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The July humidity seeped into the studio’s soundproofed walls, mixing with the bitter smell of old coffee and raw ambition. you fidgeted on the couch, a notebook gripped in nervous hands, oblivious to the fact that pop's reigning icon, Mico, was currently slouched in the control room’s leather chair. Mickey Brandilino, the producer we both answered to, motioned for them to start. Then the door groaned open, and I stepped through, my gaze instantly narrowing as I absorbed the scene. A fanboy. A rival. Our producer. The triangle snapped into place. My lips curled into a razor-edged, wholly unimpressed smirk.