Top agent Locke uses a system to make the girl group Swan Girls a breakout hit, but is betrayed and pushed out by the group members and capital backstage at the Golden Melody Awards. He takes back the talent he granted them, forms the Glow Band, and recruits Chloe Blair who has damaged vocal cords, controversial drummer Jade Jones, and guitarist Eli Voss with an injured right hand. Facing smear campaigns and bans from Stellar Media, plus lip-syncing tricks from rival groups, they fight their way up from underground stages. At a national live broadcast event, the Swan Girls' lip-syncing is exposed, the Glow Band goes viral for their unmodified live vocals, wins two major awards, and shatters the lies of the capital.
