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  8. [tense music building]
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  12. ♪ ♪
  13.  
  14. 3
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  16. [crickets chirping]
  17.  
  18. 4
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  20. CALVIN: You're living in
  21. your parents' basement
  22.  
  23. 5
  24. 00:00:25,386 --> 00:00:27,641
  25. and you pull out your phone,
  26.  
  27. 6
  28. 00:00:27,641 --> 00:00:31,314
  29. which you look at
  30. 100 times an hour.
  31.  
  32. 7
  33. 00:00:31,314 --> 00:00:34,362
  34. MAN: The actual experience
  35. exceeds all expectations.
  36.  
  37. 8
  38. 00:00:34,362 --> 00:00:36,324
  39. CALVIN: You see a music
  40. festival
  41.  
  42. 9
  43. 00:00:36,324 --> 00:00:37,994
  44. that exceeds all expectations
  45.  
  46. 10
  47. 00:00:37,994 --> 00:00:41,585
  48. on a deserted island
  49. owned by Pablo Escobar.
  50.  
  51. 11
  52. 00:00:41,585 --> 00:00:45,050
  53. There was music,
  54. private planes,
  55.  
  56. 12
  57. 00:00:45,050 --> 00:00:48,891
  58. and beautiful women swimming
  59. on an island with drugs.
  60.  
  61. 13
  62. 00:00:48,891 --> 00:00:51,522
  63. Man, that's about
  64. as sexy as it gets.
  65.  
  66. 14
  67. 00:00:51,522 --> 00:00:53,484
  68. ♪ ♪
  69.  
  70. 15
  71. 00:00:53,484 --> 00:00:57,241
  72. And then you see these
  73. wonderful, beautiful people
  74.  
  75. 16
  76. 00:00:57,241 --> 00:00:58,786
  77. in places that you're not,
  78.  
  79. 17
  80. 00:00:58,786 --> 00:01:01,625
  81. doing things that you can't
  82. afford to do.
  83.  
  84. 18
  85. 00:01:01,625 --> 00:01:06,469
  86. It really didn't matter that
  87. these guys may be waifs,
  88.  
  89. 19
  90. 00:01:06,469 --> 00:01:08,681
  91. trustafarians,
  92.  
  93. 20
  94. 00:01:08,681 --> 00:01:12,481
  95. and this guy hosting this party
  96. was an obvious fraud
  97.  
  98. 21
  99. 00:01:12,481 --> 00:01:14,651
  100. because many of
  101. these influencers
  102.  
  103. 22
  104. 00:01:14,651 --> 00:01:16,739
  105. are people that you follow‐‐
  106.  
  107. 23
  108. 00:01:16,739 --> 00:01:19,745
  109. that you aspire to be‐‐
  110.  
  111. 24
  112. 00:01:19,745 --> 00:01:24,922
  113. and also this rapper whose
  114. music that you listen to.
  115.  
  116. 25
  117. 00:01:24,922 --> 00:01:28,261
  118. So when an opportunity
  119. presents itself
  120.  
  121. 26
  122. 00:01:28,261 --> 00:01:30,475
  123. to get out
  124. of your parents' basement
  125.  
  126. 27
  127. 00:01:30,475 --> 00:01:32,813
  128. and go be part of something
  129. that's culturally relevant,
  130.  
  131. 28
  132. 00:01:32,813 --> 00:01:34,858
  133. you're gonna absolutely
  134. jump at that.
  135.  
  136. 29
  137. 00:01:34,858 --> 00:01:39,868
  138. ♪ ♪
  139.  
  140. 30
  141. 00:01:39,868 --> 00:01:43,333
  142. JAKE: This tapped into all
  143. the biggest millennial trends.
  144.  
  145. 31
  146. 00:01:43,333 --> 00:01:45,630
  147. ‐ [laughing] Yeah!
  148.  
  149. 32
  150. 00:01:45,630 --> 00:01:47,968
  151. MAN: Wow.
  152.  
  153. 33
  154. 00:01:47,968 --> 00:01:51,725
  155. [laughing] Never been
  156. so happy in my life
  157.  
  158. 34
  159. 00:01:51,725 --> 00:01:56,527
  160. to see this group of bozos.
  161.  
  162. 35
  163. 00:01:56,527 --> 00:01:59,449
  164. CC: It's like history
  165. in the making.
  166.  
  167. 36
  168. 00:01:59,449 --> 00:02:00,994
  169. I mean, everyone's supposed
  170. to be here,
  171.  
  172. 37
  173. 00:02:00,994 --> 00:02:04,208
  174. like Bella Hadid,
  175. Kendall Jenner...
  176.  
  177. 38
  178. 00:02:04,876 --> 00:02:06,964
  179. OREN: Fyre Festival was
  180. supposed to be
  181.  
  182. 39
  183. 00:02:06,964 --> 00:02:08,300
  184. the new Coachella,
  185.  
  186. 40
  187. 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:11,097
  188. the new Burning Man,
  189. the new whatever.
  190.  
  191. 41
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  193. DANIEL: The whole thing is
  194. wrapped in sex appeal.
  195.  
  196. 42
  197. 00:02:14,730 --> 00:02:18,571
  198. It's in the Bahamas
  199. on a private island
  200.  
  201. 43
  202. 00:02:18,571 --> 00:02:22,954
  203. with a million‐dollar
  204. treasure hunt giveaway.
  205.  
  206. 44
  207. 00:02:22,954 --> 00:02:25,375
  208. SETH: There was swimming
  209. with pigs
  210.  
  211. 45
  212. 00:02:25,375 --> 00:02:29,133
  213. and cuisine unlike
  214. anything you've ever had.
  215.  
  216. 46
  217. 00:02:29,133 --> 00:02:31,639
  218. It was gonna be
  219. an immersive experience
  220.  
  221. 47
  222. 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,517
  223. bordering on impossible.
  224.  
  225. 48
  226. 00:02:33,517 --> 00:02:36,523
  227. JESSE: Exclusivity with
  228. unbelievable access
  229.  
  230. 49
  231. 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:38,109
  232. to premiere talent.
  233.  
  234. 50
  235. 00:02:38,109 --> 00:02:40,322
  236. Kanye was gonna be performing
  237. at this festival.
  238.  
  239. 51
  240. 00:02:40,322 --> 00:02:42,494
  241. JIA: People spent tens
  242. of thousands of dollars
  243.  
  244. 52
  245. 00:02:42,494 --> 00:02:44,288
  246. on tickets.
  247.  
  248. 53
  249. 00:02:44,288 --> 00:02:47,629
  250. STEWARD: ...and your seats in
  251. their upright position.
  252.  
  253. 54
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  255. AUSTIN: We were all packed into
  256. a yellow school bus,
  257.  
  258. 55
  259. 00:02:51,428 --> 00:02:53,641
  260. and people are thinking,
  261. "What's the worst thing
  262.  
  263. 56
  264. 00:02:53,641 --> 00:02:55,185
  265. that could possibly happen?"
  266.  
  267. 57
  268. 00:02:55,185 --> 00:02:57,106
  269. ♪ ♪
  270.  
  271. 58
  272. 00:02:57,106 --> 00:02:59,820
  273. ‐ What's happening?
  274. There's no water over there.
  275.  
  276. 59
  277. 00:02:59,820 --> 00:03:03,118
  278. Oh, Jesus.
  279. ‐ [laughing]
  280.  
  281. 60
  282. 00:03:03,118 --> 00:03:05,205
  283. ‐ I mean, this is just crazy.
  284.  
  285. 61
  286. 00:03:05,205 --> 00:03:07,001
  287. There's trucks all
  288. over the place.
  289.  
  290. 62
  291. 00:03:07,001 --> 00:03:08,838
  292. Still setting things up.
  293.  
  294. 63
  295. 00:03:08,838 --> 00:03:10,967
  296. SETH: There were Amazon
  297. boxes everywhere
  298.  
  299. 64
  300. 00:03:10,967 --> 00:03:12,721
  301. and there was a shower,
  302.  
  303. 65
  304. 00:03:12,721 --> 00:03:14,433
  305. but you couldn't
  306. open your mouth
  307.  
  308. 66
  309. 00:03:14,433 --> 00:03:15,810
  310. 'cause the water was green.
  311.  
  312. 67
  313. 00:03:15,810 --> 00:03:17,396
  314. ‐ Yikes.
  315. Oh, get the fuck out of here.
  316.  
  317. 68
  318. 00:03:17,396 --> 00:03:18,941
  319. Let's get the fuck out of here.
  320.  
  321. 69
  322. 00:03:18,941 --> 00:03:20,737
  323. AVA: You can party like
  324. an Instagram model
  325.  
  326. 70
  327. 00:03:20,737 --> 00:03:22,490
  328. and, you know,
  329. live the life of your dreams,
  330.  
  331. 71
  332. 00:03:22,490 --> 00:03:24,828
  333. but on the beach, everyone was
  334. just sort of wrecked
  335.  
  336. 72
  337. 00:03:24,828 --> 00:03:26,707
  338. and sunburnt and, like,
  339. this is not what I thought
  340.  
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  342. 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,544
  343. was gonna happen.
  344.  
  345. 74
  346. 00:03:28,544 --> 00:03:30,465
  347. ‐ It's an absolute circus.
  348. I don't know what's going on.
  349.  
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  351. 00:03:30,465 --> 00:03:32,217
  352. ♪ ♪
  353.  
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  356. JAKE: People were like,
  357. "What did I get myself into?"
  358.  
  359. 77
  360. 00:03:35,223 --> 00:03:36,392
  361. ‐ We don't even know.
  362.  
  363. 78
  364. 00:03:36,392 --> 00:03:37,687
  365. We're stranded.
  366. ‐ Yeah.
  367.  
  368. 79
  369. 00:03:37,687 --> 00:03:39,524
  370. CC: Tents are blowing away.
  371.  
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  373. 00:03:39,524 --> 00:03:42,404
  374. All of the acts
  375. have pulled out.
  376.  
  377. 81
  378. 00:03:42,404 --> 00:03:44,074
  379. MAN: It was a shitshow.
  380.  
  381. 82
  382. 00:03:44,074 --> 00:03:45,703
  383. SETH: You know, like,
  384.  
  385. 83
  386. 00:03:45,703 --> 00:03:48,626
  387. a camp counselor could have
  388. done a better job.
  389.  
  390. 84
  391. 00:03:48,626 --> 00:03:51,088
  392. At one point, a guy was just
  393. standing
  394.  
  395. 85
  396. 00:03:51,088 --> 00:03:55,096
  397. on this little plywood table,
  398. answering questions one by one
  399.  
  400. 86
  401. 00:03:55,096 --> 00:03:58,019
  402. with a line of 100 people
  403. behind him.
  404.  
  405. 87
  406. 00:03:58,019 --> 00:03:59,981
  407. REPORTER: Billy McFarland
  408. created the festival
  409.  
  410. 88
  411. 00:03:59,981 --> 00:04:01,275
  412. and is blaming the disaster
  413.  
  414. 89
  415. 00:04:01,275 --> 00:04:03,864
  416. on poor weather
  417. and bad planning.
  418.  
  419. 90
  420. 00:04:03,864 --> 00:04:06,244
  421. ‐ We took a big jump here
  422. and a big risk
  423.  
  424. 91
  425. 00:04:06,244 --> 00:04:08,248
  426. and, uh, V1 has failed.
  427.  
  428. 92
  429. 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:10,293
  430. ♪ ♪
  431.  
  432. 93
  433. 00:04:10,293 --> 00:04:15,555
  434. ‐ You have to start to wonder,
  435. what is going on with this guy?
  436.  
  437. 94
  438. 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:17,307
  439. ‐ Let's take it back
  440. to where it all started.
  441.  
  442. 95
  443. 00:04:17,307 --> 00:04:19,061
  444. REPORTER: Okay.
  445. ‐ So,
  446.  
  447. 96
  448. 00:04:19,061 --> 00:04:20,773
  449. I'm a technology entrepreneur,
  450. but I've always really
  451.  
  452. 97
  453. 00:04:20,773 --> 00:04:22,735
  454. been interested in payment
  455. tools and credit cards.
  456.  
  457. 98
  458. 00:04:22,735 --> 00:04:24,614
  459. POLLY: If you ever see
  460. videos of him,
  461.  
  462. 99
  463. 00:04:24,614 --> 00:04:27,871
  464. it's kind of like the same
  465. high‐energy spiel at all times.
  466.  
  467. 100
  468. 00:04:27,871 --> 00:04:30,125
  469. ‐ So it's a community‐oriented
  470. payment tool
  471.  
  472. 101
  473. 00:04:30,125 --> 00:04:32,630
  474. that provides guidance,
  475. access, and experiences.
  476.  
  477. 102
  478. 00:04:32,630 --> 00:04:35,761
  479. ‐ It's like the ultimate
  480. used‐car salesman.
  481.  
  482. 103
  483. 00:04:35,761 --> 00:04:37,347
  484. ‐ I wanna get the key and show
  485. you guys in here.
  486.  
  487. 104
  488. 00:04:37,347 --> 00:04:39,477
  489. We've actually developed
  490. our own little factory.
  491.  
  492. 105
  493. 00:04:39,477 --> 00:04:42,316
  494. POLLY: And he really wanted
  495. to sell you a car.
  496.  
  497. 106
  498. 00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:44,069
  499. And he'd give you a deal.
  500.  
  501. 107
  502. 00:04:44,069 --> 00:04:45,489
  503. CALVIN: You're sitting
  504. there saying, like,
  505.  
  506. 108
  507. 00:04:45,489 --> 00:04:47,994
  508. "I have no idea
  509. what this guy does,
  510.  
  511. 109
  512. 00:04:47,994 --> 00:04:49,998
  513. "but I'm pretty certain,
  514.  
  515. 110
  516. 00:04:49,998 --> 00:04:51,292
  517. "because I can't define it,
  518.  
  519. 111
  520. 00:04:51,292 --> 00:04:53,631
  521. that it's not legitimate."
  522.  
  523. 112
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  525. REPORTER:
  526. The 25‐year‐old entrepreneur
  527.  
  528. 113
  529. 00:04:55,426 --> 00:04:59,099
  530. created the Fyre Festival
  531. with rapper Ja Rule.
  532.  
  533. 114
  534. 00:04:59,099 --> 00:05:00,561
  535. MAN: For people who don't
  536. know what Fyre is,
  537.  
  538. 115
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  540. tell the people what Fyre is.
  541.  
  542. 116
  543. 00:05:02,105 --> 00:05:04,026
  544. ‐ Like, so, just to ex‐‐
  545. ‐ Hey, how you doing?
  546.  
  547. 117
  548. 00:05:04,026 --> 00:05:07,241
  549. Uh, welcome.
  550. [laughs]
  551.  
  552. 118
  553. 00:05:07,241 --> 00:05:09,913
  554. CALVIN: I guess once you attach
  555. Ja Rule to something,
  556.  
  557. 119
  558. 00:05:09,913 --> 00:05:11,165
  559. you know it's legit.
  560.  
  561. 120
  562. 00:05:11,165 --> 00:05:13,796
  563. I mean, that...
  564. [chuckles]
  565.  
  566. 121
  567. 00:05:13,796 --> 00:05:15,508
  568. ‐ Well, I'm gonna let my
  569. partner in crime here,
  570.  
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  572. 00:05:15,508 --> 00:05:18,179
  573. Billy McFarland,
  574. give y'all a introduction
  575.  
  576. 123
  577. 00:05:18,179 --> 00:05:22,020
  578. of what Fyre is and‐‐and what
  579. it's bringing to the table.
  580.  
  581. 124
  582. 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:26,362
  583. ‐ I see Fyre Fest
  584. as this big snowball
  585.  
  586. 125
  587. 00:05:26,362 --> 00:05:28,324
  588. rolling down Scam Mountain...
  589.  
  590. 126
  591. 00:05:28,324 --> 00:05:30,997
  592. ♪ ♪
  593.  
  594. 127
  595. 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:34,253
  596. That has rolled up all
  597. of the previous scams
  598.  
  599. 128
  600. 00:05:34,253 --> 00:05:36,675
  601. into one‐‐
  602. the rise of social media,
  603.  
  604. 129
  605. 00:05:36,675 --> 00:05:38,429
  606. the rise of the
  607. Silicon Valley ethos‐‐
  608.  
  609. 130
  610. 00:05:38,429 --> 00:05:41,560
  611. you know, make it up first,
  612. suck up a lot of money.
  613.  
  614. 131
  615. 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,273
  616. Fyre Fest is all of these
  617. things zooming
  618.  
  619. 132
  620. 00:05:44,273 --> 00:05:47,112
  621. straight at all of our brains,
  622.  
  623. 133
  624. 00:05:47,112 --> 00:05:49,826
  625. landing straight in all
  626. of our Twitter feeds.
  627.  
  628. 134
  629. 00:05:49,826 --> 00:05:53,625
  630. CALVIN: The cacophony of sound
  631. that they were able to create
  632.  
  633. 135
  634. 00:05:53,625 --> 00:05:56,757
  635. using the influencers and
  636. their social media strategy
  637.  
  638. 136
  639. 00:05:56,757 --> 00:05:58,677
  640. was so overwhelming
  641.  
  642. 137
  643. 00:05:58,677 --> 00:06:02,727
  644. that not only did very smart
  645. financial guys give them money,
  646.  
  647. 138
  648. 00:06:02,727 --> 00:06:05,566
  649. but, like,
  650. facts were just totally ignored
  651.  
  652. 139
  653. 00:06:05,566 --> 00:06:08,279
  654. based off of the strength
  655. of their social media strategy.
  656.  
  657. 140
  658. 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,160
  659. VICKIE: What Fyre Festival did
  660. prove
  661.  
  662. 141
  663. 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,874
  664. is that the power
  665. of influence is real,
  666.  
  667. 142
  668. 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:18,049
  669. because at the time, there was
  670. nothing else but influence.
  671.  
  672. 143
  673. 00:06:18,049 --> 00:06:21,138
  674. BEN: While social media
  675. was their tool,
  676.  
  677. 144
  678. 00:06:21,138 --> 00:06:23,017
  679. it was ultimately
  680. their downfall.
  681.  
  682. 145
  683. 00:06:23,017 --> 00:06:25,981
  684. REPORTER: Fyre Festival
  685. trending along with the hashtag
  686.  
  687. 146
  688. 00:06:25,981 --> 00:06:27,485
  689. #FyreFraud.
  690.  
  691. 147
  692. 00:06:27,485 --> 00:06:30,031
  693. MAN: Fyre becomes a meme
  694. in and of itself.
  695.  
  696. 148
  697. 00:06:30,031 --> 00:06:34,331
  698. ‐ Some people are calling it
  699. rich people's problems.
  700.  
  701. 149
  702. 00:06:34,331 --> 00:06:38,005
  703. JIA: People like to see rich
  704. millennials get scammed.
  705.  
  706. 150
  707. 00:06:38,005 --> 00:06:40,886
  708. ‐ It would be perplexing and
  709. funny if it wasn't criminal.
  710.  
  711. 151
  712. 00:06:40,886 --> 00:06:43,642
  713. And it is criminal.
  714. But it still is perplexing.
  715.  
  716. 152
  717. 00:06:43,642 --> 00:06:46,440
  718. And still a little bit funny,
  719. but still horrible.
  720.  
  721. 153
  722. 00:06:50,531 --> 00:06:53,161
  723. ♪ ♪
  724.  
  725. 154
  726. 00:06:53,161 --> 00:06:56,083
  727. ‐ The Fyre Music Festival
  728. creator now arrested
  729.  
  730. 155
  731. 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:58,463
  732. and charged with wire fraud
  733. in a separate case.
  734.  
  735. 156
  736. 00:06:58,463 --> 00:07:00,551
  737. And Erielle, you got a comment
  738. from the lawyer
  739.  
  740. 157
  741. 00:07:00,551 --> 00:07:02,387
  742. for William McFarland?
  743. ‐ The attorney
  744.  
  745. 158
  746. 00:07:02,387 --> 00:07:04,851
  747. just moments ago saying‐‐
  748. and this is a quote‐‐
  749.  
  750. 159
  751. 00:07:04,851 --> 00:07:06,730
  752. "When this is all over,
  753. you will see
  754.  
  755. 160
  756. 00:07:06,730 --> 00:07:07,982
  757. "that he is hardly the villain
  758.  
  759. 161
  760. 00:07:07,982 --> 00:07:09,736
  761. the government
  762. portrays him as."
  763.  
  764. 162
  765. 00:07:09,736 --> 00:07:11,405
  766. ♪ ♪
  767.  
  768. 163
  769. 00:07:11,405 --> 00:07:13,201
  770. JAKE: The investigation against
  771. Billy McFarland
  772.  
  773. 164
  774. 00:07:13,201 --> 00:07:15,623
  775. is being led by the
  776. Department of Justice,
  777.  
  778. 165
  779. 00:07:15,623 --> 00:07:18,879
  780. and specifically the Southern
  781. District of New York,
  782.  
  783. 166
  784. 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:21,217
  785. which you might know from
  786. the show "Billions."
  787.  
  788. 167
  789. 00:07:21,217 --> 00:07:23,387
  790. ‐ Drop your credentials
  791. at the guards' desk
  792.  
  793. 168
  794. 00:07:23,387 --> 00:07:26,268
  795. and get the fuck out of here!
  796.  
  797. 169
  798. 00:07:26,268 --> 00:07:28,105
  799. ♪ ♪
  800.  
  801. 170
  802. 00:07:28,105 --> 00:07:29,776
  803. JESSE: The Southern District
  804. of New York
  805.  
  806. 171
  807. 00:07:29,776 --> 00:07:32,448
  808. is the premiere office of
  809. the Department of Justice.
  810.  
  811. 172
  812. 00:07:32,448 --> 00:07:36,247
  813. They consider themselves able
  814. to prosecute anything,
  815.  
  816. 173
  817. 00:07:36,247 --> 00:07:39,044
  818. anywhere, anytime.
  819.  
  820. 174
  821. 00:07:39,044 --> 00:07:40,756
  822. JAKE: Billy McFarland's
  823. attorneys
  824.  
