02x07 - Si una vez

[bunniefuu]

[SELENA] My c*ptive heart ♪

He holds the key to these emotions ♪

My willing soul ♪

Let me drown in this ocean ♪

And I carry the flame ♪

And I play my part ♪

As long as he is calling, calling ♪

My c*ptive heart ♪

My c*ptive heart ♪

Fire burns ♪

[CLICKS]

Guys

what do you think?

Who's your vocal coach?

What? [CHUCKLES]

I think he just means Uh,

I'm sorry, what do you mean?

- Because your voice is great.

- [MAN] Absolutely.

- The best.

- But this is a pop album.

The sound is different from

how you've been singing.

Well, the songs, yeah, but

I have to sing different?

Selena's a natural,

not manufactured like

a lot of other artists.

Why don't we let Selena

sing the way she sings,

and SBK just says if

they like the songs?

SBK says the song would sound

better if her voice was stronger.

Stronger? Her voice could

blow out the speakers.

So could Plácido Domingo's.

If you want help finding this

strength, we can get you a teacher.

Yeah. I mean, thank you.

Hey, Selena, I was wondering

if I can just wear the vest

- and not the shirt.

- [SELENA] Hmm.

- He wants to show off his g*ns.

- [SELENA LAUGHS]

You know what? Yeah, go ahead.

Do what makes you feel good.

Somebody should. [CHUCKLES]

- [MAN] Uh, okay, thanks.

- Yeah.

Sel!

What happened? What did they say?

They hated it. They said my

voice isn't strong enough.

- What?!

- Mm-hmm.

"Si Una Vez," "Qué Creías"

wasn't strong enough?

They said I need a vocal coach.

[SIGHS] Okay, well,

you don't, all right?

Look, listen. All that passion, pain

and joy and everything you bring,

they don't know what to do with it.

They're trying to find

a box to put you in

but we've never had a box before.

Yeah, but why do they think

voice lessons is gonna do it?

Because you can't teach someone talent,

Sel, but you could teach 'em new tricks.

They need to tell

their bosses something,

or what are they even there for?

But I don't wanna

sound like anybody else.

You never will.

All you need is the

right songs and producers.

Yeah, but the songs

that I love, they hate.

And the songs they

give me are just not me.

[SCOFFS] Is this album

ever gonna happen?

It will, okay? I promise.

I'm flying out to New York

tonight to get you songs.

Okay? Faith.

Well, George Michael already

did that one, but yeah, okay.

- Where you going?

- Not quite sure.

[CHEERING]

Hey!

You coming or the audience

riots. Your choice.

Come in!

Come on.

- What do you think?

- [SUZETTE GASPS]

Um

Oh, never mind. I guess nobody thinks

I have any idea what I'm doing anymore.

Okay, no one said that.

I just see you in a mambo dress,

but we're starting with a cumbia.

No, no, I get it. I get it.

AB can mix all kinds of styles,

but I have to stick to one thing,

and that one thing is just

not even what I really do.

Okay. No one said that, Selena.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

[MAN] Okay, come out of there

You still don't like it short?

I don't know. It just doesn't

really feel like me, you know?

Yeah, I know.

But it'll grow back.

At least then you get to

be you again. [CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

Maybe.

- ["SI UNA VEZ" PLAYING]

- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]

[IN SPANISH] I gave you

all my love and more ♪

And you don't even recognize ♪

What loving is ♪

I lay myself willingly at your feet ♪

And you repaid me with disdain ♪

But now look ♪

If I once said that I loved you ♪

Today I regret it ♪

If I once said that I loved you ♪

I don't know what I was thinking ♪

I was crazy ♪

If I once said that I loved you ♪

And that I'd give my life for you ♪

If I once said that I loved you ♪

I won't do it again ♪

That mistake is a thing of the past ♪

If I once said that I loved you ♪

I won't do it again ♪

That mistake is a thing of the past ♪

[CHEERING]

Thank you, Yolanda.

I needed to hear that.

Of course, mija.

Long way from the cow

print, huh? [CHUCKLES]

- Well, I always loved the cow print.

- [LAUGHS]

Speaking of cows, your

designer friend, Martin

Be nice!

needs to talk

about the fashion show.

Always something with him.

He's under a lot of pressure.

Well, you could do it without

him. That's all I'll say.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

- Thank you.

But not without you, Yolanda.

Managing the boutique,

all you do. Thank you.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [AB CLEARS THROAT]

- [SELENA] Hey.

- Hey.

- I'll see you in Corpus.

