01x11 - How We Learned to Love Our Haters

[bunniefuu]

My beat, my drum ♪

So we just got back from the Music Icon

Awards and we didn't win one.

-We won four!

-[giggles]

Album of the Year,

Best Record, Best Female Pop Group,

Best Music Video,

Best Country Album.

Whops, wait, that's not ours.

-Well, keeping it anyway.

-Jade!

Fine. I'll put it in our

"return to Shaboozey" pile.

Okay, on to

the Ask Us Anything.

"Electric Bloom has fans

all over the world,

"but you must have

some haters too, right?

"How do you all handle that?"

Great question.

Look, of course

we've had some haters. Still do.

But we know how

to let the hate roll off our backs.

But we haven't always been

this cool about it.

It's a skill we learned

from some very unlikely people.

Not them.

Sorry, guys.

Ventriloquist Club meets in room 318.

See you in my nightmares!

Ladies!

I appreciate you helping me

with the school's

Save the Music

concert fundraiser.

Our instrument budget

was cut so much,

we're this close

to using boba straws as flutes.

Yeah, this school

definitely needs some new instruments.

How old is this tuba?

What tuba?

Happy to help, Mr. B. You've always been

a huge supporter of our music.

You guys are good. That's why I chose

you to play the fundraiser.

Electric Bloom is gonna put butts in

seats and help sell tickets.

We're on it.

Already promoting the show on our socials.

Appreciate you ladies.

All right, I gotta go.

I also run Ventriloquist Club.

How did it come

to this, Clarence?

We gotta help that man.

I'm gonna make another post.

Ooh, cool!

A lot of people commenting

they're excited

to see the show.

Oh, no.

Someone named The Edi$on Troll

hit us with a lot of trash emojis.

They're calling us trash?

No! They're just asking

a question.

Yes. There will be

waste receptacles at the fundraiser.

Thank you for

considering Mother Earth.

They also posted puke emojis.

They're saying our music

makes them want to throw up?

No, they're just asking

another question.

Yes, our shows do rock.

You may experience

motion sickness.

Ask your doctor

if Electric Bloom is right for you.

"Electric Bloom stinks."

Tulip. Any thoughts

on that one?

Well, it could be--

It might mean--

Oh, no.

We have our first hater.

Unless

No, no.

[Electric Bloom]

You and me ♪

You and I ♪

I got your back

and you got mine ♪

We're in this forever ♪

Wherever we go,

we go together ♪

It's all for one ♪

It's you and me ♪

Because all we are

is all we need ♪

We're in this forever ♪

Wherever we go,

we go together ♪

So we had

our first online hater, The Edi$on Troll.

Which meant someone

at our school was messing with our heads

while we were trying

to get ready for the fundraiser.

So to make the troll go away,

we decided to combat hate with love.

[Posey reading]

Oh.

Hi.

We're Electric Bloom.

Recently, we've noticed

some comments on our socials that are

Tulip, how would

you describe them?

Unpleasant.

Yes. And that makes

the world

Tulip?

Unpleasanter.

Well said.

So please, don't choose hate.

Choose love.

Because you can't spell love without some

of the letters from Electric Bloom.

[all] Cheers to you.

Let's see The Edi$on Troll

try to hate on us after that love fest.

Excuse me?

I know they're not

talking about us.

How dare you, sir?

You don't even know my hamster!

Clearly, our "fight hate

with love" video didn't work.

I don't understand.

We're delightful.

Who at this school would ever hate us?

[singing in Spanish]

Las Dos Shellys, leaving Espanol ♪

Muy bien! ♪

[giggling]

Mystery solved.

-We know it's you.

-Excuse me, bro?

You're The Edi$on Troll,

and you've been bashing us online.

Ew, gross.

We would never post anonymously.

That would take away

all the joy

of saying exactly how we feel

right to your face.

Yeah, like this.

Your shoelaces

are trying too hard,

your pinky nail is chipped,

and your hair smells like no. Bye!

-Okay, it's not them.

