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Follow

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Note: with purchase of Follow, you'll get the entire production along with each of the individual singles as bonus tracks. You'll also get an additional song called "Death to the Content," which will be a featured release in the sequel.
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Welcome to Follow, Season 1!

Follow is a musical/pop opera about a burnt out content creator whose sister recently joined a cult. Through the stress of churning out engaging content and worrying about his sister, Jackie decides to drive to Indiana to (forcibly) bring her home.

When Jackie arrives to the headquarters of the Children of the 6th Generation, he is met by Theo, the strange and charismatic cult leader, at which point things begin to go off the rails...

Equal parts Flaming Lips and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Follow delves into what it means to be a content creator in the 21st century.

Follow is a PDFC Media Production.

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Intro
PDFC Media, a corporation…who cares

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This program is brought to you by PDFC Media. PDFC Media: sit back, relax, and enjoy…FOREVER

Preface
In 1996, Bill Gates wrote “Content is where I expect much of the real money will be made on the internet…Those who succeed will propel the internet forward as a market place of ideas, experiences, and products—a market place of content.” 26 years later…

“Content Creator”
[Shot like a YouTube video with a green screen. Starts out as a YouTube podcaster, but eventually moves into Jackie reenacting band scenes in front of the green screen.]

Used to love making music,
But now I’m making content.
(Heeee is a content creator!)
Used to love making music,
But now I’m making content.
(Heeee is a content creator!)

Used to play a set and mingle,
But now you’re streaming singles.
(Heeee is a content creator!)
Hustling the socials
To break out of the locals.
(Heeee is a content creator!)

I must admit that it’s deflating,
Farting out all these creations.
And a bit humiliating–
All in the name of search engine optimization
Ooooo I’m a content creator
Optimization
Ooooo I’m a content creator

I used to make the music,
Now, I am a content creator.

Stinger:
PDFC Media: with great content comes great responsibility

“It’s Been Two Weeks (Here is Your Content)”
[Shot like an Instagram live post, Jackie, the main character shares infographics, memes, and his own personal peg board notes to get across the points he's making.]

It’s been two weeks, It’s been two weeks, It’s been two weeks
Here is your content.

It’s been two weeks; did you forget about me?
Did you forget my band when you refreshed your feed?
It’s been two weeks, and you forgot already?
I mean, it’s been…two weeks

Here is your content…Here is your content…Here is your content…

You tell a friend, they tell a friend, they tell a friend, they tell a friend, they tell a friend–
Follow, follow, like, and subscribe.
It never ends, It never ends, It never ends, It never ends, It never ends…I

Made you all this stuff,
High quality? Not so much.
Tap the bell, and share with a friend.

In two weeks, start it all up again.
In two weeks, start it all up again.
Again…

Please tell a friend, Please tell a friend, Please tell a friend, Please tell a friend,
It never ends, It never ends, It never ends, please tell a friend
Tell a fucking friend already, Jesus.

It’s been two weeks, It’s been two weeks, It’s been two weeks
Here is your content.
It’s been two weeks, It’s been two weeks, It’s been two weeks
Here is your content.

Interstitial:
Have you seen my sister?
Not since she joined that cult.

"Malcontent (Tap the Heart)"
[Shot like an Instagram live video again.

…When describing sister, cut away to FB photos and posts in the Children of the 6Th Generation (Cot6G) Facebook Group.

Everytime the words "Tap the Heart" are sung, show the explosion of hearts that happens when one taps the heart during a Livestream.]

Are you not content with your content?
As fast as I can make it you cannot be sated.

My sister joined a cult last year.
My mind is feeling fractured and I cannot seem to fake it.

So, here is some more content
Drag your thumb across the glass, and…

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; she came home for the holiday.

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; she said their killing us with our smartphones.

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; you're skin and bones…

Here, have some content.

It doesn't hit, oh shit, now what
Gets wetter as it dries, just…

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; it's been two weeks


Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; has anybody heard from my sister?

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; you're skin and bones.

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; have some more content.

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; she joined a cult last year.

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; has anybody heard from my sister?

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; here, have some content.

Tap the Heart
Tap the heart
Tap the heart; it's been two weeks.

Hey…
…No, I haven't heard from her. You?
…Uh huh… No, I saw someone posted on Facebook. I texted, I called–I can't get through
To her.
…All right, if you hear from her, just hit me up–let me know.
I'm just worried is all. All right. I'll see you later.
Oh, check out my new song. I posted it–it's on Instagram.

