'm not a victim,
I'm a victor ♪

We not just a label.
We can be a full-service outfit.

We're all gonna release

our solo music
on Nasty Girl Records.

We about to punch
the music business in they face.

Sorry, Daddy.

Thomas: It makes
absolutely no sense

to fall in love
with someone in 12 hours.

I love you.

Valeria: Blood is not
a good enough reason

to have someone who doesn't
treat you with respect.

Jill: I keep
coming back to you,

hoping that you will finally
accept me for who I am.

I'm Jill Da Thrill,
the rapping lesbian

who is worthy
of unconditional love,

and if you won't
give it to me,

then you can go to hell!

[ School bell rings ]

♪♪

Oh.
So, you're the new girl?

Hi. I'm Ana.
[ Laughs ]

[ Mockingly ] "Hi, I'm Ana."
[ Canned laughter ]

You just said what I said
in a different voice.

T-That's cool.
I love impressions.

You're gonna wish
you never came to this school.

[ Audience "Ohs" ]

I wouldn't say that
if I were you.

Oh, yeah?
What are you gonna do about it?

[ Canned laughter ]

Hmm.

How about...

[ Twinkles ]

With icy cool air
like a glacier breeze,

I'm casting a spell
that'll make you freeze!

Anacadabra!

[ Canned laughter ]

Yeah, that works.

[ Chuckles ]

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Poof, Anacadabra

[ Distorting ]
♪ I'm just a normal girl

♪ Livin' in a fickle wo...

[ Camera shutters click ]
♪ Hannah, go, go

♪ Hannah Montana,
Hannah Montana ♪

♪ Hannah Montana,
Hannah Montana ♪

♪ I got molly, I got white

-Did you do it, Madison?!
-Madison, one smile?!

Madison, are you leaving
the show?!

Man: Why'd you do it,
Madison?

Woman: Did you
have a breakdown?

Are you afraid
that they're gonna cancel

"Anacadabra" now
that you've been arrested?

What does your mom
have to say?

♪ Hannah Montana,
Hannah Montana ♪

♪ Hannah Montana,
Hannah Montana ♪

♪ Hannah Montana,
Hannah Montana ♪

What are you doing here?

I bailed you out.
Why?

Because I want to sign you
to Nasty Girl Records.

♪ What you say
your name was? ♪

♪ Hannah

♪♪

I'm happy Thomas loves me
for my looks and not my money,

because this bank account is
missing a whole lot of commas.

Look, we poured everything
we have into the label,

but it's all
gonna pay off.

The launch was
a success.

Lady Z's song just hit
six million streams.

-What?!
-Yes!

That is a great start,
y'all,

but we have to keep
the momentum going.

So while Muffin and Zadie
are working on their albums,

I think we should
drop Valeria's early.

What?

No way. It's not ready.

I thought you'd
be excited.

I am. Kinda.

But?

I love
the music I'm making.

You've come a long way
as an artist.

It's one thing to make something
you're proud of.

Releasing it to the world
is a whole nother thing.

Look, don't trip.
You have a great album.

It's all about
the launch.

Which is why we were
able to land you

a guest spot on
a Resonance record.

I mean, he's the king
of the Latin charts right now.

You're serious?
Resonance?

El Gobernador?

The only Puerto Rican I love
more than Resonance is --

Yourself.

Luis Guzmán.
What?

I like people who've had
little old-man faces

for, like, ever.
Oh.

This is amazing.

Wow, to be recognized by
a Latin artist as a Latin artist

means the world to me,

and I never thought
I'd get to rap in Spanish.

If you can win over
Resonance's fans,

your album's a hit.

Ooh, yes!

Next, though,
we have to expand our roster.

Yes, we need to sign someone
who can sell out arenas.

Because you know touring is
where the real money is.

We're never gonna sign
a star,

but we can find raw talent
and forgotten talent

and turn somebody
into a star.

I'm helping with my money
and my talent.

I already found me.

[ Laughs ]
I'll try to find someone.

While you're acting
full-time?

Look, I've pumped what money
I had into this business.

I have to make
a living somehow.

We'll be fine.

Yep. Stars fall out of the sky
all the time.

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Poof

♪ Anacadabra

I don't need
your help.

You keep saying that --
Because I mean it.

Ana, wait.
What?!

Line.

"I don't want
to cast spells anymore.

I want to be normal."

Okay.
I'll give it to you again.

Ana, wait.

I don't want to be normal.
Oh, d-damn.

Sorry, sorry.

-Cut!
-That's a cut.

My bad.
I'll -- I'll get it.

It happens to all of us.

My apologies, everyone.

Maddi just didn't take
her Adderall this morning.