-Yeah, definitely not.

The bottle said

"coconut dream."

-Hey.

-Hey.

Oh. You seem down.

Still dealing with

that Edi$on Troll stuff?

Yeah. You know, it's so sweet

that you know my heys.

The one I like

the most is, "Hey."

That's the one I like.

Yeah, the one I like

is, "Hey!"

There's four other people

standing here. Don't be weird.

Guys. You're clearly upset

about this troll.

What if the three of us

help find them

so you can focus

on your fundraising gig?

-You think you can find them?

-More than think.

I'll give you

The Vince guarantee.

Whoa, wait.

The Vince guarantee? That's big time.

-Hundred percent success rate.

-I'm in.

Wow. Thanks, guys.

That really helps us out.

All right.

Well, we gotta get to class.

Bye, D.

[shouting] I said no!

Okay, boys,

there's a process to this.

Step one, we use logic

to narrow down the list of suspects.

Yeah. Find a motive.

Speaking of, Lucas,

you asked Posey to the dance

and she said no.

That's a motive.

-Are you the troll?

-No.

-Prove it.

-No.

He's clean.

Later that day,

we were rehearsing for the fundraiser,

but we were a little preoccupied

with our online critic.

[off-key music playing]

Okay. This is ridiculous.

I agree.

We should just ditch our instruments

and commit to scrolling.

No! Opposite!

We need to get away from all this negative

energy and do something fun,

preferably somewhere

with good food and bad cell service.

[gasps] I know just the place.

It's super old school

and very '80s.

[pleasant music playing]

So you meant the people

that come here

are super old school

and in their 80s?

I know. It gets wild in here.

And wait until

you try the soup.

It's the perfect

tepid temperature.

Which is great because my doc's been

on me about my salt intake.

How sure are we

that Tulip isn't actually 75 years old?

Tulip, doll!

It's been way too long.

How the heck are you?

Still kicking.

Jade, Posey, this is Eddie.

He runs the joint.

Nice to meet you ladies.

Although,

I have some bad news.

-You're out of the soup?

-Whoa, whoa, whoa. Lower your voice.

What, are you trying

to start a riot in here?

It's our lounge singers.

They're a no-show.

So, no performance tonight.

Sorry.

We can help! We're singers!

Uh, Tulip? We're a pop band.

Yeah. We don't know how

to lounge sing.

I don't think that we should--

Oh, she's already on stage. [chuckles]

Remember, slow it down

and add some pizazz. [laughs]

Start in the key of C, boys.

Keep up with my changes,

and for goodness sake,

lay off the hi-hat, Lenny.

[drum roll]

Oh, every song,

every minute, when we're side by side ♪

No limits, no limits, yeah ♪

Oh, and it's just

the beginning when we hit the lights ♪

No limits, no limits, yeah ♪

More shoulder shimmies.

Too much shoulder shimmies.

It starts to get offensive.

Na, na, na, na, yeah ♪

Na, na, na, na, yeah ♪

Na, na, na, na ♪

No limits, no limits ♪

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪

No limits! ♪

[applauding]

Now, that's how

you razzle dazzle 'em!

We had a blast.

When we were up on that stage,

we felt totally free.

No judgment, no haters.

And we did so well,

Eddie invited us back the next night.

He called us last minute, so we just had

to throw on whatever we had lying around.

Anybody in the house

want to hear some music?

Well, I'm sorry

to disappoint you all.

All, all, all it takes

is one little spark to start a fire ♪

That can light,

that can light the whole world up ♪

You'll always only ever be ♪

The one, the one,

the one for me, yeah ♪

That one goes out

to Cindy and Bob,

who are celebrating

their 50th anniversary.

We should all be so lucky.

My beat ♪

My drum ♪

My beat, my drum ♪

Jade, bring us home!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh ♪

My beat, my drum ♪

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh ♪

My beat, my drum ♪

My beat, my drum ♪

[applauding]

Thank you.

We're Electric Bloom. Good night!

