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ZOEY: "Genius."
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Back in the day, this was a label
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limited to the intellects.
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♪ And I got a colorful aura ♪
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♪ Like I got neon guts ♪
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But since then, the idea
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of who was considered a genius
has expanded like crazy...
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♪ Higher than Elon Musk ♪
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...and included
another modern-day visionary
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who was responsible for this..
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Now, what may look like
an ordinary website,
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with an ordinary beach
and an ordinary moon,
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was actually neoteric,
groundbreaking genius.
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Translation: it was the first
anonymous digital drop
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by a music artist ever.
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It was crazy, no one knew
who was behind this thing.
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- [Chiming]
- ♪ Dark energies, we don't touch ♪
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- ♪ Our jewelry's beyond Tut ♪
- But anyone who could stop the world
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and get a campus full of Gen Z-ers
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to focus on one thing
while remaining unknown
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was probably on some genius vibes.
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As far as my own genius vibes,
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if I was gonna change the game,
my work had to be great.
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All right. What does it need?
What does it need?
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[Sighs]
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Heh.
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[Chuckles]
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No.
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[Grunts]
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♪♪
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[Sighs]
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♪♪
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Yep, that's what it needed.
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♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
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♪ Learn something new every day ♪
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♪ I don't know, so I'm-a feel my way ♪
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♪ Got the weight of the world on me ♪
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♪ But no regrets, this is what I say ♪
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♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
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- ♪ I'm grown ♪
- ♪ You can tell me ♪
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♪ My heart beating so loud ♪
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♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
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Synced & corrected by kinglouisxx
www.addic7ed.com
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[Text messages blooping]
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While my designs
were a work in progress,
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the crew was pre-gaming at our place
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before heading over to Hawkins
to watch the main event.
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ANA: Guys, look. Look!
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- [Gasps]
- Oh, my God. Yes.
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Little umbrellas to match
the beach theme of the drop.
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But you know me, I rock with a theme.
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- [Bird cooing]
- [Gasps]
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What was that? Was that an owl?
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No. Band-tailed pigeon.
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What? I [bleep] with birds.
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And drugs.
That was most definitely an owl.
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An owl? You guys,
you know what this means, right?
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There can only be one genius
behind this.
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- Champagne Papi!
- Champagne Papi!
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♪♪
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Please. Wheelchair Jimmy
does not even have
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the creative capacity to pull this off
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or act in his music videos.
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Singing into a Mic most def
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doesn't make him a genius.
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I mean, like, come on, bruh.
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She don't want you. Move on.
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Okay. How are you guys even speculating
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who this is when you don't even
know what you're watching?
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It's a basic-ass beach.
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You're essentially
just watching, really,
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a Windows 98 screen saver.
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I [bleep] with Windows 98.
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Of course you do.
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I mean, this whole thing
is just ridiculous, no?
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It's, like, a couple of music blogs say
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that there's a "random drop"
at midnight,
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and now everybody has been glued
to their phones,
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saying that some random owl...
possibly pigeon...
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sounds are genius.
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Excuse me, but everything
Drizzy does is genius.
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For the last 10 years,
he's been a hit factory,
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and a style icon for mock turtlenecks.
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Zaddy even had the Fresh Prince
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dancing on bridges in Budapest.
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I'm-a keep it real with y'all, chief:
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no way this is Aubrey.
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Dude buys billboards,
posts his drop dates on IG.
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This is real art
from a real artist, okay?
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A boundary pusher. A genius.
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Like Chief Keef or Young Thug.
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- Who?
- Exactly.
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Drake is pop. "Popular."
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So because you're pop,
you can't be a genius?
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Um... what about Michael Jackson?
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Wow. You're really gonna compare
the King of Pop
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with the King of Toronto?
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Drake's mad average. Basic.
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He's like The Cheesecake Factory.
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Ain't nothing basic
'bout that brown bread, though.
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I get down with that, heavy.
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So, while the world continued
to be inspired,
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I only wish I could say the same.
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I should have been drawing
fashion designs,
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- but all I could think about was the drop.
- [Cellphone chimes]
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♪ We finna get down, we get down ♪
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♪ We get down, down, down, down ♪
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♪ Down, down, down,
down, down, down, down ♪
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♪ We get down, down, down ♪
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Well, maybe after I down
a couple daiquiris
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and watch the drop,
I'll have a creative surge.
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Or a brain freeze.