Mom, I told you
I don't want to take it.

Yes, and you want
to be professional.

And I don't want you to keep
all of these people waiting.

You are the face
of this franchise.

Now take the pills,
sweetheart.

♪♪

♪♪

Good!

Let's take 10.
Start fresh.

♪♪

[ Up-tempo beat plays ]

♪♪

This is gonna be a hit!

[ Laughs ]
Yes!

Que bueno.
Yes!

Ah, thank E-Roc for
letting us use the NGR studio.

This song is
exactly what I need

to cross over into
the American market.

I'm happy to get
the opportunity

to connect
with my Puerto Rican roots!

And I'm excited to get
the chance to rap in Spanish!

[ Stifled chuckle,
clears throat ]

What?

It just doesn't sound like we're
on the same page, you know?

I'm gonna do my thing

and you kick your
sexy designer flow of yours

that has all the white boys
Googling you

after their wives
go to sleep.

You want me
to rap in English?

I want you
to rap how you rap.

I speak Spanish.

You do?
Yes!

That's cool.
That's cool.

I guess I thought of you more
like, uh, a gringa.

I'm not even gonna dignify that
with a response.

I didn't mean to --

You did.
But it's cool.

You're not the first person
to think that.

And then I show them
what I'm about.

And I'm about to show you
on this track

when I kick my verse
in Spanish.

I'm just saying,
give me a chance.

Two powerful
Puerto Rican artists

on the same track,

rapping
in their native language.

Legendary.

Valeria, you can rap your verse
how I want

or you can bounce.

Hate to be blunt,
but it is what it is.

♪♪

♪ Sticks and stones may break
my bones♪

♪ But they won't stop me♪

♪ Sticks and stones
may break my --♪

[ Key clicks ]
Oh, hey.

How's the scouting going?

Finding talent
on SoundCloud

is like looking for a needle
in a haystack.

Nobody cares about
the art of hip-hop anymore.

The Rakims,
the Tips, the Pacs?

They don't exist.

Reached out to
Rapsody's management

to see if she was unhappy
with her situation.

And?
They hung up on me,

said they'd only be interested
in a collab

if the Queens ever
got back together.

I don't think Bree's ever
coming back from Costa Rica.

You never know.

But I'm happy she's happy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[ Cellphone rings ]

This is Naomi.

Dean Brickerhoff,
this is a surprise.

What about Jojo?

♪♪

You want to tell me why the dean
of your college is on my phone

saying you haven't been
to school in over two months?

Because I haven't.

Okay, explain.

I'm not feeling it.

A little more
would help us.

Jojo, you have fought so hard
to get into that school.

Playing piano
at the highest level

is your dream.

Because it's all
I've ever known.

I met some kids in L.A.
who haven't been cooped up

playing classical music
all their lives,

and we've been doing...

...things.

Drugs?

Hip-hop.

I want to be a rapper.

♪♪

You're not throwing away
your education to rap.
How can you talk down
about your own passion?

'Cause we're talking
about you!

I'd never been out of Georgia
when I came here.

I'm learning a lot about myself,
figuring out who I am.

That's good.
It is.

Eric, you've been doing
this dad thing for a hot minute.

Could you just stay
out of it?

[ Scoffs ]

Jojo: Maybe you're
just threatened,

scared I might
be better than you.

You need to get your priorities
straight.

Seriously?

You literally chose music
over your own daughter.

I'm not gonna let you push
my buttons, Jojo.

You are staying in school,
and that's it.

Eric, back me up.

So now I can speak?

I'm an adult.
I don't need your permission.

As long as you livin'
under my roof, you do.

Cool.

♪♪

Jojo.

Look,
we didn't go to college.

We hustled.
And look at us now.

Are we a team or what?
Of course.

Then I need you
to have my back.

I do.

But I also
have opinions.

And I want you to
have your opinions.

But we have to look united
in front of our daughter, fam.

I'm still getting the hang
of this whole thing.

Alright? I have to be
her dad and not her friend.

Let her cool down.
She'll be back.

We'll figure it out.

Team?

Team.

Madison:
I'm fine, Mom!

Fine.

It's Jill.

Hey.

You want to go
for a walk?

Did you ask my mom?

This is nice.
Thank you for this.

It's nice
to be anywhere

that's not in my trailer
or in front of a camera.

[ Both chuckle ]

Do you always have
to get permission

from your mom
to take a walk?

No. Kinda. Yeah.

She likes to know
where I am.

I try to see things
through her eyes.

She wants
what's best for me.

This character
is the network's cash cow.

And your mom's.

Look.

I see how
she treats you.

It's hard to deal
with controlling parents.

It took me 40 years
to build up the courage

to break free from mine.

