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One, two, three, four!

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[PLAYING "VOLDEMORT"]

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* I'm sorry if I scare you
I scare myself too *

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* I scare myself too *

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* You find me terrifying *

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* Could it be
You-Know-Who? *

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* What could I be hiding? *

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* What could I be hiding? *

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* What could I be hiding? *

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* What could I be hiding? *

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* Voldemort's alive and *

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* Voldemort's alive and *

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* Voldemort's alive and *

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* He's under my headscarf *

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* He's alive
He's alive *

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* Voldemort's alive
And he's under my headscarf *

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AMINA:
And so it came to pass.

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Us, laying down our music,
our legacy,

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exactly as Saira
had always dreamed.

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Here, at Molico Studios,

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with the only producer she had
ever wanted to work with,

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Dirty Mahmood.

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Great work, ladies.

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[SHUDDERS]
I think we can go filthier.

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AMINA:
He was every inch the maverick,

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mustachioed genius
Saira had described.

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Amina? Less controlled
on the solo.

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Lose it a bit.
Yeah.

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Don't worry
about it being perfect.

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Make it dirty.

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I can be dirty.
I can totally be dirty.

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He understood what we were.

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Yeah. Cool.
Ayesha.

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Yes, chef.

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That second fill
into the chorus?

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M-- Mm-hm?
Show-boat. It's your moment.

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He knew how to get
the best out of us.

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Heard. Speaking my language.

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Eh. Let's go again
from the top.

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It felt like
we were leveling up.

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Sounding good people.

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As joyful as it all was,
there was something missing.

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AYESHA:
One, two, three, four!

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There as a Taz-shaped hole
at the heart of the band.

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But she was adamant
we take the deal.

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And so... we did.

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[***]

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Sure, the label could control

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if and when our music
was released.

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[CHEERING]

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But they'd made it clear

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they wanted to put
our album out ASAP.

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We were zeitgeisty, apparently.
Zeitgeisty.

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Although band life had entered
an exciting new phase,

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Bisma still had
some work to do at home.

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You okay, Mum?
Yeah, I'm okay.

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You know, baby,
I was...

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thinking about maybe, one day,
just going out just...

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like... this.

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Like, with your braids out?

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Mm-hm.

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But--

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It isn't because
I don't love my hijab, I do,

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it's just I-- I--
Mum.

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I feel I need to do this.
A change.

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Mum.
Like you've been doing.
But don't worry.

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I'm still strong in my faith,
and I'm not any less Muslim.

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It isn't about that.
It's just that--

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Mum!
Yes. Sorry.

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Yes, baby?

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You don't have to explain to me
or to anyone.

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Just do you.

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[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

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[SIGHS]

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'Kay.

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That's enough now.
No.

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Uh-- Mum. No, Mum. Dad.
[GIGGLING]

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AMINA:
While Bisma
had found resolution,

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Ayesha was still torn up
after her argument with Laura.

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AHSAN:
Hey.

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You okay?

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Laura's been stonewalling me.

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[SIGHS]

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She hasn't even opened
half my texts.

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[SIGHS]

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You okay?

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I told Amina I want her.

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Jeez.

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I know I said be forward
but not "serial killer" forward.

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It just came out.

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[SIGHS]

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I also said that Billy
was exoticizing her.

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Fam.

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You better than to use fancy
anthropological terms

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when it comes to
matters of the heart.

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[EXHALES]

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[***]

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AMINA:
As for me, I was giving Billy
another shot.

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He had apologized for kiss
and I-- I was less afraid.

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Need help?
Uh, no. No, no.

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[CHUCKLES]

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What's this? Hm.

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Oh, that's, uh, Ahsan's desk.
His shit.

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Oh.

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I-- Found it! Heh.

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Let's get out of here.
Mm!

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AMINA:
I know it looks like theft,

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but it had my name on it.
So, technically, it was mine.

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Yeah, look, again,
I'm so sorry--

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[INHALES DEEPLY]

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--that I attacked your face
with my face.

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You've apologized.
It's fine, Billy. It's just--

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[SIGHS]
It's cool.

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Mm.

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Can-- Can I--?
Can I ask you something?

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Yeah. Sure.
Yeah, of course, anything.

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Uh, yeah, so...

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So, Ahsan said an odd thing.
He was like--

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[SCOFFING]
He was like, you were
exoticizing me or something?