  825. 175
  826. 00:07:40,756 --> 00:07:43,595
  827. presented letters of support
  828. from friends and family.
  829.  
  830. 176
  831. 00:07:43,595 --> 00:07:46,141
  832. All kinds of people felt
  833. compelled to come out.
  834.  
  835. 177
  836. 00:07:46,141 --> 00:07:48,814
  837. "He is the most inspiring
  838. and motivating person
  839.  
  840. 178
  841. 00:07:48,814 --> 00:07:51,611
  842. I have ever met aside
  843. from my mother."
  844.  
  845. 179
  846. 00:07:51,611 --> 00:07:53,907
  847. MAN: "Creative, passionate,
  848. and exceedingly optimistic."
  849.  
  850. 180
  851. 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:56,078
  852. COMPUTERIZED VOICE: "He is the
  853. smartest person I know."
  854.  
  855. 181
  856. 00:07:56,078 --> 00:07:59,084
  857. BOTH: "Billy was and still
  858. is a visionary."
  859.  
  860. 182
  861. 00:07:59,084 --> 00:08:01,213
  862. ♪ ♪
  863.  
  864. 183
  865. 00:08:01,213 --> 00:08:04,261
  866. ANASTASIA: I believe that
  867. we all make mistakes.
  868.  
  869. 184
  870. 00:08:04,261 --> 00:08:06,433
  871. ♪ ♪
  872.  
  873. 185
  874. 00:08:06,433 --> 00:08:08,645
  875. And I believe in love.
  876. I love him.
  877.  
  878. 186
  879. 00:08:08,645 --> 00:08:13,655
  880. I‐‐I do my best to support him.
  881.  
  882. 187
  883. 00:08:13,655 --> 00:08:17,162
  884. I think he did really want
  885. that festival to happen,
  886.  
  887. 188
  888. 00:08:17,162 --> 00:08:19,459
  889. and he did work very hard
  890. for it to happen.
  891.  
  892. 189
  893. 00:08:19,459 --> 00:08:23,341
  894. ♪ ♪
  895.  
  896. 190
  897. 00:08:23,341 --> 00:08:24,969
  898. You can read, like,
  899. all the news,
  900.  
  901. 191
  902. 00:08:24,969 --> 00:08:27,516
  903. but it's, like, all, like‐‐
  904. it's all super bad
  905.  
  906. 192
  907. 00:08:27,516 --> 00:08:28,727
  908. and super negative.
  909.  
  910. 193
  911. 00:08:28,727 --> 00:08:31,315
  912. ♪ ♪
  913.  
  914. 194
  915. 00:08:31,315 --> 00:08:33,194
  916. He wanted to tell his story.
  917.  
  918. 195
  919. 00:08:33,194 --> 00:08:35,783
  920. ♪ ♪
  921.  
  922. 196
  923. 00:08:35,783 --> 00:08:37,912
  924. ‐ What's up?
  925. MAN: Welcome.
  926.  
  927. 197
  928. 00:08:37,912 --> 00:08:39,457
  929. ‐ Nice and dark and ominous.
  930.  
  931. 198
  932. 00:08:39,457 --> 00:08:41,461
  933. ♪ ♪
  934.  
  935. 199
  936. 00:08:41,461 --> 00:08:43,465
  937. ANASTASIA: And he wanted
  938. to go deeper
  939.  
  940. 200
  941. 00:08:43,465 --> 00:08:46,011
  942. than the festival failure.
  943.  
  944. 201
  945. 00:08:46,011 --> 00:08:51,773
  946. ♪ ♪
  947.  
  948. 202
  949. 00:08:51,773 --> 00:08:54,487
  950. ‐ I think it's really easy to
  951. play Monday morning quarterback
  952.  
  953. 203
  954. 00:08:54,487 --> 00:08:56,073
  955. for myself right now,
  956. looking back saying,
  957.  
  958. 204
  959. 00:08:56,073 --> 00:08:57,535
  960. "I should have done this,
  961. I should have done that."
  962.  
  963. 205
  964. 00:08:57,535 --> 00:08:59,329
  965. And I certainly made a lot
  966. of mistakes,
  967.  
  968. 206
  969. 00:08:59,329 --> 00:09:02,043
  970. and‐‐and there's no question
  971. about that, but...
  972.  
  973. 207
  974. 00:09:02,043 --> 00:09:03,964
  975. ♪ ♪
  976.  
  977. 208
  978. 00:09:03,964 --> 00:09:07,555
  979. Before we had the worst luck,
  980. I think we had the best luck.
  981.  
  982. 209
  983. 00:09:07,555 --> 00:09:10,978
  984. And, like, it sounds crazy,
  985. but so many things
  986.  
  987. 210
  988. 00:09:10,978 --> 00:09:13,900
  989. had to go right to make it
  990. this big of a failure.
  991.  
  992. 211
  993. 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:16,990
  994. And everybody fully believed
  995.  
  996. 212
  997. 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:18,952
  998. that we were going to put on
  999. an event
  1000.  
  1001. 213
  1002. 00:09:18,952 --> 00:09:21,415
  1003. that was going to change
  1004. the landscape and deliver
  1005.  
  1006. 214
  1007. 00:09:21,415 --> 00:09:23,252
  1008. an experience people would talk
  1009. about for years.
  1010.  
  1011. 215
  1012. 00:09:23,252 --> 00:09:25,006
  1013. There was no hidden secret.
  1014. There was no hidden agenda.
  1015.  
  1016. 216
  1017. 00:09:25,006 --> 00:09:26,258
  1018. We're all like,
  1019. "Whatever it takes,
  1020.  
  1021. 217
  1022. 00:09:26,258 --> 00:09:27,553
  1023. "we are all in,
  1024. and let's go
  1025.  
  1026. 218
  1027. 00:09:27,553 --> 00:09:29,306
  1028. and make this happen."
  1029.  
  1030. 219
  1031. 00:09:29,306 --> 00:09:32,312
  1032. [pensive music]
  1033.  
  1034. 220
  1035. 00:09:32,312 --> 00:09:34,357
  1036. ♪ ♪
  1037.  
  1038. 221
  1039. 00:09:34,357 --> 00:09:36,863
  1040. JIA: There's this idea that
  1041. this is the model of success
  1042.  
  1043. 222
  1044. 00:09:36,863 --> 00:09:38,742
  1045. in the millennial era.
  1046.  
  1047. 223
  1048. 00:09:38,742 --> 00:09:41,790
  1049. You can become the biggest,
  1050. buzziest company in the world,
  1051.  
  1052. 224
  1053. 00:09:41,790 --> 00:09:44,127
  1054. where you have this
  1055. moonshot vision,
  1056.  
  1057. 225
  1058. 00:09:44,127 --> 00:09:45,964
  1059. and you figure it out later.
  1060.  
  1061. 226
  1062. 00:09:45,964 --> 00:09:49,430
  1063. Because, like,
  1064. why couldn't you do it?
  1065.  
  1066. 227
  1067. 00:09:49,430 --> 00:09:51,058
  1068. [dial‐up modem ringing]
  1069.  
  1070. 228
  1071. 00:09:51,058 --> 00:09:53,229
  1072. MAN: There are about 80 million
  1073. of them born
  1074.  
  1075. 229
  1076. 00:09:53,229 --> 00:09:55,901
  1077. between 1980 and 1995.
  1078.  
  1079. 230
  1080. 00:09:55,901 --> 00:09:57,655
  1081. They're called millennials.
  1082.  
  1083. 231
  1084. 00:09:57,655 --> 00:10:00,034
  1085. BOY: Wow, look at those
  1086. cool graphics.
  1087.  
  1088. 232
  1089. 00:10:00,034 --> 00:10:01,746
  1090. JIA: The millennial
  1091. understanding of the world
  1092.  
  1093. 233
  1094. 00:10:01,746 --> 00:10:04,669
  1095. has been shaped
  1096. by extreme precarity.
  1097.  
  1098. 234
  1099. 00:10:04,669 --> 00:10:06,548
  1100. [screaming and gunfire]
  1101.  
  1102. 235
  1103. 00:10:06,548 --> 00:10:11,223
  1104. And now people want
  1105. to construct their own reality.
  1106.  
  1107. 236
  1108. 00:10:11,223 --> 00:10:13,060
  1109. ‐ Do you know what
  1110. we're fighting about?
  1111.  
  1112. 237
  1113. 00:10:13,060 --> 00:10:14,730
  1114. There are people who...
  1115. [overlapping shouting]
  1116.  
  1117. 238
  1118. 00:10:14,730 --> 00:10:17,235
  1119. JIA: With the dream of being
  1120. successful enough
  1121.  
  1122. 239
  1123. 00:10:17,235 --> 00:10:19,239
  1124. that you are beyond
  1125. accountability.
  1126.  
  1127. 240
  1128. 00:10:19,239 --> 00:10:21,703
  1129. And Billy McFarland
  1130. is the person that
  1131.  
  1132. 241
  1133. 00:10:21,703 --> 00:10:24,291
  1134. is, like, baked in that oven
  1135. and comes out fully formed
  1136.  
  1137. 242
  1138. 00:10:24,291 --> 00:10:26,336
  1139. and does Fyre Fest.
  1140.  
  1141. 243
  1142. 00:10:26,336 --> 00:10:29,594
  1143. ♪ ♪
  1144.  
  1145. 244
  1146. 00:10:29,594 --> 00:10:32,098
  1147. BILLY: I was raised
  1148. in New Jersey,
  1149.  
  1150. 245
  1151. 00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:33,602
  1152. and my two parents
  1153. worked together
  1154.  
  1155. 246
  1156. 00:10:33,602 --> 00:10:35,187
  1157. as real estate developers
  1158. and we grew up
  1159.  
  1160. 247
  1161. 00:10:35,187 --> 00:10:37,233
  1162. as a close family.
  1163.  
  1164. 248
  1165. 00:10:37,233 --> 00:10:39,404
  1166. COMPUTERIZED VOICE: "I am Billy
  1167. McFarland's mother,
  1168.  
  1169. 249
  1170. 00:10:39,404 --> 00:10:41,241
  1171. "and there is much that I would
  1172. like you to know
  1173.  
  1174. 250
  1175. 00:10:41,241 --> 00:10:42,953
  1176. "about my son.
  1177.  
  1178. 251
  1179. 00:10:42,953 --> 00:10:46,711
  1180. "As a child, Billy was always
  1181. ahead of the curve.
  1182.  
  1183. 252
  1184. 00:10:46,711 --> 00:10:49,717
  1185. "He walked and talked
  1186. well before the norm,
  1187.  
  1188. 253
  1189. 00:10:49,717 --> 00:10:52,890
  1190. "was first to finish
  1191. his math times tables,
  1192.  
  1193. 254
  1194. 00:10:52,890 --> 00:10:55,562
  1195. "could swim in the ocean
  1196. as a toddler,
  1197.  
  1198. 255
  1199. 00:10:55,562 --> 00:10:58,902
  1200. was scuba diving at age ten."
  1201.  
  1202. 256
  1203. 00:10:58,902 --> 00:11:01,783
  1204. BILLY: My first combination
  1205. of technology and marketing
  1206.  
  1207. 257
  1208. 00:11:01,783 --> 00:11:03,495
  1209. happened in second grade.
  1210.  
  1211. 258
  1212. 00:11:03,495 --> 00:11:06,751
  1213. I was put next to, uh,
  1214. a girl who I had a crush on.
  1215.  
  1216. 259
  1217. 00:11:06,751 --> 00:11:08,797
  1218. And her crayon broke.
  1219.  
  1220. 260
  1221. 00:11:08,797 --> 00:11:11,636
  1222. I said, "If you give me a
  1223. dollar, I'll fix your crayon."
  1224.  
  1225. 261
  1226. 00:11:11,636 --> 00:11:15,644
  1227. The school bought very basic
  1228. Internet‐connected typewriters,
  1229.  
  1230. 262
  1231. 00:11:15,644 --> 00:11:17,105
  1232. and I realized that this
  1233. is the best way
  1234.  
  1235. 263
  1236. 00:11:17,105 --> 00:11:18,858
  1237. to market my crayon business,
  1238.  
  1239. 264
  1240. 00:11:18,858 --> 00:11:20,904
  1241. so I figured out the school's
  1242. administrator password
  1243.  
  1244. 265
  1245. 00:11:20,904 --> 00:11:22,365
  1246. and I started messing with
  1247. them.
  1248.  
  1249. 266
  1250. 00:11:22,365 --> 00:11:24,202
  1251. I changed the password and,
  1252. like,
  1253.  
  1254. 267
  1255. 00:11:24,202 --> 00:11:25,914
  1256. locked all the teachers out.
  1257. So every time the AlphaSmart
  1258.  
  1259. 268
  1260. 00:11:25,914 --> 00:11:28,377
  1261. was turned on, it would say,
  1262. "For your broken crayons,
  1263.  
  1264. 269
  1265. 00:11:28,377 --> 00:11:31,216
  1266. basically come and find me."
  1267.  
  1268. 270
  1269. 00:11:31,216 --> 00:11:33,220
  1270. POLLY: I definitely think Billy
  1271. was always inspired
  1272.  
  1273. 271
  1274. 00:11:33,220 --> 00:11:36,351
  1275. by being a businessman,
  1276. even if he's a teeny‐tiny
  1277.  
  1278. 272
  1279. 00:11:36,351 --> 00:11:38,732
  1280. crayon‐based businessman.
  1281.  
  1282. 273
  1283. 00:11:38,732 --> 00:11:41,779
  1284. [funky electronic music]
  1285.  
  1286. 274
  1287. 00:11:41,779 --> 00:11:45,286
  1288. CALVIN: Billy McFarland came
  1289. of age with the Internet.
  1290.  
  1291. 275
  1292. 00:11:45,286 --> 00:11:46,873
  1293. BILLY: The Internet
  1294. doesn't have parents.
  1295.  
  1296. 276
  1297. 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:49,044
  1298. It doesn't have teachers.
  1299. It doesn't have rules.
  1300.  
  1301. 277
  1302. 00:11:49,044 --> 00:11:52,801
  1303. No one really told you
  1304. what was right or wrong.
  1305.  
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  1307. 00:11:52,801 --> 00:11:55,724
  1308. MALE VOICE: Welcome.
  1309. You've got mail.
  1310.  
  1311. 279
  1312. 00:11:55,724 --> 00:11:58,020
  1313. JESSE: As this young man
  1314. is growing up,
  1315.  
  1316. 280
  1317. 00:11:58,020 --> 00:11:59,565
  1318. there's a huge boom.
  1319.  
  1320. 281
  1321. 00:11:59,565 --> 00:12:02,070
  1322. MAN: The information
  1323. technology revolution:
  1324.  
  1325. 282
  1326. 00:12:02,070 --> 00:12:05,326
  1327. it's affecting the way we do
  1328. business and live our lives.
  1329.  
  1330. 283
  1331. 00:12:05,326 --> 00:12:07,413
  1332. And that's why
  1333. it's so profitable.
  1334.  
  1335. 284
  1336. 00:12:07,413 --> 00:12:08,750
  1337. ‐ The investors
  1338. are going crazy.
  1339.  
  1340. 285
  1341. 00:12:08,750 --> 00:12:10,127
  1342. ‐ To pass the time,
  1343.  
  1344. 286
  1345. 00:12:10,127 --> 00:12:12,716
  1346. help yourself
  1347. to some more stock.
  1348.  
  1349. 287
  1350. 00:12:12,716 --> 00:12:15,012
  1351. BILLY: My first real company
  1352. when I was in fifth grade
  1353.  
  1354. 288
  1355. 00:12:15,012 --> 00:12:16,682
  1356. was a web‐posting company,
  1357.  
  1358. 289
  1359. 00:12:16,682 --> 00:12:19,020
  1360. and I had three full‐time
  1361. people working for me, uh,
  1362.  
  1363. 290
  1364. 00:12:19,020 --> 00:12:20,732
  1365. in India.
  1366.  
  1367. 291
  1368. 00:12:20,732 --> 00:12:22,736
  1369. I'm talking to people, like,
  1370. entirely across the world
  1371.  
  1372. 292
  1373. 00:12:22,736 --> 00:12:26,494
  1374. when my friends are focused on,
  1375. like, kickball at recess.
  1376.  
  1377. 293
  1378. 00:12:26,494 --> 00:12:28,998
  1379. I had, like, the worst fake
  1380. deep voice on the planet.
  1381.  
  1382. 294
  1383. 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:31,044
  1384. I would pick up the phone and
  1385. just never say how old I was‐‐
  1386.  
  1387. 295
  1388. 00:12:31,044 --> 00:12:33,424
  1389. be like, "Hello?"
  1390. ‐ Hello?
  1391.  
  1392. 296
  1393. 00:12:33,424 --> 00:12:34,927
  1394. COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
  1395. "Billy has been gifted
  1396.  
  1397. 297
  1398. 00:12:34,927 --> 00:12:37,181
  1399. "with both a blessing
  1400. and a curse:
  1401.  
  1402. 298
  1403. 00:12:37,181 --> 00:12:39,895
  1404. He can only think big."
  1405.  
  1406. 299
  1407. 00:12:39,895 --> 00:12:42,693
  1408. POLLY: Billy thought that he
  1409. was going to be Mark Zuckerberg
  1410.  
  1411. 300
  1412. 00:12:42,693 --> 00:12:45,197
  1413. and that he was on the road
  1414. to be Mark Zuckerberg
  1415.  
  1416. 301
  1417. 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:48,788
  1418. and that nothing
  1419. would stop him.
  1420.  
  1421. 302
  1422. 00:12:48,788 --> 00:12:51,042
  1423. BILLY: I went to college
  1424. at Bucknell.
  1425.  
  1426. 303
  1427. 00:12:51,042 --> 00:12:53,715
  1428. Bucknell had this, like,
  1429. pitch competition,
  1430.  
  1431. 304
  1432. 00:12:53,715 --> 00:12:56,178
  1433. and I created the content
  1434. for Spling.
  1435.  
  1436. 305
  1437. 00:12:56,178 --> 00:12:58,140
  1438. MAN: You just found
  1439. a hilarious video,
  1440.  
  1441. 306
  1442. 00:12:58,140 --> 00:13:01,731
  1443. delicious recipe, or even
  1444. an interesting article online.
  1445.  
  1446. 307
  1447. 00:13:01,731 --> 00:13:03,568
  1448. Now you want to share it
  1449. with your friends.
  1450.  
  1451. 308
  1452. 00:13:03,568 --> 00:13:05,279
  1453. What do you do?
  1454.  
  1455. 309
  1456. 00:13:05,279 --> 00:13:07,283
  1457. ‐ Spling was basically
  1458.  
  1459. 310
  1460. 00:13:07,283 --> 00:13:11,918
  1461. a duplicate of Google+
  1462. kind of vibe.
  1463.  
  1464. 311
  1465. 00:13:11,918 --> 00:13:15,216
  1466. ‐ I'm Billy McFarland,
  1467. the CEO of Spling.
  1468.  
  1469. 312
  1470. 00:13:15,216 --> 00:13:17,846
  1471. I don't know if you've ever
  1472. seen the video from demo day,
  1473.  
  1474. 313
  1475. 00:13:17,846 --> 00:13:20,852
  1476. but the pitch for Spling
  1477. didn't go so well.
  1478.  
  1479. 314
  1480. 00:13:20,852 --> 00:13:22,230
  1481. Let's see a quick demo.
  1482.  
  1483. 315
  1484. 00:13:22,230 --> 00:13:25,445
  1485. [awkward music]
  1486.  
  1487. 316
  1488. 00:13:25,445 --> 00:13:27,406
  1489. Sorry, one second.
  1490.  
  1491. 317
  1492. 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:30,997
  1493. ♪ ♪
  1494.  
  1495. 318
  1496. 00:13:30,997 --> 00:13:33,126
  1497. Remember, Spling it.
  1498. Thank you very much.
  1499.  
  1500. 319
  1501. 00:13:33,126 --> 00:13:35,757
  1502. After that, we were urged
  1503. to explore
  1504.  
  1505. 320
  1506. 00:13:35,757 --> 00:13:39,180
  1507. new versions of our idea.
  1508.  
  1509. 321
  1510. 00:13:39,180 --> 00:13:41,769
  1511. We moved to New York,
  1512. and we were just so concerned
  1513.  
  1514. 322
  1515. 00:13:41,769 --> 00:13:43,188
  1516. with, like,
  1517. "What's the next step?
  1518.  
  1519. 323
  1520. 00:13:43,188 --> 00:13:44,733
  1521. What's the next step?"
  1522.  
  1523. 324
  1524. 00:13:44,733 --> 00:13:46,487
  1525. JAKE: When he moved
  1526. to New York,
  1527.  
  1528. 325
  1529. 00:13:46,487 --> 00:13:48,449
  1530. I think it was a moment
  1531. where millennials
  1532.  
  1533. 326
  1534. 00:13:48,449 --> 00:13:50,495
  1535. as a generation
  1536. are struggling to understand
  1537.  
  1538. 327
  1539. 00:13:50,495 --> 00:13:51,956
  1540. the world around them.
  1541.  
  1542. 328
  1543. 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:54,420
  1544. ‐ It was the worst day
  1545. on Wall Street.
  1546.  
  1547. 329
  1548. 00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:56,214
  1549. JIA: All of the pillars
  1550. of upward mobility
  1551.  
  1552. 330
  1553. 00:13:56,214 --> 00:13:57,926
  1554. have been crumbling
  1555. for decades.
  1556.  
  1557. 331
  1558. 00:13:57,926 --> 00:13:59,930
  1559. REPORTER: More millennials
  1560. are living with parents
  1561.  
  1562. 332
  1563. 00:13:59,930 --> 00:14:01,684
  1564. than with spouses or partners.
  1565.  
  1566. 333
  1567. 00:14:01,684 --> 00:14:03,646
  1568. JIA: You can't buy a house
  1569. and settle down
  1570.  
  1571. 334
  1572. 00:14:03,646 --> 00:14:05,315
  1573. because you can't afford one.
  1574.  
  1575. 335
  1576. 00:14:05,315 --> 00:14:06,819
  1577. There is the rise
  1578. of this, like,
  1579.  