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♪ Watch me do my thing ♪
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All right, guys.
I know it's due tomorrow.
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But let's be honest...
I can't force the game.
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I have to let the game come to me.
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Okay.
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♪♪
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Mr. RA's really going all-out
for this drop.
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Bro, a betting board?
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That's factually a genius come up.
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You know what gave him
the idea... your boy.
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- Big Mike?
- Me. It was me.
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♪♪
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What the hell? N-Nothing's ready?
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The drop's not up, I'm watching
a Hood Hobbit slay goblins,
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and there's no alcohol.
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Where's the alcohol?
And the board's not done.
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I don't give a damn about that piñata.
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Listen to me. We have 30 minutes.
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This place will be lit with
baddies with low self-esteem,
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high expectations.
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You know, we got nothing to give them.
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W-We're empty-handed.
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Bro, I said I got you. All right?
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I'm just screwing in this last
bolt so the frame will be secure.
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I'm gonna pop in the board and
take care of the other stuff.
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- So just chill, yo.
- [Frame clangs]
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You know, I just feel like
you don't want me to be great.
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You know? Doug, do you mind
helping us out
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with the betting board, bud?
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- Please?
- Nah.
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I'm-a pray for y'all, though.
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'Cause, heh, won't he do it.
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Look, I get it.
We all like the old Kanye,
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but you can't take away his genius
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just because he had
a few unpopular opinions.
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I'll take it away for other reasons.
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Have you heard his last two albums?
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- Gar. Bage.
- All right, I'll give it to you.
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"Ye" was pretty messy.
But "Yandhi" is fire.
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[Groans] It just proves that he
can continue to shift culture.
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- Hi.
- Hey.
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- You're gonna need this.
- [Gasps] Thank you.
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They're in a Kanye deep dive.
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No, no, no. Oh, my God.
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You guys got Luca started on Yeezy.
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Please tell me no one's
mentioned anything about birds.
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LUCA: Look, you can dislike
Kanye all you want.
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But unlike other rappers,
he never conformed
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to the masses,
and the masses conformed to him.
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- Back me up, baby.
- Mm.
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Yeah, well, it's true.
He's got everybody going broke
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trying to look like homeless
dudes with dad sneakers.
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His, um, music, fashion, media...
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everything dude does hits.
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Wow. Are you seriously pro-Kanye
right now?
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Heh. Wait till I "at" your ass
on Black Twitter.
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Please do not do that. But I do believe
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that art should be separate
from the artists.
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Oh. Like how Kanye separated himself
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from his community,
and then turned his back
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on the people who actually made him?
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♪♪
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But I guess you're used to that,
because you're...
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you're also known to turn
your back on people.
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What did I just enter?
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I mean, that was not even shade.
That was a full eclipse.
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Hey, Jazz, can we sidebar, please?
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[Sighs]
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♪♪
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I need better eyes on this.
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See? This is why I don't do friends.
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Or maybe it's possible
that friends don't do you.
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Bet. [Chuckles]
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So, I totally get that
you're obviously still mad at me
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for not telling you that
your dude was at the kick-back.
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And that's my bad.
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But I've tried apologizing
a million times.
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And at this point,
I don't know what to do.
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There's nothing else to do.
I'm completely over it.
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So...
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So we're good?
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Yeah. Yeah, we're Gucci.
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- All right.
- Mm-hmm.
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Than... Uh, you can have...
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♪♪
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[Scoffs]
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I wasn't done with that.
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I know.
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♪♪
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It's beautiful and everything,
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but it's a little confusing, right?
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As all good art should be.
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NOMI: That is such bullshit.
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Because someone's art is confusing,
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it makes them a genius?
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Facts. Confusion pushes
the conversation forward
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and makes us think.
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Take any episode of "Atlanta"
for example.
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I don't want to.
That show is ridiculous.
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What's it about?
Seriously, I wanna know.
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Girl, you know I don't have a clue.
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That Teddy Perkins mess?
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Exactly my point.
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Nobody knew what that episode was about,
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but everybody was talking about it.
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Well, I think I have to side
with Luca on this one,
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because Donald Glover
is for sure a genius.
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But nobody asked you, sweetie.
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We are so not Gucci.
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You guys do realize that
by calling everyone a genius,
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no one is a genius?
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Just completely waters down the label.
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It's so much more rare than you think.
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I don't know. I think we're
all geniuses in our own way.
