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? We'll forever be wolf pack energy ?

Hey, Bloomies.

We're still celebrating

after our Music Icon Awards sweep,

so we're keeping the Ask Us Anything party going.

- Tulip, hit it. - Okay.

ChaCha40 writes,

"Hi. I've been trying to write my first song,

"and it's harder than I thought.

"Is writing ever difficult for you guys?"

- Nope. - Super easy.

I write songs in my sleep.

[all laugh] Not!

I scream in my sleep.

It's a process.

The first time I wrote a song was when I got my heart broken.

I wrote poetry for years before I ever put my words to music.

And the first song I wrote almost ruined us as a band.

Guys, remember when I told you about WNJC,

the college radio station that's having the songwriting contest,

where the finalists get to play their song live on air?

No, but I feel like you just gave us all the relevant information.

Well, they're about to announce the submission info.

The winning song gets blasted on their socials and played on air all month.

Us? Live? On air?

With song?

I... How? Tulip, help.

What she means is...

Us? Live? On air?

With song? I... How?

Thanks for clearing that up.

Oh! DJ Kim's back on.

[DJ Kim] Hey, cool cats and kittens,

- it's... - [DJ Kim on recording] D-D-D-DJ Kim!

Coming at you live from WNJC,

with the rules for our Songwriters On the Rise contest.

You must submit an original song by this Friday.

I'm talking lyrics.

I'm talking melody.

It has to be all you.

Send us a recording on a jump drive in the mail.

The mail?

Yes, I said "the mail," people.

Can she hear me? And why the mail?

I know what you're thinking.

"Why the mail?"

She can hear me! Am I the radio?

We've had hackers steal songs in the past,

so we're not taking any chances.

Plus, there's a cute postal worker I'm hoping to see a lot of.

Shout-out to Bruce. I'm in love with you.

Good luck, all you songwriters.

We have to win that contest.

But which song should we submit?

We have so many good ones.

Or we could write a new song.

You know, I did have a dream last night

where I wrote lyrics for a song.

Maybe I should write lyrics for this song.

That... that happened in your dream?

[speaking Spanish] Cuando sonamos, vivimos.

You said that in my dream, too.

I have no idea what it means.

"When we dream, we live."

You're writing our song for the contest.

Tules, if your lyrics are anything like your beats, it's gonna kill.

I already know what I'm gonna write about.

Our friendship.

Or maybe the story of a family who body swaps with their dog.

Nah, I'll do our friendship.

I'm so excited to hear it.

But you have to turn it around quick, 'cause the deadline is coming.

Yeah, we'll get out of your space so you can get into your creative zone.

Okay. Song. [chuckles softly]

Song.

[in sing-song] Song, song, song, song, song, song, song,

song, song, song, song, song.

Is that anything?

[Electric Bloom] ? You and me ?

? You and I ?

? I got your back ?

? And you got mine ?

? We're in this forever ?

? Wherever we go we go together ?

? It's all for one ?

? It's you and me ?

? 'Cause all we are is all we need ?

? We're in this forever ?

? Wherever we go we go together ?

So I started writing a song, but it was really hard,

so I decided to do literally anything else

besides write a song.

I made egg salad.

A lot of egg salad.

I created a collage of fake mustaches.

And glued together a bunch of apples.

But then, I totally started writing.

And by writing, I mean judging everything I wrote

and hating it all.

I don't like you, paper!

Things weren't going great,

but I told Jade and Posey that I'd write a song,

so I enthusiastically and confidently

shared my amazing lyrics with them.

[Tulip clears throat]

"Moonlight shines..."

I agree. I hate it.

We didn't say anything.

Yeah, Tules, you're being way too hard on yourself.

Yeah, just try another one.

Okay.

"The..."

"The"? Who starts a sentence with "the"?

You know what? I'm not ready to share, but I'll keep working.

Cut yourself some slack, Tules.

I'm sure you'll come up with a killer song in no time.

Preferably within no time to 48 hours.

Also, I've been wanting to say this for the last half hour.

Why does it smell like egg salad in here?

Long story.