  1580. 336
  1581. 00:14:06,819 --> 00:14:08,656
  1582. insane college debt bubble.
  1583.  
  1584. 337
  1585. 00:14:08,656 --> 00:14:10,994
  1586. CALVIN: There are fewer and
  1587. fewer jobs where people can
  1588.  
  1589. 338
  1590. 00:14:10,994 --> 00:14:13,875
  1591. not just better themselves but
  1592. just sustain the status quo.
  1593.  
  1594. 339
  1595. 00:14:13,875 --> 00:14:15,335
  1596. JAKE: This is what was
  1597. happening,
  1598.  
  1599. 340
  1600. 00:14:15,335 --> 00:14:16,922
  1601. and it was very clear
  1602.  
  1603. 341
  1604. 00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:20,304
  1605. that Billy understood
  1606. what his friends want.
  1607.  
  1608. 342
  1609. 00:14:20,304 --> 00:14:21,891
  1610. BILLY: I was literally
  1611. at dinner with friends
  1612.  
  1613. 343
  1614. 00:14:21,891 --> 00:14:24,480
  1615. and we all split the bill,
  1616. and we all had our
  1617.  
  1618. 344
  1619. 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,320
  1620. introductory debit cards,
  1621. and this idea struck me.
  1622.  
  1623. 345
  1624. 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,702
  1625. And I'm like, "Wow, like, what
  1626. if I could make these cooler?"
  1627.  
  1628. 346
  1629. 00:14:31,702 --> 00:14:34,583
  1630. So I went and ordered a sheet
  1631. of metal from China
  1632.  
  1633. 347
  1634. 00:14:34,583 --> 00:14:36,670
  1635. and, like, magnetic tape
  1636. and this, like,
  1637.  
  1638. 348
  1639. 00:14:36,670 --> 00:14:40,804
  1640. giant sheet that was super thin
  1641. and I found a way to copy
  1642.  
  1643. 349
  1644. 00:14:40,804 --> 00:14:42,641
  1645. my debit card onto
  1646. the sheet of metal.
  1647.  
  1648. 350
  1649. 00:14:42,641 --> 00:14:44,018
  1650. And I did it and it worked,
  1651. and I, like,
  1652.  
  1653. 351
  1654. 00:14:44,018 --> 00:14:45,688
  1655. went down to the deli.
  1656.  
  1657. 352
  1658. 00:14:45,688 --> 00:14:47,358
  1659. So I went and, like,
  1660. bought something with this,
  1661.  
  1662. 353
  1663. 00:14:47,358 --> 00:14:49,237
  1664. like, stupid card,
  1665. and I'm like, "Shit, it works.
  1666.  
  1667. 354
  1668. 00:14:49,237 --> 00:14:51,826
  1669. I can go to the store and‐‐and
  1670. buy stuff with this."
  1671.  
  1672. 355
  1673. 00:14:51,826 --> 00:14:54,163
  1674. And that was the genesis
  1675. of the Magnises card.
  1676.  
  1677. 356
  1678. 00:14:54,163 --> 00:14:56,794
  1679. [exciting music]
  1680.  
  1681. 357
  1682. 00:14:56,794 --> 00:15:00,552
  1683. ‐ Jessica, you're chasing
  1684. a story about the millennials'
  1685.  
  1686. 358
  1687. 00:15:00,552 --> 00:15:02,973
  1688. version of the black card.
  1689. What do you got?
  1690.  
  1691. 359
  1692. 00:15:02,973 --> 00:15:05,520
  1693. JESSICA: Billy McFarland wanted
  1694. a life with the perks
  1695.  
  1696. 360
  1697. 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,899
  1698. of the black
  1699. American Express card,
  1700.  
  1701. 361
  1702. 00:15:07,899 --> 00:15:12,199
  1703. so he created it for himself.
  1704. This is Magnises.
  1705.  
  1706. 362
  1707. 00:15:12,199 --> 00:15:13,995
  1708. MAN: How did you come up
  1709. with that name?
  1710.  
  1711. 363
  1712. 00:15:13,995 --> 00:15:15,957
  1713. ‐ Uh, the name is made up.
  1714.  
  1715. 364
  1716. 00:15:15,957 --> 00:15:17,502
  1717. I think I spelled it wrong,
  1718. though, 'cause, like,
  1719.  
  1720. 365
  1721. 00:15:17,502 --> 00:15:19,506
  1722. it probably should have been
  1723. M‐A‐G‐N‐E‐S,
  1724.  
  1725. 366
  1726. 00:15:19,506 --> 00:15:21,217
  1727. but I spelled it M‐A‐G‐N‐I‐S,
  1728.  
  1729. 367
  1730. 00:15:21,217 --> 00:15:23,472
  1731. so a lot of people said
  1732. "Mag‐ness‐is," but whatever.
  1733.  
  1734. 368
  1735. 00:15:23,472 --> 00:15:25,643
  1736. ‐ What is Magnises?
  1737. It's a card.
  1738.  
  1739. 369
  1740. 00:15:25,643 --> 00:15:27,021
  1741. But it's more than that.
  1742. ‐ It's a card.
  1743.  
  1744. 370
  1745. 00:15:27,021 --> 00:15:28,398
  1746. It's a card.
  1747. It's more than that.
  1748.  
  1749. 371
  1750. 00:15:28,398 --> 00:15:30,319
  1751. ‐ I don't know
  1752. if it means magnet.
  1753.  
  1754. 372
  1755. 00:15:30,319 --> 00:15:32,239
  1756. ‐ Some meteorological element.
  1757.  
  1758. 373
  1759. 00:15:32,239 --> 00:15:33,993
  1760. ‐ Someone had a way
  1761. better joke about it.
  1762.  
  1763. 374
  1764. 00:15:33,993 --> 00:15:35,997
  1765. They go, "Well, it just means
  1766. magnum penis, right?"
  1767.  
  1768. 375
  1769. 00:15:35,997 --> 00:15:37,333
  1770. And I was like, "Yeah,
  1771. that kinda works.
  1772.  
  1773. 376
  1774. 00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:39,630
  1775. That makes sense."
  1776.  
  1777. 377
  1778. 00:15:39,630 --> 00:15:42,552
  1779. ‐ This card will piggyback
  1780. off of your current credit card
  1781.  
  1782. 378
  1783. 00:15:42,552 --> 00:15:45,433
  1784. with extra perks that you
  1785. can't get anywhere else.
  1786.  
  1787. 379
  1788. 00:15:45,433 --> 00:15:48,814
  1789. EMILY: The main selling point
  1790. to me was this townhouse.
  1791.  
  1792. 380
  1793. 00:15:48,814 --> 00:15:50,568
  1794. ‐ This is the main floor.
  1795.  
  1796. 381
  1797. 00:15:50,568 --> 00:15:53,449
  1798. It's really great‐‐a communal
  1799. workspace during the day.
  1800.  
  1801. 382
  1802. 00:15:53,449 --> 00:15:55,160
  1803. Then at night we move all
  1804. the tables and chairs
  1805.  
  1806. 383
  1807. 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:56,538
  1808. out of the way, have a lot
  1809. of events and speakers,
  1810.  
  1811. 384
  1812. 00:15:56,538 --> 00:15:58,375
  1813. parties, dinners.
  1814.  
  1815. 385
  1816. 00:15:58,375 --> 00:16:01,297
  1817. EMILY: You had this place to go
  1818. to meet people like you
  1819.  
  1820. 386
  1821. 00:16:01,297 --> 00:16:03,176
  1822. and I think if you're, like,
  1823. new to the city,
  1824.  
  1825. 387
  1826. 00:16:03,176 --> 00:16:04,763
  1827. that sounded cool.
  1828. That sounded like,
  1829.  
  1830. 388
  1831. 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:06,725
  1832. "Oh, that's my way
  1833. to make introductions."
  1834.  
  1835. 389
  1836. 00:16:06,725 --> 00:16:08,980
  1837. In reality, the people who hung
  1838. out there were not the people
  1839.  
  1840. 390
  1841. 00:16:08,980 --> 00:16:10,942
  1842. that they advertised.
  1843.  
  1844. 391
  1845. 00:16:10,942 --> 00:16:12,529
  1846. [quirky music]
  1847.  
  1848. 392
  1849. 00:16:12,529 --> 00:16:14,658
  1850. It was, like, guys who lived
  1851. in Murray Hill
  1852.  
  1853. 393
  1854. 00:16:14,658 --> 00:16:17,162
  1855. that, if they could join an
  1856. out‐of‐college fraternity,
  1857.  
  1858. 394
  1859. 00:16:17,162 --> 00:16:19,459
  1860. they would.
  1861.  
  1862. 395
  1863. 00:16:19,459 --> 00:16:23,258
  1864. BILLY: Grant was a Magnises
  1865. member who called me one day,
  1866.  
  1867. 396
  1868. 00:16:23,258 --> 00:16:25,888
  1869. yelling about 20 things
  1870. we could improve on.
  1871.  
  1872. 397
  1873. 00:16:25,888 --> 00:16:27,934
  1874. And we said, "Why don't you
  1875. come and fix it for us?"
  1876.  
  1877. 398
  1878. 00:16:27,934 --> 00:16:30,147
  1879. And that was the start
  1880. of the relationship.
  1881.  
  1882. 399
  1883. 00:16:30,147 --> 00:16:32,527
  1884. EMILY: So when Billy and Grant
  1885. got connected,
  1886.  
  1887. 400
  1888. 00:16:32,527 --> 00:16:34,781
  1889. it was like "The Office"
  1890. except with, like,
  1891.  
  1892. 401
  1893. 00:16:34,781 --> 00:16:36,702
  1894. no redeeming qualities.
  1895.  
  1896. 402
  1897. 00:16:36,702 --> 00:16:38,330
  1898. ‐ What is a business?
  1899.  
  1900. 403
  1901. 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:41,210
  1902. EMILY: Billy was Michael Scott.
  1903. Grant was Dwight,
  1904.  
  1905. 404
  1906. 00:16:41,210 --> 00:16:43,298
  1907. so, like, tattling right away‐‐
  1908. he'd be like, "Michael!"
  1909.  
  1910. 405
  1911. 00:16:43,298 --> 00:16:45,218
  1912. ‐ Michael!
  1913. ‐ You know, like,
  1914.  
  1915. 406
  1916. 00:16:45,218 --> 00:16:47,306
  1917. that was kind of like‐‐
  1918. he'd be like, "Billy!"
  1919.  
  1920. 407
  1921. 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:50,145
  1922. Grant made the Magnises
  1923. marketing deck.
  1924.  
  1925. 408
  1926. 00:16:50,145 --> 00:16:52,776
  1927. Like, one word would be "luxe."
  1928. [chill trendy music]
  1929.  
  1930. 409
  1931. 00:16:52,776 --> 00:16:54,362
  1932. Uh, "nuance."
  1933.  
  1934. 410
  1935. 00:16:54,362 --> 00:16:56,282
  1936. "NYC."
  1937.  
  1938. 411
  1939. 00:16:56,282 --> 00:16:57,827
  1940. We actually, like, started
  1941. running out of time
  1942.  
  1943. 412
  1944. 00:16:57,827 --> 00:17:00,207
  1945. because it's 152 pages,
  1946. and at that point.
  1947.  
  1948. 413
  1949. 00:17:00,207 --> 00:17:02,336
  1950. Grant just is flipping through
  1951. the thing so fast.
  1952.  
  1953. 414
  1954. 00:17:02,336 --> 00:17:04,800
  1955. "Luxe, NYC, blah, blah, blah,
  1956. marketing."
  1957.  
  1958. 415
  1959. 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,010
  1960. And he was like a robot
  1961. kind of like
  1962.  
  1963. 416
  1964. 00:17:06,010 --> 00:17:08,098
  1965. going through it really fast.
  1966.  
  1967. 417
  1968. 00:17:08,098 --> 00:17:11,647
  1969. But, like, we were expected
  1970. to listen to this as if
  1971.  
  1972. 418
  1973. 00:17:11,647 --> 00:17:15,905
  1974. this was Tim Cook giving the
  1975. Apple Town Hall of the year.
  1976.  
  1977. 419
  1978. 00:17:15,905 --> 00:17:17,450
  1979. JAKE: When I think
  1980. about Magnises,
  1981.  
  1982. 420
  1983. 00:17:17,450 --> 00:17:20,080
  1984. I think about
  1985. Entertainment 720.
  1986.  
  1987. 421
  1988. 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,917
  1989. There is no actual business.
  1990.  
  1991. 422
  1992. 00:17:21,917 --> 00:17:23,838
  1993. It's just guys
  1994. being in business.
  1995.  
  1996. 423
  1997. 00:17:23,838 --> 00:17:27,386
  1998. BOTH: ♪ We're flush with cash ♪
  1999.  
  2000. 424
  2001. 00:17:27,386 --> 00:17:29,306
  2002. [dramatic music]
  2003.  
  2004. 425
  2005. 00:17:29,306 --> 00:17:32,605
  2006. BEN: It's funny, but Billy knew
  2007. how to reach out
  2008.  
  2009. 426
  2010. 00:17:32,605 --> 00:17:34,735
  2011. to Silicon Valley,
  2012. how to reach out
  2013.  
  2014. 427
  2015. 00:17:34,735 --> 00:17:36,697
  2016. to private equity to get money
  2017.  
  2018. 428
  2019. 00:17:36,697 --> 00:17:38,868
  2020. to fund his endeavors
  2021. at a high level.
  2022.  
  2023. 429
  2024. 00:17:39,953 --> 00:17:41,707
  2025. CALVIN: As he's building
  2026. Magnises,
  2027.  
  2028. 430
  2029. 00:17:41,707 --> 00:17:45,590
  2030. Billy meets Aubrey McClendon.
  2031.  
  2032. 431
  2033. 00:17:45,590 --> 00:17:48,929
  2034. REPORTER: Aubrey McClendon is
  2035. the CEO of Chesapeake Energy,
  2036.  
  2037. 432
  2038. 00:17:48,929 --> 00:17:50,433
  2039. one of the country's
  2040. most powerful
  2041.  
  2042. 433
  2043. 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:52,186
  2044. independent gas producers.
  2045.  
  2046. 434
  2047. 00:17:52,186 --> 00:17:54,064
  2048. ‐ We have discovered
  2049. the equivalent
  2050.  
  2051. 435
  2052. 00:17:54,064 --> 00:17:56,820
  2053. of two Saudi Arabias of oil.
  2054.  
  2055. 436
  2056. 00:17:56,820 --> 00:18:00,620
  2057. CALVIN: Aubrey McClendon
  2058. is a colorful figure.
  2059.  
  2060. 437
  2061. 00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:03,459
  2062. BEN: Aubrey McClendon owned
  2063. the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  2064.  
  2065. 438
  2066. 00:18:03,459 --> 00:18:06,214
  2067. REPORTER: He is the outspoken,
  2068. influential heir
  2069.  
  2070. 439
  2071. 00:18:06,214 --> 00:18:08,176
  2072. of one of America's
  2073. wealthiest families.
  2074.  
  2075. 440
  2076. 00:18:08,176 --> 00:18:09,721
  2077. ‐ In my mind he was, like,
  2078. the best entrepreneur
  2079.  
  2080. 441
  2081. 00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:11,600
  2082. I ever could have imagined.
  2083.  
  2084. 442
  2085. 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,687
  2086. He could walk into a room with
  2087. 50 of the most power people
  2088.  
  2089. 443
  2090. 00:18:13,687 --> 00:18:16,485
  2091. in the world,
  2092. and he owned that room.
  2093.  
  2094. 444
  2095. 00:18:16,485 --> 00:18:18,697
  2096. We had a meeting with Aubrey
  2097.  
  2098. 445
  2099. 00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:20,785
  2100. about getting involved
  2101. in Magnises.
  2102.  
  2103. 446
  2104. 00:18:20,785 --> 00:18:22,455
  2105. We were at the Four Seasons
  2106. in San Francisco.
  2107.  
  2108. 447
  2109. 00:18:22,455 --> 00:18:24,083
  2110. We started, like,
  2111. shooting the shit for a minute,
  2112.  
  2113. 448
  2114. 00:18:24,083 --> 00:18:26,045
  2115. and I pull out the card
  2116. and‐‐and dropped the card
  2117.  
  2118. 449
  2119. 00:18:26,045 --> 00:18:27,632
  2120. on the table.
  2121.  
  2122. 450
  2123. 00:18:27,632 --> 00:18:29,553
  2124. Of course he's the center
  2125. of attention of the room,
  2126.  
  2127. 451
  2128. 00:18:29,553 --> 00:18:31,515
  2129. and all the top VCs are there.
  2130. All the guys are there.
  2131.  
  2132. 452
  2133. 00:18:31,515 --> 00:18:33,268
  2134. Everybody wants to talk
  2135. to Aubrey.
  2136.  
  2137. 453
  2138. 00:18:33,268 --> 00:18:34,938
  2139. And he's there just clanging
  2140. this card on the table,
  2141.  
  2142. 454
  2143. 00:18:34,938 --> 00:18:35,940
  2144. just, like, throwing it down
  2145. and, like,
  2146.  
  2147. 455
  2148. 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:36,942
  2149. taking pictures of it.
  2150.  
  2151. 456
  2152. 00:18:36,942 --> 00:18:38,612
  2153. ♪ ♪
  2154.  
  2155. 457
  2156. 00:18:38,612 --> 00:18:40,533
  2157. A half hour later, and when
  2158. I was on the plane,
  2159.  
  2160. 458
  2161. 00:18:40,533 --> 00:18:45,543
  2162. he sent me over a term sheet
  2163. to invest $500,000 in Magnises.
  2164.  
  2165. 459
  2166. 00:18:45,543 --> 00:18:48,424
  2167. [hip‐hop music]
  2168. And the rest is history.
  2169.  
  2170. 460
  2171. 00:18:48,424 --> 00:18:51,430
  2172. [air horn blowing]
  2173.  
  2174. 461
  2175. 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:54,018
  2176. JAKE: After Aubrey McClendon
  2177. invests in Magnises,
  2178.  
  2179. 462
  2180. 00:18:54,018 --> 00:18:57,232
  2181. Billy drops money on
  2182. influencers and musicians.
  2183.  
  2184. 463
  2185. 00:18:57,232 --> 00:18:59,487
  2186. ‐ He showed up with a bag
  2187. of cash to pay Rick Ross,
  2188.  
  2189. 464
  2190. 00:18:59,487 --> 00:19:00,865
  2191. and it really happened.
  2192.  
  2193. 465
  2194. 00:19:00,865 --> 00:19:02,493
  2195. [explosion booms]
  2196.  
  2197. 466
  2198. 00:19:02,493 --> 00:19:03,495
  2199. JAKE: As it turns out...
  2200.  
  2201. 467
  2202. 00:19:03,495 --> 00:19:05,415
  2203. [air horn blows]
  2204.  
  2205. 468
  2206. 00:19:05,415 --> 00:19:08,129
  2207. It doesn't take much to trick
  2208. a New York City media reporter
  2209.  
  2210. 469
  2211. 00:19:08,129 --> 00:19:10,426
  2212. into writing a story about
  2213. how great your company is.
  2214.  
  2215. 470
  2216. 00:19:10,426 --> 00:19:12,220
  2217. [air horns blowing]
  2218.  
  2219. 471
  2220. 00:19:12,220 --> 00:19:14,643
  2221. BEN: There were positive
  2222. articles that were influenced
  2223.  
  2224. 472
  2225. 00:19:14,643 --> 00:19:17,064
  2226. heavily by publicists
  2227. and marketing teams.
  2228.  
  2229. 473
  2230. 00:19:17,064 --> 00:19:19,276
  2231. JAKE: These press stories
  2232. end up turning Billy
  2233.  
  2234. 474
  2235. 00:19:19,276 --> 00:19:20,905
  2236. into this image
  2237.  
  2238. 475
  2239. 00:19:20,905 --> 00:19:24,328
  2240. of the next entrepreneurial god
  2241. of New York City.
  2242.  
  2243. 476
  2244. 00:19:24,328 --> 00:19:27,292
  2245. ‐ They were just rerunning
  2246. a press release, you know?
  2247.  
  2248. 477
  2249. 00:19:27,292 --> 00:19:31,175
  2250. It's like, "Ooh, exclusive club
  2251. for hot, elite millennials."
  2252.  
  2253. 478
  2254. 00:19:31,175 --> 00:19:33,054
  2255. [quirky music]
  2256.  
  2257. 479
  2258. 00:19:33,054 --> 00:19:36,185
  2259. JAKE: Right around this time,
  2260. Billy meets Ja Rule,
  2261.  
  2262. 480
  2263. 00:19:36,185 --> 00:19:39,776
  2264. who himself has had some
  2265. problems with the law, um‐‐
  2266.  
  2267. 481
  2268. 00:19:39,776 --> 00:19:41,655
  2269. ‐ So, you spent two
  2270. years in prison.
  2271.  
  2272. 482
  2273. 00:19:41,655 --> 00:19:45,161
  2274. ‐ Yeah, I went in on my state
  2275. charge for the gun charge,
  2276.  
  2277. 483
  2278. 00:19:45,161 --> 00:19:48,167
  2279. and they ran it concurrent
  2280. with my... [quietly] Tax stuff.
  2281.  
  2282. 484
  2283. 00:19:48,167 --> 00:19:49,629
  2284. [laughs]
  2285.  
  2286. 485
  2287. 00:19:49,629 --> 00:19:52,552
  2288. ♪ What's my
  2289. motherfucking name ♪
  2290.  
  2291. 486
  2292. 00:19:52,552 --> 00:19:55,474
  2293. ‐ As an investor, when
  2294. I heard Ja Rule was involved,
  2295.  
  2296. 487
  2297. 00:19:55,474 --> 00:19:58,605
  2298. I immediately think of the
  2299. inimitable Dave Chappelle.
  2300.  
  2301. 488
  2302. 00:19:58,605 --> 00:20:00,400
  2303. ‐ We got Ja Rule on the phone.
  2304.  
  2305. 489
  2306. 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,657
  2307. Let's see what Ja's thoughts
  2308. are on this tragic‐‐
  2309.  
  2310. 490
  2311. 00:20:03,657 --> 00:20:05,326
  2312. who gives a fuck
  2313. what Ja Rule thinks
  2314.  