Yeah.

I keep pitching changing up
the music in the show,

like offering to write music
from my heart

with a little bit
more edge.

But everyone just wants
to keep me in this Ana box.

You don't need
your mom's approval

to be who you want to be.

I actually do, though.
Literally.

W-Wait, y-you're 21.

You're an adult.
What do you mean?

[ Sighs ] Nothing.

I'm not supposed
to tell anyone.

I barely know you.

Sometimes those are
the only people

you can tell things to.

♪♪

Have you ever heard
of a conservatorship?

[ Exhales deeply ]

Yo, you walked out
on Resonance?

Sounds bad
when you say it like that.

He wanted me
to rap in English.

You rap in English.

But this is
a Resonance song.

That you walked away from
when we're at

an incredibly critical time
with this label.

Girl, if you bend and breathe
one more time

while I'm trying to talk to you,
we gonna have a problem.

I'm not Jojo.

She's not listening
to me either.

[ Sighs ]

What's up?

Jojo wants
to be a rapper.

Oh!

You actually have a problem
with her wanting to do

what you do
for a living.

Okay, it sounds silly
when you say it like that,

but she wants to drop
out of school.

I mean, think about all
the stuff we've been through

in this business, V.

I mean, we took
our name from a man

who was calling us
nasty little bitches.

I mean, you think you would
be laid up with ass shots

or poisoning bitches if you were
never in this music business?

I'm probably
the wrong person to ask.

Come on.
You know what I'm saying.

I get it, but she's also
a grown woman...ish.

You kinda got to
see where it goes.

That's what Eric is thinking.
Then forget it.

It's probably
the wrong approach.

[ Chuckles ]

Look, I know things are
worse in this industry today

than when we came out.

I mean, do you see the comments
that people are making

about young women
on the Internet?

I just don't want Jojo
to have to live up

to anybody else's
expectations.

Then I guess you know why
I walked away from that song.

People expect me to
be one thing -- a gringa.

But I want to try something new.
He's not wrong.

Looking back,
I have been presenting myself

as a Sorta Rican.
[ Chuckles ] Sorta Rican.

All the tracks on my album
are in English.

But recording it, I wanted
to try something different.

I just didn't have
the courage to say so.

Yeah.

Well, we do have
a release date.

We can't change that.

It'll only take
a couple months.

We might not even have a label
in a couple of months

if we don't follow Lady Z's hit
with something big.

But I hear you.
I do.

But can we just save the Spanish
for your next album?

And keep ignoring
who I want to be.

Yeah, that's cool.

You really have to make things
right with Resonance.

Your album needs it.
Our label needs it.

You want everybody to be free
of other people's expectations

so long as they're a slave
to yours.

All good.
You got it, captain.

♪♪

♪ Yo♪

♪ Okay, you asked for it♪

♪ 'Bout to go Nostrand Ave
on 'em♪

♪ I'm from that bully
where bullies♪

♪ Will quick to spasm on 'em♪

♪ That's speed, homie,
fatigues on me♪

♪ Streets in me♪

♪ The flow is cold but you know
that I got that heat in me♪

♪ Yeah♪
[ Music stops ]

Could've answered
your phone.

I needed a minute,
but I'm good.

I came to talk to you,
and before you side with Mom,

can you hear me out?

Go for it.

[ Sighs ]

I love hip-hop,
and I'm good.

I wouldn't drop out
if I wasn't.

You know I had never heard
Mom rap until the BET Awards?

I wrote my first verse
that night.

I feel your passion.

And I know that look.

I saw it in Naomi's eyes
at that showcase

in the Bronx
back in '93.

But quitting school?

I can't back you
on that.

I'm doing it
regardless.

But I would love
for you to be on board,

because what you think,
it matters to me -- a lot.

I gave your mom my word
that we'd be a team.

All I'm asking is for you
to help me lay something down.

I need to record
something real

to know if I'm really
at the level I think I am.

Please.

Okay.

But once you step in that booth,
you're not my daughter anymore.

You're an artist.

If it's fire,
the track is yours,

but if it's wack,
I'm tossing it.

Bet?
Bet.

Alright.
Let's see what you got.

[ Up-tempo beat plays ]

♪ Huh

♪ Ha, ha, ha

♪ Conservative girl livin'
in a conservative world ♪

♪ Piano lessons was the only
thing concernin' this girl ♪

♪ Values and strict curfews
nurtured this girl ♪

♪ Searchin' the world

♪ Could be the best or the worst
for this girl ♪

♪ Caterpillar into a butterfly,
clouds to the sunny skies ♪

♪ Jojo on the scene,
I'm in L.A. on my money vibes ♪

♪ Only palm trees
shelter me now ♪

♪ Hot girl,
and my body's like wow ♪

♪ I'm comin' into my own now,
grown now ♪

♪ Nobody's clone now,
gold child, gold crown ♪

♪ Heiress to the throne now,
Usher style, my way ♪
Yes!