I made egg salad.

That's actually the story. Go, go, go. I'm writing now.

Okay. I can totally write a song

that does our friendship justice.

I got this.

Or I could clean out my closet

and play hide and seek in my clothes.

Wait. Who's gonna seek me?

Eh. Who cares? Beats writing.

Hey, Trevor.

Just donating some clothes.

Not trying to avoid writing or anything. [giggles]

- Hey, Tulip. - Back off, creep!

Tulip, it's me, Lucas.

Oh. Hi.

You're lucky I didn't have to use these. [blows]

No pockets.

What's with the new look?

I was actually looking for a gift for Shelly.

It's our three-week-iversary.

- Is that a thing... - She says it's a thing.

Okay. Uh...

What about this?

Ugh! I'm over red.

It's like, if pink had a bad day, it would be red.

Nah.

Uh... Okay.

What about this?

Messenger bag?

Here's a message. No.

Nah.

This is cute.

Cats with bowties are so thirsty.

It's just like... be a cat.

Nah. Sorry. I just have Shelly's voice in my head.

Maybe I'm overthinking it.

I get that. I'm overthinking everything.

Like this coat. Will it fit? Will it not?

I don't know. Maybe try it on?

Man! The way your brain works.

It fits, and I love it.

It looks great on you, Tulip.

Thanks.

Oh. Somebody left something in here.

It's a poem.

"As the morning mist rises, I clearly see you're the star in my sky,

"my very destiny."

Wow. That's great.

I wonder what else we can find in pockets around here.

These are exactly the kind of words I want to write.

So much imagery and emotion.

Maybe I can tap into this.

I gotta go. Put this on my coat tab, Trevor.

See you, Tulip.

Hello! Back to me.

Ooh! That sparkly top looks cute.

Ew. I hate that top.

Ew. I hate that top now, too.

The poem gave me inspiration for a melody.

So I sang the poem to a track I made

and hoped it would inspire me

to write my own original words.

But that's not quite how things went.

? As the morning mist rises ?

? I clearly see ?

? You're the star in my sky My very destiny ?

? Never knew I could shine till you believed in me ?

? Close my eyes ?

? I see you in my dreams ?

Tules, that was amazing!

That's totally the song we should submit for the contest.

Oh. No, that was... No.

Come on. That beat and those lyrics.

It was crazy good.

You don't understand.

I found the lyrics.

Yeah, you did.

I knew you'd come up with something special.

No, I actually found them in here.

Oh!

You found them in your heart.

Of course you did. Get in here.

We gotta lay down your track right now,

before we lose the magic of the moment.

Let's talk about that magic.

No more talk. Hit us with that beat.

? Close my eyes ?

? I see you in my dreams ?

- So good. - Epic.

I agree. It's not ready.

What? No, Tules. That song is so fun.

- Let's just send it in. - I agree.

Let's just submit one of our other songs instead.

Where's my egg salad?

Okay. We won't submit your song.

We're submitting her song, right?

Uh, definitely. She's just being way too hard on herself.

But that'll change if the first song she ever wrote

wins a songwriting contest.

She's gonna be so happy.

We're such good friends.

So Tulip had no idea we mailed in her song for the contest,

but we assumed she'd be super excited.

You did what?

Or not.

We know you weren't sold on it, but you're being too critical.

The melody rocks and your lyrics are inspired.

The lyrics are inspired, but I didn't write them.

Exactly. Wait, what?

Do you remember that coat that I bought here

that looks, like, crazy good on me?

I'm not jealous, but yes.

Well, I found a poem in the pocket

and those were the lyrics.

I was just using it as inspo,

but then we recorded it.

And now here we are.

Hold up. You're telling me that we stole someone else's work

and passed it off as our own? We... We...

What's the word I'm looking for?

Plagiarized? Copied? Cheated? Lied?

Okay, I was just looking for one word.

I plagiarized?

Oh, man, if my study circles find out about this, I'm toast.

How many study circles are you in?

Probably zero now, Jade. Probably zero.

Obviously, if we knew those lyrics weren't yours,

-we wouldn't have submitted that song. -Of course not.