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Ugh. I wish your parents
had been more honest with you.
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Sister solidarity, I guess.
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I get what Zoey means.
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There's something genius in all of us.
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Like, I'm really good at giving advice.
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And the only reason why you're
good at giving people advice
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is because you're always
in people's business.
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- Unh-unh!
- Seriously, though,
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nobody here is a genius.
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Nobody.
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- Mm.
- Except maybe this dummy.
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Thanks, Nomi.
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[Ding!]
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You're only saying that 'cause
he's always smoking you out.
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No, I'm really not.
I mean, think about it.
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His designs, his drawings.
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But literally everyone
in the fashion department
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needs to know how to do
all those things, so...
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Yeah, but it just comes
so much easier to him.
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I mean, you were, like,
busting your ass all night,
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and Baby Basquiat's
just been sipping daiquiris.
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I mean, you do it. But Luca...
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Luca is it.
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No offense.
253
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None taken.
254
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Psh!
255
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[Chuckles]
256
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All of the offense taken.
257
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♪ Love me like it's our first time ♪
258
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♪ Love me like it's our last ♪
259
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♪ Love me like it's forever ♪
260
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♪ Love me like you know it's too fast ♪
261
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So, the main event
had started at Hawkins,
262
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and everybody was really feeling
263
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what we had been built up to believe
264
00:09:42,005 --> 00:09:44,905
was going to be the
cultural event of the century.
265
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But instead of being in the moment,
266
00:09:46,876 --> 00:09:48,809
I was lost in thought,
trying to figure out
267
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why Nomi's comments
about Luca being a genius
268
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had bothered me so much.
269
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- You good, kid?
- Yeah, totally.
270
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Why do I lie?
271
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Oh, be right back.
My TaskRabbit guy is here.
272
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Gotta go grab my Yoshinoya bowl.
273
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Guys. Black people! And friends.
274
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Hey, something's happening.
275
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[All murmuring]
276
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[Excited chatter]
277
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Black excellence, people. This is
what Black excellence looks like.
278
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No disrespect, but how does
he know the artist is black?
279
00:10:19,132 --> 00:10:21,999
Okay, first, bro, you way
too close to my sneakers.
280
00:10:22,035 --> 00:10:24,768
And second, every new wave of artistry
281
00:10:24,804 --> 00:10:28,672
that shakes up culture is always
started by a black person.
282
00:10:28,707 --> 00:10:31,174
We innovate. Not appropriate.
283
00:10:31,209 --> 00:10:33,476
See? That's why you bae.
284
00:10:35,113 --> 00:10:36,712
Look, I hear you, bae.
285
00:10:36,748 --> 00:10:38,949
It's just, I think
it's someone who defies race.
286
00:10:38,984 --> 00:10:41,051
You know, transcends culture?
287
00:10:41,086 --> 00:10:43,186
Which is why I'm going with the Biebs.
288
00:10:43,221 --> 00:10:44,631
No, no, no, no. Put him on
the back of the board.
289
00:10:44,656 --> 00:10:45,822
- Vivek, no.
- Then burn it!
290
00:10:45,857 --> 00:10:47,257
No. No!
291
00:10:47,292 --> 00:10:50,060
Again, you just make it so hard
to like you, man.
292
00:10:50,095 --> 00:10:51,391
- What?
- There.
293
00:10:51,416 --> 00:10:52,382
Just like that.
294
00:10:52,407 --> 00:10:53,763
- Can I just...
- At the top.
295
00:10:53,798 --> 00:10:56,232
I'm not mad at it.
I just want to fix it real...
296
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Kid Cudi, Travis Scott,
Kendrick, and the Biebs...
297
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♪♪
298
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Is this a dude thing?
299
00:11:03,475 --> 00:11:05,741
Is that why Luca's a genius and I'm not,
300
00:11:05,777 --> 00:11:07,743
because he's a guy?
301
00:11:07,779 --> 00:11:12,047
Okay, y'all, this board
is hella problematic.
302
00:11:12,083 --> 00:11:14,216
You're telling me no one sees
what's wrong with the board?
303
00:11:14,251 --> 00:11:15,885
Aside from it being Bieber'd? No one?
304
00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:17,299
- What?
- I don't think...
305
00:11:17,324 --> 00:11:18,754
There are no women on the list.
306
00:11:18,790 --> 00:11:20,490
Like, not even Beyoncé.
