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"When you opened up the door You let me in when you should have your guard up What a painful back and forth" Elsie Rowen, famous podcaster and internet confidante, moves into a new L.A. apartment hoping for a reset. But her fresh start takes a strange turn when a chance (and very awkward) encounter with her next-door neighbor turns into podcast gold. She doesn't name him-but listeners are quick to piece it together. Her neighbor? Dylan Minnette. Musician, actor, and deeply private. As rumors swirl and boundaries blur, Elsie and Dylan are pulled into each other's worlds. What begins as reluctant friendship slowly becomes something more intimate, more complicated, and harder to hide. It's a story about privacy, connection, and what happens when the person behind the mic finally meets someone who makes her want to be known for real. Dylan Minnette X OC girl real life | social media