- Sure.

- Hi.

- [AB] Hi.

[SELENA SIGHS]

[AB EXHALES, GROANS]

- Sure you don't wanna come to New York?

- No. No, I can't.

I have so much to do here

with the fashion show, then

then I gotta go to LA.

Okay, but these are gonna be your

songs. You don't wanna pick 'em?

No. You know me better

than anybody. You pick 'em.

[SIGHS] Until you don't like 'em

and then blame me for not having any.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

- Hey. You ready?

- [SELENA] Hey.

[SELENA] Yeah, can Can you take this?

Yeah. I'll be outside.

- You two all right?

- Yeah.

Yeah, we're fine.

[INHALES]

I have to go see that voice

coach in LA, if you wanna come.

Someone's gotta feed the dogs.

Well, I can have Mom and Dad do it.

If that's really what it is.

You want this in the

closet or the hallway?

Uh, I can put it away.

[SIGHS]

Chris, what are we doing?

[CHRIS] We're just doing

our thing, like always.

Yeah, but our thing was us.

No matter what, we were always good.

Yeah, well, maybe it's because

our thing is just your thing now.

How?

We're partners, right? We're married?

We're supposed to lift each other up. We

both want what each other wants, right?

- [GLASS THUDS]

- Okay, then what do I want?

To start your own band. I know.

Yeah, and we talked about it,

one time, and then never again.

It's still just, "Chris, carry my dress.

- Chris, hold my bag."

- I know. I'm sorry.

Chris, I have so much

going on right now.

You wanna start your own

band? Start your own band!

- What do you want me to say?

- Nothing. Nothing.

I I didn't wanna talk about this.

I don't have all the words. I just

I don't know who I'm

supposed to be right now.

Chris, neither do I.

It changes all the time.

When I was younger, I had

to sing oldies in English.

Then they wanted me to

learn Spanish, so I did that.

Now I have to learn to sing in

English in an entirely different way

or it all falls apart.

We change, Chris.

Because we have to.

If we want to.

I'm trying.

She's too confined.

She needs room to grow.

Why do you call them

"she"? Plants are shes?

Boats are shes, so plants could be shes.

- [ABRAHAM SIGHS]

- Hey, guys. What's all this?

Hi, sweetie. These are

outgrowing their pots.

They need room to grow,

or they're gonna die.

And they're women now,

and I've been changing clothes

in front of them all these years.

[MARCELLA CHUCKLING]

- Mom, I brought you something.

- [MARCELLA] Hmm? Let's see.

- [GASPS] Did you do this?

- Yeah.

- It's beautiful.

- It's from the new collection.

[CLICKS TONGUE] I'm so proud of you.

Thanks, Mom.

- Don't hurt your back.

- Do you think I'm that old?

- Don't answer that.

- [SELENA CHUCKLES]

[ABRAHAM EXHALES]

- So when are you going to LA?

- Uh, tomorrow.

- Well, your mom'll feed the dogs.

- But not Chris' python.

I am not getting close to that python.

You always feed a python. You don't

want a hungry python next door.

[CHUCKLES]

Uh, well, guys, nobody

needs to feed anything

because, uh, Chris isn't going.

Why not?

He's just gonna stay and do his music.

Dad, it's fine. Don't worry.

Suzette's gonna come with me.

Don't let this new vocal coach

turn you into something you're not.

You've done a pretty good

job on your own being you.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

[ACCENTED] Of course not,

Father. I would never dream of it.

- [NORMAL VOICE] Love you guys. Bye.

- Bye.

Bye.

[ABRAHAM CHUCKLES, GROANS]

- They're not doing good.

- Who?

Selena and Chris.

[SIGHS] I'm worried

they're gonna split up.

They won't. They'll work it out.

[SIGHS] I don't know, Abraham.

They're headstrong, both of them.

They got married on a whim.

I just hope they don't

break up the same way.

- Could you talk to 'em?

- Did they even listen to me before?

[EXHALES]

- Okay.

- Thank you.

Now can we get this "she" into her

pot, so I can go get my work done?

- Okay, pick her up from the middle.

- No, sorry.

I'm a married man.

[LAUGHS] Come on.

[SELENA] Thank you.

[SQUEALS]

- Look, Madonna!

- [SUZETTE GASPS]

- Everyone who's anyone. [SIGHS]

- Yeah. And then me. [CHUCKLES]

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- [BOTH LAUGH]

- Selena.

[SELENA] Hi, Mr.

Riggs. Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- This is my sister.

[BOTH] Nice to meet you.