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And I was, like,
"Ew. Go away, you cr--

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You crazy... cat."

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But do you know why
he would say that?

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Fucking hell.
Yeah, that man is so pathetic.

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He likes you,
but he doesn't have the stones

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to do anything about it,

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so he spends all of his time
trying to sabotage me.

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It's actually kinda racist.

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So, you didn't say anything?
No, all I said-- What--

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Was that it was exciting
being with you.

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Oh.

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That's sweet.

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AMINA:
That was sweet.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, exactly. U-- Us.
Against the world.

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Uh, exciting, dangerous.

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All I said was that it was
exciting being seen with you,

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and he totally flipped out. Agh.

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Wait, it's exciting
being with me

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or it's exciting
being seen with me?

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Um-- The--
Um... the second one?

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The-- No, the s-- The fir--
The first one.

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[INHALES SHARPLY]

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What-- What's the difference?

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AMINA:
Shit.

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Uh, hey, could I get another
an Earl Grey tea, please?

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Amina?

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Ooh! How's my rockstar?

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Vexed.

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Profoundly vexed.
He likes being seen with me.

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Apparently,
I make him feel dangerous.

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Danger-- You?

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[LAUGHING]

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That's good. That's really--

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Okay. Hey.
I can be dangerous, okay?

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The point is,
I have been made into a fetish.

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What, like a foot?

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Exactly. Wait, what?

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I told you then,
and I'll tell you again.

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He had bad juju.
Bad juju.

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[SIGHS]
Shit.

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AMINA:
Ahsan had tried to warn me,
and last I spoke to him,

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I told him to make like a
taxidermist and stuff himself.

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Do you have anything
I can play this on?

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Show me.

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[INHALES DEEPLY]

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Hm.

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AHSAN:
Hello! Ahem.

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[IN DEEPER VOICE]
Hi! Thank you for tuning
in to Amina Radio.

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Get ready
for a jangly good time.

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An hour of back-to-back,
rootin'-tootin',

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toe-tapping folk bangers
with me, Ahsan,

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coming to you live, sort of,
from London's East End.

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When I told Amina that there
were no Muslim folk stars,

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she would be the first.

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She was swift to correct me.

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So, this first song
is by our man,

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aka, Yusuf Islam...
Yusuf Islam.

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...fka, Cat Stevens,
aka, a living legend.

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Okay.

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["MOONSHADOW" PLAYING]
Enjoy.

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* Moonshadow, moonshadow *

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* Leapin' and hoppin'
On a moonshadow *

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* Moonshadow, moonshadow *

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[BAND CHEERING]

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So good. Amazing.
Wow!

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Amazing.
Sick!

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Sounded great, Bisma.

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Mm!

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Yeah.
Bisma's all right, is she?

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Yeah, she's great.

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Just noticed, she's sort of
changed her...

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style.

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Oh, right
the headscarf.

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Mm.
She wears it
when she wants.

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Great. She'll wear it again?

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[SCOFFS]
Probably. You should ask her.

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Yeah. No, it's just--
It's really visually striking,

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you know, and really declares
what you are: Muslim punk.

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Right. Yeah.

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CLARICE [SUCKS TEETH]:
But I gotta make some calls.

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But if you need anything,
let me know, yeah?

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In the reception.
Sounding great, ladies!

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Yep.
Yeah, cool.

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[INHALES, SIGHS]

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Anyone heard from Taz?

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Mm-mm.

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[ALI SETHI, ABDULLAH SIDDIQUI
and MAANU'S "LEFT RIGHT" PLAYING]

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AMINA:
Taz had gone off-grid.

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Back to her roots.

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Back to the distant lands
from whence she came:

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Birmingham.

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Hey!
[GIGGLES]

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Come here.

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Oh!
It's okay.

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[LAUGHS]

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You did this when we were kids
too. You become obsessed.

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Your whole existence
wraps around one thing.

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Just like Nav,
all over again.

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How is this anything like Nav?
[SIGHS]

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Well, with Lady Parts,

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you worked your arse off
and then, boom,

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they drop you like it's hot.

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With Nav...
you were obsessed with him.

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Made him your whole life...
and where did that get you?

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Yeah, those two things
aren't equivalent. Right?

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Nav was a wasteman.
Mm-hm.

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And Lady Parts are--

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Look, I don't know, the--
The future.

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Yeah, whatever.
What I'm saying is,

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you give your everything
to a thing, let it define you...

