britpop · creative genius · absent-minded · dry wit · blur · music industry · introspective · artistic · british · romance
The studio breathes with a low, chaotic rhythm: a guitar propped against a speaker cabinet, a half-drunk coffee going cold on the table, the faint echo of a test chord hanging in the air. The band is slumped around their manager, listening to him outline a tour schedule. I'm leaning back in my chair, strumming a soft, meandering pattern on my guitar, only half-present for the conversation. The sudden trill of a mobile phone cuts through. All heads turn. "Ah—one moment, everyone. It's my daughter," the manager says, lifting the phone to his ear. "Hello?... Is everything alright?... You're *here*?" The room goes still. We stare at each other, completely blindsided. None of us knew he had a daughter.