[gasps] Are we gonna get in trouble?

And the winner of the songwriting contest is...

not Electric Bloom.

Because they're frauds who didn't write their own lyrics.

Wait, we didn't mean to cheat.

DJ Kim, you have to believe us.

Save it. I'm no deejay.

[gasping]

I'm an undercover music cop. Stolen Song division.

And I've been onto your band's little scheme for years.

We submitted the song three days ago...

I don't want to hear it.

Now hand over your instruments,

because you're not a band anymore.

No, please. You can't take our music away from us.

I can, and I will.

Hope you enjoy plagiarism prison.

[sobbing]

I can't go to plagiarism prison.

To break out, I'd need to make a copy of the key,

and then I'd be right back inside.

Obviously, you don't go to jail for accidentally stealing lyrics.

But this could ruin us as a band.

No one in the music biz will ever take us seriously.

Goodbye dreams of opening for Beyonce one day.

Jade, you take that back right now.

We are gonna open for Beyonce one day and she's gonna open for us.

- I don't think... - She would.

Because we're gonna march down to WNJC

and ask if we can switch out our song

and submit an original one instead.

You're right. We can still fix this.

Then we'd better move.

DJ Kim's announcing the finalists today,

and we're gonna be one of them.

And we're gonna blow up, go on tour, and Beyonce's gonna open for us.

- I thought you said... - I'm on board now.

Hey, happy three-week-iversary to my favorite Shelly.

Excuse me, bro?

He's joking, Shel. Say you're joking.

You're joking?

- Is that for me? - Yep.

It's vintage. I hope you like it.

You got her an old shirt?

I feel like I don't say this enough.

I hate it.

It's not old. It's vintage.

Oh. I love it.

Don't listen to me. I hate it.

It's cute.

It's not cute.

You know what? I can just take it back.

[both Shellys] Okay.

So we ran to the radio station to swap out our song,

and we got there just in time...

to realize we were too late.

And we are back,

ready to announce our finalists for our songwriting contest.

[faintly] Wait, stop! No, no, no!

What's all this supposed to mean?

Reverse? Girls? Dance? Reverse?

Group? Music!

Oh, she's saying, "Swap our song!"

Swap our song for the contest!

- Yes! - Wow!

The first finalist is Lil' Howdy from Newark, New Jersey.

Let's listen to a lil' snippet of his song.

[? upbeat music playing]

? Aiyo, lately ?

? You're always on my mind ?

? Thinking about you all the time ?

? Come back to me, baby ?

? Where did you go? ?

[music stops]

Okay. Maybe we won't even be finalists

and our problem will just go away.

On to the next finalist...

The Two Shellys.

B'scuse me?

The Shellys entered the contest and they're finalists?

There's no way their song is good.

[? upbeat music playing]

? Ain't no rainbow without rain ?

? Ain't no game without the pain ?

? This can't be my destiny ?

? This life is gonna get the best of me ?

Whoa.

Their song is actually... [gags]

It's actually... [gags]

It's actually good.

And our final finalist...

You'll know their name one day, but you heard it here first.

Electric Bloom.

[? upbeat music plays]

? Never knew I could shine ?

? Till you believed in me ?

? Close my eyes ?

? I'll see you in my dreams ?

[all] Yay!

Oh, no.

[DJ Kim] Ladies...

What's with all the banging?

We're so sorry, DJ Kim.

We're Electric Bloom.

We want to switch out our song for a new one.

No can do. Rules are rules.

You're either in with the song you submitted already, or you're out.

Well, then, I guess...

Besides, the song you entered is sick.

Between you and me, you guys got a real shot at winning this thing.

B'scuse me?

I like that. I say it now, too.

As far as I'm concerned, it's between you and The Two Shellys,

'cause Lil' Howdy,

lil' related to the guy who owns the station.

So, are you keeping your song in the contest or not?

We...

Um...

Can you b'scuse us for a moment?

If you're using it, I'm using it. Come.

I know pulling the song is the right thing to do,

but I can't get over the thought of The Shellys winning.