♪ J is in control now,
ooh, and it feels good ♪

♪ Tony! Toni! Toné! style

♪ Boys wanna take me to dinner,
I tell 'em boa ♪

♪ But you can't constrict me,
I'm datin' who I wanna ♪

♪ And I'm sorry, not sorry
for spreadin' my wings ♪

♪ On the road to the fast life
and fabulous things, unh ♪

♪♪

[ "Anacadabra" theme plays]

♪ Anacadabra♪

♪ Poof, the power inside me♪

♪ Anacadabra♪

♪ Poof♪

Right?

[ Music stops ]

So...

you want to sign
a teenybopper wizard chick?

She's not
actually a wizard.

Well, she was,
but now she's kind of a --

Nah, it's corny.

The songsare corny.

Her persona is corny.
She's not.

She's talented.
I hear her in rehearsals.

Can she rap?

She can sing.

We're a hip-hop label.

You said we would
never sign a star.

Well, Madison has 11 million
followers on Instagram.

Her fans are insane.

I mean, she could be the next
Britney or Demi Lovato.

She went on tour as Anacadabra
two years ago

and sold out
every venue.

As a corny-ass
wizard witch.

[ Snorts ]
Okay, look.

I'm just saying,
it wouldn't hurt

for us to diversify
our audience.

She has a voice
and has something to say.

And this label,

the whole point
is to empower women.

That's different than freeing
a woman from a conservatorship.

It took 14 years
and a billion documentaries

to free Britney!

I stood by you

when you were on your crusade
for Zadie.

This is my stand
for Madison.

I see what she's going through,
I understand it,

and I want
to help her,

and I think
she can help us.

[ Cellphone vibrates ]

Okay, look,
what would it hurt

to just bring her in
and see what she can do?

She's a good, honest person
surrounded by bad people.

Trust me.

What did you say wizard
whatever girl's name was again?

Madison Pierce.

She just got her corny ass
arrested for shoplifting.

♪♪

Damn.

I was hoping I'd get at least
a couple nights in there.
Wait a minute.
You got arrested on purpose?

You really think
I would've walked out

of Studio City Jewelers
with a necklace

and expect to get
away with it?

I wanted to get caught.

[ Sighs ]

In jail, they won't make me
take Adderall.

[ Sighs ]

You know,
she checks in on me

like every hour,
even at night.

She takes naps while I work
and stays up while I sleep

just so she can make sure
I stay in my bed.

I'm legally required to share
my location from my phone.

My security's in the room
when I go to the gynecologist.

But I knew in that cell,

I'd at least get, like,
one good night of sleep.

And...

maybe they'd fire me
from "Anacadabra."

Wow.

Trish isn't
my mom anymore.

The only way
to be free from her

is to just stop
the money train.

I know that sounds irrational
to normal people,

but [scoffs] my life
isn't normal.

You're gonna fight this,
and I'm gonna help you.

How?

You said you have
things to say?

Well,
it's time to say them.

Figuring out a way to make you
financially independent

is the first step.

Then we work on
the conservatorship.

Jojo: ♪ Ha, ha♪

♪ Conservative girl livin'
in a conservative world♪

♪ Piano lessons was the only
thing concernin' this girl♪

♪ Values and strict curfews
nurtured this girl♪

The Internet's
gonna go crazy!

Mm, we got to play it
for your mom first.

The world needs
to hear this.

And they will.
Eventually.

I'm already risking a lot
by helping you behind her back.

[ Music stops ]

Thanks for helping me.
This was really fun.

We make a pretty good team,
huh?

[ Chuckles ]
So, what's the plan?

It's not a plan.
It's a deal.

You go to school tomorrow,
and I'll speak to your mom.

Deal.

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

I got to take this.

Yo.

♪♪

♪♪

[ Computer beeps ]

Naomi: You still want
to sign this chick

after she got arrested?

She did it
on purpose.

How is that an argument
that she's not crazy?

She made a mistake.
She knows that, too.

But we are more
than our mistakes.

If you guys didn't believe that,
I wouldn't be in your lives.

I'm pretty sure my mom's
gonna find me any minute.

Y'all want to hear
what I've got to say,

or just keep whispering
behind my back?

♪♪

♪ They thought they had me
figured out ♪

♪ But they were all wrong

Ooh.
♪ I had to climb up on the
mountain to make my own throne ♪

♪ I don't need your permission
to do what I want ♪

♪ 'Cause I know who I am
Yeah, girl.