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then when it blows up in your
face, you're like, "What?"

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You need to do you,
Momtaz.

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Focus on your wellbeing.

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My wellbeing.

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[BOTH LAUGH]
Yes, sis!

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You've been running round
looking after everyone else.

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Now it's time
to look after yourself.

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AMINA:
Taz's wellbeing.

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What was her wellbeing?
What did she want?

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I missed you.

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I missed you too, sis.

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Where is Nav, these days?

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AMINA:
Nav. The boy
whose stash of weed

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Taz had agreed
to hide in her sock drawer

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all those years ago.

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The boy she took the fall for
when she was 16.

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He had once meant everything
to her. There he was now.

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[MEN LAUGHING]

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She felt nothing.

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Perhaps one day the sting
of her break up with Lady Parts

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would also fade into just
a pot belly and a bum crack.

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Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

253
00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,279
* My girl, big shot
Music manager mogul *

254
00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,360
* Started from the bottom
Now we here *

255
00:12:04,399 --> 00:12:07,399
AMINA:
But not everyone from Taz's
past was a bad memory.

256
00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,320
And it-- I just got dropped
by my main band,

257
00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,600
so not much
of a big shot.

258
00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:14,480
Get another band.
Get ten bands.

259
00:12:14,519 --> 00:12:16,320
Like, lesson one
in any business is

260
00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,240
"Diversify
your portfolio."

261
00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:19,720
[STAMMERS, LAUGHS]

262
00:12:19,759 --> 00:12:23,240
Since when did you--
You become such a business head?

263
00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:24,759
When I am not selling chicken,

264
00:12:24,799 --> 00:12:27,080
I am doing a Master's
in Business.
Mm.

265
00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,399
[GASPS] No shit! What?
Yeah. Why are you so surprised?

266
00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,960
Like-- I'm more than just
a class clown. Please, please.

267
00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,440
[SCOFFS]
Ah, it's good to see you.

268
00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,840
It's so good to see you too!

269
00:12:36,879 --> 00:12:38,600
Wait, you still rappin'?
No, I mean, like,

270
00:12:38,639 --> 00:12:40,559
I dabble here and there,
but like--

271
00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,480
Um, not much since school.
But yeah.

272
00:12:42,519 --> 00:12:44,799
Ah, nah-- You were good in that
talent show. I remember.

273
00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,679
Nah.
Come on. Let me hear something.

274
00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,080
Nah, sorry, I can't.
Gimme some bars.

275
00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,480
Nah, sorry. I can't.
I-- I took a train.

276
00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:50,639
I don't got a rail card no more.
Okay.

277
00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:52,519
[LAUGHS]
Yes!
[LAUGHS]

278
00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,759
* Melodies, flows and rhythms
Bars and codes and -isms *

279
00:12:55,799 --> 00:12:57,399
* Everything meaning
That I must be dreaming *

280
00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,919
* And I must be sippin' on
Everything written *

281
00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,240
* I become froze and what
I flow like water *

282
00:13:01,279 --> 00:13:02,600
* I'm the daughter of *

283
00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:03,919
* Everything in between
What do you mean *

284
00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,399
* And that means a ton
The caution of *

285
00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,879
* Identities
Abortion of *

286
00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:08,639
* Societal patterns
I guess it just happens *

287
00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:10,159
* And you want to run
For the foreman of *

288
00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,799
* Binary flows
And linear codes *

289
00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,080
* I guess I'm personified
By everything they try to hide *

290
00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,360
* Flowin' between... *

291
00:13:16,399 --> 00:13:18,159
AMINA:
There it was.

292
00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,639
The feeling she'd had

293
00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,320
when she first heard
Lady Parts perform.

294
00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,799
Excitement. Belief.

295
00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,919
This is what she needed.

296
00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,879
Oh, that was so good!

297
00:13:29,919 --> 00:13:31,639
I know. I know. I know.

298
00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,159
[BOTH LAUGH]

299
00:13:41,639 --> 00:13:44,320
* Kind regards, best wishes
Eat shit! *

300
00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,440
* Yours truly, sincerely
This bitch! *

301
00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,399
Can I go again on that please?

302
00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,799
Sure thing. Go for it.

303
00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,600
* Kind regards, best wishes
Eat shit! *

304
00:13:53,639 --> 00:13:56,039
You all right, man?
Hey.

305
00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,440
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

306
00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:01,480
AMINA:
Sister Squire.