Wait, are you saying we should stay in the contest?

I'm not "not" saying it.

Imagine if we don't.

The Shellys will never let us live it down.

Remember how awful they were when they won Battle of the Bands?

? We won ?

? And you lost ?

DJ Kim, we will see you in two days for the live finals.

-[high-pitched] I feel good about this. -Me too.

Me three.

You don't think we're talking in high voices

'cause we're feeling guilty, do you?

[both, high-pitched] Absolutely not!

Clearly, we weren't feeling good about what we did.

We made a bad choice.

But we weren't the only ones making bad choices.

[both laughing]

Okay. Now write us a love song.

Make it sound like we have a lot of struggles, or whatever.

Then sing it back to us in our own voices.

? I keep going when the going gets tough ?

? Feeling feelings but it's never enough ?

? Waiting for life to give me a shove ?

? Then I met you Now I'm falling in love ?

Writing that song was just as easy as "writing"

the one we submitted to the contest.

[both] Thanks, AI.

The Two Shellys cheated.

- They used AI. - I knew one of them was a hologram.

Of course The Two Shellys used AI to write a song.

Know what? They should be called The Two Posers.

But hearing that out loud, that's actually like a perfect insult for my name.

Don't tell them I said that.

Yeah, they'll probably steal that, too.

And to think we've been feeling bad about our accidentally stolen song.

What they did was way worse.

Right? At least Tulip composed the music to ours.

Also, that poem could've just sat in that coat forever.

Maybe if the owner knew that we were breathing life into their beautiful words,

- they would thank us. - Totally.

We're making great points.

Also, the coat owner could be no longer with us, if you get my meaning.

On vacation in Tahiti. Keep going.

If this person has passed, we would be honoring their legacy.

Oh, my gosh. We're such good people.

[both] Such good people.

You know what? It's time for us to stop feeling guilty

and for them to start.

Hey, we know what you did.

- Ew. - What are you talking about?

Sorry. Maybe this will be clearer for you.

Hey, phone, tell The Shellys we know that they used AI to write their song.

[Posey on phone] Reminder. Don't forget to clean your pillow.

- You know why. Drool. - Shut up.

Nothing happened. Okay.

The point is, we know you cheated.

Yeah. Your song wasn't original.

Neither was ours.

You used lyrics that weren't your own.

We also did that.

Your words didn't come from the inside.

They came from an outside... source.

Yep, we're the worst.

Okay. You guys keep pausing weirdly after you say things,

and it's, like, super annoying.

So hear us when we say this.

AI is the future.

You are the past.

And us leaving is the present. Ciao.

[both snap fingers]

We're as bad as The Shellys.

Also, are we gonna talk about that drool thing?

Not now, Tulip.

I've always judged The Shellys for being unoriginal and uninspired,

but now we're no better than them.

In fact, we are them.

They are us. Ergo...

we are us.

Ergo what?

We should have just submitted one of our other original songs

instead of me insisting on writing a new one myself.

What was I thinking?

I'll never write a perfect song.

Who said anything about a song needing to be perfect?

You're being way too hard on yourself.

So you wrote a few lyrics you're not happy with.

A few?

Dude...

These are all lyrics you wrote?

Attempts at lyrics.

Listen to this.

"Here's to my girls. We run the world."

"Here's to the friends that never end."

Hello, those two lines totally go together.

What about this?

"When we're together, nothing's better.

"An unbreakable team.

"A Triple Crown. No backing down."

I mean, that's us.

Tulip, you nailed it.

Yeah. Those are lyrics.

- They are? - Yes.

Look, songs don't just come out fully formed the first time you write them.

They do when you guys do it.

No, they don't. Trust me.

This happens to me all the time.

I'll be creating,

but then I start judging everything when I'm still in it.

- It never works. - Yeah.

You just need to have fun while you're writing,

see what happens and then zhuzh it up later.

I can zhuzh. I'm a zhuzher.

Yeah, you are.

Look, you dreamt of writing those lyrics.

- And you did. - I did.

Thanks, guys.

You always have my back.