♪ Thursday, it didn't
go as planned ♪

♪ I packed my bags,
but then by Friday ♪

♪ I started a new band

♪ I'm just gettin' started

♪ Yeah
Yeah!

♪ Go

♪ Go

♪ Go with the flow

♪ Go

♪ Go

♪ With the flow
Ow!

♪ They say what I have to do

♪ But they don't know what I see
when I just look at you ♪

♪ What's the chances

♪ Does anybody take chances
anymore? ♪

♪ Oh, no, just confined
to our same vicinities ♪

♪ I don't know what
you want from me ♪

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ Laughter ]

Yes!

Didn't I tell you?

That was raw.

That...was me.

Ooh!
And Nasty Girl Records

needs to be the one
who releases it.

Oh!

[ Pounding on door ]
Man: Police! Coming in.

[ Police radio chatter ]

Mom!

Maddi!
[ Gasps ]

I was so worried.

Oh, thank God
I found you.

Not enough to bail her out
from jail.

♪♪

Who the hell
do you think you are?

Someone who isn't
Madison's mother

who actually cares
about her well-being.

Well, you're fired.

♪♪

We lost a day
of filming.
The studio is
worried sick about you.

Are they really?

Or were they just concerned
about their investment?

You may be able
to do whatever you want to do

in the context
of whatever this operation is,

but Madison
has responsibilities,

which requires her
to not get arrested

and not sneak off
when I am taking a nap.

The girl just
needed a break.

And she was willing to go
to jail to get it.

I'm not a parent,
but I would take that

as confirmation of
the horrible job I was doing.

I am a single mom

who raised this young woman
in a trailer.

We are now worth
$80 million

and employ hundreds
of people.

I think the job I've done
speaks for itself.

She.

What?

Sheis worth
$80 million.

According to the State
of California,

I can have those nice policemen
come in here

and arrest you
for kidnapping my ward.

Do you want me
to do that?

Hmm.

Can I say goodbye?

Jill bailed me out.

♪♪

Yeah.

We'll be waiting for you
outside.

[ Police radio chatter ]

Yo.

How does this conservatorship
thing work?

How do you get
out of it?

I have to prove
I have the capacity

to handle my daily life.

So it's all up
to a judge?

Unless my mom
steps down.

[ Sighs ]
Which she will never do.

Look,
I need a new lawyer.

My mom hired
the one I have now,

and so he's loyal
to her.

I was thinking,

maybe we use my signing bonus
to hire someone new,

someone who's not on
my mother's payroll?

Look,
we're a collective.

Nasty Girl Records
is set up

to share profits
with the artists

when you're --
You're broke.

-We broke.
-Pretty much.

Well,
I'll probably have

Klonopin crushed up in my food
from now on.

But it felt good to get
my song out there.

Thank you, Jill.

♪♪

I'll pay.

For your lawyer.
Not the label, me.

But if I lose, I can't --
I can't pay you back.

I'm willing
to take that risk.

We good?

I'm sorry
about the other day.

I'm a professional,

and it's an honor to be
on the song with you.

It's all good.

You wouldn't be
where you are

if you weren't
an artist with ideas.

[ Chuckles ]
Let's see what you got.

Okay.
[ Mid-tempo beat plays ]

♪ Eh, eh, vamos♪

♪ Leggo♪

♪ Llegamos♪

[ Speaks Spanish ]

[ Music stops ]

I can handle all the ad-libs
in Spanish.

Just...do your thing.

Cool.
You got it.

[ Music resumes ]

Let's go.

Valeria's here.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Chuckles ]

Here we go.
Here we go.

Unh, unh.

♪ Presumes demasiado pero eres
igual♪

♪ Ve bajándole a tu ego♪

♪ Que estás jugando con fuego♪

♪ Na na na na♪

♪ Presumes demasiado pero eres
igual♪

♪ Ve bajándole a tu ego♪

♪ Que estás jugando con fuego♪

♪ Na na na na♪

♪ Eh eh eh eh eh eh♪

♪ Presumes demasiado♪

♪ Eh eh eh eh♪

♪ Dame una noche pa' que veas
cómo lo hago ♪

♪ Si tú pensaste
que ibas a llevarme♪

♪ Déjame decirte lo que siento♪

♪ Yo no soy la última Coca-Cola
del desierto♪

♪ Pero a ti te gusta cada parte
de mi cuerpo ♪

♪ Puedo decir que sí aunque sé
que nada es cierto♪

♪ Eh eh eh eh♪

♪ Dame una noche pa' que veas
cómo lo hago♪

♪ Na na na na♪

Naomi: He dropped you
from the song?