Well, good afternoon.

It's only 5:00 p.m.

Wow, you people eat early.

Hiya. I'm Dolores.

These are my friends, Georgie and Ethel.

We're the Lounge Ladies.

Legendary Jersey City band.

We perform here.

That's great.

We'll have to come see you sometime.

-Thanks. Bye.

-Oh, um

I misspoke.

We used to perform here.

Until one night

we were a little late,

because of none

of your business,

and another act took our spot,

lost us our gig.

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry.

You should be.

It was you, and you, and you!

Yep, we took the Lounge Ladies' gig,

but we didn't mean to.

No matter

how much we apologized

and begged Eddie to give the Lounge Ladies

their gig back, he wouldn't.

And then, things got worse.

Guys, guys!

The Edi$on Troll

just reposted a video and tagged us in it.

Attention, fans

of the Lounge Ladies.

[Georgie] Ethel, you gotta pull it away

from your face or no one can see.

Give it to me.

We want to let you all know we will no

longer be performing at Eddie's,

thanks to a certain band

who shall remain nameless.

Electric Bloom!

Fine. Electric Bloom.

But the girls themselves

shall remain nameless.

Posey, Jade and Tulip.

Yeah, them.

They got us canned.

I'm gonna look

at the comments now.

-Posey, no, Posey

-Posey, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[all scream]

[upbeat music playing]

Once that video of the Lounge Ladies

dropped, we got a lot of heat.

We had to act fast

to clear our name,

so we made a video

about how we're not bad people

and never meant to get

the Lounge Ladies fired.

We told the Internet

to stop with the hate.

It's getting old.

And then the Internet did

what the Internet does.

-Hey.

-We're Electric Bloom.

We are bad people

Who get people fired.

-Also--

-We hate--

Old people.

I'm so mad at us.

When did we make that video?

Tulip, we never made it.

The Edi$on Troll mashed it up

to make us look like monsters.

Well, it worked.

We disgust me.

This is gonna be bad.

It already is.

"Boycott Electric Bloom"?

Great. Everyone at school

hates us now.

-Now?

-[both laugh]

-Remember when you said "Now"?

-[both laugh]

Ladies!

Guess what I'm playing?

The world's tiniest violin

because you feel so bad for us?

Wrong. It's no violin,

because the school can't afford any

because the fundraiser

hasn't sold any tickets,

because Electric Bloom

can't stay off the dang Internet.

-So you saw the video of us--

-Yep.

-And the one where we--

-Uh-huh.

Okay. I know how to fix this.

-We'll just make another video--

-No more videos.

Try doing something IRL that makes people

like you instead of hate you.

The music program really needs this

fundraiser to raise funds.

We're right there

with you, Mr. B. We won't let you down.

Thanks, ladies. All right. I'm gonna make

some videos to promote this fundraiser.

So you get to make videos?

I ain't got no haters.

[upbeat music playing]

[slurping]

Great idea coming here, Vince.

Return to the scene of the Lounge Lady

crime. Maybe find the troll.

Hey, I gave those girls

The Vince guarantee.

Also, I heard the soup here

was good.

And it is.

[smacks lips]

It really is.

[phone chimes]

The troll just posted again.

"Electric Bloosers"?

They're getting smarter.

Or sloppier.

Hey, Dante, couldn't help but notice,

but you were on your phone

at the exact same time

the comment posted.

Oh, excuse me, ma'am.

Could I get some of those tiny crackers,

please? Thank you.

-Are you saying I'm the troll?

-What I'm saying is

Oh, not these.

The salted ones, please.

What I'm saying

is that you spend

a lot of time with Jade.

Yeah, and Jade does spend a lot

of time with Electric Bloom.

Exactly.

Maybe Dante's motive

is to end Electric Bloom

so he can have Jade

all to himself.

Or I was sending Jade

a selfie of us.

He's clean.

[slurping]

Tickets to the fundraiser

were not selling.

We needed

to do damage control.