307
00:11:20,525 --> 00:11:22,925
And she is for sure a genius.
308
00:11:22,961 --> 00:11:23,926
Genius?
309
00:11:23,962 --> 00:11:25,327
BOTH: Gen-ius, Ne-gro!
310
00:11:25,363 --> 00:11:27,329
- Okay.
- Beyoncé... hardworking? Yes.
311
00:11:27,365 --> 00:11:28,798
Bad as hell? 100%.
312
00:11:28,833 --> 00:11:30,432
Genius? Hmm. Hard no.
313
00:11:30,468 --> 00:11:33,135
She's more of like a, uh...
an entertainer than a genius.
314
00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:35,104
I want to set you on fire right now.
315
00:11:35,139 --> 00:11:36,672
ZOEY: Thank you, Ana.
316
00:11:36,708 --> 00:11:39,007
Because this is crazy.
Aaron, you're crazy.
317
00:11:39,042 --> 00:11:41,442
I am triggered right now that
this dumbass has the cojones
318
00:11:41,478 --> 00:11:42,777
to say that Beyoncé's not a genius!
319
00:11:42,813 --> 00:11:44,445
And you have every right
to be triggered.
320
00:11:44,481 --> 00:11:47,281
You know why? Because how is it
that a hardworking,
321
00:11:47,317 --> 00:11:48,683
exhausted, talented young woman
322
00:11:48,719 --> 00:11:50,652
is putting in all of these work hours
323
00:11:50,687 --> 00:11:52,787
and isn't a genius, but her dude
324
00:11:52,823 --> 00:11:55,490
with a porno mustache,
can just breeze into class,
325
00:11:55,526 --> 00:11:57,425
whip up some linen basketball shorts,
326
00:11:57,460 --> 00:11:59,093
and is called the second coming?
327
00:11:59,129 --> 00:12:00,094
Hm?
328
00:12:00,130 --> 00:12:01,462
Wait, I'm confused.
329
00:12:01,498 --> 00:12:03,364
Is Jay rockin'
linen basketball shorts now?
330
00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,002
What's up with you and being
so close to my body, bro?
331
00:12:07,037 --> 00:12:08,369
- Oh.
- It's becoming a thing.
332
00:12:08,405 --> 00:12:10,371
Oh! Okay.
333
00:12:10,407 --> 00:12:12,106
I think I know what this is about.
334
00:12:12,142 --> 00:12:14,608
Do you have a problem
with me calling Luca a genius?
335
00:12:14,644 --> 00:12:17,478
[Scoffs] No. Not a problem.
336
00:12:17,514 --> 00:12:18,979
But if I'm being honest,
337
00:12:19,015 --> 00:12:20,881
it did make me feel
some type of way, okay?
338
00:12:20,917 --> 00:12:22,517
Like, amused? 'Cause the thought
339
00:12:22,552 --> 00:12:25,119
of Luca being a genius is laughable.
340
00:12:25,155 --> 00:12:27,721
I mean, the guy posted
a crop-top pic on IG today.
341
00:12:27,757 --> 00:12:30,291
You still follow me, though, so...
342
00:12:30,326 --> 00:12:33,528
Is this because you don't think
that your boyfriend's a genius?
343
00:12:33,563 --> 00:12:36,630
No, it's that you don't think I'm one.
344
00:12:36,666 --> 00:12:39,333
Oh, honey, no.
345
00:12:39,369 --> 00:12:40,868
[Whistles]
346
00:12:40,903 --> 00:12:44,328
All in her feelings and her ass
wasn't even nominated for the award.
347
00:12:44,353 --> 00:12:46,574
[Clears throat] Hey, you know what?
348
00:12:46,609 --> 00:12:49,577
Let's go take a walk real quick.
This energy is just a...
349
00:12:49,612 --> 00:12:51,244
Sure.
350
00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,746
[Clears throat]
351
00:12:52,782 --> 00:12:54,048
Later.
352
00:12:54,083 --> 00:12:56,817
Zoey, what's up? Talk to me real quick.
353
00:12:56,852 --> 00:12:58,385
What's going on? Why are you so upset?
354
00:12:58,420 --> 00:12:59,587
[Groans] I don't know.
355
00:12:59,622 --> 00:13:02,056
But when Nomi called you a genius,
356
00:13:02,091 --> 00:13:05,158
it tapped into this...
this weird insecurity of mine
357
00:13:05,194 --> 00:13:08,996
that I'm less-than or not good enough.
