Dumplin meets Daisy Jones & the Six in this split-POV love song to country idols, romantic road trips, and queer love.
They say never meet your idols.
But nothing about digging up their deepest secrets.
Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, whos as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper.
The same Mickenlee who mysteriously backed out of the limelight at the height of their careers, never to be heard from again.
Now Decklees televised funeral marks the unveiling of her long-awaited time capsule.
But when its revealed to be empty, a trail of scavenger-hunt clues unfolds, leading to a whopping cash prize for whoever finds the real capsule.
Darren knows theres a story there--and shes going to be the one to break it.
Even if it means a spontaneous road trip with her coworker Kendall.
Flashback to 1963, when a young runaway Decklee has her sights set on fame and glory.
As she claws her way to the top over the years that follow, its Mickenlees lyrics that help rocket her to stardom.
But as their relationship evolves beyond the professional, it threatens everything Decklee has worked for.
What else will she sacrifice to hold on to her dreams? Told in alternating perspectives, Every Time You Hear That Song is a queer coming-of-age story celebrating country music, complicated women, and living authentically.
Theres more to Decklees story than Darren ever could have guessed, but the real story she has to tell is her own.
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