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Step right up.

All right, folks, this is KROC,

the rock of the '80s, playing the monster hits.

And speaking of monsters, this one has been tearing up the charts.

This is "If We Die Young."

Morning.

That makes sense.

So, have you guys done it yet?

-Uh, yeah, we're not... -We're, we're not...

-I'm, I'm not, I'm not... -No. No, we're not-- Oh, sorry. No, I know.

Oh, my God, you guys are so adorbs.

-Other people exist, you know? -Die mad about it, bitch.

Who's that?

Seriously, who is that?

Ben. Wow.

God, baby, that ass is unreal.

Shut up.

Ben and Nicole need to fuck, right?

Like, every time I see them together, my tubes ache.

Gross. And it wouldn't be the tubes.

Never mind.

-How are you? -So good.

I never wanna leave this place.

Cool. Great. Just wanted to check.

God, I'm fine.

I'm just excited.

Why?

Okay.

So, last night Ethan asked me

to take a walk with him today.

- Congratulations. - No, no, you don't understand.

Ethan's from L.A. He doesn't walk. Like, he can barely work his legs.

If he wants to go for a walk, it means he has something to tell me...

...or something to ask me.

-Oh, fuck. -If you don't at least pretend to be happy for me,

-I will smash a bottle in your face. -I am not--

- Okay. - Dude, don't.

I've been trying to save you

from assholes like him your entire life.

I don't need to be saved from a happy ending.

And you're sure that's what this is?

It's so hot that you can do that.

-Throw things? -No, but you do it so competently.

-I guess. -It's funny.

I can, like, totally picture you being here as a kid.

Like, pretending the bushes are orcs

-and fighting them with an imaginary sword. -I didn't do that.

You did. Like, in school, you were always like,

"I'm gonna be Aragorn, and Mandy's gonna be Arwen."

I don't... remember that.

Oh. Yeah, okay.

Look, there's something we gotta talk about.

These are all different drafts of the same song.

So, what, you wanna be, like, a famous musician or something?

Yeah. I mean, maybe.

Kind of always thought I would be a social worker like my dad.

That's cool.

When I was younger, I wanted to join the army.

Now, I wanna, like...

...I don't know, run an animal sanctuary or something.

Nice.

You know, she's, like, uber-religious.

Nicole?

Mm-hm. Mormon.

Did you know that?

No.

Well, she is.

Probably gay too.

I'm me...

...and me loves you, right?

But in six months, me is gonna be running football drills

at Notre Dame, and studying law and some shit.

And, like, who even knows what that guy is gonna have on his mind?

What if I got into Notre Dame?

It's really hard to get into N.D., babe.

So... so you wanna, like, what...

-...break up? -Hey, you know, like, what are you doing?

-Like, you've got no path. -Have I been, like, considered in this process, like, at all?

-Of course. -No.

-Of course. -No, because you just decided.

Because that's what you always do. You just--

You decide things and then everybody has to,

like, adjust reality for you.

That's not what this is, okay? I'm not--

You're erasing me.

Don't be a baby.

You're gonna leave me, a-- and then the others are gonna leave for college,

and then everyone's gonna leave me,

and it's just gonna be me here, all alone, and...

Hey, it's okay. You're hurt. I get, I get it.

You need time. You need time.

I mean, I'm just gonna step away, okay?

I will be here if you need it.

I mean, just-- I'm just gonna be over here.

You just-- And, like, you know.

Wait. Uh...

Babe?

Babe?

Babe?

Did she think that we were gonna do

four years long distance in college?

I mean, college is my time, man.

Like, pussy is about to be, like, pow, pow, pow, you know?

-Shit. -Are you shooting the women in this scenario, bro?

Yeah. You know, like, shooting them with my cock.

Are you okay?

-I'm worried about you. -What?

No, man. I'm, I'm, I'm fine.

Like, like, with the breakup and everything.

No, I'm good. Like, you know, it's whatever.

-Yeah, sure. -I'm fine.

You sound very cool and fine.

Plus, and I wanna be clear, this is not the reason per se,

but I'm varsity captain.

Senior year, senior girls.

Come on, man.

And so what's going down with Nicole?

She's a fucking spicy glob of wasabi, man.

Dude.

What are you gonna do, stab me?

Okay.