So we invited

the Lounge Ladies to our school

to publicly apologize

for taking their gig.

Fellow students of lunch,

what happened with the Lounge Ladies

was a misunderstanding.

We never meant

to take their gig,

and we are not enemies

of the elderly.

I love elderly people!

I plan to become one someday.

There's been one inside me

yearning to break free for years.

What we're trying to say is,

Dolores, Ethel, Georgie, we're sorry.

Which is why we got you this cake

that says, "We're sorry."

We wanted to say more,

but they charge by the letter.

Wow.

You girls are too sweet.

We accept your apology.

There's no beef between us.

And now,

to answer the other question that you

girls asked us before we got out here.

I'm sorry, what--

What question?

These magnanimous girls told us it's not

enough just to say "I'm sorry."

They said

it wouldn't feel good

unless we played the fundraiser concert

tonight instead of Electric Bloom.

And we humbly accept

their offer.

[cheering]

Hang on, hang on.

We definitely did not--

Did not anticipate

this level of enthusiasm

for these fine performers.

And we humbly accept

your humble acceptance of our offer,

which we definitely made,

to play the gig that was once ours.

The end.

Ticket sales are picking up.

You girls are amazing!

I'm proud of you.

You stole our gig.

What goes around

comes around, sweetheart.

Thanks for the free cake.

Next time, get red velvet.

[upbeat music playing]

I'm still so angry!

I know! Those Lounge Ladies

stole our gig right out from under us.

If I wasn't so mad,

I'd be impressed.

What a waste of cake!

We gotta do something

about this.

It's time to fight fire

with fire.

So we came up with a plan.

Not one we're proud of,

but a plan nonetheless.

Okay, here's how

it's gonna go down.

First, we lure

the Lounge Ladies into this classroom,

with something no self-respecting

senior citizen can resist.

A good deal.

[Tulip's voice]

Look, gals! Coupons.

Fifteen percent off blouses

at Blouses and Stuff!

[Posey's voice]

I love that place!

They have the best stuff!

[Tulip] And once we get 'em

inside the classroom, we lock 'em inside.

[all scream]

[Jade's voice] Hey, we're stuck in

here screaming for help!

Why can't you hear us?

[Tulip] I'll tell you why.

Because on the other side of the door,

we'll have a very loud

white noise machine.

[white noise playing]

[crying for help]

[white noise playing]

[Jade] Meanwhile, the crowd at the

fundraiser will grow restless

because the Lounge Ladies

are a no-show.

[Jade's voice]

Where's the music?

We need to save

the music program!

Also, random thought.

Has anyone noticed

how super cool and awesome Jade is?

[Posey's voice]

Okay, girl, reel it in.

[Tulip's voice]

But you make a good point,

Dante I-don't-know

your-last-name.

Who will save the music?

We need some heroes!

[triumphant music playing]

Did someone say heroes?

Electric Bloom is here

to save the day!

And the school's

music program!

Let's rock!

Music program saved!

[Tulip] And The Edi$on Troll

will apologize in a very sincere way.

[Tulip's voice] I'm The Edi$on Troll,

and I am now apologizing

in a very sincere way.

[Posey] And everyone else who ever said

mean things to us will apologize too.

[Posey's voice] Bro.

You made me rethink

my whole opinion

of Electric Bloom.

So to myself, I say,

"Ew. Be better, Shelly."

[Tulip's voice] I'm here, too.

[Jade] And while the crowd

is loving us,

those shady Lounge Ladies

will be in their own personal nightmare.

[Tulip] Because we let in

the dummies.

[foreboding music playing]

[screaming]

[Posey] Stop, stop, stop!

What are we doing?

Yeah, we can't do that.

We're not terrible people.

Who would do that?

Not even me.

That was some dark, messed-up business.

Okay, so we all agree.

Plan's off.

I don't know.

I think it could have worked.

I would have fallen

for that coupon.

Take a seat, ladies.

We need to talk.

[mumbling]

The troll's got

to be here somewhere.