  2315. 491
  2316. 00:20:05,326 --> 00:20:07,623
  2317. at a time like this, nigga?
  2318. This is ridiculous.
  2319.  
  2320. 492
  2321. 00:20:07,623 --> 00:20:08,625
  2322. ‐ I don't know if you've
  2323. seen this clip.
  2324.  
  2325. 493
  2326. 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,045
  2327. It's hysterical.
  2328.  
  2329. 494
  2330. 00:20:10,045 --> 00:20:11,423
  2331. ‐ Think when bad shit
  2332. happens to me,
  2333.  
  2334. 495
  2335. 00:20:11,423 --> 00:20:12,884
  2336. I'll be in the crib like,
  2337. "Oh, my God.
  2338.  
  2339. 496
  2340. 00:20:12,884 --> 00:20:14,261
  2341. "This is just terrible.
  2342.  
  2343. 497
  2344. 00:20:14,261 --> 00:20:17,477
  2345. "Could somebody please
  2346. find Ja Rule?
  2347.  
  2348. 498
  2349. 00:20:17,477 --> 00:20:19,063
  2350. "Get a hold of this
  2351. motherfucker so I can
  2352.  
  2353. 499
  2354. 00:20:19,063 --> 00:20:24,364
  2355. make sense of all this.
  2356. Where is Ja?"
  2357.  
  2358. 500
  2359. 00:20:24,364 --> 00:20:26,828
  2360. JAKE: Ja Rule,
  2361. like many other rappers,
  2362.  
  2363. 501
  2364. 00:20:26,828 --> 00:20:28,707
  2365. is looking for
  2366. the next big thing.
  2367.  
  2368. 502
  2369. 00:20:28,707 --> 00:20:31,378
  2370. ‐ Ja, what is this new look?
  2371.  
  2372. 503
  2373. 00:20:31,378 --> 00:20:32,965
  2374. ‐ I don't know, man.
  2375.  
  2376. 504
  2377. 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:34,886
  2378. She‐‐she want me to leave
  2379. the street life alone.
  2380.  
  2381. 505
  2382. 00:20:34,886 --> 00:20:36,388
  2383. Guess that's what I'm gonna do.
  2384.  
  2385. 506
  2386. 00:20:36,388 --> 00:20:38,226
  2387. [quirky music]
  2388.  
  2389. 507
  2390. 00:20:38,226 --> 00:20:40,188
  2391. EMILY: They gave him a role‐‐
  2392. like, a title technically,
  2393.  
  2394. 508
  2395. 00:20:40,188 --> 00:20:43,236
  2396. but, like, just so when he was
  2397. on camera he would be
  2398.  
  2399. 509
  2400. 00:20:43,236 --> 00:20:44,614
  2401. associated with Magnises.
  2402.  
  2403. 510
  2404. 00:20:44,614 --> 00:20:47,495
  2405. He had nothing
  2406. to do with Magnises.
  2407.  
  2408. 511
  2409. 00:20:47,495 --> 00:20:49,707
  2410. ‐ So many celebrities become
  2411. brand ambassadors
  2412.  
  2413. 512
  2414. 00:20:49,707 --> 00:20:51,878
  2415. for something or other.
  2416. Why'd you choose this?
  2417.  
  2418. 513
  2419. 00:20:51,878 --> 00:20:56,555
  2420. ‐ Uh, you know, it's‐‐
  2421. it's a very unique situation.
  2422.  
  2423. 514
  2424. 00:20:56,555 --> 00:21:01,230
  2425. Whenever you can
  2426. marry the affluent
  2427.  
  2428. 515
  2429. 00:21:01,230 --> 00:21:05,865
  2430. with the less fortunate,
  2431. you get the birth child...
  2432.  
  2433. 516
  2434. 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:07,702
  2435. ‐ [laughs]
  2436. How did‐‐wait, wait.
  2437.  
  2438. 517
  2439. 00:21:07,702 --> 00:21:09,539
  2440. ‐ Which is called hip‐hop.
  2441.  
  2442. 518
  2443. 00:21:09,539 --> 00:21:11,751
  2444. ‐ Okay, well,
  2445. this isn't called hip‐hop.
  2446.  
  2447. 519
  2448. 00:21:11,751 --> 00:21:13,212
  2449. This is‐‐this is called
  2450. a credit card.
  2451.  
  2452. 520
  2453. 00:21:13,212 --> 00:21:14,883
  2454. ‐ Yeah, this is
  2455. a credit card...
  2456.  
  2457. 521
  2458. 00:21:14,883 --> 00:21:17,513
  2459. ‐ This wasn't a viable
  2460. or a sustainable business,
  2461.  
  2462. 522
  2463. 00:21:17,513 --> 00:21:22,189
  2464. as best I or anyone with
  2465. common sense would assume.
  2466.  
  2467. 523
  2468. 00:21:22,189 --> 00:21:24,026
  2469. [dramatic percussion]
  2470.  
  2471. 524
  2472. 00:21:24,026 --> 00:21:27,073
  2473. And then Billy gets sued by
  2474. the owner of this townhouse
  2475.  
  2476. 525
  2477. 00:21:27,073 --> 00:21:29,203
  2478. that Magnises
  2479. was anchored out of
  2480.  
  2481. 526
  2482. 00:21:29,203 --> 00:21:31,958
  2483. because he'd completely
  2484. trashed the place.
  2485.  
  2486. 527
  2487. 00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:33,921
  2488. EMILY: The townhouse was
  2489. the big selling point,
  2490.  
  2491. 528
  2492. 00:21:33,921 --> 00:21:36,885
  2493. and that wasn't part
  2494. of it anymore.
  2495.  
  2496. 529
  2497. 00:21:36,885 --> 00:21:39,264
  2498. At that time,
  2499. Magnises needed quick cash.
  2500.  
  2501. 530
  2502. 00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:41,143
  2503. Memberships weren't selling.
  2504.  
  2505. 531
  2506. 00:21:41,143 --> 00:21:44,817
  2507. They kept trying to come up
  2508. with ideas of what would sell,
  2509.  
  2510. 532
  2511. 00:21:44,817 --> 00:21:46,988
  2512. what would make this cooler.
  2513.  
  2514. 533
  2515. 00:21:46,988 --> 00:21:49,284
  2516. Billy started coming up with
  2517. ideas that we thought
  2518.  
  2519. 534
  2520. 00:21:49,284 --> 00:21:52,374
  2521. seemed at least shady.
  2522.  
  2523. 535
  2524. 00:21:52,374 --> 00:21:55,213
  2525. Billy could get a lot of money
  2526. quickly when he would try
  2527.  
  2528. 536
  2529. 00:21:55,213 --> 00:21:57,217
  2530. to sell tickets,
  2531. 'cause he would sell things
  2532.  
  2533. 537
  2534. 00:21:57,217 --> 00:22:00,223
  2535. he knew people wanted even if
  2536. he didn't actually have them.
  2537.  
  2538. 538
  2539. 00:22:00,223 --> 00:22:04,774
  2540. He tried to sell access
  2541. to a private JLo party,
  2542.  
  2543. 539
  2544. 00:22:04,774 --> 00:22:08,364
  2545. and then he was saying he had
  2546. exclusive tickets
  2547.  
  2548. 540
  2549. 00:22:08,364 --> 00:22:10,619
  2550. for Jay‐Z and Beyoncé.
  2551.  
  2552. 541
  2553. 00:22:10,619 --> 00:22:12,957
  2554. But, like, the worst ticket
  2555. scam in my opinion
  2556.  
  2557. 542
  2558. 00:22:12,957 --> 00:22:14,376
  2559. was for "Hamilton."
  2560.  
  2561. 543
  2562. 00:22:14,376 --> 00:22:16,297
  2563. You could yell at him saying,
  2564. like,
  2565.  
  2566. 544
  2567. 00:22:16,297 --> 00:22:18,175
  2568. "There's no possible way you
  2569. have 200 tickets for 'Hamilton'
  2570.  
  2571. 545
  2572. 00:22:18,175 --> 00:22:20,305
  2573. one night. There's‐‐
  2574. It's absolutely impossible.
  2575.  
  2576. 546
  2577. 00:22:20,305 --> 00:22:22,560
  2578. And he would say,
  2579. "It's possible."
  2580.  
  2581. 547
  2582. 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,772
  2583. It would come to the night
  2584. of, when people are like,
  2585.  
  2586. 548
  2587. 00:22:24,772 --> 00:22:27,027
  2588. "Where are my tickets?
  2589. It's the night of the show."
  2590.  
  2591. 549
  2592. 00:22:27,027 --> 00:22:28,697
  2593. And he would, like,
  2594. last minute buy them
  2595.  
  2596. 550
  2597. 00:22:28,697 --> 00:22:31,118
  2598. on, like, StubHub
  2599. for insane prices
  2600.  
  2601. 551
  2602. 00:22:31,118 --> 00:22:34,374
  2603. and would give them out, like,
  2604. literally in person.
  2605.  
  2606. 552
  2607. 00:22:34,374 --> 00:22:36,921
  2608. I could see clearly, like,
  2609.  
  2610. 553
  2611. 00:22:36,921 --> 00:22:39,384
  2612. Billy is gonna run
  2613. this promotion,
  2614.  
  2615. 554
  2616. 00:22:39,384 --> 00:22:40,929
  2617. get a ton of money
  2618. from "Hamilton,"
  2619.  
  2620. 555
  2621. 00:22:40,929 --> 00:22:42,600
  2622. and then he'll pay off
  2623. the Beyoncé tickets
  2624.  
  2625. 556
  2626. 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,227
  2627. he sold earlier. And all the
  2628. sudden he'd be like,
  2629.  
  2630. 557
  2631. 00:22:44,227 --> 00:22:45,814
  2632. "By the way, we're selling
  2633. Super Bowl tickets."
  2634.  
  2635. 558
  2636. 00:22:45,814 --> 00:22:48,152
  2637. Because he had to pay
  2638. for the Hamilton tickets.
  2639.  
  2640. 559
  2641. 00:22:48,152 --> 00:22:52,327
  2642. BEN: I think ultimately,
  2643. Magnises is what cemented
  2644.  
  2645. 560
  2646. 00:22:52,327 --> 00:22:54,457
  2647. Billy's idea that he could
  2648. really make money
  2649.  
  2650. 561
  2651. 00:22:54,457 --> 00:22:57,379
  2652. from defrauding millennials.
  2653.  
  2654. 562
  2655. 00:22:57,379 --> 00:22:59,049
  2656. JAKE: And then Aubrey
  2657. McClendon‐‐
  2658.  
  2659. 563
  2660. 00:22:59,049 --> 00:23:01,387
  2661. Billy's most
  2662. important investor‐‐
  2663.  
  2664. 564
  2665. 00:23:01,387 --> 00:23:04,811
  2666. becomes a sign of everything
  2667. that goes wrong.
  2668.  
  2669. 565
  2670. 00:23:04,811 --> 00:23:07,190
  2671. REPORTER: Aubrey McClendon,
  2672. one of the best‐known
  2673.  
  2674. 566
  2675. 00:23:07,190 --> 00:23:09,487
  2676. architects
  2677. of the US shale boom,
  2678.  
  2679. 567
  2680. 00:23:09,487 --> 00:23:11,783
  2681. indicted by
  2682. a federal grand jury Tuesday
  2683.  
  2684. 568
  2685. 00:23:11,783 --> 00:23:13,745
  2686. on conspiracy charges
  2687.  
  2688. 569
  2689. 00:23:13,745 --> 00:23:15,916
  2690. linked to rigging the price of
  2691. oil and gas leases in Oklahoma.
  2692.  
  2693. 570
  2694. 00:23:15,916 --> 00:23:18,295
  2695. ‐ Aubrey McClendon
  2696. is a fraudster.
  2697.  
  2698. 571
  2699. 00:23:18,295 --> 00:23:21,719
  2700. REPORTER: Chesapeake has had
  2701. to borrow more than $6 billion
  2702.  
  2703. 572
  2704. 00:23:21,719 --> 00:23:23,347
  2705. to stay afloat.
  2706.  
  2707. 573
  2708. 00:23:23,347 --> 00:23:25,226
  2709. REPORTER: Chesapeake could be
  2710. the next Enron.
  2711.  
  2712. 574
  2713. 00:23:25,226 --> 00:23:27,313
  2714. JESSE: He's leading a company
  2715. that is built
  2716.  
  2717. 575
  2718. 00:23:27,313 --> 00:23:29,025
  2719. on a tissue of lies.
  2720.  
  2721. 576
  2722. 00:23:29,025 --> 00:23:32,282
  2723. And eventually he's indicted
  2724. for securities fraud.
  2725.  
  2726. 577
  2727. 00:23:32,282 --> 00:23:35,329
  2728. ‐ Police in Oklahoma
  2729. are investigating the death
  2730.  
  2731. 578
  2732. 00:23:35,329 --> 00:23:37,125
  2733. of a legendary energy titan.
  2734.  
  2735. 579
  2736. 00:23:37,125 --> 00:23:40,966
  2737. Aubrey McClendon died yesterday
  2738. in a fiery car crash
  2739.  
  2740. 580
  2741. 00:23:40,966 --> 00:23:43,179
  2742. one day after being indicted.
  2743.  
  2744. 581
  2745. 00:23:43,179 --> 00:23:46,185
  2746. [sinister music]
  2747.  
  2748. 582
  2749. 00:23:46,185 --> 00:23:49,274
  2750. ♪ ♪
  2751.  
  2752. 583
  2753. 00:23:49,274 --> 00:23:50,903
  2754. ‐ Yeah, um...
  2755.  
  2756. 584
  2757. 00:23:50,903 --> 00:23:53,365
  2758. ♪ ♪
  2759.  
  2760. 585
  2761. 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:55,328
  2762. I think I convinced myself
  2763. for, like, a week
  2764.  
  2765. 586
  2766. 00:23:55,328 --> 00:23:56,748
  2767. he wasn't actually dead.
  2768.  
  2769. 587
  2770. 00:23:56,748 --> 00:23:58,543
  2771. I think that was, like,
  2772. obviously wrong,
  2773.  
  2774. 588
  2775. 00:23:58,543 --> 00:24:00,672
  2776. but I hit
  2777. a mental block there.
  2778.  
  2779. 589
  2780. 00:24:00,672 --> 00:24:05,891
  2781. ♪ ♪
  2782.  
  2783. 590
  2784. 00:24:05,891 --> 00:24:07,603
  2785. JAKE: This, in a nutshell,
  2786.  
  2787. 591
  2788. 00:24:07,603 --> 00:24:09,690
  2789. marks the end of an era
  2790. for Magnises
  2791.  
  2792. 592
  2793. 00:24:09,690 --> 00:24:12,153
  2794. and the beginning of trouble
  2795. for his company.
  2796.  
  2797. 593
  2798. 00:24:12,153 --> 00:24:13,823
  2799. ♪ ♪
  2800.  
  2801. 594
  2802. 00:24:13,823 --> 00:24:18,792
  2803. But right around this time,
  2804. Billy meets Carola Jain,
  2805.  
  2806. 595
  2807. 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:22,215
  2808. a very well‐off investor
  2809. and the wife of Bob Jain,
  2810.  
  2811. 596
  2812. 00:24:22,215 --> 00:24:25,514
  2813. who runs one of the biggest
  2814. hedge funds in New York City.
  2815.  
  2816. 597
  2817. 00:24:25,514 --> 00:24:28,853
  2818. Carola becomes one of Billy's
  2819. most important
  2820.  
  2821. 598
  2822. 00:24:28,853 --> 00:24:32,110
  2823. and core seed investors.
  2824.  
  2825. 599
  2826. 00:24:32,110 --> 00:24:33,488
  2827. ‐ I found out some of our
  2828. coworkers were working
  2829.  
  2830. 600
  2831. 00:24:33,488 --> 00:24:35,492
  2832. on a side business for Billy.
  2833.  
  2834. 601
  2835. 00:24:35,492 --> 00:24:37,997
  2836. And we kind of were like, "Hey,
  2837. like, that doesn't feel right."
  2838.  
  2839. 602
  2840. 00:24:37,997 --> 00:24:43,592
  2841. ♪ ♪
  2842.  
  2843. 603
  2844. 00:24:43,592 --> 00:24:46,723
  2845. "Is he starting, like,
  2846. another fraudulent business?"
  2847.  
  2848. 604
  2849. 00:24:46,723 --> 00:24:51,356
  2850. ♪ ♪
  2851.  
  2852. 605
  2853. 00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:55,072
  2854. DELROY: When I first met Billy,
  2855. I was on Norman's Cay.
  2856.  
  2857. 606
  2858. 00:24:55,072 --> 00:24:58,538
  2859. I was a bartender there
  2860. at MacDuff's Restaurant.
  2861.  
  2862. 607
  2863. 00:24:58,538 --> 00:25:01,001
  2864. I'm like, "What the fuck these
  2865. guys coming here to do?"
  2866.  
  2867. 608
  2868. 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:03,590
  2869. 'Cause there's nothing
  2870. on this island.
  2871.  
  2872. 609
  2873. 00:25:03,590 --> 00:25:07,556
  2874. I think, "Well, let me just be
  2875. quiet and do my job."
  2876.  
  2877. 610
  2878. 00:25:07,556 --> 00:25:09,977
  2879. [blender whirring]
  2880.  
  2881. 611
  2882. 00:25:09,977 --> 00:25:13,985
  2883. I'm the bartender.
  2884. Let me get them drunk
  2885.  
  2886. 612
  2887. 00:25:13,985 --> 00:25:18,202
  2888. 'cause a drunk mind speaks
  2889. a sober tongue.
  2890.  
  2891. 613
  2892. 00:25:18,202 --> 00:25:19,914
  2893. And it happened.
  2894.  
  2895. 614
  2896. 00:25:19,914 --> 00:25:21,751
  2897. ♪ ♪
  2898.  
  2899. 615
  2900. 00:25:21,751 --> 00:25:24,339
  2901. Billy said,
  2902. "Bring out the laptop.
  2903.  
  2904. 616
  2905. 00:25:24,339 --> 00:25:26,218
  2906. Show Delroy what you got."
  2907.  
  2908. 617
  2909. 00:25:26,218 --> 00:25:27,971
  2910. BILLY: Our pitch was simple.
  2911.  
  2912. 618
  2913. 00:25:27,971 --> 00:25:29,725
  2914. We want to bring music
  2915. on this island
  2916.  
  2917. 619
  2918. 00:25:29,725 --> 00:25:31,604
  2919. and allow hundreds of people
  2920.  
  2921. 620
  2922. 00:25:31,604 --> 00:25:33,942
  2923. to come and experience
  2924. the magic at one time.
  2925.  
  2926. 621
  2927. 00:25:33,942 --> 00:25:35,946
  2928. And we were hoping to build
  2929. this creative center
  2930.  
  2931. 622
  2932. 00:25:35,946 --> 00:25:38,242
  2933. in the Bahamas where maybe
  2934. our music artists would come
  2935.  
  2936. 623
  2937. 00:25:38,242 --> 00:25:40,371
  2938. and record and models
  2939. could come and shoot.
  2940.  
  2941. 624
  2942. 00:25:40,371 --> 00:25:43,043
  2943. And we were hoping to have
  2944. a year‐round creative center
  2945.  
  2946. 625
  2947. 00:25:43,043 --> 00:25:45,297
  2948. that was culminated
  2949. in this annual festival.
  2950.  
  2951. 626
  2952. 00:25:45,297 --> 00:25:48,638
  2953. ♪ ♪
  2954.  
  2955. 627
  2956. 00:25:48,638 --> 00:25:51,477
  2957. ‐ Said "What do you think?
  2958. Can we pull this off?"
  2959.  
  2960. 628
  2961. 00:25:51,477 --> 00:25:52,813
  2962. I looked at him.
  2963.  
  2964. 629
  2965. 00:25:52,813 --> 00:25:57,448
  2966. I was like, "Billy, uh,
  2967. uh‐uh."
  2968.  
  2969. 630
  2970. 00:25:57,448 --> 00:26:00,327
  2971. [engine idling]
  2972.  
  2973. 631
  2974. 00:26:02,206 --> 00:26:04,670
  2975. They're just like, "I'll
  2976. be back in, like, two weeks."
  2977.  
  2978. 632
  2979. 00:26:04,670 --> 00:26:06,841
  2980. So I'm like, "Yeah, right.
  2981. Whatever."
  2982.  
  2983. 633
  2984. 00:26:06,841 --> 00:26:08,678
  2985. [dramatic music]
  2986.  
  2987. 634
  2988. 00:26:08,678 --> 00:26:10,849
  2989. AVA: People like Billy
  2990. McFarland were not unique
  2991.  
  2992. 635
  2993. 00:26:10,849 --> 00:26:12,770
  2994. to the Bahamas, you know?
  2995. This is not the first time
  2996.  
  2997. 636
  2998. 00:26:12,770 --> 00:26:14,774
  2999. that we've had someone purport
  3000. to be something
  3001.  
  3002. 637
  3003. 00:26:14,774 --> 00:26:16,527
  3004. and they're not.
  3005.  
  3006. 638
  3007. 00:26:16,527 --> 00:26:19,199
  3008. Because of our proximity
  3009. and our high visibility,
  3010.  
  3011. 639
  3012. 00:26:19,199 --> 00:26:23,708
  3013. the Bahamas have always been
  3014. a first‐stop shop for scammers.
  3015.  
  3016. 640
  3017. 00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:27,966
  3018. We're a country of industrious,
  3019. hardworking people,
  3020.  
  3021. 641
  3022. 00:26:27,966 --> 00:26:32,016
  3023. but unemployment
  3024. is incredibly high.
  3025.  
  3026. 642
  3027. 00:26:32,016 --> 00:26:34,229
  3028. We're still
  3029. a developing country.
  3030.  
  3031. 643
  3032. 00:26:34,229 --> 00:26:36,984
  3033. WOMAN: Call 1‐800‐Sandals.
  3034.  
  3035. 644
  3036. 00:26:36,984 --> 00:26:40,032
  3037. AVA: The culture
  3038. of exclusive resorts,
  3039.  
