Off the Record

1978.

Adelia Bennett's job was simple: answer phones, deliver paperwork, fetch coffee, and stay out of the artists' way.

Falling for him was never part of the plan.

When a chance encounter inside a Los Angeles recording studio brings them together, an unexpected friendship begins to form between the ambitious studio assistant and the young singer on the verge of changing music forever.

As Michael's career rises from the success of Off the Wall to the phenomenon that becomes Thriller, Adelia finds herself pulled into a world of recording sessions, tour buses, family dinners, handwritten letters, and the growing weight of fame. Through it all, she becomes one of the few people who sees the man behind the headlines.

But some stories aren't written in magazines or told on stage.

They're written in quiet conversations after midnight, lingering glances across crowded rooms, phone calls that last longer than they should, and feelings neither person is brave enough to name.

A slow-burn romance inspired by real events and set against the music, magic, and chaos of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Sometimes the greatest love stories take the longest to begin.