-You are making a mess. -I'll clean it up later.

I need to know that you're okay.

I'm okay.

No. Oh, no. Hey.

I need to know it.

I am fine.

What do you think about this?

You look great, babe.

Let it go. He's an asshole.

You do the whole Jesus thing, right?

- Um, yeah. - So you're gonna go, like, on a mission?

Like, move to Utah, and, like, marry a Mormon guy or something

and have, like, 15 kids? Like, the whole thing's mapped out.

Like, everything.

-Yeah, definitely. -Yeah.

I, like, literally could never do something like that.

Like, I gotta be free. Free will, baby.

-Heavenly Father has a plan for everyone. -Yeah?

I hope that plan includes me, like, doing whatever the fuck I want, you know?

It does.

How come we never hung out?

Like, I would, I would love to talk about, like, Jesus and shit some time.

You know, like... I'm just, like, super open and curious

to, like, you know, what people believe.

Well, I believe that Heavenly Father has a plan of salvation.

-Right, right. -A-- and that Heavenly Father is love.

And that two hours after you break up with someone

is not a good time to hit on their friend.

Come on. It wasn't even like that.

All right.

I was just trying to get to know you.

I know that face.

Uh, have you, uh, tried the guacamole?

I know why he makes that face.

-Babe, come on. Sit down. -It's so beautiful out tonight.

I just wanna go for a walk. Wanna come?

No. You.

You've spent a lot of time here, right?

I guess. We used to come here when we were kids.

Hm.

- Ever see anything weird? - -Like what?

Like a silver tree.

Like an aspen or...

Listen...

...I know Ethan can be an asshole, but it's just that...

...he really cares about you.

Hm.

Maybe it will help if you talk about the way you're feeling.

Kiss me.

-Am I allowed out now? -You, over there.

He is off limits.

Eww. Gross.

-No offense. -I, I get it.

So, uh, how are you enjoying the cabin?

Seriously, dude, why now?

Fucked up the whole trip.

When you know, you know.

That is tote bag horseshit.

Mandy is delicate. She needs to be taken care of.

She can't function on her own.

I know you think I'm, like, the devil

or whatever, but this had to happen.

It's good that this happened somewhere

that we can all do some healing in.

Like an atmosphere of calm and peace.

Hey there.

Who's there?

Didn't mean to scare you.

Just came down here to check in.

What you drinking there, slick?

Uh, just some pop.

- Soda pop. - Yes, sir.

You know, good old soda pop.

You wanna be careful with that stuff.

All that caffeine.

I'd say a teenager like yourself--

-And y'all are teenagers, right? -Yes, Officer.

Hm. Teenager like yourself

ought to keep it to two or three pops. Don't you agree?

Y'all here for spring break?

Uh, y-- yes, sir.

Good for you. Get out there and have fun.

A lot of people figure, "Why bother? I'm just gonna die anyway--"

Is there a reason you're trespassing on private property?

What are you doing?

That's all right. I just wanted to check on you kids.

I'll be out of your hair in just a second.

I wanted to let you know that there's been an explosion up at the steel mill.

Other side of the mountain.

Nothing for you to worry about.

But we gotta warn folks, and we don't have a phone number for this place.

-Cool. Great. Bye. -Whoa, whoa, is anyone hurt?

Uh, we don't know much yet.

Strange case.

This guy got pretty badly burned and ran off.

Yeah, we're trying to find him still,

but, ah, he probably didn't get far.

Not with the shape he must have been in.

What, what kind of shape?

Let me know if you need anything at all.

I'll be checking up on you.

Yes, sir. Hey, thanks, Officer.

Oh, take it easy with that soda pop, slick.

Yeah, sure thing.

Do you think he knew it was beer?

-What was that? -I didn't hear anything.

-I think I ought to go check it out. -But why?

Uh, just to make sure everything's okay.

Make sure what's okay? The forest?

I think I really need to go and check it out, all right?

But, Ben?

Ben?

Again?

The door!

-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Who the fuck is that? -Get the fucking door! Go!

- Now! - What is that?

What the fuck is happening?

- Mandy! - Oh, my God.

-Who was that? Who was that? Who was that? -I don't know. I don't know.

- Where's Ben? - What happened?

- Some kind of psycho. Nicole, get up, get up. - What?