  3040. 645
  3041. 00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:43,080
  3042. this ultra‐luxe lifestyle
  3043. in an environment
  3044.  
  3045. 646
  3046. 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:48,006
  3047. where there's so much poverty‐‐
  3048. there is a level of collusion
  3049.  
  3050. 647
  3051. 00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:50,344
  3052. and pay‐for‐play
  3053. and kickbacks involved.
  3054.  
  3055. 648
  3056. 00:26:50,344 --> 00:26:53,601
  3057. [water splashes]
  3058.  
  3059. 649
  3060. 00:26:53,601 --> 00:26:54,937
  3061. It's so ripe for fraud.
  3062.  
  3063. 650
  3064. 00:26:54,937 --> 00:26:56,649
  3065. ♪ ♪
  3066.  
  3067. 651
  3068. 00:26:56,649 --> 00:26:58,360
  3069. DELROY: I'm riding past
  3070. the runway
  3071.  
  3072. 652
  3073. 00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:00,155
  3074. and I see this plane coming in.
  3075.  
  3076. 653
  3077. 00:27:00,155 --> 00:27:04,748
  3078. Billy said, "Hey, Delroy,
  3079. I told you I'd be back."
  3080.  
  3081. 654
  3082. 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:07,796
  3083. This other dude walked
  3084. off the plane.
  3085.  
  3086. 655
  3087. 00:27:07,796 --> 00:27:10,342
  3088. It's Ja Rule.
  3089.  
  3090. 656
  3091. 00:27:10,342 --> 00:27:13,265
  3092. And apparently, Ja is the face
  3093. for the festival.
  3094.  
  3095. 657
  3096. 00:27:13,265 --> 00:27:17,064
  3097. And he came to make sure the
  3098. shit kick off the right way.
  3099.  
  3100. 658
  3101. 00:27:17,064 --> 00:27:21,281
  3102. ‐ I am cofounder of Fyre.
  3103.  
  3104. 659
  3105. 00:27:21,281 --> 00:27:23,118
  3106. Me and my‐‐me and my brother,
  3107. Billy.
  3108.  
  3109. 660
  3110. 00:27:23,118 --> 00:27:25,540
  3111. ♪ ♪
  3112.  
  3113. 661
  3114. 00:27:25,540 --> 00:27:27,794
  3115. And this is what we call
  3116. a moonshot.
  3117.  
  3118. 662
  3119. 00:27:27,794 --> 00:27:30,049
  3120. [laughs]
  3121.  
  3122. 663
  3123. 00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:33,640
  3124. ‐ I checked the calendar.
  3125. Checked the date.
  3126.  
  3127. 664
  3128. 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,392
  3129. All I did was just
  3130. scratch my head.
  3131.  
  3132. 665
  3133. 00:27:35,392 --> 00:27:39,317
  3134. I was like, "Boy, I don't know
  3135. if this shit can happen."
  3136.  
  3137. 666
  3138. 00:27:39,317 --> 00:27:41,989
  3139. ‐ Get ready, baby.
  3140. Fyre Festival coming in April.
  3141.  
  3142. 667
  3143. 00:27:41,989 --> 00:27:44,285
  3144. The best shit in the world.
  3145.  
  3146. 668
  3147. 00:27:44,285 --> 00:27:48,670
  3148. ♪ ♪
  3149.  
  3150. 669
  3151. 00:27:48,670 --> 00:27:50,507
  3152. DAVE: I'm in
  3153. the music business.
  3154.  
  3155. 670
  3156. 00:27:50,507 --> 00:27:52,469
  3157. Everyone talks.
  3158.  
  3159. 671
  3160. 00:27:52,469 --> 00:27:56,309
  3161. And we started hearing these
  3162. rumors that Ja Rule
  3163.  
  3164. 672
  3165. 00:27:56,309 --> 00:27:59,983
  3166. was working on this high‐end
  3167. event in the Bahamas
  3168.  
  3169. 673
  3170. 00:27:59,983 --> 00:28:01,946
  3171. called Fyre Festival
  3172.  
  3173. 674
  3174. 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:03,991
  3175. and it was gonna
  3176. be really expensive‐‐
  3177.  
  3178. 675
  3179. 00:28:03,991 --> 00:28:09,252
  3180. villas, private yacht rides,
  3181. exclusive dinners with artists.
  3182.  
  3183. 676
  3184. 00:28:09,252 --> 00:28:14,095
  3185. This utopian concept that's
  3186. about culture and art
  3187.  
  3188. 677
  3189. 00:28:14,095 --> 00:28:16,182
  3190. and music‐‐
  3191.  
  3192. 678
  3193. 00:28:16,182 --> 00:28:19,313
  3194. that kind of festival culture
  3195. that, "We could create
  3196.  
  3197. 679
  3198. 00:28:19,313 --> 00:28:22,988
  3199. our own society here
  3200. temporarily."
  3201.  
  3202. 680
  3203. 00:28:22,988 --> 00:28:26,954
  3204. It started with Woodstock
  3205. and Monterey Pop.
  3206.  
  3207. 681
  3208. 00:28:26,954 --> 00:28:29,375
  3209. ‐ This is our generation, man.
  3210. We're all together, man.
  3211.  
  3212. 682
  3213. 00:28:29,375 --> 00:28:30,962
  3214. It's groovy.
  3215.  
  3216. 683
  3217. 00:28:30,962 --> 00:28:34,218
  3218. DAVE: Fast forward to the '80s
  3219. and Live Aid.
  3220.  
  3221. 684
  3222. 00:28:34,218 --> 00:28:35,262
  3223. ‐ We love you!
  3224.  
  3225. 685
  3226. 00:28:35,262 --> 00:28:36,682
  3227. DAVE: And then in the '90s,
  3228.  
  3229. 686
  3230. 00:28:36,682 --> 00:28:39,897
  3231. Perry Farrell
  3232. launched Lollapalooza.
  3233.  
  3234. 687
  3235. 00:28:39,897 --> 00:28:42,611
  3236. And there was Burning Man.
  3237.  
  3238. 688
  3239. 00:28:42,611 --> 00:28:47,871
  3240. But in 1999, Goldenvoice
  3241. launched Coachella.
  3242.  
  3243. 689
  3244. 00:28:47,871 --> 00:28:51,377
  3245. There was no VIP area.
  3246. There was no glamping.
  3247.  
  3248. 690
  3249. 00:28:51,377 --> 00:28:56,054
  3250. It was a site in the desert and
  3251. hot dogs and porta potties.
  3252.  
  3253. 691
  3254. 00:28:56,054 --> 00:28:58,976
  3255. That's really the start
  3256. of the modern festival movement
  3257.  
  3258. 692
  3259. 00:28:58,976 --> 00:29:01,649
  3260. in North America.
  3261.  
  3262. 693
  3263. 00:29:01,649 --> 00:29:04,278
  3264. But now Coachella
  3265. is $100 million,
  3266.  
  3267. 694
  3268. 00:29:04,278 --> 00:29:07,117
  3269. almost high‐end luxury event.
  3270.  
  3271. 695
  3272. 00:29:07,117 --> 00:29:09,915
  3273. It seems like, you know,
  3274. only the very wealthy
  3275.  
  3276. 696
  3277. 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:13,171
  3278. can afford to really have
  3279. a comfortable experience.
  3280.  
  3281. 697
  3282. 00:29:13,171 --> 00:29:16,470
  3283. JIA: Coachella is about putting
  3284. on your deeply inappropriate
  3285.  
  3286. 698
  3287. 00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:18,348
  3288. feather headdress and,
  3289. like, posing in front
  3290.  
  3291. 699
  3292. 00:29:18,348 --> 00:29:20,060
  3293. of the Ferris wheel.
  3294.  
  3295. 700
  3296. 00:29:20,060 --> 00:29:22,607
  3297. It's like, "I've got money.
  3298. I've got tons of friends.
  3299.  
  3300. 701
  3301. 00:29:22,607 --> 00:29:25,655
  3302. I'm, like, young and attractive
  3303. and carefree."
  3304.  
  3305. 702
  3306. 00:29:25,655 --> 00:29:28,452
  3307. And the music festival's
  3308. a great place to display that.
  3309.  
  3310. 703
  3311. 00:29:28,452 --> 00:29:31,249
  3312. And there a lot of people
  3313. in the millennial generation
  3314.  
  3315. 704
  3316. 00:29:31,249 --> 00:29:32,794
  3317. that are interested
  3318. in experiences
  3319.  
  3320. 705
  3321. 00:29:32,794 --> 00:29:34,213
  3322. that are effectively, like,
  3323.  
  3324. 706
  3325. 00:29:34,213 --> 00:29:37,136
  3326. pretext for really
  3327. good Instagrams.
  3328.  
  3329. 707
  3330. 00:29:37,136 --> 00:29:39,558
  3331. ‐ [yelps]
  3332.  
  3333. 708
  3334. 00:29:39,558 --> 00:29:41,520
  3335. ‐ And I hate to speak on behalf
  3336. of millennials,
  3337.  
  3338. 709
  3339. 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,898
  3340. 'cause there's nothing worse
  3341. than a millennial
  3342.  
  3343. 710
  3344. 00:29:42,898 --> 00:29:44,066
  3345. speaking on behalf
  3346. of millennials.
  3347.  
  3348. 711
  3349. 00:29:44,066 --> 00:29:46,154
  3350. ‐ I'm sorry, who are you again?
  3351.  
  3352. 712
  3353. 00:29:46,154 --> 00:29:48,283
  3354. ANNOUNCER: "The Millennials."
  3355.  
  3356. 713
  3357. 00:29:48,283 --> 00:29:50,580
  3358. ‐ Some of the stereotypes
  3359. about millennials are true.
  3360.  
  3361. 714
  3362. 00:29:50,580 --> 00:29:52,709
  3363. ‐ Taking a break
  3364. from social media.
  3365.  
  3366. 715
  3367. 00:29:52,709 --> 00:29:55,047
  3368. JAKE: We are obsessed
  3369. with our phones.
  3370.  
  3371. 716
  3372. 00:29:55,047 --> 00:29:56,926
  3373. ALL: No!
  3374.  
  3375. 717
  3376. 00:29:56,926 --> 00:29:59,138
  3377. ‐ We are a little
  3378. bit narcissistic.
  3379.  
  3380. 718
  3381. 00:29:59,138 --> 00:30:03,898
  3382. ‐ I think that I may be
  3383. the voice of my generation.
  3384.  
  3385. 719
  3386. 00:30:03,898 --> 00:30:05,777
  3387. JAKE: A little bit arrogant
  3388. as a generation,
  3389.  
  3390. 720
  3391. 00:30:05,777 --> 00:30:07,739
  3392. I guess you could say.
  3393.  
  3394. 721
  3395. 00:30:07,739 --> 00:30:09,910
  3396. CALVIN: But certainly,
  3397. our generation
  3398.  
  3399. 722
  3400. 00:30:09,910 --> 00:30:12,414
  3401. loves to be a part of the hype.
  3402.  
  3403. 723
  3404. 00:30:12,414 --> 00:30:15,755
  3405. We identify ourselves with
  3406. what we're attached to
  3407.  
  3408. 724
  3409. 00:30:15,755 --> 00:30:18,051
  3410. or who's involved or who
  3411. follows us or who likes us
  3412.  
  3413. 725
  3414. 00:30:18,051 --> 00:30:20,473
  3415. or who comments.
  3416. "Do I have a blue checkmark?"
  3417.  
  3418. 726
  3419. 00:30:20,473 --> 00:30:22,644
  3420. "Am I trending
  3421. at the right event?
  3422.  
  3423. 727
  3424. 00:30:22,644 --> 00:30:24,898
  3425. You're either tagged in posts
  3426. or you're sharing memes
  3427.  
  3428. 728
  3429. 00:30:24,898 --> 00:30:27,529
  3430. or you're sending videos that
  3431. everyone can relate to
  3432.  
  3433. 729
  3434. 00:30:27,529 --> 00:30:31,453
  3435. and laugh, like Star Wars kids
  3436. or dramatic gopher
  3437.  
  3438. 730
  3439. 00:30:31,453 --> 00:30:33,874
  3440. or Antoine Dodson.
  3441.  
  3442. 731
  3443. 00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:37,214
  3444. You see what everyone else
  3445. is doing.
  3446.  
  3447. 732
  3448. 00:30:37,214 --> 00:30:41,097
  3449. The fact that you're
  3450. not there creates this fear
  3451.  
  3452. 733
  3453. 00:30:41,097 --> 00:30:43,393
  3454. that you're less
  3455. of an individual.
  3456.  
  3457. 734
  3458. 00:30:43,393 --> 00:30:44,646
  3459. BILLY: I think the world's
  3460. always been where
  3461.  
  3462. 735
  3463. 00:30:44,646 --> 00:30:45,898
  3464. there's always
  3465. somebody smarter,
  3466.  
  3467. 736
  3468. 00:30:45,898 --> 00:30:47,527
  3469. more successful,
  3470. better‐looking,
  3471.  
  3472. 737
  3473. 00:30:47,527 --> 00:30:49,948
  3474. taller, whatever than you,
  3475. but people didn't see it
  3476.  
  3477. 738
  3478. 00:30:49,948 --> 00:30:52,119
  3479. as much as they're
  3480. exposed to it now.
  3481.  
  3482. 739
  3483. 00:30:52,119 --> 00:30:54,458
  3484. They weren't in your face
  3485. all day long.
  3486.  
  3487. 740
  3488. 00:30:54,458 --> 00:30:57,087
  3489. And that's what drives a lot
  3490. of these things.
  3491.  
  3492. 741
  3493. 00:30:57,087 --> 00:31:00,678
  3494. ‐ It's tapping into FOMO‐‐
  3495. fear of missing out,
  3496.  
  3497. 742
  3498. 00:31:00,678 --> 00:31:02,432
  3499. which is kind of a core thing
  3500.  
  3501. 743
  3502. 00:31:02,432 --> 00:31:03,934
  3503. for millennials.
  3504.  
  3505. 744
  3506. 00:31:03,934 --> 00:31:05,395
  3507. ‐ If I missed out
  3508. on chili and cheese,
  3509.  
  3510. 745
  3511. 00:31:05,395 --> 00:31:06,774
  3512. I'd have a bad case of FOMO.
  3513. ‐ FOMO?
  3514.  
  3515. 746
  3516. 00:31:06,774 --> 00:31:08,109
  3517. ‐ Fear of missing out.
  3518.  
  3519. 747
  3520. 00:31:08,109 --> 00:31:09,696
  3521. ‐ So you're, like,
  3522. a millennial?
  3523.  
  3524. 748
  3525. 00:31:09,696 --> 00:31:11,407
  3526. JIA: FOMO is something
  3527. that was invented
  3528.  
  3529. 749
  3530. 00:31:11,407 --> 00:31:13,704
  3531. by the social media paradigm.
  3532.  
  3533. 750
  3534. 00:31:13,704 --> 00:31:17,127
  3535. It's this underlying anxiety
  3536. where if you don't continue
  3537.  
  3538. 751
  3539. 00:31:17,127 --> 00:31:18,964
  3540. to escalate your visibility,
  3541.  
  3542. 752
  3543. 00:31:18,964 --> 00:31:20,551
  3544. your identity will start
  3545.  
  3546. 753
  3547. 00:31:20,551 --> 00:31:22,722
  3548. to crumble in pieces.
  3549.  
  3550. 754
  3551. 00:31:22,722 --> 00:31:25,770
  3552. VICKIE: Millennials are
  3553. spending around two‐hours‐plus
  3554.  
  3555. 755
  3556. 00:31:25,770 --> 00:31:27,565
  3557. a day on social media.
  3558.  
  3559. 756
  3560. 00:31:27,565 --> 00:31:29,903
  3561. ‐ Every day, I start by hitting
  3562. up Facebook, Twitter,
  3563.  
  3564. 757
  3565. 00:31:29,903 --> 00:31:31,239
  3566. Tumblr, and Instagram.
  3567.  
  3568. 758
  3569. 00:31:31,239 --> 00:31:32,992
  3570. ‐ If you're not relevant
  3571. in social media,
  3572.  
  3573. 759
  3574. 00:31:32,992 --> 00:31:36,625
  3575. if you're not talked about,
  3576. you don't exist.
  3577.  
  3578. 760
  3579. 00:31:36,625 --> 00:31:38,879
  3580. Instagram,
  3581. social media marketing,
  3582.  
  3583. 761
  3584. 00:31:38,879 --> 00:31:41,844
  3585. influencer marketing
  3586. is the most impactful form
  3587.  
  3588. 762
  3589. 00:31:41,844 --> 00:31:45,518
  3590. of marketing for
  3591. an entire generation.
  3592.  
  3593. 763
  3594. 00:31:45,518 --> 00:31:49,191
  3595. So, an influencer is anyone
  3596. with a social following.
  3597.  
  3598. 764
  3599. 00:31:49,191 --> 00:31:52,824
  3600. There are plenty of people who
  3601. are models and celebrities
  3602.  
  3603. 765
  3604. 00:31:52,824 --> 00:31:55,496
  3605. that have influence,
  3606. like Kendall Jenner,
  3607.  
  3608. 766
  3609. 00:31:55,496 --> 00:31:58,334
  3610. Hailey Baldwin,
  3611. Bella Hadid.
  3612.  
  3613. 767
  3614. 00:31:58,334 --> 00:31:59,754
  3615. We call them macros,
  3616.  
  3617. 768
  3618. 00:31:59,754 --> 00:32:02,384
  3619. but those are celebrity
  3620. influencers.
  3621.  
  3622. 769
  3623. 00:32:02,384 --> 00:32:05,474
  3624. JIA: What an influencer is
  3625. is someone who has effectively
  3626.  
  3627. 770
  3628. 00:32:05,474 --> 00:32:07,854
  3629. monetized their identity.
  3630.  
  3631. 771
  3632. 00:32:07,854 --> 00:32:10,066
  3633. That is their work:
  3634.  
  3635. 772
  3636. 00:32:10,066 --> 00:32:13,449
  3637. the performance
  3638. of an attractive life.
  3639.  
  3640. 773
  3641. 00:32:13,449 --> 00:32:16,204
  3642. That is their job.
  3643.  
  3644. 774
  3645. 00:32:16,204 --> 00:32:19,084
  3646. ‐ I'm Austin Mills.
  3647. I do a lot of TV hosting.
  3648.  
  3649. 775
  3650. 00:32:19,084 --> 00:32:22,090
  3651. I do some social media
  3652. influencing.
  3653.  
  3654. 776
  3655. 00:32:22,090 --> 00:32:24,386
  3656. ‐ My name's Alyssa Lynch.
  3657.  
  3658. 777
  3659. 00:32:24,386 --> 00:32:29,439
  3660. I have almost half a million
  3661. followers on Instagram.
  3662.  
  3663. 778
  3664. 00:32:29,439 --> 00:32:31,610
  3665. ♪ ♪
  3666.  
  3667. 779
  3668. 00:32:31,610 --> 00:32:32,946
  3669. SETH: So, my name is Seth.
  3670.  
  3671. 780
  3672. 00:32:32,946 --> 00:32:35,033
  3673. [music winds down]
  3674.  
  3675. 781
  3676. 00:32:35,033 --> 00:32:37,956
  3677. ‐ I don't know who that is.
  3678.  
  3679. 782
  3680. 00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:40,419
  3681. SETH: I created this
  3682. influencer character,
  3683.  
  3684. 783
  3685. 00:32:40,419 --> 00:32:42,840
  3686. William Needham Finley IV,
  3687.  
  3688. 784
  3689. 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,262
  3690. the most influential
  3691. influencer.
  3692.  
  3693. 785
  3694. 00:32:45,262 --> 00:32:50,105
  3695. I'm just kinda poking fun at
  3696. the whole influencer culture.
  3697.  
  3698. 786
  3699. 00:32:50,105 --> 00:32:52,276
  3700. It's all a joke.
  3701.  
  3702. 787
  3703. 00:32:52,276 --> 00:32:54,405
  3704. [quirky music]
  3705.  
  3706. 788
  3707. 00:32:54,405 --> 00:32:57,453
  3708. JAKE: Everybody is now an
  3709. influencer in a certain sense.
  3710.  
  3711. 789
  3712. 00:32:57,453 --> 00:32:59,123
  3713. Everybody is a brand.
  3714.  
  3715. 790
  3716. 00:33:02,296 --> 00:33:05,469
  3717. ‐ Um, when I say "my brand,"
  3718. um, I just mean
  3719.  
  3720. 791
  3721. 00:33:05,469 --> 00:33:08,016
  3722. kind of, like, the lifestyle
  3723. that I want to live.
  3724.  
  3725. 792
  3726. 00:33:08,016 --> 00:33:10,228
  3727. So, positivity, um...
  3728.  
  3729. 793
  3730. 00:33:10,228 --> 00:33:12,608
  3731. ♪ ♪
  3732.  
  3733. 794
  3734. 00:33:12,608 --> 00:33:18,119
  3735. ‐ Health, wellness,
  3736. and honestly just, like,
  3737.  
  3738. 795
  3739. 00:33:18,119 --> 00:33:19,914
  3740. positivity.
  3741.  
  3742. 796
  3743. 00:33:19,914 --> 00:33:24,256
  3744. VICKIE: I look at influencers
  3745. as really brave people.
  3746.  
  3747. 797
  3748. 00:33:24,256 --> 00:33:27,889
  3749. They're sharing
  3750. a lot of information
  3751.  
  3752. 798
  3753. 00:33:27,889 --> 00:33:30,603
  3754. and they're sort of taking one
  3755. for the team
  3756.  
  3757. 799
  3758. 00:33:30,603 --> 00:33:33,358
  3759. for all of us
  3760. to relate to them.
  3761.  
  3762. 800
  3763. 00:33:33,358 --> 00:33:38,744
  3764. And FuckJerry was one
  3765. of the original influencers.
  3766.  
  3767. 801
  3768. 00:33:38,744 --> 00:33:41,917
  3769. REPORTER: Believe it or not,
  3770. 27‐year‐old Elliot Tebele
  3771.  
  3772. 802
  3773. 00:33:41,917 --> 00:33:43,837
  3774. makes memes for a living.