307
00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:06,080
Saira's hero
in the actual, literal flesh.

308
00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,399
Uh, no, no, no, no, no.

309
00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,960
[MOUTHS]
Sister Squire.

310
00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,320
What do you mean "no?"

311
00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,960
You been harping
about Squire, for ages.

312
00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,919
No, no-- I--
I haven't been harping. I--

313
00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,799
MAHMOOD:
Yeah, well,
she was recording nearby,

314
00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,559
so I thought get her in.

315
00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,159
Come on.

316
00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,519
Oh... okay.

317
00:14:23,559 --> 00:14:25,759
Heh-heh. Yeah, cool.

318
00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:28,759
Yes. Really stupid.

319
00:14:28,799 --> 00:14:31,039
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I just-- I'm excited--

320
00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,320
[FEEDBACK SQUEALS]

321
00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,679
Fuck! Ah! Stupid!

322
00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,679
AMINA:
Saira seemed to lose
all grace and poise

323
00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,679
in the presence
of her idol.

324
00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,279
Oh, my--! It's like I've--
You are my--

325
00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,399
[SAIRA GRUNTS]

326
00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:48,200
[CHUCKLES WEAKLY]

327
00:14:51,919 --> 00:14:54,639
AMINA:
We decided to give Saira
some alone time

328
00:14:54,679 --> 00:14:57,039
to meet her hero in peace.

329
00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,159
[EXHALES SHARPLY]

330
00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,279
[SPOONS RATTLING]

331
00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:06,320
Shit.

332
00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:07,879
[SIGHS]

333
00:15:07,919 --> 00:15:08,960
You all right?

334
00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,120
Uh, yes.

335
00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:12,000
Um, I-- I mean, you--

336
00:15:12,039 --> 00:15:14,799
[CLEARS THROAT]
Like, you, you--

337
00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,120
[SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT]

338
00:15:17,159 --> 00:15:20,039
I do this, because I saw
you do this,

339
00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,399
and I thought,
I do this too.

340
00:15:23,919 --> 00:15:25,840
I'm flattered.

341
00:15:25,879 --> 00:15:29,279
You know, ah, I listen to
your vinyl on a weekly basis.

342
00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,559
Uh, Monkey Man Dance
is a masterpiece.

343
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,960
Cool.

344
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,399
Yeah, I've, uh--

345
00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,440
I've listened to your stuff as
well. It's-- It's all right.

346
00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,440
You've heard our music?
Yeah. It's fun. It's a--

347
00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,200
It's a lot of fun.

348
00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,480
"Fun?"

349
00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,320
Fun.

350
00:15:47,759 --> 00:15:49,200
You know,
when I was your age,

351
00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,080
I had to hide the fact
I was Muslim.

352
00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,320
"Sister Squire?" I mean,
what the fuck even is that?

353
00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:55,799
[CHUCKLES]

354
00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,919
They didn't want anything to do
with me, the music industry.

355
00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,039
Years I was out there,
hustling on my own,

356
00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,159
putting my music out,
on my own.

357
00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,360
So, when Monkey Manbecame
a hit, no one expected that.

358
00:16:08,399 --> 00:16:10,320
Then they sat up.

359
00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,279
Finally.
Had their attention.

360
00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,960
But when I refused
to soften my lyrics,

361
00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,960
do that whole pretty girl,
short skirt, long hair bollocks,

362
00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,279
they fucked off.

363
00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:23,919
But I keep on.

364
00:16:25,399 --> 00:16:27,799
I still... keep on.

365
00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:28,919
[CHUCKLES]

366
00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:30,240
I know.

367
00:16:30,279 --> 00:16:32,960
Your latest album
is next level.

368
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,039
And-- And-- And your voice, it's
richer than I've ever heard it.

369
00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,399
It-- It's amazing.

370
00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:39,600
Yeah, I know.

371
00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:41,799
You paved the way.

372
00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,879
You are fucking right I did.

373
00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:46,679
So, what are you
going to do with that?

374
00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,399
What?
Look.

375
00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,759
You are a fierce band
of Muslim women,

376
00:16:50,799 --> 00:16:53,200
and you're not even
having to hide that.

377
00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:54,759
You got a platform here.

378
00:16:54,799 --> 00:16:56,559
A real fucking
meaningful platform

379
00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,799
to shine a light on anything
in the world. Anything you want.

380
00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,360
And there's so much fuckery.

