POP

Producer So, she’ll be here in a few minutes, yeah?

Record company executive Yeah, so we’ll have a window of 30 minutes to lay down some vocals.

P But she hasn’t even heard the tunes yet . . .

RCE Erm, yeah, just, um . . . fill her in on the vibe of the song. and we can fill in the gaps later.

P [sigh] It’s a computer I’ve got here Steve not a magic wand . . .

RCE Come on Mike, this is the last time you’ll ever have to work with her, we could only get Pharrell to give us one track and that was the one he wrote for Kanye but got rejected.

P There’s a couple of decent ones here but jeez, have you read those lyrics? All this sleazy crap about how she’s really taking the tabloids for a ride . . .

RCE It’s pop music man, the kids lap this shit up.

P [sighs] Just gimme a an hour with Pearl Jam, Dylan – hell, I’ll take the Foo Fighters instead of this insipid horsesh. . .

Britney Spears Oh, hey guys!

P & RCE [together] Hi Britney!