Oh, I also had a dream last night

where we were a pack of wolves

and we were howling really loud.

Oh! Oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

What's happening?

She's zhuzhing.

[Jade] So Tulip got to work piecing together

all the lyrics she already had

and making them into a great song.

The first song I ever wrote, "Wolf Pack Energy."

I framed it.

Yeah, you did.

Anyway, we set the words Tulip wrote to the music Tulip wrote,

then ran down to the station to win that contest.

? Where did you go? ?

[song ends]

All right, our second finalist in the WNJC songwriting contest.

That was "I'm Your Baby" by Lil' Howdy.

Great performance, Lil'.

Anything else you want to add?

Uh, yeah. I was told there would be charcuterie.

Okay. Moving on to our third and final finalist, Electric Bloom.

You are live on the air.

Uh... [chuckles]

Before we start, we have to stop.

- B'scuse you? - Wow, that's really catching on.

Anyways, we're withdrawing the song we submitted.

Because we may have thrifted some lyrics, but that was wrong,

and now we're gonna do the right thing.

So we're replacing that song with something new and completely original.

This is "Wolf Pack Energy."

[? upbeat music playing]

- No! - [music stops]

Rules are rules.

That is not the song you submitted.

Electric Bloom is disqualified.

[DJ Kim on recording] D-d-d-disqualified.

Meow, meow. Cat's out of the...

Sorry, I pressed two buttons.

They stick together sometimes.

But to be clear, you're out.

Fine. We had to shoot our shot, but fair.

Now would anyone else like to say anything about their song

before the winner's announced?

Shellys?

Anything at all you want to say

about how your song was created or generated

while we're live on the air?

No, we're good.

But thank you so much for asking.

Okay. Time to announce our winner.

OMG, are you so excited to hear who won?

- Yes. - You think it's gonna be you?

- Duh. - And which AI app

did you use to write your song?

Harmony Auto Gen... [gasps]

Wait, that's AI?

That's cheating.

The Two Shellys are...

[DJ Kim on recording] D-d-d-disqualified.

Lil' Howdy, you are our winner.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

[sighs] Wait.

I can't win.

My dad owns the station.

It's... It's not fair.

Dad, I did the right thing.

Can I have a car?

I'll take one too, sir. We also did the right thing.

Hey. What you guys did was super cool.

You saw that?

I'm so embarrassed.

I only asked Lil' Howdy for an autograph

because I love seeing how people hold pens differently.

I was talking about coming clean and withdrawing your song.

Oh. Yeah, me too.

That was brave.

- Respect. - Thanks, Lucas. That means a lot.

I know The Shellys didn't write their lyrics.

I'm pretty bummed they didn't tell the truth like you guys did.

Yeah. Well, we're not them.

No, you're not.

By the way, I love that shirt. Is that vintage?

Yeah, it is.

Thanks for noticing, Pose.

I notice a lot of things.

Okay, noticer.

Hey, Curls. Ready to go?

Actually, we need to talk.

So nobody won the contest.

But we felt good about being honest.

And I felt good that I moved past my writer's block

and wrote a great song.

For the record, we all still struggle with writer's block.

Everybody does. But eventually, inspiration finds its way back to us.

We usually just need to get out of our heads and live life with our wolf pack.

Right, guys?

[all howling]

? Here's to my girls ?

? We run the world ?

? Life's just better since the day you walked in ?

? Here's to the friends ?

? That never end ?

? My winter sweater when the cold comes knockin' ?

? Here's to my girls We run the world ?

? Life's just better since the day you walked in ?

? Here's to the friends that never end ?

? My winter sweater when the cold comes knockin' ?

? Gonna take on the world together, guaranteed ?

? Through all the ups and the downs I got my pack with me ?

? No matter what happens now it's our legacy ?

? We'll forever be wolf pack energy ?

? Got our hearts on the prowl ?

? We're living wild and free ?

? Because the harder we howl the more I feel like me ?

? Ain't no stoppin' us now It's our destiny ?

? We'll forever be wolf pack energy ?

? I got my pack ?

- [song ends] - [audience cheering]

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