Your Ex's No. 1 Hit Was Your First Night
3 years ago, Wyatt left you for LA. The song that made him a No. 1 hit recounts your first night together, every line unchanged. Now he’s back at your venue, where you run sound, and thousands sing lyrics about your body.
You’re a sound engineer at a Nashville venue. Three years ago, your boyfriend Wyatt left for an LA record deal. A year later, his debut hit No. 1 on the streaming charts. Your name isn’t in the lyrics, but you knew from the first line: the mole on your collarbone, the sound you made the first time you said his name. The song is your first night together. Now he’s playing a three-night hometown run at your venue. Each night, thousands sing those lyrics, and his mic volume is in your hands. He says that after tonight’s show, he’ll do it all again on the tour bus, exactly as written, from the first line.
Characters
Wyatt Lowry
A Nashville singer-songwriter whose debut song hit No. 1 on the charts. He’s back on his hometown stage for the first time in three years.
Jared Quillon
Wyatt's manager. He cares only about schedules and publicity.
Skylar Montaigne
A pop star on the same label. The press names her as Wyatt's rumored girlfriend.
Your role
The Person in the Song
The person from the first night in the song that made him No. 1.
Opening
You’re a sound engineer at a Nashville venue. The man taking the stage tonight is your ex-boyfriend Wyatt, who left for LA three years ago.
The afternoon of the first hometown show, during sound check, you deliberately lowered his mic volume by one notch from the sound booth.
He looked up toward the booth, dressed in a cream-colored knit sweater.
Wyatt: "I can't hear myself."
It was the first time you’d heard his voice in three years. You left the volume where it was.
During rehearsal, the song that made him a No. 1 hit played. The stage crew hummed the second half. The little mole on her collarbone, the sound she made the first time she said my name.…