808 Hearts
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In 2008, the last thing anyone expected to see inside Roc-A-Fella Records was a shy, small-town Canadian girl with an acoustic guitar.
But when Carly Rae Jepsen walks into Kanye West's studio with nothing but her voice and a notebook full of heartbreak, everything changes. Kanye hears something raw, something that doesn't fit, but feels. He signs her on the spot, making her the label's first pop act in a world built on 808s and ego.
Thrown into the chaos of New York's late-2000s hip-hop scene, Carly learns fast: genius comes with pressure, and fame comes with a price. Between studio sessions, long nights, and trying to hold onto herself, she finds comfort in someone unexpected, Scott Mescudi, a rising producer and rapper everyone's just starting to call Kid Cudi.
Together, they turn late-night beats and broken dreams into something that sounds like healing.
But love is tricky in a world built on power, and as the music gets louder, Carly has to decide what kind of artist, and woman she's brave enough to be.
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