358
00:13:09,031 --> 00:13:12,066
Why? That's just one
incredibly high woman's opinion
359
00:13:12,101 --> 00:13:13,934
about one incredibly high man.
360
00:13:13,970 --> 00:13:15,703
Sure. But it's... it's facts.
361
00:13:15,738 --> 00:13:17,537
And, you know, for 19 years of my life,
362
00:13:17,573 --> 00:13:20,007
my father's been telling me,
like, "Zoey, you're the best.
363
00:13:20,042 --> 00:13:22,576
Zoey, you're great at everything you do.
364
00:13:22,612 --> 00:13:24,084
Hey, Junior, move out of the way.
365
00:13:24,109 --> 00:13:25,475
I'm looking for your amazing sister."
366
00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:26,513
That was my life.
367
00:13:26,548 --> 00:13:27,880
Your dad wasn't wrong.
368
00:13:27,916 --> 00:13:29,716
But now I'm out of the house,
369
00:13:29,751 --> 00:13:32,551
and it's become abundantly clear
that that's not the case.
370
00:13:32,587 --> 00:13:35,254
I'm not the best,
and I don't think I'll...
371
00:13:35,289 --> 00:13:38,457
I'll ever get to that place.
372
00:13:38,493 --> 00:13:42,561
But real talk...
everything you do is just fire.
373
00:13:42,597 --> 00:13:46,365
And I don't know
why my light has to dim yours.
374
00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:48,567
Because I used to be you.
375
00:13:48,603 --> 00:13:52,204
I'm used to being the person
everyone feels second best to,
376
00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,073
and now... shoe's on the other foot.
377
00:13:55,109 --> 00:13:56,575
Like... I don't know.
378
00:13:56,611 --> 00:13:59,211
Take today's project, for example.
379
00:13:59,247 --> 00:14:00,646
No matter how long I spent on it
380
00:14:00,681 --> 00:14:02,881
or how much detail I put into it,
381
00:14:02,916 --> 00:14:04,883
you always manage to whip up something
382
00:14:04,918 --> 00:14:07,553
in, like, five minutes
that stunts on everything.
383
00:14:07,588 --> 00:14:08,887
You really think it's that easy?
384
00:14:08,922 --> 00:14:11,156
For you, yeah.
385
00:14:11,191 --> 00:14:14,292
But, you know,
I also think it's amazing,
386
00:14:14,327 --> 00:14:16,194
and I wish I could do it.
387
00:14:18,798 --> 00:14:20,398
Mm-hmm.
388
00:14:20,433 --> 00:14:22,567
You know what? Let's just stop
talking about this.
389
00:14:22,602 --> 00:14:24,769
Because I have humiliated myself enough,
390
00:14:24,804 --> 00:14:27,438
and I promise you, I am totally over it.
391
00:14:27,474 --> 00:14:30,241
Yeah. I'm good. I promise.
392
00:14:30,277 --> 00:14:31,809
Now let's just go catch this drop.
393
00:14:31,844 --> 00:14:35,280
[Loud cheering]
394
00:14:35,315 --> 00:14:37,848
Of course.
Of course I've made us miss it.
395
00:14:37,884 --> 00:14:39,417
Of course I have.
396
00:14:39,452 --> 00:14:44,355
♪♪
397
00:14:48,865 --> 00:14:52,433
So, my once-promising night
turned out to be a bust.
398
00:14:52,469 --> 00:14:55,803
Luca had gone home to smash
his Noya leftovers,
399
00:14:55,839 --> 00:14:58,161
and after my humiliating meltdown,
400
00:14:58,232 --> 00:15:00,575
I was the only one who hadn't witnessed
401
00:15:00,662 --> 00:15:02,779
the drop of one of the greatest visuals
402
00:15:02,811 --> 00:15:03,864
of my generation.
403
00:15:03,904 --> 00:15:06,272
♪♪
404
00:15:06,312 --> 00:15:07,779
Hi.
405
00:15:07,814 --> 00:15:09,014
ZOEY: Oh, hey.
406
00:15:09,049 --> 00:15:11,215
- You okay?
- Yeah.
407
00:15:11,251 --> 00:15:13,730
Zo, you know that I didn't mean,
408
00:15:13,769 --> 00:15:16,131
like, Luca was better than you
or anything, right?