Come on,
you were supposed to fix things,

not make them worse.

It's not like
I did it on purpose.

It was...

what do you call it
with the dogs that get hungry?

Pavlovian.

That.
That.

Well, this label
can't be a nonprofit

and a humanitarian organization
all at the same damn time.

We're all equal partners,
right?
Right.

And we all get a vote,
right?
Right.

Then why is it that
you get to call all the shots

when I put in most
of the money?

Because money is not
the most important thing.

Do you hear
how hypocritical you sound

from one sentence
to the next?

You have a serious
chronic illness.

Chill.

Should I pick a side now
or listen to both of you?

I'm done.
We good.

Jill said y'all met
with Madison Pierce.

That's a great idea.

She could be the next
Christina Aguilera.

Her mother has her
in a conservatorship.

A conservatorship?

Why do y'all have to make things
difficult difficult?

Guess it's back
to SoundCloud

looking for that needle
in a haystack.

♪ All I do is flip♪

♪ Flip, flip, flip♪

♪ Watch this money flip♪
Oof.

♪ Throw my money in
that...and watch it flip♪
Mnh-mnh.

[ Music stops ]
Alright.

This one's got to be good
since everybody's hatin' on it

saying women can't rap?

[ Scoffs ]
Jojo: ♪ Ha, ha♪

♪ Conservative girl livin'
in a conservative world♪

♪ Piano lessons was the only
thing concernin' this girl♪

♪ Values and strict curfews
nurtured this girl♪

I mean, it's not perfect,
but it's got potential.

♪ The worst for this girl,
caterpillar into a butterfly♪

Ooh, I think I just
got my needle --

Wait.

Is that...

Jojo?

♪ Hot girl,
and my body's like wow♪

♪ I'm comin' into my own now,
grown now♪

[ Music stops ]

Um...we should talk.

Ivan: Where does your mother
think you are now?

Madison: Where my phone is,
in my trailer on set,

like you suggested.
Good.

Trish will fight you with
every tool in her arsenal

because you are
the gravy train.

So, if you want to win --

She just wants
her life back.

Then I need to
know everything.

You need to give me
every piece of information

that your mother
can weaponize.

The only way I can win this
is if you're honest with me.

I'm ready.
[ Scoffs ]

I-I'll tell you
everything.

My mom can't do anything worse
than she's already done.

There's millions of dollars
on the table.

You'd be surprised what people
are willing to do.

♪♪

Trish: And that,
coupled with her recent arrest,

serves as proof that
my daughter continues

to be unfit to make
these decisions.

She's in a vulnerable state,
and left to her own devices,

I fear
she'll end up broke,

on the streets,
or worse.

Alright.
Mr. Silva.

Ms. Pierce would like to speak
on her behalf.

With the information
Mr. Silva provided,

you can see I've been working
for a decade,

single-handedly supporting
both myself and my mother.

So, I ask you,
if I'm competent enough

to handle the high-stress
environment my job requires,

while supporting
my family,

why am I deemed incapable
of managing my own life?

She constantly
forgets her lines,

locks herself
in her trailer --

Because
you provoke her.

Please refrain
from interrupting.

I believe my mother's decisions
are not in my best interests.

They are solely
in herfinancial interests.

I deserve to have a life,

and this conservatorship

is a profound miscarriage
of justice.

The conservatorship
was granted three years ago

because Madison was deemed

mentally unfit
to handle her affairs,

and her recent psych evals
suggests nothing troubling.

She was justarrested
for shoplifting.

Thousands of young people
shoplift

and are not placed
in conservatorships.

♪♪

Mom.

There's something you'd like
to add, Mrs. Pierce?

Mom, no.
Please, no.

I...

was walking
past her room,

and I saw the light on.

I had a gun back then
for protection.

And I didn't even know
that she knew I had it.

But it -- it was...

[ Voice breaking ]
It was in her mouth,

and she was about to...

♪♪

Oh, God.

♪♪

She needs
this conservatorship.

She needs me
to protect her.

♪♪

Madison.
Why didn't you tell us?
Because you would've agreed
with my mom,

and then we wouldn't be here
right now.

No, no.

I know now,
and I am still here.

I never thought
she'd use it against me.

She wouldn't even let me
tell my therapist

for fear that it'd get out
and kill my career.

♪♪

I had just found out

the conservatorship
was being extended.

Another year of being told
what I could and couldn't do.

It just seemed like
it was the only way out.

♪♪

I didn't want
to kill myself.

I just wanted out
of this conservatorship.

♪♪

I know, I know.

Look, your mother
needs to hear

these words from you.
It won't matter.

