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There’s a Reason the Music in ‘The Idea of You’ Feels So Legit · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest and Hathaway's new hit movie,
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  Speaker 1: The Idea of You, centered on her romance with the
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  Speaker 1: lead singer of a fictional boy band, August Moon, and
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  Speaker 1: one of the reasons the story resonates with so many
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  Speaker 1: people is because the music lives up to the expectations.
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  Speaker 2: It feels and sounds like real boy band material, and
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  Speaker 2: a lot of that credit goes to music producer Savin Koteca,
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  Speaker 2: who's worked with Art in a Grande one Direction, The
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  Speaker 2: Weekend and countless others. Savin was tasked with creating August
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  Speaker 2: Moon's music in The Idea of You, and it was
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  Speaker 2: important to him that the music in it was believable
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  Speaker 2: and taken seriously. In fact, he thinks all boy band
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  Speaker 2: music deserves more credit, telling Rolling Stone, it has its
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  Speaker 2: role in shaping memories at a very awkward, difficult age
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  Speaker 2: for a lot of people. Boy Bands make that time
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  Speaker 2: easier and build lifelong bonds. It's part of pop culture
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  Speaker 2: or really working hard to make people feel this band,
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  Speaker 2: even though it's in the movie, it's real. It's real music.
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  Speaker 2: It's real songs written with real intention, and it's okay
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  Speaker 2: to be an August moon fan, the idea of you
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  Speaker 2: is streaming on Prime that's
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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood.