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- Nice to meet you.

- You too.

- Hello. I'm Gretta.

- Nice to meet you.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Right this way.

Thank you, Marco.

I think you're really

gonna like the apartment.

- It's very high-end.

- Sorry, ladies.

Hey, I... I'm sorry. Are you, um...

You're Dave Kohl.

- Yes. Yeah.

- Yeah, I told you guys.

We just, urn... we saw your film the

other day. I so love your songs in it.

Thank you very, very much.

This is Gretta, my girlfriend.

- She writes songs, too.

- Oh, cool.

Oh, would you mind taking a photograph.

Thafd be so awesome.

Just that button right there.

Yeah.

- Yeah, it's a good one.

- Thank you!

- All right, thank you.

- Thank you so much, you guys.

You're gonna

have to get used to that.

This movie is selling out

all over town.

- It's crazy.

- Unbelievable.

Oh, no, it's real.

All right, here we are.

We hope you like.

So, uh, your fridge in here

is stocked with food.

There are two sets of keys

on the table in there.

This is your driver's number and my

cell phone number. I'll leave that here.

You're due at the label

later this afternoon

to meet everyone and say hi,

then we'll take a tour

around the studio.

So, probably want to catch up

on your sleep before then.

So I'll leave you to it, OK?

- Pleased to meet you, Gretta.

- Nice to meet you, too. Thanks.

This place is a sh*t hole.

Biggest fridge I've ever seen.

Oh my God!

Come here.

Hey, can...

- Can I ask you something?

- Sure.

Should I have come over in,

like, a week or two

and let you settle in first

and get used to everything?

- No.

- Are you sure?

Yeah. I don't know if I could

do this without you. It's kind of scary.

- Am I a wimp for saying that?

- Eh...

Hey! There he is.

Big Dave.

What's up, kid?

How you doing, brother?

- Good to see you. Gretta?

- Nice to meet you.

Come on in, guys.

- Put Dave at the head of the table.

- All right, I like it.

- You guys, you meet everyone?

- Hi, everybody.

My assistant, Mim,

the beautiful Mim. This is, uh...

- ...Mildred from marketing.

- Hi.

Billy there is social media.

The rest of the gang

you'll meet, spend time with.

So, uh, Gretta, you're gonna play guitar

on a track or two, I hope, right?

Oh, yeah, sure.

I mean, if Dave wants.

Yeah, Gretta and I have been writing

together for a couple years now,

even before the film came along.

So I would love for us

to try a couple of her songs.

Did you... did you write

on the film with him?

- No. No, no, no. No, I...

- No?

I mean, that's the sound we're

after is from the movie, right?

- Of course.

- Oui?

- Yes, yes.

- Sf? Came'?

Yes, I just, you know... Gretta's

very much a part of the inspiration

behind everything, you know,

so I just thought...

She's not just my girlfriend.

We're partners almost.

- I just wanted to include her.

- Um, just to be completely clear,

I'm... I'm just tagging along on this.

I'm really happy to be here

and more than happy

to accompany Dave

on a couple of tracks.

How sweet is this girl?

I love that.

Whew.

How great are these guys?

I love them.

Rolling Stone.

Yeah, thank you so much.

All right, it was

great talking to you. Thanks.

What's that?

- That's matcha tea.

- Matcha tea?

Yeah. it's got, like,

four million antioxidants in it.

- Oh my God, it tastes like piss.

- I like it.

Samurais used to drink it

before they went into battle.

You're not a samurai;

you're a songwriter.

- Well, I'm kind of like a samurai.

- Are you?

- OK, bring it back to the start.

- Let me give these to the guys.

Oh, hey. We got to go

to LA for a week on Monday.

- We're going to LA?

- Uh, no, sorry.

t's just with some label guys.

They have an office there.

They want me to meet

this video director guy.

But in the meantime, I'd really

like you to listen to this. So yes?

Yes, I'm sorry. I'll, uh...

deliver coffee.

OK.

- Hey, guys, can we do this again?

- You got it, Dave. Take two.

And rolling.

Thank you.

Oh my God!

- Hello!

- Look at you!

Oh my God!

He has the studio for three months,

and then we go on tour,

- so I think we're staying for six?

- This is unbelievable.

You're total rock stars.

Which studio is he working with?

- Electric Lady.

- Oh, f*** off.

- I know.

- Oh my...

- Cool, isn't it?

- Are you serious?

- So, uh, this is me.

- Aw, ifs lovely.

t's like that old joke. You put the key

in the door, you break a window.

My God, look at all this stuff.

Yeah, a lot of the studios,

uh, are upgrading.

80 they're practically giving stuff

away. I can record an album here soon.

Well, that'd be cool.

Look at you.

You've got CDs.

Yeah, I just phased out

all my cassettes. Have a sit down.

- It's very retro of you.

- I have whiskey or water.

- Whiskey, please.

- Of course you will.

Look what you've got.

People are

going crazy for that here.

When I play a show, and the people

know I went to college in Bristol,

the first thing they ask

is if I know your boyfriend.

Tell me about it. I'm becoming

"Dave Kohl's girlfriend" back home.

I'm like, "Hello, we used to

be a team. What happened?"

Ah, you know what they say,

get your songs in a movie.

So this is me. This is where I've been

for God knows how long.

- I love it. Yeah.

- Do you?

Did you see the bed?

I made that bed.

That's impressive.

How do you get up there?

I vault. I vault.

You vault? With a pole?

No, no pole.

It's just, it's one...

I do it in one straight,

like, one straight luge.

Unless I'm drunk, in which...

in which case I...

it's often a dismount.

- God.

- It's the back I like.

Ifs like he's holding a guitar,

but he wants you

to think it's his penis.

He's saying,

"Look, it's a guitar, but it's not.

This is the actual size of my penis."

Why, no?

I am gonna shoot this

because you have to play that

the way you just played it.

OK, you play the guitar, 'cause I can't

do that when that thing's on.

I will. OK, where's...

- It's in G.

- I know G.

- I don't like that.

- I can play G.

It doesn't matter,

you have to get over this.

- This is an exercise.

- Yes. Ready?

Slower.

Done.

- What do you think?

- What do I think?

I think...

I think I'm angry. I think I...

I think I'm mad at you

'cause it's so good

that I hate you a little bit.

So incredibly good.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah, what's it called?

I don't know.

Um, "Lost Stars"?

- You like it?

- I... I don't like it.

I think it's... I love it,

and I think it's incredible,

and is it...

Is it about... It's about me? It's not

about your other boyfriend, right?

I don't know if it's about you,

but ifs definitely for you.

- I'll take it.

- It's your Christmas present

'cause I can't afford to buy you

another one. Happy Christmas!

This is the only present I want.

- Yeah? Happy Christmas.

- Thank you very much.

- I love you.

- I love you.

Aah! Turn it off, turn it off,

turn it off, turn it off.

Hi.

- I missed you.

- I missed you.

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