She needs to know how much
this is hurting her daughter.

♪♪

[ Sobs ]

It's gonna be okay.

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

Naomi: "This bitch ain't
thicc, thicc,

but def thicc enough
to get it."

Yo, why are grown-ass men
discussing whether or not

my daughter
has the right ass?

This rapping misogyny
was exactly

what I was trying
to protect Jojo from.

But now because of you --
My daughter came to me

saying she was passionate
about something.

What was I
supposed to say?

Discuss it with me.
That was the plan.

I recorded it for her,
got her to go back to school --

Yo, you can't parent
the way you do business.

Always schemin'.

Yo, can anyone ever
disagree with you

without you turning them
into your enemy?

Your plan didn't work, okay?
It blew up in your face.

Now our daughter is online
getting dissed.

You did that.

How you holding up, baby?

You know, you can't listen
to these people.

Trolls will be trolls.

It doesn't bother you
that they're talking

about your body
and not your talent?

You think I'm talented?

Yes, but --

That's what matters.

I know this industry is
misogynistic and problematic.

People are gonna comment
on my appearance,

but I don't care
what they think.

Look at Lizzo
and Billie Eilish.

Good for them,
but they're not my daughters.

Look, you have
a special opportunity

in front of you
at Hellman,

and yes, you got bars,
for sure,

but can that be enough
right now?

I mean, this will be here
for you once you graduate,

and if it's what
you want to do after that,

I will support you.

No words.

Just love.

My mind's made up.

♪♪

[ Door opens, closes ]

♪♪

Is she okay?

She can be.

That's up to you.

Look, I-I said what I said
for her own good.

I get that you
think that.

Look, I know that what I do
seems excessive.

Everything I have ever done
has been for my daughter.

When she said
she wanted to be a star,

I moved us across
the country.

And then she actually made it.
I-In Hollywood.

I mean, do you know
how many odds we have beaten?

So, when she had
her breakdown...

I helped her,

and it is because of me

that she has turned
her life around.

You do not know
what it is like

to walk in on your child
like that about to --

I don't.

But I do know what it's like
to get to that point

where you feel like nothing's
ever gonna change,

where you just don't care
what happens.

You don't want to feel
trapped anymore.

What if...

she pulled
that trigger?

You think
you're protecting her,

but you're not.

You're trying to control her
to protect yourself.

But trust me,
if you don't let her go,

you really will lose her --
for good.

♪♪

Talk to your daughter.

Listen to her.

Um, I'll let you two
talk alone.

♪♪

♪♪

I can't believe that
I can't believe

Trish would spill that kind of
tea on her own daughter

just to keep the conservatorship
alive.
I know.

The attempted suicide
is too damning,

and the judge isn't
gonna reverse it,

so hopefully Madison
gets through to Trish.

Feels unlikely.

Madison: Hey.

♪♪

What happened?

♪♪

She...

[ Sighs ]

My mom's letting me go.

What?
[ Laughter ]

[ Laughs ] Yeah.

And I want to make music
with you guys,

if the offer
still stands.

Yes!
Okay, then!

Come on with somebody!

We want to hear that!

Madison said
she'd be here an hour ago.
We should've
picked her up.

She'll be here!

[ Doorbell rings ]

See?

-Hey.
-Hi.

First taste of freedom
in three years.

[ Chuckles ]
How do you feel?

Oh, great. Good.

That doesn't sound good.

I don't like
disappointing people.

[ Chuckles ]
Who are you disappointing?

Word got out
I was free of my mom,

free
of my conservatorship,

and -- and offers started
rolling in.

♪ In the night
I hear 'em talk ♪
There was a bidding war.

Universal offered me
$5 million up front.

Aren't they the people
who produce your show?

They say if I give them
one more Ana album,

then I'll be free
to do what I want.

♪ So heartless

[ Scoffs ] I can't pass up
that kind of money.

♪ How could you be
so heartless? ♪

I appreciate everything
you did for me, Jill,

and I will pay you back.
Don't worry about it.

♪ How could you be so,
cold as the winter wind ♪

♪ When it breeze, yo
Okay.

♪ Just remember that you
talkin' to me, though ♪

That's it, I guess.

Take care of yourself,
Madison.

♪ I mean after all the things
that we've been through ♪

Come on, Madison.

♪ I mean after all the things
we got into ♪

♪ Hey, yo, I know of some things
that you ain't told me ♪

♪ Hey, yo, I did some things,
but that's the old me ♪
[ Door closes ]

♪ And now you wanna get me back
and you gonna show me ♪
[ Scoffs ]

You okay?
♪ So you walk around
like you don't know me ♪

I want to pretend that I don't
know where Madison's headed,

but I do.
♪ Still so lonely

Eric: I mean, y'all can't
save everyone.