409
00:15:16,156 --> 00:15:18,356
Guys, I-I don't think it's about Luca
410
00:15:18,391 --> 00:15:20,057
being a more talented designer.
411
00:15:20,092 --> 00:15:22,426
It's about the talent itself.
412
00:15:22,461 --> 00:15:24,294
You know, I've been busting
my ass in that class,
413
00:15:24,329 --> 00:15:27,078
and my stuff just...
It isn't good enough.
414
00:15:27,118 --> 00:15:28,551
Yeah, but we're in college.
415
00:15:28,586 --> 00:15:30,653
Like, this is where you learn
to be good enough.
416
00:15:30,688 --> 00:15:32,945
Yeah. I-I think you're being
really hard on yourself.
417
00:15:32,969 --> 00:15:35,180
- Yeah.
- Dude, stop coddling her whiny ass.
418
00:15:35,205 --> 00:15:36,864
Maybe she doesn't have what it takes.
419
00:15:36,911 --> 00:15:39,846
Dude, what in the world
is your problem now?
420
00:15:39,881 --> 00:15:41,146
My problem is you.
421
00:15:41,182 --> 00:15:42,615
What if you just be honest
422
00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:44,383
and say you're still mad
about the Doug stuff?
423
00:15:44,418 --> 00:15:46,619
Duh. But you want to know
what I'm mad about right now?
424
00:15:46,654 --> 00:15:48,855
- What?
- That you are so self-involved.
425
00:15:48,890 --> 00:15:50,490
[Scoffing] Self-involved?
426
00:15:50,525 --> 00:15:53,192
You're the one who's holding
a grudge after two weeks.
427
00:15:53,227 --> 00:15:54,860
Is that not self-involved?
428
00:15:54,895 --> 00:15:56,528
It is. But at least I own it.
429
00:15:56,563 --> 00:15:58,330
You're going around whining to everyone
430
00:15:58,366 --> 00:16:00,565
that your boyfriend got called
a genius and you didn't.
431
00:16:00,601 --> 00:16:04,136
Who cares? You always
make everything such a big deal.
432
00:16:04,171 --> 00:16:06,205
Right. Like the huge deal you made about
433
00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,341
you and your boyfriend's
complicated-ass rules.
434
00:16:09,377 --> 00:16:10,575
This is not about me.
435
00:16:10,611 --> 00:16:13,045
This is about you
letting other people's opinions
436
00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,779
dictate how you feel about yourself.
437
00:16:14,815 --> 00:16:17,582
Because fashion is subjective!
438
00:16:17,618 --> 00:16:19,151
You know, it...
439
00:16:19,186 --> 00:16:21,186
People's opinions are
the only measurement I have.
440
00:16:21,222 --> 00:16:23,022
- [Scoffs]
- You run track.
441
00:16:23,057 --> 00:16:25,924
You know, winning and losing
is super clear.
442
00:16:25,959 --> 00:16:28,327
No one says, "Well, she won
that race in my opinion,"
443
00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:30,929
because you either did
or... or you just didn't.
444
00:16:30,964 --> 00:16:32,430
I don't have that.
445
00:16:32,465 --> 00:16:35,901
So I'm sorry if what people
think matters to me.
446
00:16:35,936 --> 00:16:38,202
Forget people.
Do you think you're talented?
447
00:16:38,238 --> 00:16:40,304
Do you think you're a great designer?
448
00:16:40,340 --> 00:16:42,106
♪♪
449
00:16:42,142 --> 00:16:43,441
I...
450
00:16:43,476 --> 00:16:44,709
I don't... I don't know.
451
00:16:44,745 --> 00:16:46,177
Then why the hell are you so worried
452
00:16:46,212 --> 00:16:47,579
about being called a genius?
453
00:16:47,614 --> 00:16:49,113
Because.
454
00:16:49,149 --> 00:16:51,416
[Sniffles] I... [Sighs]
455
00:16:51,451 --> 00:16:54,886
I-I guess, when Nomi
didn't think I was one,
456
00:16:54,922 --> 00:16:58,356
it just confirmed the doubts
I already had.
457
00:16:58,391 --> 00:17:00,759
You know, I-I thought
I was gonna come to school
458
00:17:00,794 --> 00:17:02,694
and love design,
459
00:17:02,729 --> 00:17:05,429
and be the same
"Amazing Zoey Johnson" per uje,
460
00:17:05,464 --> 00:17:07,364
but I'm not.