381
00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:05,839
There is so much suffering,
you know?

382
00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,000
Yeah.

383
00:17:07,039 --> 00:17:09,640
And... I like your songs.

384
00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:10,559
[CHUCKLES]

385
00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:12,400
'Cause they're the best
kind of...

386
00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,920
funny Muslim songs around.
But... what are you saying?

387
00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:19,599
We are--

388
00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:24,720
I don't know. Like--
Our songs are about us,

389
00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:28,559
our experiences, day to day,
like, us-ness, you know?

390
00:17:28,599 --> 00:17:30,680
Uh-- Uh, speaking our truth.

391
00:17:32,559 --> 00:17:35,160
That's great. That's beautiful.

392
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:40,240
But you could talk about things.
Real things. You know?

393
00:17:40,279 --> 00:17:43,240
Give a voice
to the voiceless.

394
00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:45,039
Muslims are being chucked out
of their homes,

395
00:17:45,079 --> 00:17:46,200
treated as second-class
citizens.

396
00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,240
It is dark out there.

397
00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,039
They're gonna love having you
on the posters,

398
00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:55,480
but don't you let them forget
that you have got a voice.

399
00:17:55,519 --> 00:17:58,400
You have got something to say.

400
00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,000
Don't let your music be empty.

401
00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,480
Say something real.

402
00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,240
Guys! I bought croissants!
Fam, the R is silent.

403
00:18:20,279 --> 00:18:21,519
It's literally "croissants."

404
00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:22,759
Croissant! Oh--
[GASPING]

405
00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:24,279
[ALL SCREAM]

406
00:18:24,319 --> 00:18:25,759
Hi, everyone.

407
00:18:25,799 --> 00:18:27,599
You okay, amigo?

408
00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,960
Yeah. Yeah.

409
00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,039
We need two more songs
to round out the album,

410
00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:36,440
and I'm thinking, we've got
a platform here, right?

411
00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,480
A voice. We've got
a chance to say something.

412
00:18:38,519 --> 00:18:41,400
Be the change, to make
the change or whatever the fuck.

413
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,759
So, yeah, song ideas,
a first bash.

414
00:18:43,799 --> 00:18:46,039
Saira, we--
We-- We-- We can't--

415
00:18:46,079 --> 00:18:47,640
This-- This is-- It's-- Uh--

416
00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,640
What?
Political.

417
00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:50,759
Uh, yeah, we're political.

418
00:18:50,799 --> 00:18:52,279
Yeah, uh, but we're political

419
00:18:52,319 --> 00:18:54,000
in a jokey, winky way.

420
00:18:54,039 --> 00:18:57,440
This is-- This is explicit.
This is on the nose.

421
00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,000
We're more nose-adjacent,
right?

422
00:18:59,039 --> 00:19:00,279
BISMA and AYESHA:
Right.

423
00:19:00,319 --> 00:19:02,160
Yeah, Muslims the world over
are being murdered,

424
00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,400
kicked out of their homes,
stripped of their citizenship,

425
00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,000
and we're, what?
Writing songs about self-care?

426
00:19:07,039 --> 00:19:09,000
Wow, wow. Okay.
"Villain Era" is a banger.

427
00:19:09,039 --> 00:19:11,480
Uh, yes, yes it is. I know.
I'm just saying.

428
00:19:11,519 --> 00:19:14,039
Think, we could shine a light
on any of these issues.

429
00:19:14,079 --> 00:19:16,400
Be the mouthpiece
for something real.

430
00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:17,680
We are
something real.

431
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,200
Yes, but something "real" real.

432
00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,480
You want us to use other's
suffering to make us real?

433
00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:25,000
Saira. You presenting us
with a list of Muslim suffering

434
00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:27,400
and saying, "Pick an atrocity,
any atrocity,

435
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,400
and write about that,"
that-- That doesn't feel real.

436
00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,319
No, no!
That's not what I'm doing.

437
00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:32,720
We have a platform,

438
00:19:32,759 --> 00:19:35,160
a real meaningful
fucking platform,

439
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,839
a chance to talk about something
that needs our attention.

440
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:39,359
[BREATHES DEEPLY]

441
00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:40,640
What did Squire say to you?

442
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,599
Nothing. That she liked our
music. Nothing.

443
00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,000
Saira, some of these issues.
I-- I-- I-- I don't know.