You tried.

♪ The coldest story ever told

I lost Madison,

and the label
is no further ahead

than it was before
I went after her.

I was the reason
we broke up in the past.

But I won't be
the reason today.

♪ How could you be
so heartless? ♪

You said something to me
in the booth

while we were recording.

You said, we're both artists
with opinions.

And that made me want to rap
in Spanish

because that's what
I want to express right now.

And I don't care if being a
gringa is better for my career.

And I didn't really care
that you dropped me

from a song that would've been
a hit, because it's ultimately

not something
I would've been proud of.

I am proud of who I am.

And where I'm going.

And I know you're
an artist, too,

and I don't expect you to
change your mind on your song.

But if you could see
in my heart

that this is genuinely who I am
and what I want...

♪ How could you be
so heartless? ♪

...I think you'll want
to help me

become that artist
that I want to be.

[ Sighs ]

I'm listening.

♪♪

♪ Aqui el dinero no hace falta♪

♪ No♪

♪ Eso lo tengo yo♪

Mm!
♪ Independiente gracias a dios♪

Yeah. [ Chuckles ]
♪ No hace falta♪

Ooh.
♪ No♪

♪ Aqui tenemos to♪

♪ Yo eligo como lo gasto♪

[ Chuckles ]

[ Laughs ]

-Whoo!
-That's fire.

I'm not on his song,

but he did produce
my Latin song.

I mean, this definitely
broadens our reach

like we were
talking about.

I think the album
is ready.

And I want this one
to be my first single.

Okay.

Let's ride with it!
Congrats, girl!

So, what's next?

Well, I have an idea
on who we should sign.

[ Donna Lewis' "I Love You
Always Forever" plays ]

♪ Those days

♪ Of warm rains
come rushing back to me ♪

♪ Miles of windless

I'm not coming home
if that's why you're here.

It's not.

Look [sighs]

it's like I blinked
and 10 years passed by.

Suddenly my baby
is a grown woman,

and my eyes
can see that,

but my brain is still
trying to catch up.

So I'm sorry if I haven't
been listening to you

and treating you like the adult
that you are.

I'm trying,
I'm learning,

and I'm growing,
just like you are.

I can do this.
I can rap.

I know, and I love it
that you believe in yourself,

'cause most people don't.

And that's what you need
to succeed in this business.

Otherwise,
you won't survive it.

So if you want to drop
out of Hellman...

it's your decision
to make.

♪ Everything I will do for you

♪ You've got the most
unbelievable ♪

What's the catch?

[ Sighs ]
There is no catch.

But I do have an offer.

So, I've been on SoundCloud
all week,

and most of the content
out there is trash,

especially compared
to your track.

And I'm not just saying that
because I'm your mama.

I'm saying this as someone
who has done it.

You're very gifted,

and Nasty Girl Records
would be so lucky to have you.

♪ Exotic sweetness

I feel like
there's a catch.

Jojo, I can't force you
to stay in school,

but I also know that you have
an incredible opportunity

in front of you
at Hellman.

If you drop out
and you want to rap,

I'm not gonna let you do it
any other place

than under my wing.

But what I want to offer you
is an opportunity to do both.

Stay in school,
get your degree...

and make your music
while doing it.

And I know you haven't fallen
out of love with piano.

I saw you
at that audition.

[ Vocalizing ]

J's killin' it.

[ Chuckles ]

I kinda miss it.

It's quiet.

I could do it alone.

I want to give you
the opportunity to do both.

That's what
I'm giving you.

♪ Near and far and always
and everywhere and everything ♪

[ Laughs ]

Now, does that mean...

I want to do both.

[ Squeals ]

Welcome
to Nasty Girl Records.

Do I get an advance?

We broke as hell.

[ Laughs ]
Of course.

[ Chuckles ]

So, should we go home?

Yes, baby.
Let's go home.

♪ I love you always forever
[ Canned laughter ]

♪ Near and far,
closer together ♪

Madison: ♪ Anacadabra

♪ Poof, poof
[ School bell rings ]

Director: And cut!
♪ I've got a magic touch

♪ Sometimes it's such
a pain in the butt ♪

♪ To be so different

♪ But I can't get enough
of the magic inside me ♪

♪ No, no, no, no

♪ Just watch, I'll show ya

♪ Anacadabra
♪ Poof, the power inside me

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Poof, the friend
that I can be ♪

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Poof, Anacadabra

♪ Anacadabra

♪ I'm gonna blow your mind

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Poof, Anacadabra

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Poof

♪ Anacadabra

♪ Anacadabra, poof

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