- You ready to go?

- [SELENA] Yeah.

- Let's go.

- [SELENA] Okay.

- I've heard you sing.

- Oh!

You can really belt it out. [LAUGHS]

You're a good singer,

but if they're grooming

you to be a big pop star,

like some of those

people you saw out there,

then you need to learn to

make the most of your voice

and strengthen it without damaging it.

Make it easier on your vocal cords.

Otherwise, one day, you're

gonna end up with nodules.

- Nodules?

- Warts on your vocal cords.

- Ew.

- Yeah.

- And they need surgery to take 'em out.

- Okay.

They form in your throat, where you go

from your chest voice

to your head voice,

so you need to learn to

bridge the chest and the head.

Even the biggest stars in

the world need to learn that.

[CHUCKLES]

Ready?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I'd like to start with an

exercise called a lip bubble.

Ooh. Like a fish.

[BUBBLING SOUNDS]

- [LAUGHS]

- [BUBBLING] That's right.

[SCALES PLAYING]

[HUMMING SCALES]

[LAUGHS]

This time, I want you

to say the word "guh."

G-U-H. Guh.

- Guh.

- Guh. Guh, guh, guh.

Guh, guh, guh, guh, guh.

But I want you to say

it like you're crying.

[VOCALIZING SCALES] Guh, guh,

guh, guh, guh, guh, guh, guh, guh.

- Yeah, so sad.

- [LAUGHS]

[VOCALIZING SCALES] Nay, nay, nay,

nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay.

- [PLAYING SCALES]

- [TRILLING SCALES]

Very nice.

- [PLAYING HIGHER SCALES]

- [TRILLING SCALES]

- Very nice.

- [CHUCKLES]

Why Selena and not Whitney?

[CLEARS THROAT] Excuse me?

Why should I give my song to your sister

when I could give it to Whitney Houston?

[SIGHS]

Well, Miss Warren, you should.

[LAUGHS]

- Oh, really?

- [CHUCKLES]

If money's the point, you

give this song to Whitney,

and it will definitely be

another Diane Warren hit.

With Selena, it might be.

But if you want your music to

come out of a whole new instrument,

that most of the world's gonna

hear for the very first time,

that'd be Selena.

And I've been lucky enough to do

that my whole career. Now you can.

You're producing the album?

Right now the label needs me to

focus on the next Spanish album.

But, Miss Warren, I'm

sure there are a lot

of artists asking to record your songs.

But you don't sit down and

have lunch with all of them.

Some part of you must already

know what I do about Selena.

[SIGHS] Well, there wasn't

a Whitney until there was.

Maybe now it's time for a Selena.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

Hey.

Is it too loud?

No.

There's a band that

I'm thinking of signing.

[CLICKS TONGUE] More of

a rock sound, like yours.

Maybe you could listen to them?

You want my opinion?

They're green, but talented.

They could use some help.

So, let me know if you're interested.

Yeah, okay.

Okay.

Hi! [CHUCKLES]

Hello, babies! Hello, hello, hello!

[DOGS WHINING]

Chris.

Hey.

- [CHRIS] Hey.

- [CHUCKLES]

I thought you weren't coming

home till the afternoon.

- Uh, it's 1:00 p.m.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

I'm sorry. I was up

kinda late last night.

- Yeah, I can see that.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

Uh, a few of the guys came over to jam,

and we ended up just having

a few beers and hung out.

- Mm-hmm.

- I was gonna clean up. I'll do it now.

- No, no, no, forget it.

- [EXHALES]

Was it fun?

Yeah. Yeah, it was.

Good.

How was your vocal coach?

Good. I don't know. I

guess we'll see. [CHUCKLES]

I'm gonna go feed them. Come on.

Okay.

Let's go, guys. [CLICKS

TONGUE] Want foodie?

Oh, hey, um

Martin left you a bunch of

voicemails on the answering machine.

Yeah, he's freaking out

about the fashion show.

- I'll call him back.

- [EXHALES, SNIFFLES]

[CLEARS THROAT]

- Chris!

- What?

Where's the python? It's not out, is it?

- If it's running around the house

- No, no, it

He died.

Oh.

Why didn't you tell me?

You didn't even like the python.

But you did. How did it die?

It was sick. I don't know. He just died.

Chris, don't.

Don't go quiet on me. I know you.

You go quiet and you disappear.

Don't.

Okay.

Hey, um, did you get your dad to

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

ask me to work with

some rock band or something?

No.

