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She then relays to him – and everyone else in the room, which includes Joss’ assistant Leia (Rachel Sennott) and former co-star Xander (Troye Sivan) – her knowledge of how he manipulated her into joining his cult. Joss later performs her new song for record label exec Nikki (Jane Adams) – at the record label office – who loves it.

The next day, after Joss gets a call from Andrew Finkelstein (Eli Roth) – aka “Fink”, the Live Nation exec, – the team of music artists, including Chloe (Suzanne Son), Izaak (Moses Summey) and Ramsey (played by singer-songwriter Ramsey) prepare for a high-stakes showcase in front of Joss’ record label executives. Joss wants them to be her support acts at her upcoming concert, but they must impress her team before this can happen. However, when Joss leaves the room, Tedros meddles by instructing her team “sex sells”, suggesting they employ their sexual energy in order to impress the execs.

The outcome is fittingly pretty awkward, as the record label team Fink, Nikki, Destiny aka D (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), and Chaim (Haz Azaria) arrive for the showcase while Joss is still upstairs preparing. The sexual display is not received well by the team (Fink visibly squirms, and is clearly only there for Joss), while Tedros makes Nikki feel awkward, calling her “Judas” for signing his ex and cult member, Dyanne (Jennie Ruby Jane), without consulting him. Despite the kerfuffle, D convinces them to stay around – soon after they are blown away when Chloe performs for them – which is, of course, all part of Joss’ plan is staying upstairs at the beginning. Despite their initial beef, Nikki applauds Tedros on bringing together such talent – and tries to convince him to continue working with him to sign on further talent.

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