Interstitial:
I can’t sleep—what happened to my sister?
Can’t sleep, can’t sleep
Is she okay? Can’t sleep, can’t sleep,
What has she gotten herself into now? Can’t sleep, can’t sleep…

"Follow: Cot6G"
[Jackie is driving in the middle of the night. When he eventually arrives at the Cot6G house, it is a brick ranch-style home, the gutters are in disrepair, and one of the windows is boarded. The screen door's screen is in tatters, and it doesn't shut all the way. Inside, it is candle lit, and the walls are partially painted, but it looks like they stopped halfway through. Although the house is small, it is packed with people. Claustrophobia and agoraphobia on steroids.]

She was a difficult child, in case you couldn't tell.
I wonder why she puts us
Through this hell.
I wonder why she puts us
Through this hell.
…(cult theme)

Driving through the night, I
Couldn't sleep, kept thinking,
"Got to find my sister."
Didn't have an inkling
Of what I'd actually do
the moment that I found her.
Driving through the night to
Laconia, Indiana.

…(cult theme–increased intensity)

Pull into the driveway,
Double check the address.
Lights are on inside,
A white-haired man approaches.
I smile and wave too hard,
It's over-compensation.
He smiles back and says,
"Welcome to the home of the children
Of the 6th Generation"

I ask about my sister, but
His eyes start blinking,
And roll back in his head.
Inside, a group starts singing.
The white-haired man is frothing
At the mouth with bile.
I grab his shoulder; suddenly,
He starts to smile.

He says, "My name is Theo. Come in."
Come in, come in,
Follow me

Come in, come in,
I follow him

She was a difficult child,
In case you couldn’t tell.
I wonder why she puts us through this hell.

Theo walks me in, and I say,
"Where's my sister, and why is everybody singing?" He says,
"She is sleeping. You can see her in the morning."
Then, he offers me some coffee and some donuts.
They're delicious.
He grabs my hand, pulls me along, and things get blurry.

He says,
Come in, come in,
Everything is blurry
Follow me
Two weeks, it’s been two weeks it’s been two weeks, it’s been two weeks
I feel funny

Come in, come in,
Everything is blurry
Follow me
I feel funny

I used to make the music,
Please tell a friend, please tell a friend, please tell a friend,
But now I am a content creator
Two weeks, Please tell a friend, it’s been two weeks, please tell a friend, it’s been two weeks, please tell a friend, it’s been two weeks
Oh, I am a content creator
He is a content creator
Follow
Tap the heart, tap the heart, tap the heart
He is a content creator
Are you not content with your content

Like the long lost shadow of a long lost self,
Follow.
What was in that coffee?



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Follow: D2C
What was in the coffee?
My eyes are itchy and my nose is runny
Everything is blurry.
Something's off, and I'll feel funny.

I made you all this stuff,
High quality? No, of Assam theot so much.
Tap the heart.

Theo says, “Try not to worry
Everything is fine, my friend.
Gonna introduce you now
To the Children of the 6th Generation”

All I can say to that is
Ha, Theo, you look like a kaleidoscope.

Suddenly, I’m in a room full of people
Wearing black field jackets over white t-shirts
With skinny jeans and Tentree Harlow Boater Hats
Theo takes the stage, and the group starts to clap.
I want to run away but something’s holding me back
And the group starts chanting

We must be more careful
We must be more careful what we put into our heads.
We must not let the evil creep into our softened minds.
Death to content. D 2 C.
If you want to kill a snake, bring the knife down on its neck.
Death to the content. D 2 C.
Death to the content. D 2 C.
Death to the content. D 2 C.
Death to the content. D 2 C.


Everything is blurry,
I feel funny.
Then Theo steps to the mic, and he says…
Death to the content. D 2 C.
Today, we face a different kind of urgency, well, it's urgent to the
Death to the content. D 2 C.
students listening here before me. It's late, and so I'll try to put
Death to the content. D 2 C.
it briefly as I can; and this message isn't being broadcast for obvious reasons
(laughter).

The Internet Age and all of its consequences…disastrous. Sets us back each time the tech advances. Advancing like an army on a besieged city…and now at last the Great Recycling can begin!


I step outside to get some air, afraid
For my sister and myself

Because he's kind of making sense,
In case you couldn't tell,
All this content has put me through hell.

All this content has put me through hell.
We must be more careful what we're putting in our heads.
All this content has put me through hell.
We must be more careful what we're putting in our heads.
All this content has put me through hell.
Death to the content. Death to the content.
All this content has put me through hell.

I follow
I follow
I follow

[Rumbling under the floorboards of the house. A scream.
Jackie does not realize it yet, but The Cot6G have kidnapped Senator Laurie Tyler-Brown]

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from Follow, released August 1, 2022
All songs written and produced by Jackie Futon, courtesy of PDFC Media Inc.

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