461
00:17:07,399 --> 00:17:09,567
And I feel like it's killing me.
462
00:17:09,602 --> 00:17:12,402
It's just not clicking. You know?
463
00:17:12,438 --> 00:17:16,239
And you can't tell me that track
doesn't kill you sometimes.
464
00:17:16,275 --> 00:17:19,877
It does, but I still love it
465
00:17:19,912 --> 00:17:22,546
with every piece of my being.
466
00:17:22,582 --> 00:17:26,584
And if I didn't feel that way,
I'd be out.
467
00:17:26,619 --> 00:17:28,251
[Scoffs]
468
00:17:30,155 --> 00:17:31,254
Oh, um...
469
00:17:31,290 --> 00:17:32,957
That was cr-crazy, the way that that...
470
00:17:32,992 --> 00:17:38,829
♪ I don't expect you to understand ♪
471
00:17:38,864 --> 00:17:44,701
♪ You can't imagine how I'm feeling ♪
472
00:17:44,736 --> 00:17:47,104
♪ I can't admit it to myself ♪
473
00:17:47,139 --> 00:17:48,905
So that night, I went to the lab
474
00:17:48,940 --> 00:17:50,840
with a lot on my mind.
475
00:17:50,875 --> 00:17:56,113
♪ So where would I even begin? ♪
476
00:17:56,148 --> 00:17:58,615
Jazz's words, Luca's genius,
477
00:17:58,650 --> 00:18:00,150
and a dress to finish.
478
00:18:00,185 --> 00:18:04,087
♪ 'Cause I'm a proud woman ♪
479
00:18:04,123 --> 00:18:06,556
It was the hardest I'd ever worked.
480
00:18:06,592 --> 00:18:12,228
♪ I must be proud, woman ♪
481
00:18:12,263 --> 00:18:14,330
♪ And I am strong ♪
482
00:18:14,365 --> 00:18:18,634
And, honestly, I think my dress
turned out pretty good.
483
00:18:18,669 --> 00:18:21,604
- ♪ I must be strong ♪
- But the thing I realized was,
484
00:18:21,639 --> 00:18:23,405
designing from scratch was something
485
00:18:23,441 --> 00:18:25,907
I thought I wanted to do my whole life.
486
00:18:25,943 --> 00:18:27,610
But what it really was
487
00:18:27,645 --> 00:18:30,412
was something I never wanted
to do ever again.
488
00:18:30,448 --> 00:18:34,650
♪ So it would kill me
to say it out loud ♪
489
00:18:34,685 --> 00:18:36,852
So it was back to the drawing board.
490
00:18:36,887 --> 00:18:39,421
And when I find that thing
that inspired Luca
491
00:18:39,457 --> 00:18:41,587
to keep designing...
492
00:18:42,298 --> 00:18:44,327
- ♪ So if you don't mind ♪
- ...that inspired Jazz
493
00:18:44,351 --> 00:18:46,673
- ♪ I'll leave it for now ♪
- ...to keep running
494
00:18:46,767 --> 00:18:50,532
and inspired this genius
to keep stopping the world...
495
00:18:50,567 --> 00:18:52,433
And if I find that thing,
496
00:18:52,469 --> 00:18:54,915
I knew I'd have found my own genius.
497
00:18:54,973 --> 00:19:00,067
♪ I must be proud, woman ♪
498
00:19:00,977 --> 00:19:05,739
♪ 'Cause I am strong, a woman ♪
499
00:19:09,872 --> 00:19:12,106
- All right, ready? Mnh-mnh.
- Yes. Stop, stop.
500
00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:13,560
- Stop.
- [Laughs]
501
00:19:14,278 --> 00:19:15,723
You got it all over your lips.
502
00:19:15,793 --> 00:19:17,579
- You're good.
- You're spreading it.
503
00:19:17,614 --> 00:19:18,813
Now...
504
00:19:18,872 --> 00:19:20,205
Oh, yay.
505
00:19:21,675 --> 00:19:24,876
[Electronic music plays]
506
00:19:24,911 --> 00:19:27,278
Wow. This is so good.
507
00:19:27,313 --> 00:19:30,214
I know. The secret's all
in the Noya sauce.