- Who the fuck is the-- - Nicole, the window.

Let's go. Nicole, will you fucking go?

Shh.

- Is he gone? - Is who gone?

So, um, there was this man, and I was on the forest,

and he just came out of the trees, and so he was running after me.

I saw him. He was fucking, some kind of fucking welding dude.

Didn't the cops say about the steel plant?

Should we just call the police?

No!

She's going to die.

Okay...

- Don't. - ...everyone.

Fuck!

Look at me.

Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me.

Breathe. Breathe.

What are we supposed to do?

Wait.

This isn't right.

She okay?

Do you guys feel that?

What?

It's like...

...nothing.

It's nothing.

It's nothing.

It's... nothing.

It's nothing.

Can we do something about him?

- It's freaking me out. - -Yeah, what are we supposed to do about it?

Should someone call the cops?

- I don't like that his head is, like, over there. - Yeah. Oh, yeah.

- If you don't like it, tape his head back on. -I'll, uh...

Can someone-- There's a, there's a house half a mile down the road.

- Can someone... - Yeah.

Hey, what's up? We gotta go.

I don't... feel like it.

Do you want me to go first or...

Hm.

What's on your back?

There's nothing on my back.

Ethan?

What happened?

Hey.

-Fucking unreal, right? -Mm.

Do you think this is the guy the cop was talking about?

Like, what happened to him?

I don't know.

Maybe he went crazy.

I used to think that...

...getting a personality or whatever was like

your brain is this blank room and you fill it with furniture.

Like, you go to Italy and you put a couch in the room.

Or you go to college and you get, like, a beanbag chair or something, but...

...now I don't know.

Now I think it's more like...

...you're in a room...

...and all the lights are off, and you're just...

...feeling around, bumping into things...

...and things move, and you're just...

...stumbling around.

Maybe he bumped into a new couch.

A crazy couch.

All right, folks, here we go again. This is another request.

And surprise, surprise, here it is, "If We Die Young."

I tried the phone. It's no good.

Did I sleep for two hours or 20?

-Hey, babe. How'd you sleep? -Okay.

-We made pancakes. -Fuck's sake, Jamie.

She's not a child.

Mandy, it's been eight hours.

What do you mean?

It's noon.

But it's dark.

I told you, she wasn't ready.

Don't worry about it, babe. We are figuring it out.

You okay?

I'm all right. Thank you.

Okay, but, like, you sure?

God is good, Mandy.

Do you know what's happening?

What do you mean?

I mean, like... where is the sun?

Don't worry about it.

God has a plan.

It was all written long ago.

I love you.

You're very important to me.

I just care about you more than anybody else here.

Don't worry about it.

Do you love me too?

Of course I do.

So, if something happens...

...we're on the same team.

Nothing's gonna happen.

But... if something does.

-Are you scared of something? -I'm just trying to protect you.

Don't worry about it.

It was all written long ago.

God is good, Mandy.

I was gonna go for a walk.

Cool.

Yeah.

It's like a script for a movie about us.

- About us? - I guess. It's all in there.

It's got the guy, Torch, I guess...

...and he is attacking me.

But then he kills Ethan, and it gets different.

I think the rest of it was like what was supposed to happen.

But there's other stuff.

Like, I keep seeing things.

Like, movie things.

Sorry. So, so you think

all of this is just a movie?

Okay, no. Just...

Ben...

...tell me about your dad.

-Uh-huh, okay. He's a social-- -Social worker.

- Tell me something else about him. - -Stop it, Mandy.

Seriously. Like, anything.

About your mom, or school, or other friends.

-Anything that we haven't talked about here. -I, I have a dad.

Ben...

...what's his name?

When did you have time to write this?

I didn't write it.

It's not that we don't believe you, sweetie.

-It's just-- -Wait, you think I wrote that?

When? With what typewriter?

Typewriter?

Guys, guys, listen to this.

"Ethan is football-captain material.

Handsome." Okay.

"Arrogant, a jerk and a bully."

-Weird response to a breakup, babe. -Hey, I didn't write it.

"Like her boyfriend, Ethan, Mandy is a stunner.

Sexy, fun, vivacious.

But underneath it all, she's incapable of giving up on what's right."

-And I'm arrogant. -Okay, stop it.