- 'Cause I think that could be cool to

- [MACHINE BEEPS]

[AB] Hey, Selena, I'm in

the studio. I got songs.

- Ah, he's got songs.

- You got songs.

Sorry, what were you saying?

Oh, nothing. It's fine.

We can talk about it later.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, yeah, go work on your songs.

Okay.

[DOGS WHINE]

Can you feed them? [CHUCKLES]

- Yeah, yeah, I got it.

- Okay.

I have a couple more songs coming in,

including the one from Diane Warren,

but these are

- What are you doing?

- [SELENA] Listening.

- [CLICKS]

- [FAST-TEMPO TUNE PLAYING]

[SELENA SIGHS]

- [HUMS]

- [SWITCHES CASSETTES]

[SLOW-TEMPO TUNE PLAYING]

[GROANS]

- That's two already. You're not listen

- Nope.

- Selena!

- What?

I busted my a*s flying

all over the country

panhandling songs for you. At

least you could listen to 'em.

I don't need to listen to the

whole thing to know if I like it.

- Well, what do you like?

- Not this.

I brought you on because I thought

you knew my voice. [CHUCKLES]

Which one? The one I've heard your whole

life or some new one that you're trying?

I don't know, but when I figure it

out, you'll be the first to know.

What's going on?

[SIGHS]

Exactly what I knew would happen

when Selena sent me looking

for songs without her.

I don't know who I am right now.

- Sure you do.

- I don't.

I hear that, and I think

"Who is that? Who is that girl?"

I don't know. Is this

what Madonna went through?

Is that why she starred in

Who's That Girl? [CHUCKLES]

- Sel, that's probably not the reason

- Quiet!

Let me hear.

Play it, AB.

[SIGHS]

I'll tell you.

- Do you promise?

- I promise.

Okay.

I'll close my eyes. Go.

[SELENA] I see him walking ♪

I sense the danger ♪

I hear his voice, and my heart stops ♪

He wears a face of the night ♪

Ooh, the perfect stranger ♪

- And I'm falling ♪

- [MUSIC STOPS]

I mean, it's good.

[GASPS]

But, yeah, I don't

know who it is either.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

The bass line could be heavier.

The drums are drowning

out the bass a little bit.

Maybe if you pull back,

let the bass ride out the melody,

you should have yourself a song.

Yep. [SIGHS]

Okay.

It's a good idea.

But you knew that already.

You know, when you first joined

the band, I didn't like you.

Yeah, I picked up on that.

I was afraid of what

you being with the band

might do to our image, our reputation.

The hair.

The whole thing. [CHUCKLES]

But

you didn't take away from anything.

You added to it.

This is a family company.

And you're family.

You have a place here.

And I know, Selena, she

- [EXHALES] She is not easy.

- [CHUCKLES]

I'm not easy.

None of us is easy.

But you got a good

head on your shoulders.

She needs that.

And I know you're always

gonna be there for her.

Yeah, yeah, of course.

["c*ptive HEART" PLAYING]

Don't think about it ♪

Who knows where the wind blows? ♪

[VOCALIZES] No, no, no ♪

No doubt about it ♪

I'll go where he goes ♪

My love ♪

He holds the key to these emotions ♪

Let me drown in this ocean ♪

- And I play my part ♪

- [CLICKS]

Better? More what you wanted?

'Cause I can always record

it again if you want.

No, thank you for doing that.

I'll take this now. We'll

talk, and I'll let you know.

Okay.

Let everyone know Selena's off

to Nashville to meet Keith Thomas.

[MAN] I will. Thank you.

I'll talk to them.

"Save the Best for Last." "Baby

Baby." Keith Thomas, he is the man!

Yeah.

No.

I know you're not feeling it right now,

but I've been working on

this meeting for months, okay?

So maybe just fake

it for, like, an hour.

Okay, I will.

I just don't know

what I'm listening for.

There have been two things in

life I felt really, really sure of.

One was music and the other was Chris.

They were the core,

the trunk of the tree that

everything branched out from.

It was so strong.

Now, I don't know.

Well, the tree is still strong.

Sel, your voice is one of the

best voices in all of music.

You're just experimenting with it a bit.

It's like adding a tool or

whatever. But what's up with Chris?

I don't know. We just haven't

been seeing eye to eye in a while.

Oh.

That explains it.

Explains what?

Why you've been rejecting

every single song.

What does that have

anything to do with Chris?

They're love songs.

Who do you think of when

you sing a love song?

- Chris.

- Right. If you're not connecting to Chris,

then you're not connecting to the songs.