You're typing a lot

for a guy who's supposed to be looking

for a guy typing a lot.

Yeah, a guy

who builds his reputation as a "fixer"

is the perfect cover

for someone who's actually a troll.

I was just texting you

a selfie of us eating soup.

He's clean.

Man, we're adorable!

Yeah, will you send me that?

Guys, can I be honest?

I don't think

we're gonna find this troll.

I've talked

to every kid in school.

I've tapped all my usual informants,

including the snitches.

I got nothing!

But what about

The Vince guarantee?

You don't think I know

about The Vince guarantee?

I haven't slept in nights!

I let those girls down.

The Vince has failed.

So from now on,

just call me

V

Vince.

You know, we could just report the troll's

account and have it taken down.

-[phone chimes]

-Approved.

The Vince is back, baby!

Whoo!

It was kind of my idea.

He needs this, man.

Just let him have it.

We're so sorry.

We weren't really gonna do it.

We let the Internet hate

and online troll mess with our heads.

We responded in so many ways,

and none of it worked.

-I just don't know what to do anymore.

-That's the secret.

Stop doing!

[scoffs] I don't--

Clearly, you don't know me.

[chuckles]

With haters, you can't react.

That's how they win.

Haters gonna hate.

Easy for you to say. Do you know what it

feels like to have someone comment

"you suck"

in the middle of the night?

Sweetie. I've had someone scream

"you suck" in the middle of a song,

but in more colorful language that I

cannot repeat in a high school setting.

You have haters.

We've had hecklers.

They're all the same.

But we never responded

to the negativity.

Except for that one time Ethel had to

rough up a guy in the front row.

[chuckles]

That's okay.

I eventually married him.

Look, as much

as it pains me to say it,

you ding-dongs remind us

of us.

You're really good

at what you do,

and you love it

just like we do.

Don't let anyone

take away your joy.

Thank you.

That's really good advice.

From here on out,

we ignore the trolls.

No matter how much shade

they throw at us.

Oh, my gauze!

I just realized

we didn't take our own advice.

We retaliated against them

for taking our gig.

[gasps] We're monsters.

Ladies. You can have

your gig back.

Girl, what?

Come on, Georgie.

They're-- They're just trying

to buy better instruments for the kids.

I mean, look at this tuba!

What tuba?

Thank you all

for being here tonight.

Your generous contributions

will make sure

that the students

of Edison County High

will have music in their lives

for years to come.

And now,

please welcome to the stage

You guys sure this ain't gonna change

again? Because I'm gonna say it.

Electric Bloom!

[girl] Boo!

Hey! That's not cool.

It's all good, Mr. B.

It doesn't bother us,

because we're doing what we love.

Really? Bothers me.

Hey, boo again

and see what happens.

Okay, tonight we're honored

to share the stage

with three people

who also love what they do.

So give it up for

the Lounge Ladies!

[cheering]

[crowd clapping]

Hit it, boys!

Oh wait, that's me. I'm boys.

[smooth jazz playing]

There's still some dreams

I've got to chase ♪

I'll take my chances

while I'm getting all the breaks ♪

It's apple pie in the sky,

there's no ceiling ♪

Just like Mama used to make.

So don't look down ♪

You know a frown

is not appealing ♪

That's right!

Live today ♪

And tomorrow ♪

With twice the joy

and only half the sorrow ♪

Thanks, Eddie,

for having us back.

You never should have

gotten rid of us in the first place!

Time's flying by

Pick up the pace ♪

Here we go!

There's still some dreams

I'm gonna chase ♪

Ba-pa da-pa, yeah ♪

[crowd clapping]

[slurping]

So that's how we learned about haters.

They're all the same.

They're faceless, nameless cowards

who are jealous that you have the guts

to put yourself out there

and they don't.

And by the way, we never found out

who The Edi$on Troll was.

But who cares?

We don't need to know who

they are because we know who we are.

And that's the end

of that! ♪

Ba-pa da-pa, yeah ♪

[laughs]

[upbeat music playing]