  3775.  
  3776. 803
  3777. 00:33:43,837 --> 00:33:45,633
  3778. JIA: FuckJerry's part
  3779. of the same ecosystem
  3780.  
  3781. 804
  3782. 00:33:45,633 --> 00:33:48,597
  3783. that produced influencer
  3784. marketing in the first place.
  3785.  
  3786. 805
  3787. 00:33:48,597 --> 00:33:50,392
  3788. JAMES: If you wanna learn how
  3789. to dominate social media
  3790.  
  3791. 806
  3792. 00:33:50,392 --> 00:33:53,649
  3793. and how you make money
  3794. off of it, watch.
  3795.  
  3796. 807
  3797. 00:33:53,649 --> 00:33:55,861
  3798. MAN: We come up with campaigns
  3799. for big brands.
  3800.  
  3801. 808
  3802. 00:33:55,861 --> 00:33:57,824
  3803. We produce the pictures
  3804. and the videos.
  3805.  
  3806. 809
  3807. 00:33:57,824 --> 00:34:00,496
  3808. We post it to their Instagram,
  3809. Facebook, or YouTube
  3810.  
  3811. 810
  3812. 00:34:00,496 --> 00:34:03,084
  3813. because you've got all of these
  3814. brands that are trying
  3815.  
  3816. 811
  3817. 00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:05,088
  3818. to get in on
  3819. the viral meme game.
  3820.  
  3821. 812
  3822. 00:34:05,088 --> 00:34:07,175
  3823. These big brands don't know
  3824. how to think like we do.
  3825.  
  3826. 813
  3827. 00:34:07,175 --> 00:34:09,138
  3828. ‐ You now have 30 million
  3829. followers across
  3830.  
  3831. 814
  3832. 00:34:09,138 --> 00:34:11,100
  3833. the entire Jerry network.
  3834.  
  3835. 815
  3836. 00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:14,816
  3837. ‐ The campaign objective is to
  3838. truly shift mainstream opinion.
  3839.  
  3840. 816
  3841. 00:34:14,816 --> 00:34:16,402
  3842. ‐ What's up, fam?
  3843. ‐ He's the CEO.
  3844.  
  3845. 817
  3846. 00:34:16,402 --> 00:34:18,782
  3847. He's a lot smarter
  3848. than he looks.
  3849.  
  3850. 818
  3851. 00:34:18,782 --> 00:34:22,164
  3852. VICKIE: It doesn't surprise me
  3853. that Fyre would turn
  3854.  
  3855. 819
  3856. 00:34:22,164 --> 00:34:25,170
  3857. to a social media marketing
  3858. entity like FuckJerry
  3859.  
  3860. 820
  3861. 00:34:25,170 --> 00:34:28,384
  3862. because that's what
  3863. they do best.
  3864.  
  3865. 821
  3866. 00:34:31,933 --> 00:34:36,066
  3867. OREN: I was on the FuckJerry
  3868. design team.
  3869.  
  3870. 822
  3871. 00:34:36,066 --> 00:34:39,782
  3872. The first client that they
  3873. gave me was Fyre Festival.
  3874.  
  3875. 823
  3876. 00:34:39,782 --> 00:34:42,287
  3877. This was supposed to be
  3878. the new Coachella,
  3879.  
  3880. 824
  3881. 00:34:42,287 --> 00:34:45,126
  3882. the new Burning Man,
  3883. the new whatever.
  3884.  
  3885. 825
  3886. 00:34:45,126 --> 00:34:48,049
  3887. And I was designing it.
  3888.  
  3889. 826
  3890. 00:34:48,049 --> 00:34:50,763
  3891. [light music]
  3892.  
  3893. 827
  3894. 00:34:50,763 --> 00:34:53,602
  3895. I came to a meeting with Fyre.
  3896.  
  3897. 828
  3898. 00:34:53,602 --> 00:34:56,315
  3899. In the meeting it was like, uh,
  3900. you know, two agencies
  3901.  
  3902. 829
  3903. 00:34:56,315 --> 00:34:57,944
  3904. never met each other but
  3905. bidding kind of
  3906.  
  3907. 830
  3908. 00:34:57,944 --> 00:34:59,989
  3909. for the same business.
  3910. So it was very, like...
  3911.  
  3912. 831
  3913. 00:34:59,989 --> 00:35:01,535
  3914. [clicks tongue]
  3915. "Who are you guys?"
  3916.  
  3917. 832
  3918. 00:35:01,535 --> 00:35:03,914
  3919. Like, "We don't want anything
  3920. to do with you."
  3921.  
  3922. 833
  3923. 00:35:03,914 --> 00:35:06,795
  3924. The Fyre team said they wanted
  3925. to do a music festival
  3926.  
  3927. 834
  3928. 00:35:06,795 --> 00:35:09,467
  3929. in the Bahamas,
  3930. but they wanted to do it
  3931.  
  3932. 835
  3933. 00:35:09,467 --> 00:35:11,596
  3934. in only six months.
  3935.  
  3936. 836
  3937. 00:35:11,596 --> 00:35:13,725
  3938. I'm like, "Whoa."
  3939.  
  3940. 837
  3941. 00:35:13,725 --> 00:35:15,771
  3942. [light music dies, restarts]
  3943.  
  3944. 838
  3945. 00:35:15,771 --> 00:35:18,025
  3946. The second we stepped outside
  3947. onto the street
  3948.  
  3949. 839
  3950. 00:35:18,025 --> 00:35:20,948
  3951. with the other agency,
  3952. it was kind of a quick exchange
  3953.  
  3954. 840
  3955. 00:35:20,948 --> 00:35:23,829
  3956. of, like‐‐
  3957. [exhales sharply]
  3958.  
  3959. 841
  3960. 00:35:23,829 --> 00:35:26,250
  3961. "This is crazy."
  3962.  
  3963. 842
  3964. 00:35:26,250 --> 00:35:29,674
  3965. Like, and both of us were like,
  3966. "This can't happen."
  3967.  
  3968. 843
  3969. 00:35:29,674 --> 00:35:31,761
  3970. Like, "This will never work."
  3971.  
  3972. 844
  3973. 00:35:31,761 --> 00:35:34,266
  3974. Saying it out loud on the
  3975. street just‐‐and being like,
  3976.  
  3977. 845
  3978. 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:37,314
  3979. "Well, let's, uh‐‐
  3980. let's just do it.
  3981.  
  3982. 846
  3983. 00:35:37,314 --> 00:35:39,026
  3984. It'll probably be fine."
  3985.  
  3986. 847
  3987. 00:35:39,026 --> 00:35:42,115
  3988. Like, "We're, you know‐‐
  3989. We're both pros at what we do.
  3990.  
  3991. 848
  3992. 00:35:42,115 --> 00:35:44,328
  3993. What could go wrong?"
  3994.  
  3995. 849
  3996. 00:35:44,328 --> 00:35:46,875
  3997. ♪ ♪
  3998.  
  3999. 850
  4000. 00:35:46,875 --> 00:35:50,006
  4001. JAKE: Billy understood the
  4002. sense that you need to be part
  4003.  
  4004. 851
  4005. 00:35:50,006 --> 00:35:51,927
  4006. of this world of status‐‐
  4007. that you need to be
  4008.  
  4009. 852
  4010. 00:35:51,927 --> 00:35:54,599
  4011. where influencers
  4012. and Instagram stars are.
  4013.  
  4014. 853
  4015. 00:35:54,599 --> 00:35:56,478
  4016. BEN: And so what did he do?
  4017.  
  4018. 854
  4019. 00:35:56,478 --> 00:35:58,482
  4020. He stole money from people,
  4021. basically,
  4022.  
  4023. 855
  4024. 00:35:58,482 --> 00:36:00,986
  4025. and did a commercial.
  4026.  
  4027. 856
  4028. 00:36:00,986 --> 00:36:04,368
  4029. MICHAEL: I get a call
  4030. for a job in the Bahamas.
  4031.  
  4032. 857
  4033. 00:36:04,368 --> 00:36:06,915
  4034. What they told us was this
  4035. client was pretty much here
  4036.  
  4037. 858
  4038. 00:36:06,915 --> 00:36:08,209
  4039. to party.
  4040.  
  4041. 859
  4042. 00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:09,963
  4043. ‐ Yo, everybody come here.
  4044. Yo.
  4045.  
  4046. 860
  4047. 00:36:09,963 --> 00:36:11,633
  4048. ‐ Cameras, get us coming
  4049. up on him.
  4050.  
  4051. 861
  4052. 00:36:11,633 --> 00:36:12,635
  4053. ‐ Get right here.
  4054. ‐ Hey, the cameras‐‐
  4055.  
  4056. 862
  4057. 00:36:12,635 --> 00:36:14,304
  4058. ‐ Yo.
  4059.  
  4060. 863
  4061. 00:36:14,304 --> 00:36:16,058
  4062. ‐ And so we needed to keep it
  4063. professional and get
  4064.  
  4065. 864
  4066. 00:36:16,058 --> 00:36:17,770
  4067. the commercial out of the shoot
  4068. even if things around us
  4069.  
  4070. 865
  4071. 00:36:17,770 --> 00:36:19,231
  4072. were chaotic.
  4073.  
  4074. 866
  4075. 00:36:19,231 --> 00:36:20,651
  4076. MAN: When are we leaving?
  4077. Right now?
  4078.  
  4079. 867
  4080. 00:36:20,651 --> 00:36:24,366
  4081. MAN: Yeah, we're
  4082. leaving right now.
  4083.  
  4084. 868
  4085. 00:36:24,366 --> 00:36:26,328
  4086. ‐ It was one
  4087. of the more ridiculous,
  4088.  
  4089. 869
  4090. 00:36:26,328 --> 00:36:28,625
  4091. ambitious creative treatments
  4092. that I'd seen.
  4093.  
  4094. 870
  4095. 00:36:28,625 --> 00:36:31,130
  4096. Included on it was, you know,
  4097. getting the models
  4098.  
  4099. 871
  4100. 00:36:31,130 --> 00:36:33,092
  4101. swimming with sharks
  4102. in open water.
  4103.  
  4104. 872
  4105. 00:36:33,092 --> 00:36:35,806
  4106. That M. I. A. music video
  4107. on the runway with the cars
  4108.  
  4109. 873
  4110. 00:36:35,806 --> 00:36:37,727
  4111. where they're all, like,
  4112. riding sideways‐‐
  4113.  
  4114. 874
  4115. 00:36:37,727 --> 00:36:39,939
  4116. we wanted to do something
  4117. like that with golf carts
  4118.  
  4119. 875
  4120. 00:36:39,939 --> 00:36:41,443
  4121. on an airplane runway.
  4122.  
  4123. 876
  4124. 00:36:41,443 --> 00:36:43,655
  4125. ♪ ♪
  4126.  
  4127. 877
  4128. 00:36:43,655 --> 00:36:47,580
  4129. Pretty quickly became clear
  4130. that it was unfeasible.
  4131.  
  4132. 878
  4133. 00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:49,207
  4134. Everyone kept talking,
  4135. "When are we gonna go
  4136.  
  4137. 879
  4138. 00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:51,295
  4139. to the pig island?
  4140. I'm excited for pig island."
  4141.  
  4142. 880
  4143. 00:36:51,295 --> 00:36:54,217
  4144. Okay, I guess it's an island
  4145. with a bunch of pigs.
  4146.  
  4147. 881
  4148. 00:36:54,217 --> 00:36:56,514
  4149. And as soon as we get there,
  4150. they're all swimming up
  4151.  
  4152. 882
  4153. 00:36:56,514 --> 00:36:57,767
  4154. and someone's
  4155. feeding them beer
  4156.  
  4157. 883
  4158. 00:36:57,767 --> 00:36:59,812
  4159. and thinks it's funny.
  4160.  
  4161. 884
  4162. 00:36:59,812 --> 00:37:01,356
  4163. And they're‐‐you know,
  4164. they're like pigeons
  4165.  
  4166. 885
  4167. 00:37:01,356 --> 00:37:03,862
  4168. except they're pigs
  4169. with mouths and teeth.
  4170.  
  4171. 886
  4172. 00:37:03,862 --> 00:37:05,783
  4173. ‐ [screams]
  4174.  
  4175. 887
  4176. 00:37:05,783 --> 00:37:07,661
  4177. ‐ [screaming, laughing]
  4178.  
  4179. 888
  4180. 00:37:07,661 --> 00:37:08,955
  4181. ‐ Oh, my God.
  4182.  
  4183. 889
  4184. 00:37:08,955 --> 00:37:10,374
  4185. ‐ Get down here.
  4186. Get down here
  4187.  
  4188. 890
  4189. 00:37:10,374 --> 00:37:12,295
  4190. Back up, back up.
  4191.  
  4192. 891
  4193. 00:37:12,295 --> 00:37:14,592
  4194. MICHAEL: Chanel Iman actually
  4195. fell 'cause she's getting bit
  4196.  
  4197. 892
  4198. 00:37:14,592 --> 00:37:16,554
  4199. by a pig.
  4200.  
  4201. 893
  4202. 00:37:16,554 --> 00:37:19,142
  4203. The pigs at one point bit Billy
  4204. in the balls
  4205.  
  4206. 894
  4207. 00:37:19,142 --> 00:37:22,273
  4208. and he's running off,
  4209. and people are just laughing.
  4210.  
  4211. 895
  4212. 00:37:22,273 --> 00:37:24,194
  4213. And my point guy was Grant.
  4214.  
  4215. 896
  4216. 00:37:24,194 --> 00:37:30,916
  4217. Um, he was just overly excited
  4218. about pretty much everything.
  4219.  
  4220. 897
  4221. 00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:34,715
  4222. DAVE: Somebody had leaked to us
  4223. this thousand‐word email
  4224.  
  4225. 898
  4226. 00:37:34,715 --> 00:37:37,429
  4227. that Grant sent out to his
  4228. staff about how the video
  4229.  
  4230. 899
  4231. 00:37:37,429 --> 00:37:39,057
  4232. should be scored.
  4233.  
  4234. 900
  4235. 00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:41,729
  4236. [Ludwig van Beethoven's
  4237. "Symphony No. 5"]
  4238.  
  4239. 901
  4240. 00:37:41,729 --> 00:37:43,859
  4241. ♪ ♪
  4242.  
  4243. 902
  4244. 00:37:43,859 --> 00:37:47,700
  4245. [man screaming]
  4246.  
  4247. 903
  4248. 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:51,666
  4249. Someone created a composition
  4250. based on it,
  4251.  
  4252. 904
  4253. 00:37:51,666 --> 00:37:53,795
  4254. and this is the actual piece.
  4255.  
  4256. 905
  4257. 00:37:53,795 --> 00:37:57,135
  4258. I'm going to read
  4259. the actual letter.
  4260.  
  4261. 906
  4262. 00:37:57,135 --> 00:37:59,515
  4263. [voice overlapping]
  4264. "I want to use odd meters
  4265.  
  4266. 907
  4267. 00:37:59,515 --> 00:38:01,018
  4268. and compounded time
  4269. signatures."
  4270.  
  4271. 908
  4272. 00:38:01,018 --> 00:38:02,438
  4273. "Global music elements."
  4274.  
  4275. 909
  4276. 00:38:02,438 --> 00:38:03,607
  4277. "Extremely constant key
  4278. signatures."
  4279.  
  4280. 910
  4281. 00:38:03,607 --> 00:38:04,942
  4282. He mentioned using a xylophone;
  4283.  
  4284. 911
  4285. 00:38:04,942 --> 00:38:06,738
  4286. a surdo,
  4287. which is a Brazilian drum;
  4288.  
  4289. 912
  4290. 00:38:06,738 --> 00:38:10,286
  4291. "tiko drums," especially
  4292. during the "more exploratory
  4293.  
  4294. 913
  4295. 00:38:10,286 --> 00:38:11,956
  4296. elements" of the composition.
  4297.  
  4298. 914
  4299. 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:13,543
  4300. [upbeat music]
  4301.  
  4302. 915
  4303. 00:38:13,543 --> 00:38:17,342
  4304. It just reeks of disconnection
  4305. from reality.
  4306.  
  4307. 916
  4308. 00:38:17,342 --> 00:38:18,762
  4309. ♪ ♪
  4310.  
  4311. 917
  4312. 00:38:18,762 --> 00:38:21,517
  4313. OREN: Once video production
  4314. was done,
  4315.  
  4316. 918
  4317. 00:38:21,517 --> 00:38:23,897
  4318. FuckJerry has to market
  4319. this thing.
  4320.  
  4321. 919
  4322. 00:38:23,897 --> 00:38:27,613
  4323. My whole idea was like,
  4324. stop the Internet.
  4325.  
  4326. 920
  4327. 00:38:27,613 --> 00:38:29,533
  4328. And so to do that,
  4329. you have to kind of
  4330.  
  4331. 921
  4332. 00:38:29,533 --> 00:38:33,875
  4333. figure out a way, in this time
  4334. of advertising, how to
  4335.  
  4336. 922
  4337. 00:38:33,875 --> 00:38:37,549
  4338. stop somebody who's scrolling
  4339. at speeds that are like‐‐
  4340.  
  4341. 923
  4342. 00:38:37,549 --> 00:38:39,428
  4343. you have less than
  4344. a second, most times.
  4345.  
  4346. 924
  4347. 00:38:39,428 --> 00:38:40,973
  4348. Every influencer
  4349. that you follow,
  4350.  
  4351. 925
  4352. 00:38:40,973 --> 00:38:44,312
  4353. every art account,
  4354. every food page,
  4355.  
  4356. 926
  4357. 00:38:44,312 --> 00:38:46,901
  4358. whatever they're posting
  4359. is not neon orange.
  4360.  
  4361. 927
  4362. 00:38:46,901 --> 00:38:48,446
  4363. That's a stopper.
  4364.  
  4365. 928
  4366. 00:38:48,446 --> 00:38:51,368
  4367. That's gonna stop as fast
  4368. as you're scrolling.
  4369.  
  4370. 929
  4371. 00:38:51,368 --> 00:38:53,205
  4372. And now I've got
  4373. your attention.
  4374.  
  4375. 930
  4376. 00:38:53,205 --> 00:38:56,713
  4377. ‐ We think about visual
  4378. disruption all the time.
  4379.  
  4380. 931
  4381. 00:38:56,713 --> 00:38:59,134
  4382. You have a ton of sameness
  4383. in your feed,
  4384.  
  4385. 932
  4386. 00:38:59,134 --> 00:39:02,975
  4387. and something like an orange
  4388. square creates pause.
  4389.  
  4390. 933
  4391. 00:39:02,975 --> 00:39:06,315
  4392. BILLY: We had 400 musicians,
  4393. athletes, models,
  4394.  
  4395. 934
  4396. 00:39:06,315 --> 00:39:10,031
  4397. actors at the same time post
  4398. this orange tile to Instagram.
  4399.  
  4400. 935
  4401. 00:39:10,031 --> 00:39:12,828
  4402. OREN: And everyone that you
  4403. love and follow is now
  4404.  
  4405. 936
  4406. 00:39:12,828 --> 00:39:14,874
  4407. feeding into it,
  4408. and you're going crazy.
  4409.  
  4410. 937
  4411. 00:39:14,874 --> 00:39:16,627
  4412. You need the answers.
  4413.  
  4414. 938
  4415. 00:39:16,627 --> 00:39:18,088
  4416. BILLY: Our target customers
  4417. when they were browsing
  4418.  
  4419. 939
  4420. 00:39:18,088 --> 00:39:19,090
  4421. their Instagram feed,
  4422. they were like,
  4423.  
  4424. 940
  4425. 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:20,552
  4426. "What is this?
  4427.  
  4428. 941
  4429. 00:39:20,552 --> 00:39:22,431
  4430. Why is there orange
  4431. all over my feed?"
  4432.  
  4433. 942
  4434. 00:39:22,431 --> 00:39:24,894
  4435. CALVIN: These guys figured out
  4436. a way to optimize
  4437.  
  4438. 943
  4439. 00:39:24,894 --> 00:39:27,023
  4440. social media‐‐
  4441. almost weaponize it.
  4442.  
  4443. 944
  4444. 00:39:27,023 --> 00:39:28,860
  4445. OREN: When you click
  4446. the orange tile,
  4447.  
  4448. 945
  4449. 00:39:28,860 --> 00:39:30,989
  4450. it linked to the video.
  4451.  
  4452. 946
  4453. 00:39:30,989 --> 00:39:32,785
  4454. And it worked perfectly.
  4455.  
  4456. 947
  4457. 00:39:32,785 --> 00:39:34,914
  4458. JAKE: Almost immediately,
  4459. the promo video
  4460.  
  4461. 948
  4462. 00:39:34,914 --> 00:39:36,542
  4463. goes completely viral.
  4464.  
  4465. 949
  4466. 00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:39,673
  4467. MAN: The actual experience
  4468. exceeds all expectations
  4469.  
  4470. 950
  4471. 00:39:39,673 --> 00:39:42,136
  4472. and is something that's
  4473. hard to put into words.
  4474.  
  4475. 951
  4476. 00:39:42,136 --> 00:39:47,021
  4477. All these things that may seem
  4478. big and impossible are not.
  4479.  
  4480. 952
  4481. 00:39:47,021 --> 00:39:49,610
  4482. It gives people that
  4483. type of energy.
  4484.  
  4485. 953
  4486. 00:39:49,610 --> 00:39:52,031
  4487. That type of power.
  4488.  
  4489. 954
  4490. 00:39:52,031 --> 00:39:55,539
  4491. JIA: The promo video was
  4492. perfectly generic fantasia
  4493.  
  4494. 955
  4495. 00:39:55,539 --> 00:39:58,962
  4496. of what an Instagram
  4497. come to life would be.
  4498.  
  4499. 956
  4500. 00:39:58,962 --> 00:40:04,557
  4501. It was nothing but backdrop,
  4502. like, montage‐friendly bliss.
  4503.  
  4504. 957
  4505. 00:40:04,557 --> 00:40:08,188
  4506. EMILY: The boat is going across
  4507. the blue waters of the Exuma
  4508.  
  4509. 958
  4510. 00:40:08,188 --> 00:40:10,109
  4511. and all of these, like,
  4512. really hot models are, like,
  4513.  