508
00:19:30,249 --> 00:19:32,460
♪♪
509
00:19:32,492 --> 00:19:33,658
♪ Tick, boom ♪
510
00:19:33,687 --> 00:19:35,620
♪ Mi nuh really care wo mi bump into ♪
511
00:19:35,655 --> 00:19:37,589
♪ Bull dozer, mek room ♪
512
00:19:37,624 --> 00:19:39,156
♪ Write dat pon fi mi tomb ♪
513
00:19:39,192 --> 00:19:40,658
♪ Don't care if they assume ♪
514
00:19:40,694 --> 00:19:42,627
♪ Only stop to collect, then I resume ♪
515
00:19:42,662 --> 00:19:44,228
♪ You sleep, I goon ♪
516
00:19:44,263 --> 00:19:46,297
♪ You nuh wanna test
who's badder than who ♪
517
00:19:46,332 --> 00:19:47,832
♪ Dey click my pics and zoom ♪
518
00:19:47,867 --> 00:19:49,433
♪ Chanel on the floor of my hotel room ♪
519
00:19:49,469 --> 00:19:51,402
♪ They wish they all had my Legroom ♪
520
00:19:51,437 --> 00:19:53,404
♪ Another deal and it ain't even noon ♪
521
00:19:53,439 --> 00:19:55,139
♪ Tour Dior or sit by the pool ♪
522
00:19:55,174 --> 00:19:57,108
♪ I can do anything except lose ♪
523
00:19:57,143 --> 00:19:58,775
♪ Nah wen Yuh say, it's when I choose ♪
524
00:19:58,811 --> 00:20:00,644
♪ This is a bomb you can't defuse ♪
525
00:20:00,679 --> 00:20:01,812
♪ Tick, boom ♪
526
00:20:01,847 --> 00:20:03,814
♪ Mi nuh really care wo mi bump into ♪
527
00:20:03,849 --> 00:20:05,782
♪ Bull dozer, mek room ♪
528
00:20:05,818 --> 00:20:07,485
♪ Write dat pon fi mi tomb ♪
529
00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,019
♪ Tick, boom ♪
530
00:20:09,054 --> 00:20:10,821
♪ Mi nuh really care wo mi bump into ♪
531
00:20:10,856 --> 00:20:12,856
♪ Bull dozer, mek room ♪
532
00:20:12,891 --> 00:20:14,858
♪ Write dat pon fi mi tomb ♪
533
00:20:14,893 --> 00:20:16,260
♪ Televise this dress ♪
534
00:20:16,295 --> 00:20:18,028
♪ It's an Alaia, show some respect ♪
535
00:20:18,063 --> 00:20:19,696
♪ Sitting, no arm rest ♪
536
00:20:19,732 --> 00:20:21,665
♪ Get in, I'm what's next ♪
537
00:20:21,700 --> 00:20:23,200
♪ Incoming text from the vets ♪
538
00:20:23,236 --> 00:20:25,002
♪ No hate here, I'm blessed ♪
539
00:20:25,037 --> 00:20:26,504
♪ Mild-mannered, no stress ♪
540
00:20:26,539 --> 00:20:28,539
♪ I'll never let a broke ho
get she vexed ♪
541
00:20:28,574 --> 00:20:30,274
♪ Too wake to walk with Di rest ♪
542
00:20:30,309 --> 00:20:32,109
♪ Abstract, fearless ♪
543
00:20:32,144 --> 00:20:33,677
♪ Mi sey what's pon my chest ♪
544
00:20:33,712 --> 00:20:35,846
♪ Di gyal Dem try,
but Dem dare nuh test ♪
545
00:20:35,881 --> 00:20:37,213
♪ Tick, boom ♪
546
00:20:37,249 --> 00:20:39,449
♪ Mi nuh really care wo mi bump into ♪
547
00:20:39,484 --> 00:20:40,617
♪ All in ya face like whoa ♪
548
00:20:40,653 --> 00:20:42,152
♪ Air Max, cornrows ♪
549
00:20:42,187 --> 00:20:43,654
♪ Got that Bruce Leroy kinda glow ♪
550
00:20:43,689 --> 00:20:45,321
♪ Mi ongle pop mi head
Inna fi Di dough ♪
551
00:20:45,357 --> 00:20:47,223
♪ Said I only pop my head
in for the dough ♪
552
00:20:47,259 --> 00:20:49,026
♪ I never stay long, got places to go ♪
553
00:20:49,053 --> 00:20:50,921
♪ See me on the scene,
bitch say hello... ♪
554
00:20:50,945 --> 00:20:51,745
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