444
00:19:47,039 --> 00:19:49,920
Maybe we should be amplifying
other voices, you know?

445
00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,440
Not-- It-- Heh.
It's not our lived experience.

446
00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:53,920
Amina, we're artists.

447
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,039
We're not confined
by our lived experience.

448
00:19:56,079 --> 00:19:58,240
Come on. Don't you all
agree this stuff?

449
00:19:58,279 --> 00:20:01,839
What is happening right now
is fucking horrendous.

450
00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,519
Or maybe you don't.

451
00:20:03,559 --> 00:20:05,160
Oh, come on!
No shit, man.

452
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,279
BISMA:
Saira, don't bait us.

453
00:20:06,319 --> 00:20:07,759
You know we think
it's horrendous.

454
00:20:07,799 --> 00:20:09,960
I mean, I-- I'm the one
who tells you about half of it.

455
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,599
Well, then why don't we
write about it?

456
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:12,880
Do you think the label

457
00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,480
is going to go for
something like this?

458
00:20:14,519 --> 00:20:16,640
Ah, ah. There's the truth.
You're scared of the label.

459
00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,960
Yeah, man. Yeah, I am!
'Cause guess what?

460
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,599
I like that we get to record
our music properly

461
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,799
and that we're going on tour
and we're gonna do Glastonbury.

462
00:20:24,839 --> 00:20:27,599
Oh, yeah. You like the comfy
chairs and the nice studio.

463
00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,359
I do like the comfy chairs
and the nice studio, Saira!

464
00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,319
And I do like the fact
that we get paid!

465
00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,599
I'm sorry if that makes me a
morally inferior person to you,

466
00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,319
or whatever the hell, but fuck,
man, if we write this,

467
00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,279
if we really write this, I'm--
I'm worried that we're gonna--

468
00:20:43,319 --> 00:20:45,559
Oh, you worry?
We're a punk band.

469
00:20:45,599 --> 00:20:47,680
Punk! Punk is about
fighting the power.

470
00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,480
Don't you fucking tell me
what punk is or I swear to God

471
00:20:50,519 --> 00:20:53,000
I will ram this up your arse.

472
00:20:53,039 --> 00:20:55,440
We just signed a deal with
a massive American corporation.

473
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,039
How punk are we though,
really?

474
00:20:58,319 --> 00:20:59,440
I'm just saying.

475
00:21:01,079 --> 00:21:03,039
I just think this
could be cool for us.

476
00:21:03,079 --> 00:21:04,960
Get real. And not just
funny Muslim song,

477
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,440
after funny Muslim song,
after funny Muslim song.

478
00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,359
Oi, fuck you!

479
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:10,839
Fuck you!

480
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,680
It's not just
a funny Muslim song.

481
00:21:14,799 --> 00:21:16,559
We're writing about
what's true to us,

482
00:21:16,599 --> 00:21:18,880
and, yeah, we're being
really fucking witty about it.

483
00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,440
Everyone. A breath.

484
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:28,839
Saira, don't-- Don't you see,
weare political.

485
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,799
Just by existing,
just by taking up this space,

486
00:21:31,839 --> 00:21:33,039
we are political.

487
00:21:33,079 --> 00:21:36,519
And don't you think
it's important we succeed?

488
00:21:36,559 --> 00:21:38,599
So that other people
who look like us

489
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:40,680
might believe that it
can happen to them too?

490
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,680
Because...
if we write something too--

491
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,640
[SIGHS]
I don't know, man,

492
00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,359
we might not even
make it out the gate.

493
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,559
We'll be dead
in the water.

494
00:21:47,599 --> 00:21:49,000
You don't know that.

495
00:21:49,039 --> 00:21:50,640
You don't know that.

496
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,960
I-- I just think you're
all being a bit alarmist.

497
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,359
Nah, mate.

498
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,400
You're being cavalier.

499
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:01,559
[SIGHS]

500
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:03,880
I'm gonna talk to Clarice.

501
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:04,920
Sai--

502
00:22:09,079 --> 00:22:10,319
[DOOR SLAMS]

503
00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:12,440
How can I put this?

504
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,480
Absolutely fucking not.

505
00:22:14,519 --> 00:22:16,119
[SCOFFS]
Why not?

506
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,960
[SIGHS]
The reason you guys
are an incredible band

507
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,960
is because you bring people
together with humor, you know?

