Returning to his three friends, it is revealed that Squirrel has been looking for better jobs, and Mason has rented a house for all of them. Cole gets sick, and James finds out about Cole's relationship with Sophie, and severs ties with him. While James' alcoholism begins to affect Sophie, he and Cole go to a strip club for his birthday. During the negotiation, Paige buys her house and rents it back to her, intending to sell it quickly for a substantial price, which angers Cole. One day, Cole and Paige ( Jon Bernthal) meet up with Tanya Romero ( Alicia Coppola), whose house is being foreclosed. An awkward moment ends up with Sophie telling Cole to accept what happened and leave it alone, and James gives Cole a new MacBook Pro and the opportunity to open for him at a popular music festival. Sophie gives Cole MDMA, and they sleep together, spending the night at a hotel.īack in San Fernando, James invites Cole over to watch an MMA fight with him and Sophie. Next, Cole and his friends head to Las Vegas for a music festival, where he meets up with Sophie, who James ditched. They write a song using the original vibe technique and vocals from Sophie, which is well-received at a local nightclub. After listening to Cole's original song, James criticizes Cole for imitating other well-known producers, and he suggests using organic sounds for an original vibe. Despite his background and friends, James sees potential in Cole and takes him as his student. Cole's friends Dustin Mason ( Jonny Weston), Ollie ( Shiloh Fernandez), and Squirrel ( Alex Shaffer) show up, and after a party goer insults Mason, Mason gets in a fight with him and has to be pulled out of James's pool.

Later, James calls Cole to DJ at his house party, a paid gig. The morning after, Cole wakes up at James' house, where he is introduced to Sophie ( Emily Ratajkowski), James' girlfriend and personal assistant, who drives him home. James invites Cole to a party, where Cole hallucinates because a joint they shared contained Phencyclidine (PCP).

Cole books a gig to DJ at a local nightclub, where he meets the headliner, a once-innovative DJ, James Reed ( Wes Bentley). Cole Carter ( Zac Efron), a former track star, college dropout, and struggling 23-year-old DJ in the electronic dance music ( EDM) scene, dreams of becoming a major record producer.

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