Sel, you're very organic.

Everything in you is

connected to everything else.

That's who you are.

Not just pieces.

It's a whole life, all at once.

You'll figure it out.

["I COULD FALL IN LOVE" PLAYING]

I could fall in love ♪

With you ♪

I could fall in love ♪

With you ♪

I could fall in love ♪

I could fall in love with you ♪

I could fall in love ♪

With you ♪

- [CHUCKLES]

- [EXHALES]

Sorry, I usually like to have the

lyrics recorded before I share it.

- Smooth it out.

- No, it was

Amazing. Yeah, I loved it. [LAUGHS]

It's gonna be better when you sing it.

Okay. [CHUCKLES]

Don't think. Don't try.

["I COULD FALL IN LOVE" PLAYING]

I could lose my heart tonight ♪

If you don't turn and walk away ♪

'Cause the way I feel ♪

I might lose control

and let you stay ♪

'Cause I could take you in my arms ♪

And never let go ♪

I could fall in love ♪

With you ♪

I could fall in love ♪

With you, baby ♪

I could fall ♪

Hi, baby. Hi, hi, hi.

[ROCK TUNE PLAYING ON GUITAR]

- Hey.

- Hi.

- I think

- We should talk. [CHUCKLES] Yeah.

Let me go first. Just listen.

Okay.

I wanna be with you.

- Is that it?

- Yeah. [LAUGHS]

No, there was more.

I think I just forgot.

I really wanna be with you too.

- [SIGHS] You do?

- Yeah, of course.

Okay, so let's just stop.

We can work everything out.

- Yeah.

- It's not like we're thinking about being together.

We already did that.

We're together forever. It's done.

- Okay.

- Okay, so just get used to it.

- Okay.

- Okay, what were you gonna say?

Basically the same thing you

said. Different words. Not as many.

- But the same.

- [DOG WHINING]

[SELENA] So

how was your day?

- My day was good.

- Hmm.

- I wrote a song.

- Does it rock?

"Does it rock?"

Come on. I can't not

make something rock.

'Cause you know I'm

your number one groupie.

I love you.

And I love you too.

["SHOW ME LOVE" BY ROBIN S. PLAYING]

- [WOMAN VOCALIZING]

- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]

[CHATTERING]

Please, next. Don't forget

to go. Don't go without it.

Where's my fourth girl? Marisa!

- Let's go, ladies.

- [SUZETTE] Selena!

- [GASPS] Hey!

- [SELENA AND SUZETTE LAUGH]

- We just wanted to wish you luck.

- [SELENA] Aw, thanks. Mwah!

- We'll be outside.

- [SELENA] Okay.

- Good show! [CHUCKLES]

- Good luck.

[SIGHS] My tree trunk family. [CHUCKLES]

- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]

- [WOMAN VOCALIZING]

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]

[SELENA SIGHS]

You earned it.

The collection looks amazing.

Yeah? [LAUGHS]

I am so proud of you.

- Thank you.

- [WOMAN] Selena, you're next!

Go.

[CHUCKLES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[WOMAN VOCALIZING]

[CHUCKLES]

- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]

- [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]

Yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪

You've got to show me love ♪

Heartbreaks and promises ♪

I've had more than my share ♪

[CHEERING CONTINUES]

I'm tired of giving my love ♪

And getting nowhere, nowhere ♪

[SELENA] I grew up singing rancheras

and idolizing Janet Jackson.

When I sing,

I look out and I see all kinds of

people having a good time because

they see something of themselves in me.

So I know there's no clean-cut

description of who I am,

but that's exactly what got me here.

And if SBK isn't on

board with that, then

maybe it's not a good fit.

Well, the truth is

they agree.

[EXHALES] They do?

They signed Selena.

No one is gonna make you

sound like anyone else.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Thank you.

There's something else.

I also really wanna do

the Keith Thomas song.

I like it. It's exactly who I am.

Everyone loves the Keith

Thomas song. What do you mean?

Oh. [LAUGHS]

Then never mind. Go on.

The Houston Astrodome.

We'd like you and Los Dinos

to make a live album there.

My God.

Live for 60,000 people? [LAUGHS]

Miss Quintanilla.

- Yeah.

- Hi, I'll be your server.

- Oh, what happened to the other guy?

- Oh, I don't know, but here.

You've been served. Big fan, by the way.

[SELENA] I don't understand this.

What is it?

It's, um

Uh, it's the boutique.

Selena.

Vendors are saying that I

owe thousands in unpaid bills.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]