Electric Bloom (2025) s01e12 Episode Script

1
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]