Pursuit of Happiness | Taz Skylar

091. groupchat

[taz, kiki, emily, mackenyu & jacob]

emily
TAZ
I MUST KNOW HOW YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS DOING
I'M WORRIED ABOUT HER

taz
she's doing okay
smoking a little more than normal, but nothing crazy
she's just worried that this whole thing is going to stop her from getting a new record deal when she moves over

jacob
tell her that i would listen to her music even if it was on soundcloud in the worst quality known to man

emily
SAME

mackenyu
i liked what i heard of her stuff

taz
she doesn't believe any of you, but she said thankyou anyway

emily
i'm kind of offended that she doesn't believe us

taz
well to be fair she didn't actually say that bit
i can just tell that she doesn't believe you

kiki
why though? her music is so good

taz
zoe has a bit of a bad habit of doubting herself

mackenyu
everyone doubts themselves from time to time
it's normal

taz
no this is different
before she got signed, she was so confident about her music. there were times when she wasn't sure if something she'd written was any good, sure, but it wasn't every song like it is now

emily
are we totally sure this isn't the result of things people at her label have been telling her?
she made a couple of weird comments when i was sitting in the bath with her

taz
i mean i was starting to think that but i wasn't going to say anything because it sounded like an insane conspiracy theory every time i thought about it

emily
well i'd buy into your insane conspiracy theory

kiki
why would they do that though?

taz
probably to keep her from leaving in case she was offered something better
and because she wasn't in the best mental space when she started with them so it would have been easier

jacob
you actually sound insane
do you have any actual proof of this?

taz
1 – her general change in demeanor about her music
2 – they tried to tell her that she couldn't take the songs she'd written for the third album with her and that they owned them like she'd just let them take them
3 – she got drunk one night on her last tour and decided she was going to move to australia, but it obviously didn't end up happening. she said she just sobered up and decided against it, but i'm starting to think that maybe someone at the label said something to her to make her stay

mackenyu
okay that is actually something
i was kind of expecting you to just say that you had a gut feeling or something

kiki
wait
waitwaitwait
they tried to take her songs?

taz
they tried but they aren't getting them
zoe threatened to sue them over it and they gave up

kiki
that's very american of her

taz
it's almost like . . . zoe's american or something
would i be weird if i said that i'm proud of her for it?

emily
you find jumping out of planes to be fun
being proud of your girlfriend for threatening to sue someone is not that weird in comparison