"Jamie is a tough, sexy punk,

and she'll do what it takes to survive."

Guys, I've got a great idea. We're gonna have a reading.

We're gonna give Mandy's masterwork its first public performance.

- Fuck off, Ethan. - Come on, dude.

She said she didn't write it, so she won't mind us reading it, right?

Fine.

Okay.

Hear ye, hear ye. We will now have our first reading

of the weird screenplay of our lives

that Mandy wrote for some reason.

All right, here we go.

"Dead Teenagers,"

which is a troubling title.

"Interior, bedroom, day.

We are looking down at a big bed,

and it is Mandy, 18, young and sexy.

She gets up and dances, shaking her ass to the music,

dancing into interior, hallway, day.

She runs into her boyfriend, Ethan, hot and arrogant.

He says, 'Who's that? Seriously, who is that?'

And then Ethan gropes her ass."

- Don't touch me. - Fine.

Then, uh, "God, baby, that ass is unreal."

"I'll be having breakfast

if you decide you want to become a human being some time."

Um, let's get to something good here. Let's get to the blood, right?

Blood or tits? I don't care which.

"Do you think dinner's gonna be awkward?"

"I think it is, buddy. Yeah."

"Beat." Don't know how long that is.

-We can skip this bit. -Oh, now you wanna skip stuff?

"What's...

...what's going down with Nicole?

She's a fucking spicy glob of wasabi."

Sorry.

Uh, the script says I wheel around.

I don't know what wheeling means. Um...

Um...

"Dude."

Okay, we got an extra character here.

Who's gonna be Torch?

I guess I'll be the monster.

Great. Okay. So "Torch has Ethan cornered, and Ethan goes...

'Look, man, just take whatever you want.

You want the girls? Take the girls'."

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Okay, so, "Torch takes one menacing step forward.

'No, please'." Another step.

"Please don't hurt me."

Anybody got any last words before I die?

Eat shit.

Okay.

"And Torch heaves his knife, and he cuts Ethan's throat.

Great gouts of blood bubble out of the seams

that has opened in Ethan's windpipe."

Okay, man, you're a great actor. We get it.

Oh, my God!

Lord, we thank you for this, our cabin.

We thank you for the trees, and the driveway, and the remaining food,

and wherever the electricity comes from,

and the warm beds, the carpeted floors,

and the sky, and the lake.

We pray for patience.

We pray to endure this test,

this punishment, this test.

Lord, I thank you for your greatest blessing,

that we know ourselves.

I know who I am.

I know who I am.

I am a bride of Jesus.

-There's nobody listening, you know? -Then what makes the wind blow?

Fuck you is what.

I thought I should do this.

I thought Ben was the type of guy who would do this.

And then I thought maybe Ben is the type of guy

who would wait for someone to tell him what to do.

Maybe Ben is just a mirror, and that's why everybody loves him so much.

-You are Ben. -Benjamin.

Benjamin.

Benjamin.

Nicole.

Benjamin.

Mandy.

Benjamin.

Benjamin.

Jamie.

Derek.

Becca.

-Louis, Ander-- -God, shut the fuck up.

Someone there?

Can we talk?

Just a sec.

I think Nicole's okay, but Ben...

Well, you know, he's sensitive.

Mm, yeah.

I think it would help, um...

...if we had some sort of sense of what to do next...

...or how this would end.

It's a shame you lost the script.

Yeah, sorry.

I panicked. I'm dumb.

Come on, you're not that dumb.

'Cause I was thinking...

...maybe there's some clue in there about what to do next.

I mean... time started moving again when Ethan died, right?

So, maybe...

I mean, maybe...

...that's how things work.

-Hm. -Maybe that's how things start moving again.

I'm just being practical.

Okay, how, how long are we gonna sit here

until we start considering other options?

-I don't know. -I know you don't, babe. I know.

Listen... if you remembered where the script was,

nobody would blame you.

It would just be like, "Oh, I remembered."

And nobody would be mad.

And you wouldn't have to do any of the messy stuff.

I'll take care of everything.

I'm sorry. I'm dumb.

Where's Nicole?

Do you want me to go find her?

Just tell me if you see her.

Something I can do for you, babe?

Hey.

Hey, babe.

We need to talk.

Have a seat.

We know you have the script.

And I know you think you're protecting us. I get it.

And that must be a lot of pressure on you, right?

So why don't you just give it to me and let me figure it out?

-Wouldn't that be easier? -I wanna say something.

Um...

I know you all think I've been acting difficult

or whatever, but, um...

You know, I just-- I think it's really shitty,

um, with the way you've all been, like, conspiring.

-I-- I'm just trying to keep you safe. -We are safe, babe.

Don't call me that. I'm not a baby.

- Where is it? - Guys.

Where is it?

Go upstairs for a while, guys.

I'm gonna talk to her.

You're all grown up now, huh?

Where's the script?

Come on.

Same team.

Please give me options here, babe.

I don't know how to do this...

...without hurting you.

Jamie?

What are you doing?

I love you...

...and...

...you're very important to me.

I wanted to make sure that...

...nothing happens to you when you're sleeping.

I wanted you to be... comfortable.

I wanted you to be safe.

I found the script.

Did you know that we're in love?

We fall in love at the end of the movie,

when everyone else is dead.

It's actually...

It's actually a nice little speech.

I can't wait to hear it.

I am gonna do whatever it takes...

...to get us out of here.

You're so beautiful.

- Oh, my God. - Holy shit. Mandy.

What happened?

She's fine.

I'm fine.

What did you do?

Don't look at me like that. Stop it.

- He kills you in the shower. Did you know that? - What?

You have this big speech, and he gets you.

When you were naked, alone and afraid,

he does horrible things to you.

Nicole will read Mandy's part.

Here.

We talked about this, remember?

Now, Ben.

"I can't believe he's really dead."

"You need to pull yourself together."

"He was my best friend my entire life."

No, no. You need to be more... intense.

He was my best friend for my entire life.

"Ben suddenly stands.

He says, 'What was that?'"

"What was that?"

"Suddenly a car door slams."

- Help us, please! Please! Can you help us? Please. - Excuse me, Officer.

-Officer, please. -Calm down. Why don't you tell me what happened?

Okay. Um, there is this kind of welder guy

- who died, and-- - We didn't kill him.

- No, no. He fell. - We didn't kill him.

We've been stuck here, and our, our friend is hurt,

-and our other friend is dead. -Are you saying there's some kind of monster?

-No, he, he died. -Sir, calm down.

That's why I'm here.

Uh-huh. And then what?

-What is he doing? -I'm not...

If there's any danger here, I'll take care of it.

That's why I got this baby.

Now, why don't you...

Stop right there!

Not one more step, sir! I'm warning you!

What is he doing?

The fight scene.

See you in hell, monster.

-She, she probably-- -It doesn't... matter.

Nicole, Page 68.

You've got a big scene coming up.

Okay, so I'm sitting next to her at the bar.

Nicole, you are facing the bar. I am facing out.

Uh, this is where you talk about your past.

It's after the escape by the road,

and you find the body in the truck.

We're both exhausted and vulnerable,

-and you open up about what happened. -What?

- What happened. - What happened?

What happened happened.

- No, I mean-- - I know what you mean.

What, we can't skip one scene?

Not this scene.

I-- it's just-- It's not relevant.

It comes completely out of nowhere,

and it doesn't affect anything.

I'm not even gay.

Well, if you don't read it, we will.

I...

Please.

She's right.

We've come this far.

Ben, you'll read for Nicole.

Okay, so I say, "Hard to believe that yesterday

we were five kids, just like anyone."

- Do I have to read it like Nicole? - -No.

"We just had to keep it together, beat.

You know, when that monster had me,

all I could think about was that day."

"What day?"

"I had this girl over from class to study.

I don't know what happened.

We ended up kissing, and that's when--"

When my dad came home.

Keep going.

"He yelled and he threw things and grabbed me by the hair.

-After that, he, uh..." -After that, he,

he made me read the Bible every day.

And when I, when I got something wrong,

he'd make me put my hands on the ground and he would stand on them.

And he was, you know, he was big.

He never broke my fingers. He was careful.

But sometimes he would put his knee on my back

and pull my hair so it felt like it was breaking, and I...

All right, ladies and gentlemen, I am, I am very confused right now.

I don't really know what's going on,

but, um, let's, uh, let's listen to another song.

Here we go. "If We Die Young."

Step out.

Good boy.

Arm.