  4514. 959
  4515. 00:40:10,109 --> 00:40:12,531
  4516. dancing around and then there's
  4517. just random white guys there
  4518.  
  4519. 960
  4520. 00:40:12,531 --> 00:40:14,159
  4521. for, like, who knows
  4522. what reason.
  4523.  
  4524. 961
  4525. 00:40:14,159 --> 00:40:16,413
  4526. CALVIN: Beautiful women
  4527. on a deserted island?
  4528.  
  4529. 962
  4530. 00:40:16,413 --> 00:40:18,835
  4531. Yeah, 100%, I'm going.
  4532. Take my money.
  4533.  
  4534. 963
  4535. 00:40:18,835 --> 00:40:20,797
  4536. Here, I‐‐I will throw
  4537. my credit card at it.
  4538.  
  4539. 964
  4540. 00:40:20,797 --> 00:40:23,302
  4541. DAVE: You see these super
  4542. models on jet skis
  4543.  
  4544. 965
  4545. 00:40:23,302 --> 00:40:25,849
  4546. and you're thinking like, "Wow,
  4547. I really want to be there."
  4548.  
  4549. 966
  4550. 00:40:25,849 --> 00:40:28,353
  4551. CALVIN: It was going to be
  4552. on a deserted island
  4553.  
  4554. 967
  4555. 00:40:28,353 --> 00:40:30,024
  4556. owned by Pablo Escobar.
  4557.  
  4558. 968
  4559. 00:40:30,024 --> 00:40:32,654
  4560. Man, that's about as sexy
  4561. as it gets.
  4562.  
  4563. 969
  4564. 00:40:32,654 --> 00:40:35,159
  4565. OREN: Pablo Escobar's actually,
  4566. like, a criminal
  4567.  
  4568. 970
  4569. 00:40:35,159 --> 00:40:37,413
  4570. who's murdered people brutally.
  4571.  
  4572. 971
  4573. 00:40:37,413 --> 00:40:40,127
  4574. And I was getting messages‐‐
  4575. again on Instagram‐‐
  4576.  
  4577. 972
  4578. 00:40:40,127 --> 00:40:42,841
  4579. private messages from people
  4580. telling me their parents
  4581.  
  4582. 973
  4583. 00:40:42,841 --> 00:40:45,430
  4584. were murdered by Pablo Escobar,
  4585. and I'm the‐‐
  4586.  
  4587. 974
  4588. 00:40:45,430 --> 00:40:47,893
  4589. I'm the social media guy.
  4590. What am I supposed to...
  4591.  
  4592. 975
  4593. 00:40:47,893 --> 00:40:50,482
  4594. [dramatic music]
  4595.  
  4596. 976
  4597. 00:40:50,482 --> 00:40:53,821
  4598. CALVIN: Then Billy convinces
  4599. Kendall Jenner,
  4600.  
  4601. 977
  4602. 00:40:53,821 --> 00:40:56,827
  4603. one of the largest influencers
  4604. in the world,
  4605.  
  4606. 978
  4607. 00:40:56,827 --> 00:40:59,833
  4608. to post about
  4609. the Fyre Festival.
  4610.  
  4611. 979
  4612. 00:40:59,833 --> 00:41:02,881
  4613. VICKIE: Kendall Jenner
  4614. is defining a generation.
  4615.  
  4616. 980
  4617. 00:41:02,881 --> 00:41:06,764
  4618. She can take a brand
  4619. from zero awareness
  4620.  
  4621. 981
  4622. 00:41:06,764 --> 00:41:09,269
  4623. to a brand that has
  4624. a phenomenal amount
  4625.  
  4626. 982
  4627. 00:41:09,269 --> 00:41:12,108
  4628. of brand equity
  4629. with one social media post.
  4630.  
  4631. 983
  4632. 00:41:12,108 --> 00:41:15,114
  4633. CALVIN: By some accounts,
  4634. she gets paid $250,000
  4635.  
  4636. 984
  4637. 00:41:15,114 --> 00:41:16,241
  4638. per post.
  4639.  
  4640. 985
  4641. 00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:18,328
  4642. ‐ I think 250's a steal.
  4643.  
  4644. 986
  4645. 00:41:18,328 --> 00:41:20,500
  4646. ‐ To, like, post
  4647. how many Instagrams?
  4648.  
  4649. 987
  4650. 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,504
  4651. One?
  4652.  
  4653. 988
  4654. 00:41:22,504 --> 00:41:24,340
  4655. CALVIN: The point of Kendall's
  4656. post was to announce
  4657.  
  4658. 989
  4659. 00:41:24,340 --> 00:41:28,474
  4660. that G. O. O. D. Music
  4661. was involved with the festival.
  4662.  
  4663. 990
  4664. 00:41:28,474 --> 00:41:31,814
  4665. OREN: But there was this huge
  4666. meltdown on the Fyre side.
  4667.  
  4668. 991
  4669. 00:41:31,814 --> 00:41:34,486
  4670. "We're ready to go."
  4671. Everyone's freaking out.
  4672.  
  4673. 992
  4674. 00:41:34,486 --> 00:41:35,822
  4675. "No, hold on.
  4676. Hold on."
  4677.  
  4678. 993
  4679. 00:41:35,822 --> 00:41:38,828
  4680. "Launch it."
  4681. "No, don't"‐‐like...
  4682.  
  4683. 994
  4684. 00:41:38,828 --> 00:41:41,124
  4685. we eventually got it up.
  4686.  
  4687. 995
  4688. 00:41:41,124 --> 00:41:43,838
  4689. CALVIN: And so when she does
  4690. post about the Fyre Festival,
  4691.  
  4692. 996
  4693. 00:41:43,838 --> 00:41:46,384
  4694. she gets millions
  4695. of impressions.
  4696.  
  4697. 997
  4698. 00:41:46,384 --> 00:41:49,307
  4699. So the presupposition,
  4700. at least on social media,
  4701.  
  4702. 998
  4703. 00:41:49,307 --> 00:41:52,021
  4704. was that Kanye was gonna be
  4705. performing at this festival.
  4706.  
  4707. 999
  4708. 00:41:52,021 --> 00:41:55,194
  4709. DAVE: Who would wanna miss
  4710. seeing Kanye in the Bahamas
  4711.  
  4712. 1000
  4713. 00:41:55,194 --> 00:41:57,323
  4714. with Kendall Jenner?
  4715. I mean, talk about
  4716.  
  4717. 1001
  4718. 00:41:57,323 --> 00:41:58,534
  4719. the FOMO movement.
  4720.  
  4721. 1002
  4722. 00:41:58,534 --> 00:42:00,245
  4723. Like, it elevated it
  4724. to a ten.
  4725.  
  4726. 1003
  4727. 00:42:00,245 --> 00:42:03,126
  4728. ‐ I had influencers
  4729. begging to go
  4730.  
  4731. 1004
  4732. 00:42:03,126 --> 00:42:06,132
  4733. because all the other
  4734. influencers are going.
  4735.  
  4736. 1005
  4737. 00:42:06,132 --> 00:42:07,886
  4738. CALVIN: You're in Lower
  4739. Manhattan,
  4740.  
  4741. 1006
  4742. 00:42:07,886 --> 00:42:09,598
  4743. where you're freezing.
  4744.  
  4745. 1007
  4746. 00:42:09,598 --> 00:42:12,019
  4747. You got an election
  4748. that just upended
  4749.  
  4750. 1008
  4751. 00:42:12,019 --> 00:42:13,606
  4752. the political environment.
  4753.  
  4754. 1009
  4755. 00:42:13,606 --> 00:42:15,777
  4756. The thing that you're
  4757. absolutely focused on
  4758.  
  4759. 1010
  4760. 00:42:15,777 --> 00:42:17,906
  4761. is escaping from that.
  4762.  
  4763. 1011
  4764. 00:42:17,906 --> 00:42:20,537
  4765. And so people are dying
  4766. to be a part of something
  4767.  
  4768. 1012
  4769. 00:42:20,537 --> 00:42:22,624
  4770. that was going to be the‐‐
  4771. the Woodstock
  4772.  
  4773. 1013
  4774. 00:42:22,624 --> 00:42:25,045
  4775. of the millennial generation.
  4776.  
  4777. 1014
  4778. 00:42:25,045 --> 00:42:27,133
  4779. ‐ People would message me
  4780. things like,
  4781.  
  4782. 1015
  4783. 00:42:27,133 --> 00:42:31,266
  4784. "I quit my job because my boss
  4785. wouldn't give me time off."
  4786.  
  4787. 1016
  4788. 00:42:31,266 --> 00:42:34,397
  4789. "I sold, like,
  4790. everything I own."
  4791.  
  4792. 1017
  4793. 00:42:34,397 --> 00:42:37,319
  4794. And just listing all these
  4795. crazy actions that they took
  4796.  
  4797. 1018
  4798. 00:42:37,319 --> 00:42:42,664
  4799. just to go to this fantasy
  4800. island festival.
  4801.  
  4802. 1019
  4803. 00:42:42,664 --> 00:42:45,002
  4804. But there was nothing built.
  4805.  
  4806. 1020
  4807. 00:42:46,922 --> 00:42:48,718
  4808. JAKE: And mind you,
  4809. this is January,
  4810.  
  4811. 1021
  4812. 00:42:48,718 --> 00:42:51,640
  4813. so there's only four months
  4814. to actually pull this off.
  4815.  
  4816. 1022
  4817. 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,811
  4818. ♪ ♪
  4819.  
  4820. 1023
  4821. 00:42:53,811 --> 00:42:56,399
  4822. CALVIN: You could not produce
  4823. a festival on a deserted island
  4824.  
  4825. 1024
  4826. 00:42:56,399 --> 00:43:00,700
  4827. in a foreign country with such
  4828. a truncated time frame.
  4829.  
  4830. 1025
  4831. 00:43:00,700 --> 00:43:02,411
  4832. It's not going to happen.
  4833.  
  4834. 1026
  4835. 00:43:02,411 --> 00:43:05,919
  4836. ‐ Billy started panicking.
  4837. Billy's like, "No. Shit."
  4838.  
  4839. 1027
  4840. 00:43:05,919 --> 00:43:09,760
  4841. He said, "Listen, people are
  4842. actually buying into it,
  4843.  
  4844. 1028
  4845. 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,306
  4846. so‐‐so we have to have a
  4847. festival."
  4848.  
  4849. 1029
  4850. 00:43:12,306 --> 00:43:16,064
  4851. New Year's Eve, we had a dinner
  4852. party in Staniel Cay.
  4853.  
  4854. 1030
  4855. 00:43:16,064 --> 00:43:19,028
  4856. ‐ Here's to living
  4857. like movie stars,
  4858.  
  4859. 1031
  4860. 00:43:19,028 --> 00:43:23,411
  4861. partying like rock stars.
  4862. Billy?
  4863.  
  4864. 1032
  4865. 00:43:23,411 --> 00:43:25,332
  4866. BILLY: And fucking
  4867. like porn stars.
  4868.  
  4869. 1033
  4870. 00:43:25,332 --> 00:43:29,591
  4871. [laughter]
  4872.  
  4873. 1034
  4874. 00:43:29,591 --> 00:43:32,597
  4875. [excited chatter]
  4876.  
  4877. 1035
  4878. 00:43:33,139 --> 00:43:35,227
  4879. DELROY: After everybody
  4880. got done, I stood up.
  4881.  
  4882. 1036
  4883. 00:43:35,227 --> 00:43:37,106
  4884. I said, "Okay, can I have
  4885. some‐‐
  4886.  
  4887. 1037
  4888. 00:43:37,106 --> 00:43:40,279
  4889. like, a moment of silence?"
  4890. It's like, "Yeah. What's up?"
  4891.  
  4892. 1038
  4893. 00:43:40,279 --> 00:43:44,287
  4894. I said, "Okay, everybody,
  4895. wine, dine, eat, drink.
  4896.  
  4897. 1039
  4898. 00:43:44,287 --> 00:43:47,084
  4899. "Who didn't fuck got suck?
  4900. Who didn't suck
  4901.  
  4902. 1040
  4903. 00:43:47,084 --> 00:43:49,798
  4904. "had a good fuck?
  4905. Good.
  4906.  
  4907. 1041
  4908. 00:43:49,798 --> 00:43:51,844
  4909. "Now as of tomorrow,
  4910.  
  4911. 1042
  4912. 00:43:51,844 --> 00:43:54,516
  4913. "you guys need to start
  4914. making your phone calls,
  4915.  
  4916. 1043
  4917. 00:43:54,516 --> 00:43:56,227
  4918. "dealing with the festival
  4919.  
  4920. 1044
  4921. 00:43:56,227 --> 00:43:59,275
  4922. to get this shit to start
  4923. coming in now."
  4924.  
  4925. 1045
  4926. 00:43:59,275 --> 00:44:00,945
  4927. Everybody looked at me,
  4928. and they laughed.
  4929.  
  4930. 1046
  4931. 00:44:00,945 --> 00:44:03,241
  4932. They said,
  4933. "Delroy, sit down, man."
  4934.  
  4935. 1047
  4936. 00:44:03,241 --> 00:44:05,078
  4937. They said, "Why are you
  4938. so worried?
  4939.  
  4940. 1048
  4941. 00:44:05,078 --> 00:44:08,043
  4942. We got this. We're straight.
  4943. We're good with this, man."
  4944.  
  4945. 1049
  4946. 00:44:08,043 --> 00:44:09,963
  4947. I'm like, "Okay."
  4948.  
  4949. 1050
  4950. 00:44:09,963 --> 00:44:12,259
  4951. ♪ ♪
  4952.  
  4953. 1051
  4954. 00:44:12,259 --> 00:44:13,930
  4955. JAKE: As it turns out,
  4956.  
  4957. 1052
  4958. 00:44:13,930 --> 00:44:16,184
  4959. Billy doesn't actually have
  4960. a site for the festival.
  4961.  
  4962. 1053
  4963. 00:44:16,184 --> 00:44:18,898
  4964. So Billy goes island shopping.
  4965.  
  4966. 1054
  4967. 00:44:18,898 --> 00:44:22,154
  4968. [dreamy ukulele music]
  4969.  
  4970. 1055
  4971. 00:44:22,154 --> 00:44:24,158
  4972. CALVIN: You know, Johnny Depp
  4973. has an island.
  4974.  
  4975. 1056
  4976. 00:44:24,158 --> 00:44:27,999
  4977. Richard Branson has an island.
  4978.  
  4979. 1057
  4980. 00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:33,093
  4981. An island is a very
  4982. aspirational thing to own.
  4983.  
  4984. 1058
  4985. 00:44:33,093 --> 00:44:34,680
  4986. But in the Bahamas,
  4987.  
  4988. 1059
  4989. 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,602
  4990. buying an island is sort
  4991. of an involved process.
  4992.  
  4993. 1060
  4994. 00:44:37,602 --> 00:44:39,523
  4995. Under a truncated time frame,
  4996.  
  4997. 1061
  4998. 00:44:39,523 --> 00:44:41,150
  4999. if you had all the money
  5000. in the world,
  5001.  
  5002. 1062
  5003. 00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:43,447
  5004. it takes several months,
  5005. if not years.
  5006.  
  5007. 1063
  5008. 00:44:43,447 --> 00:44:45,702
  5009. AVA: If any investors had
  5010. really done
  5011.  
  5012. 1064
  5013. 00:44:45,702 --> 00:44:47,706
  5014. any real sort of research,
  5015. they would've realized
  5016.  
  5017. 1065
  5018. 00:44:47,706 --> 00:44:50,210
  5019. that there's not really
  5020. much infrastructure here,
  5021.  
  5022. 1066
  5023. 00:44:50,210 --> 00:44:52,465
  5024. so they would have to create
  5025. all of the infrastructure.
  5026.  
  5027. 1067
  5028. 00:44:52,465 --> 00:44:57,141
  5029. We're looking at a year of
  5030. planning and construction.
  5031.  
  5032. 1068
  5033. 00:44:57,141 --> 00:44:59,061
  5034. CALVIN: You don't buy
  5035. an island in February
  5036.  
  5037. 1069
  5038. 00:44:59,061 --> 00:45:01,942
  5039. to then host a party in April.
  5040.  
  5041. 1070
  5042. 00:45:01,942 --> 00:45:03,946
  5043. That is an impossible thing
  5044. to do.
  5045.  
  5046. 1071
  5047. 00:45:03,946 --> 00:45:05,950
  5048. ♪ ♪
  5049.  
  5050. 1072
  5051. 00:45:05,950 --> 00:45:07,369
  5052. JAKE: According
  5053. to our accounts,
  5054.  
  5055. 1073
  5056. 00:45:07,369 --> 00:45:09,791
  5057. Billy hops on his jet
  5058. with a cook
  5059.  
  5060. 1074
  5061. 00:45:09,791 --> 00:45:13,381
  5062. who claims the perfect island
  5063. is actually Great Exuma.
  5064.  
  5065. 1075
  5066. 00:45:13,381 --> 00:45:16,095
  5067. [swanky music]
  5068.  
  5069. 1076
  5070. 00:45:16,095 --> 00:45:19,644
  5071. AVA: Exuma is one of the
  5072. more bustling islands.
  5073.  
  5074. 1077
  5075. 00:45:19,644 --> 00:45:21,690
  5076. For Bahamians,
  5077. our hospitality‐‐
  5078.  
  5079. 1078
  5080. 00:45:21,690 --> 00:45:25,698
  5081. our ability to be great hosts‐‐
  5082. is a part of our pride.
  5083.  
  5084. 1079
  5085. 00:45:25,698 --> 00:45:27,284
  5086. CALVIN: It actually
  5087. has an airport;
  5088.  
  5089. 1080
  5090. 00:45:27,284 --> 00:45:29,539
  5091. there's an established hotel;
  5092.  
  5093. 1081
  5094. 00:45:29,539 --> 00:45:32,044
  5095. there is some infrastructure;
  5096. but the problem is,
  5097.  
  5098. 1082
  5099. 00:45:32,044 --> 00:45:34,381
  5100. this site is a complete
  5101. gravel pit.
  5102.  
  5103. 1083
  5104. 00:45:34,381 --> 00:45:36,970
  5105. ♪ ♪
  5106.  
  5107. 1084
  5108. 00:45:36,970 --> 00:45:39,810
  5109. AVA: It's nothing like that
  5110. trailer that they shot.
  5111.  
  5112. 1085
  5113. 00:45:39,810 --> 00:45:44,318
  5114. It's just very barren
  5115. and just very concrete rubble.
  5116.  
  5117. 1086
  5118. 00:45:44,318 --> 00:45:47,867
  5119. CALVIN: When they posted
  5120. the photo of the island,
  5121.  
  5122. 1087
  5123. 00:45:47,867 --> 00:45:50,623
  5124. it's like,
  5125. "Here's Fyre Island!"
  5126.  
  5127. 1088
  5128. 00:45:50,623 --> 00:45:52,961
  5129. And I found that
  5130. this is a parking lot
  5131.  
  5132. 1089
  5133. 00:45:52,961 --> 00:45:54,798
  5134. on an undeveloped portion
  5135.  
  5136. 1090
  5137. 00:45:54,798 --> 00:45:58,096
  5138. outside of Sandals
  5139. Emerald Bay resort.
  5140.  
  5141. 1091
  5142. 00:45:58,096 --> 00:46:00,142
  5143. If you Google
  5144. "Sandals Emerald Bay,"
  5145.  
  5146. 1092
  5147. 00:46:00,142 --> 00:46:03,022
  5148. you will also find
  5149. "Fyre Island."
  5150.  
  5151. 1093
  5152. 00:46:03,022 --> 00:46:05,486
  5153. ♪ ♪
  5154.  
  5155. 1094
  5156. 00:46:05,486 --> 00:46:09,452
  5157. I mean that‐‐that‐‐genius.
  5158.  
  5159. 1095
  5160. 00:46:09,452 --> 00:46:11,330
  5161. I'm seeing these things,
  5162. and it's like,
  5163.  
  5164. 1096
  5165. 00:46:11,330 --> 00:46:13,001
  5166. "This is getting ridiculous."
  5167. Like, "These guys are lying.
  5168.  
  5169. 1097
  5170. 00:46:13,001 --> 00:46:15,088
  5171. This is‐‐no way
  5172. this is going on."
  5173.  
  5174. 1098
  5175. 00:46:15,088 --> 00:46:17,342
  5176. ‐ Anyone who'd ever been
  5177. involved with event production
  5178.  
  5179. 1099
  5180. 00:46:17,342 --> 00:46:19,138
  5181. would have understood that
  5182. this wasn't possible.
  5183.  
  5184. 1100
  5185. 00:46:19,138 --> 00:46:20,433
  5186. Like, a wedding planner would
  5187. have known, like,
  5188.  
  5189. 1101
  5190. 00:46:20,433 --> 00:46:22,896
  5191. "Absolutely no way."
  5192.  
  5193. 1102
  5194. 00:46:22,896 --> 00:46:25,108
  5195. DANIEL: My first job
  5196. for Fyre Festival
  5197.  
  5198. 1103
  5199. 00:46:25,108 --> 00:46:27,614
  5200. was just an assessment
  5201. for them.
  5202.  
  5203. 1104
  5204. 00:46:27,614 --> 00:46:31,287
  5205. The scale of this project
  5206. was enormous,
  5207.  
  5208. 1105
  5209. 00:46:31,287 --> 00:46:34,293
  5210. but typically, you'd have
  5211. this kind of planning effort
  5212.  
  5213. 1106
  5214. 00:46:34,293 --> 00:46:39,178
  5215. around a festival of this scale
  5216. 18 months in advance,
  5217.  
  5218. 1107
  5219. 00:46:39,178 --> 00:46:42,267
  5220. not four months in advance.
  5221.  
  5222. 1108
  5223. 00:46:42,267 --> 00:46:44,021
  5224. FELIX: When I was brought
  5225. onboard,
  5226.  
  5227. 1109
  5228. 00:46:44,021 --> 00:46:46,902
  5229. we were a month and a half out.
  5230.  
  5231. 1110
  5232. 00:46:46,902 --> 00:46:48,363
  5233. I don't know how they thought
  5234.  