508
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,440
With, uh, joy.
Uh, you're a positive band,

509
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,319
spreading good cheer.
You write these great, catchy--

510
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,039
Funny Muslim songs?

511
00:22:29,079 --> 00:22:30,440
Yeah, exactly.

512
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,039
Yeah, great, but maybe just
a couple songs on the album

513
00:22:33,079 --> 00:22:36,640
could be a little more just--
Serious, about what's going on.

514
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,559
Uh... there's no "atrocity
bangers" playlist you can be on.

515
00:22:39,599 --> 00:22:41,839
[SCOFFS]
You know, know,
I-- I mean, if anything,

516
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,640
the streamers will get spooked
and ban it

517
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,480
if it's too polarizing.

518
00:22:45,519 --> 00:22:48,240
Saira. I believe in you guys.
I want you to succeed.

519
00:22:48,279 --> 00:22:51,799
I'm saying this because,
yeah, the label feels great

520
00:22:51,839 --> 00:22:52,960
that they've signed you, uh--

521
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,839
[SCOFFS]
We're their diversity hire.

522
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,519
Yeah, they feel like
they did a good thing.

523
00:22:56,559 --> 00:22:58,519
Brownie points
from Jesus, whatever.

524
00:22:58,559 --> 00:23:00,000
I know how excellent you are,

525
00:23:00,039 --> 00:23:01,640
and I'm gonna show them
and the world

526
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,200
that are not a diversity hire,

527
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,559
you are the next big
fucking thing.

528
00:23:05,599 --> 00:23:08,359
Yeah, but if you carry on
writing this,

529
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,119
yeah, and the label gets whiff
that their nice Muslim band

530
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,640
is writing stuff that, you know,
could bring them heat,

531
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,640
unwanted negative attention,
criticism,

532
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,400
then they could muzzle you,

533
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,960
hold the album hostage,
and ultimately drop you.

534
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,440
It'll be 10 years before you get
the rights to your songs back,

535
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,759
and there'll be nothing
I can do to protect you.

536
00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:28,519
[SIGHS]

537
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,039
AMINA:
Despite Clarice's warnings,

538
00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:35,920
Sister Squire's words
weighed heavy on Saira.

539
00:23:43,279 --> 00:23:44,359
Hm.

540
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:53,599
[SIGHS]

541
00:24:06,759 --> 00:24:08,839
* I could be your puppet *

542
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,240
* Mouthpiece
Window-dressing bae *

543
00:24:12,279 --> 00:24:14,440
* Here's a funny Muslim song *

544
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,119
* 'Cause I got
Nothing real to say *

545
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:22,279
* It's like Death and the Maiden
Dancing with my corporation *

546
00:24:22,319 --> 00:24:24,240
* I won't mention the-- *

547
00:24:24,279 --> 00:24:26,000
[SOUND SILENCED]

548
00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:26,960
[GASPS SOFTLY]

549
00:24:33,079 --> 00:24:38,039
* It's like Death and the Maiden
Dancing with my corporation *

550
00:24:38,079 --> 00:24:39,799
* I won't mention the-- *

551
00:24:39,839 --> 00:24:41,119
[SILENCED]

552
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,559
[BREATHING SHAKILY]

553
00:24:52,279 --> 00:24:54,119
* I won't mention the w-- *

554
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,240
[CENSOR FEEDBACK HUMS]

555
00:24:55,279 --> 00:24:56,960
Fuck.

556
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,640
[BREATHING SHAKILY]

557
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,279
* I won't mention the-- *

558
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,160
Fuck.

559
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,359
[CENSOR FEEDBACK HUMMING]

560
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,440
Agh! Ahem.

561
00:25:14,759 --> 00:25:16,440
* I won't mention the-- *

562
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,279
[CENSOR FEEDBACK HUMS]

563
00:25:21,079 --> 00:25:22,640
* I won't mention the-- *

564
00:25:24,279 --> 00:25:29,279
[DISTORTED PANTING]

565
00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:30,720
* I won't mention the-- *

566
00:25:30,759 --> 00:25:33,680
[CENSOR FEEDBACK HUMS]
[DISTORTED GASPING]

567
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,440
* I won't mention the-- *

568
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,559
* I won't mention the-- *

569
00:25:52,599 --> 00:25:54,799
[CENSORED SCREAM]

570
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,839
[RASHA NAHAS' "NBEED" PLAYING]

571
00:26:02,279 --> 00:26:04,680
[SINGING IN ARABIC]