Just like that.

We're gonna have to pretend you're about to take a shower.

This will be the shower curtain.

"Nicole stands in the bathroom. We admire her young body."

"From outside, we hear the heavy footsteps of Torch

as he approaches the bathroom and slowly opens the creaking door."

"Suddenly, Torch grabs the shower curtain and wraps it around her."

And I guess he...

...puts the blowtorch in her mouth...

...and lights it.

Click.

Did it work?

See?

It's working.

We just have to do one more thing...

...and then it will be you and me.

Jamie, please.

I can't.

I am doing this... for you.

There's nothing left.

Please, please, please, Jamie.

I need to be sure.

I'm so sorry, Mandy.

Please, please, no.

Please!

Please!

Please!

Jamie.

Don't do it. Don't do it. Please, Jamie.

Jamie. Jamie.

Jamie!

I don't wanna die. You don't have to do this.

Jamie!

Ladies and gentlemen, let's see what we got here.

Another request coming in. This is...

Seriously?

There is no one else for me.

I know we have a pretty good group of friends.

We've all dated each other at one point or another.

And I love you all.

But, Becca...

...I love you especially.

I can't imagine this going any other way.

I love you,

and there is nothing

in this universe that could change that.

Um...

I guess I have a hard time trusting people...

...but you... and all you guys

gave me time and space.

And I'm not really religious,

but I thank God that I met you guys.

And, Derek, I love you.

I am you and you are me.

By the power vested in me by me,

I hereby pronounce you husband and wife.

We were thinking about moving out of the city,

but it kind of feels like we're a little young?

-Hm. -Oh, and I'd miss my church, the community and everything.

-Our church. -Right.

You okay, babe?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm just gonna...

Hey, Jake.

You all right? We're missing you downstairs.

Hey.

I'm good. I'm fine.

Yeah. You sound very good and fine.

Well, hurry down.

Hey, Mandy.

Tell Becca I love her.

- Morning! - Hey!

-Hey! -I was just saying this has to be some kind of record.

Every single one of us getting into Notre Dame.

Yeah. Maybe we can all move in together or something.

-Oh. -I love you.

- Love you too, bitch. - Aww.

You are so perfect. I can't believe you exist.

Stop.

- Ask me why I'm dancing. - I know why you're dancing.

I think it's gonna happen today.

He asked me to go for a walk with him,

and he said it all fake casual, like...

..."You wanna go for a walk?"

Just like that.

I'm really happy for you two.

He's a great guy.

Obviously, you're my maid of honor.

I'm gonna make you wear a skirt.

Aww.

I'd rather eat glass.

So hot that you can just, like, do that.

Shut up.

Have you given any thought what you want it to be?

Oh, I don't know.

Probably something, like, simple.

I mean, I just... Maybe, like, a courthouse thing.

-I just wanna live in the moment, you know? -Mm.

I'm so happy for you.

Have you ever been so happy for someone else

you feel like you could explode?

Hey, whose wedding is this?

No, seriously.

Have you ever been so happy that you feel like,

like nothing can hurt you?

I, I don't know what you mean.

Oh, I wish I could describe it.

It is the best feeling in the world.

Actually...

...this bottle, right?

If I smash this on the table...

Jesus, psycho.

I could do this and not be hurt at all.

-Guys. -Mandy.

Hey, girl.

We've been waiting for you.

Everything's great now.

Oh, you're so soft.

I like this scrunchie.

Are you scared of something?

I'm just trying to protect you.

You're erasing me.

Hey.

What are you doing?

What am I holding in my hand?

Nothing.

There's a knife in my hand.

No, t-- there's not.

Okay, camera left. That would be great.

If we can...

Uh, sound, are you guys ready to go?

'Cause I don't, I don't wanna sit around waiting around, like, ten minutes for you to...

Okay, so you're set? Like, you're ready to go on "action"?

Okay, great. Cool.

Well...

Jazz, I better not see the logo on those chips.

I don't wanna have to blur that in post, okay?

Okay, so remember that

what you're doing here is a gift, okay?

This is the only way out for you and your friends.

It's a gift, all right, so--

Can, can we please...

All right, let's get slate in.

Scene 126. Charlie, take.

Okay, we only got one take of this.

Let's settle. And action.

Okay, let's cue music playback.