  5235. 1111
  5236. 00:46:48,363 --> 00:46:49,991
  5237. that we were gonna
  5238. be able to do this.
  5239.  
  5240. 1112
  5241. 00:46:49,991 --> 00:46:51,244
  5242. I‐‐I just don't know.
  5243.  
  5244. 1113
  5245. 00:46:51,244 --> 00:46:52,747
  5246. And if it was gonna happen,
  5247.  
  5248. 1114
  5249. 00:46:52,747 --> 00:46:55,043
  5250. we were gonna have
  5251. to work 24‐hour days.
  5252.  
  5253. 1115
  5254. 00:46:55,043 --> 00:46:57,172
  5255. HENRY: We tried to
  5256. pick up our pace.
  5257.  
  5258. 1116
  5259. 00:46:57,172 --> 00:46:58,801
  5260. We started to work
  5261. day and night.
  5262.  
  5263. 1117
  5264. 00:46:58,801 --> 00:47:00,930
  5265. Some days, I came off the site
  5266.  
  5267. 1118
  5268. 00:47:00,930 --> 00:47:03,686
  5269. at 3:00 at night
  5270. and I went back at 7:00.
  5271.  
  5272. 1119
  5273. 00:47:03,686 --> 00:47:05,606
  5274. NICK: I was brought on
  5275. to be a general store manager
  5276.  
  5277. 1120
  5278. 00:47:05,606 --> 00:47:07,276
  5279. and a sourcing coordinator.
  5280.  
  5281. 1121
  5282. 00:47:07,276 --> 00:47:09,656
  5283. We were all working
  5284. 18‐hour days, 19‐hour days.
  5285.  
  5286. 1122
  5287. 00:47:09,656 --> 00:47:13,121
  5288. I was sleeping an average
  5289. of three hours a night.
  5290.  
  5291. 1123
  5292. 00:47:13,121 --> 00:47:16,545
  5293. JAKE: Another huge problem is
  5294. that the two weekends
  5295.  
  5296. 1124
  5297. 00:47:16,545 --> 00:47:18,549
  5298. that Billy has chosen
  5299. for the festival
  5300.  
  5301. 1125
  5302. 00:47:18,549 --> 00:47:22,264
  5303. happen to coincide with the
  5304. Exuma Family Regatta...
  5305.  
  5306. 1126
  5307. 00:47:22,264 --> 00:47:24,226
  5308. [dramatic music]
  5309.  
  5310. 1127
  5311. 00:47:24,226 --> 00:47:25,813
  5312. Which is a sailing regatta.
  5313.  
  5314. 1128
  5315. 00:47:25,813 --> 00:47:28,234
  5316. It's the biggest event
  5317. that happens annually.
  5318.  
  5319. 1129
  5320. 00:47:28,234 --> 00:47:31,616
  5321. DONALD: We have the national
  5322. regatta going on.
  5323.  
  5324. 1130
  5325. 00:47:31,616 --> 00:47:33,369
  5326. That's bigger
  5327. than Christmas here.
  5328.  
  5329. 1131
  5330. 00:47:33,369 --> 00:47:38,505
  5331. ♪ ♪
  5332.  
  5333. 1132
  5334. 00:47:38,505 --> 00:47:40,133
  5335. ‐ The organizer was told,
  5336.  
  5337. 1133
  5338. 00:47:40,133 --> 00:47:43,222
  5339. "This is not the right time
  5340. to do this."
  5341.  
  5342. 1134
  5343. 00:47:43,222 --> 00:47:45,101
  5344. JAKE: The problem is,
  5345. with this regatta,
  5346.  
  5347. 1135
  5348. 00:47:45,101 --> 00:47:46,521
  5349. there's not gonna be any cars.
  5350.  
  5351. 1136
  5352. 00:47:46,521 --> 00:47:47,732
  5353. There's not gonna
  5354. be any hotels.
  5355.  
  5356. 1137
  5357. 00:47:47,732 --> 00:47:49,276
  5358. It'll be difficult to host
  5359.  
  5360. 1138
  5361. 00:47:49,276 --> 00:47:50,988
  5362. thousands of people
  5363. for the festival.
  5364.  
  5365. 1139
  5366. 00:47:50,988 --> 00:47:52,700
  5367. [tense music]
  5368.  
  5369. 1140
  5370. 00:47:52,700 --> 00:47:54,370
  5371. He's warned
  5372. that he should cancel it‐‐
  5373.  
  5374. 1141
  5375. 00:47:54,370 --> 00:47:57,250
  5376. that it just can't
  5377. come together.
  5378.  
  5379. 1142
  5380. 00:47:57,250 --> 00:48:01,342
  5381. DELROY: And Ja Rule came down,
  5382. and he saw it for himself.
  5383.  
  5384. 1143
  5385. 00:48:01,342 --> 00:48:03,931
  5386. He pulled me aside.
  5387. He's like, "Yo, Delroy.
  5388.  
  5389. 1144
  5390. 00:48:03,931 --> 00:48:05,976
  5391. "Just be straight up, dawg.
  5392.  
  5393. 1145
  5394. 00:48:05,976 --> 00:48:08,774
  5395. Is this festival gonna happen?
  5396. What'd you think?"
  5397.  
  5398. 1146
  5399. 00:48:08,774 --> 00:48:10,528
  5400. All I did was just
  5401. scratch my head.
  5402.  
  5403. 1147
  5404. 00:48:10,528 --> 00:48:14,243
  5405. I was just like, "Ja, it's
  5406. really not gonna happen."
  5407.  
  5408. 1148
  5409. 00:48:14,243 --> 00:48:17,792
  5410. ‐ Here's to living life...
  5411. [laughter]
  5412.  
  5413. 1149
  5414. 00:48:17,792 --> 00:48:20,380
  5415. Like motherfucking movie stars.
  5416.  
  5417. 1150
  5418. 00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:24,931
  5419. MAN: So Ja Rule didn't know
  5420. anything that was going on?
  5421.  
  5422. 1151
  5423. 00:48:24,931 --> 00:48:26,643
  5424. ‐ I was in charge
  5425. of the festival,
  5426.  
  5427. 1152
  5428. 00:48:26,643 --> 00:48:30,651
  5429. and I made the decision
  5430. to keep it going‐‐to‐‐to‐‐
  5431.  
  5432. 1153
  5433. 00:48:30,651 --> 00:48:33,030
  5434. to‐‐I was in charge,
  5435. and so it's on me.
  5436.  
  5437. 1154
  5438. 00:48:33,030 --> 00:48:34,784
  5439. But...yeah.
  5440.  
  5441. 1155
  5442. 00:48:34,784 --> 00:48:37,874
  5443. MAN: But he was there with you
  5444. on the island frequently.
  5445.  
  5446. 1156
  5447. 00:48:37,874 --> 00:48:39,544
  5448. ‐ Uh, he‐‐yup, he was
  5449. on the island.
  5450.  
  5451. 1157
  5452. 00:48:39,544 --> 00:48:41,255
  5453. MAN: Did he tell you,
  5454. "Billy, we can't do this.
  5455.  
  5456. 1158
  5457. 00:48:41,255 --> 00:48:44,136
  5458. We need to cancel"?
  5459.  
  5460. 1159
  5461. 00:48:44,136 --> 00:48:45,514
  5462. ‐ I'm not gonna talk about
  5463.  
  5464. 1160
  5465. 00:48:45,514 --> 00:48:47,100
  5466. our different
  5467. private conversations,
  5468.  
  5469. 1161
  5470. 00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:48,812
  5471. but, you know,
  5472. we've had many conversations,
  5473.  
  5474. 1162
  5475. 00:48:48,812 --> 00:48:50,273
  5476. as well as I did with
  5477. the rest of the team,
  5478.  
  5479. 1163
  5480. 00:48:50,273 --> 00:48:54,072
  5481. and those were
  5482. the decisions we made.
  5483.  
  5484. 1164
  5485. 00:48:54,072 --> 00:48:56,786
  5486. CALVIN: And so they didn't
  5487. cancel the festival,
  5488.  
  5489. 1165
  5490. 00:48:56,786 --> 00:49:00,628
  5491. but what happened is
  5492. the story kept getting bigger.
  5493.  
  5494. 1166
  5495. 00:49:00,628 --> 00:49:03,759
  5496. And then people I knew,
  5497. you know,
  5498.  
  5499. 1167
  5500. 00:49:03,759 --> 00:49:07,224
  5501. you know, started buying
  5502. GA passes.
  5503.  
  5504. 1168
  5505. 00:49:07,224 --> 00:49:09,061
  5506. But what I think Billy
  5507. figured out very quickly
  5508.  
  5509. 1169
  5510. 00:49:09,061 --> 00:49:11,650
  5511. was that he was not gonna be
  5512. able to throw this festival
  5513.  
  5514. 1170
  5515. 00:49:11,650 --> 00:49:13,570
  5516. with the number of people
  5517. that were buying GA passes
  5518.  
  5519. 1171
  5520. 00:49:13,570 --> 00:49:15,198
  5521. for the cost that he thought
  5522. it was gonna be.
  5523.  
  5524. 1172
  5525. 00:49:16,535 --> 00:49:19,373
  5526. And so ultimately, they just
  5527. said, "Well, it's sold out,
  5528.  
  5529. 1173
  5530. 00:49:19,373 --> 00:49:21,085
  5531. "so the only thing
  5532. that you can buy now
  5533.  
  5534. 1174
  5535. 00:49:21,085 --> 00:49:23,381
  5536. are the premium passes."
  5537.  
  5538. 1175
  5539. 00:49:23,381 --> 00:49:28,015
  5540. ‐ So Grant designed these,
  5541. like, villas.
  5542.  
  5543. 1176
  5544. 00:49:28,015 --> 00:49:32,357
  5545. ♪ ♪
  5546.  
  5547. 1177
  5548. 00:49:32,357 --> 00:49:34,445
  5549. I think he just used AutoCAD.
  5550.  
  5551. 1178
  5552. 00:49:34,445 --> 00:49:37,451
  5553. [pinging and beeping]
  5554.  
  5555. 1179
  5556. 00:49:39,246 --> 00:49:41,876
  5557. CALVIN: And the whole thing
  5558. sort of became an ad hoc
  5559.  
  5560. 1180
  5561. 00:49:41,876 --> 00:49:43,922
  5562. "We're gonna sell one
  5563. of one for this.
  5564.  
  5565. 1181
  5566. 00:49:43,922 --> 00:49:46,343
  5567. We have two villas
  5568. available for this."
  5569.  
  5570. 1182
  5571. 00:49:46,343 --> 00:49:48,890
  5572. You know, "The Dolphin Villa
  5573. is available
  5574.  
  5575. 1183
  5576. 00:49:48,890 --> 00:49:50,686
  5577. for $25,000."
  5578.  
  5579. 1184
  5580. 00:49:50,686 --> 00:49:56,823
  5581. DAVE: I remember there
  5582. was a $250,000 package.
  5583.  
  5584. 1185
  5585. 00:49:56,823 --> 00:49:58,619
  5586. ‐ But those villas
  5587. did not exist‐‐
  5588.  
  5589. 1186
  5590. 00:49:58,619 --> 00:50:00,163
  5591. the ones that
  5592. had been marketed
  5593.  
  5594. 1187
  5595. 00:50:00,163 --> 00:50:02,501
  5596. just straight up weren't‐‐
  5597. not even there.
  5598.  
  5599. 1188
  5600. 00:50:02,501 --> 00:50:04,756
  5601. JIA: Billy might have very well
  5602. believed, you know, like,
  5603.  
  5604. 1189
  5605. 00:50:04,756 --> 00:50:07,052
  5606. "There's gotta be some company
  5607. that'll set up a villa
  5608.  
  5609. 1190
  5610. 00:50:07,052 --> 00:50:09,348
  5611. for me for super cheap."
  5612. I mean, it's like,
  5613.  
  5614. 1191
  5615. 00:50:09,348 --> 00:50:11,978
  5616. "Why can't we Amazon Prime this
  5617. or something?"
  5618.  
  5619. 1192
  5620. 00:50:11,978 --> 00:50:15,151
  5621. [awkward music]
  5622.  
  5623. 1193
  5624. 00:50:15,151 --> 00:50:17,364
  5625. JAKE: These guys were just
  5626. selling villas
  5627.  
  5628. 1194
  5629. 00:50:17,364 --> 00:50:19,535
  5630. because they needed another
  5631. $25,000
  5632.  
  5633. 1195
  5634. 00:50:19,535 --> 00:50:22,415
  5635. to pay the production
  5636. and stage guys.
  5637.  
  5638. 1196
  5639. 00:50:22,415 --> 00:50:26,173
  5640. JAKE: In fact, very quickly
  5641. after the festival,
  5642.  
  5643. 1197
  5644. 00:50:26,173 --> 00:50:29,722
  5645. I acquired a trove
  5646. of thousands of emails
  5647.  
  5648. 1198
  5649. 00:50:29,722 --> 00:50:33,020
  5650. detailing the inner workings
  5651. of the Fyre Festival.
  5652.  
  5653. 1199
  5654. 00:50:33,020 --> 00:50:35,442
  5655. What they show is that
  5656. right around this time,
  5657.  
  5658. 1200
  5659. 00:50:35,442 --> 00:50:38,615
  5660. Billy is so short of cash
  5661. and he's trying desperately
  5662.  
  5663. 1201
  5664. 00:50:38,615 --> 00:50:40,619
  5665. to figure out how
  5666. to pay everybody off
  5667.  
  5668. 1202
  5669. 00:50:40,619 --> 00:50:44,126
  5670. that he begins engaging in
  5671. criminal acts and wire fraud.
  5672.  
  5673. 1203
  5674. 00:50:44,126 --> 00:50:45,629
  5675. He's securing services
  5676.  
  5677. 1204
  5678. 00:50:45,629 --> 00:50:48,134
  5679. by promising vendors
  5680. wire transfers.
  5681.  
  5682. 1205
  5683. 00:50:48,134 --> 00:50:51,641
  5684. He's sending screenshots
  5685. of a confirmation page
  5686.  
  5687. 1206
  5688. 00:50:51,641 --> 00:50:53,562
  5689. but the tracking number
  5690. is cut off
  5691.  
  5692. 1207
  5693. 00:50:53,562 --> 00:50:56,108
  5694. and he's not really
  5695. wiring the money.
  5696.  
  5697. 1208
  5698. 00:50:56,108 --> 00:50:58,320
  5699. ♪ ♪
  5700.  
  5701. 1209
  5702. 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,283
  5703. ‐ It just seemed like
  5704. every day,
  5705.  
  5706. 1210
  5707. 00:51:00,283 --> 00:51:03,832
  5708. we'd wake up with an issue,
  5709. solve it by the next morning,
  5710.  
  5711. 1211
  5712. 00:51:03,832 --> 00:51:05,461
  5713. and then a new one
  5714. would pop up,
  5715.  
  5716. 1212
  5717. 00:51:05,461 --> 00:51:08,340
  5718. and it was just playing
  5719. this Whac‐a‐Mole game
  5720.  
  5721. 1213
  5722. 00:51:08,340 --> 00:51:10,011
  5723. where we kept solving
  5724. the problems,
  5725.  
  5726. 1214
  5727. 00:51:10,011 --> 00:51:11,848
  5728. kept solving the problems,
  5729. kept solving the problems
  5730.  
  5731. 1215
  5732. 00:51:11,848 --> 00:51:14,771
  5733. and I guess gained a little bit
  5734. of confidence from that,
  5735.  
  5736. 1216
  5737. 00:51:14,771 --> 00:51:16,524
  5738. thinking everything
  5739. in the world was solvable.
  5740.  
  5741. 1217
  5742. 00:51:16,524 --> 00:51:21,158
  5743. ♪ ♪
  5744.  
  5745. 1218
  5746. 00:51:21,158 --> 00:51:22,953
  5747. CALVIN: And then
  5748. I started hitting up
  5749.  
  5750. 1219
  5751. 00:51:22,953 --> 00:51:25,249
  5752. my friends in the music
  5753. industry who were announced
  5754.  
  5755. 1220
  5756. 00:51:25,249 --> 00:51:29,550
  5757. as headliners at the festival,
  5758. saying, "Are you being paid?"
  5759.  
  5760. 1221
  5761. 00:51:29,550 --> 00:51:31,345
  5762. DAVE: They had Blink‐182.
  5763.  
  5764. 1222
  5765. 00:51:31,345 --> 00:51:33,265
  5766. Major Lazer was playing.
  5767.  
  5768. 1223
  5769. 00:51:33,265 --> 00:51:35,353
  5770. Diplo.
  5771. Lil Yachty.
  5772.  
  5773. 1224
  5774. 00:51:35,353 --> 00:51:37,398
  5775. And you had G. O. O. D. Music.
  5776.  
  5777. 1225
  5778. 00:51:37,398 --> 00:51:39,529
  5779. All these really big artists
  5780.  
  5781. 1226
  5782. 00:51:39,529 --> 00:51:43,285
  5783. are gonna demand
  5784. payment upfront.
  5785.  
  5786. 1227
  5787. 00:51:43,285 --> 00:51:45,122
  5788. ‐ And the information I'm
  5789. getting from them is,
  5790.  
  5791. 1228
  5792. 00:51:45,122 --> 00:51:47,920
  5793. "No, they're not paying on
  5794. the terms that we disclosed."
  5795.  
  5796. 1229
  5797. 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,592
  5798. ‐ I spoke to a number of agents
  5799. who said
  5800.  
  5801. 1230
  5802. 00:51:50,592 --> 00:51:54,057
  5803. Fyre Festival went into breach
  5804. almost from day one,
  5805.  
  5806. 1231
  5807. 00:51:54,057 --> 00:51:56,896
  5808. were not making payments,
  5809. following wire instructions,
  5810.  
  5811. 1232
  5812. 00:51:56,896 --> 00:51:59,401
  5813. it was late,
  5814. there were excuses.
  5815.  
  5816. 1233
  5817. 00:51:59,401 --> 00:52:03,325
  5818. CALVIN: So I'm watching this
  5819. thing unfold from afar,
  5820.  
  5821. 1234
  5822. 00:52:03,325 --> 00:52:05,747
  5823. but what I didn't know was that
  5824.  
  5825. 1235
  5826. 00:52:05,747 --> 00:52:09,422
  5827. the festival was basically
  5828. just a big promotion
  5829.  
  5830. 1236
  5831. 00:52:09,422 --> 00:52:15,308
  5832. for Billy and Ja's bigger idea,
  5833. which was the Fyre app.
  5834.  
  5835. 1237
  5836. 00:52:15,308 --> 00:52:18,022
  5837. CALVIN: The Fyre app is a
  5838. booking app
  5839.  
  5840. 1238
  5841. 00:52:18,022 --> 00:52:21,696
  5842. so you can rent out celebrities
  5843. to appear at your events,
  5844.  
  5845. 1239
  5846. 00:52:21,696 --> 00:52:23,617
  5847. and I think this was sort of
  5848.  
  5849. 1240
  5850. 00:52:23,617 --> 00:52:25,954
  5851. the Tinder for booking talent.
  5852.  
  5853. 1241
  5854. 00:52:25,954 --> 00:52:28,835
  5855. You'd swipe right and make
  5856. an offer on Coldplay,
  5857.  
  5858. 1242
  5859. 00:52:28,835 --> 00:52:31,048
  5860. and Coldplay would either
  5861. accept and swipe right
  5862.  
  5863. 1243
  5864. 00:52:31,048 --> 00:52:33,385
  5865. or swipe left on you,
  5866. and then
  5867.  
  5868. 1244
  5869. 00:52:33,385 --> 00:52:36,058
  5870. you guys would be linked
  5871. and then, you know,
  5872.  
  5873. 1245
  5874. 00:52:36,058 --> 00:52:38,939
  5875. you'd have them playing
  5876. at Timmy's bar mitzvah.
  5877.  
  5878. 1246
  5879. 00:52:40,859 --> 00:52:43,531
  5880. A very dear friend sent me
  5881. a term sheet
  5882.  
  5883. 1247
  5884. 00:52:43,531 --> 00:52:46,119
  5885. from Comcast Ventures
  5886. to Fyre Media.
  5887.  
  5888. 1248
  5889. 00:52:47,623 --> 00:52:50,921
  5890. It was for a significant
  5891. amount of money‐‐
  5892.  
  5893. 1249
  5894. 00:52:50,921 --> 00:52:53,342
  5895. a really meaningful valuation.
  5896.  
  5897. 1250
  5898. 00:52:53,342 --> 00:52:56,891
  5899. But he was just indicating that
  5900.  
  5901. 1251
  5902. 00:52:56,891 --> 00:53:00,440
  5903. the app was far more profitable
  5904. than it actually was.
  5905.  
  5906. 1252
  5907. 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,235
  5908. And that's really
  5909. when it turned from something
  5910.  
  5911. 1253
  5912. 00:53:02,235 --> 00:53:04,699
  5913. of rich millennials
  5914. getting picked off
  5915.  
  5916. 1254
  5917. 00:53:04,699 --> 00:53:10,042
  5918. to something that became, like,
  5919. a significant financial crime.
  5920.  
  5921. 1255
  5922. 00:53:10,042 --> 00:53:12,548
  5923. And so at this point,
  5924.  
  5925. 1256
  5926. 00:53:12,548 --> 00:53:15,804
  5927. I have a thesis that
  5928. this is a fraud.
  5929.  
  5930. 1257
  5931. 00:53:15,804 --> 00:53:19,060
  5932. So I called Comcast Ventures,
  5933. and I said, "Look,
  5934.  
  5935. 1258
  5936. 00:53:19,060 --> 00:53:21,273
  5937. "you gotta trust me.
  5938. It's not legitimate.
  5939.  
  5940. 1259
  5941. 00:53:21,273 --> 00:53:23,193
  5942. "Just do me this favor.
  5943.  
  5944. 1260
  5945. 00:53:23,193 --> 00:53:26,617
  5946. "Promise me that you won't
  5947. write a check to this company
  5948.  
  5949. 1261
  5950. 00:53:26,617 --> 00:53:29,414
  5951. until after
  5952. the festival occurs."
  5953.  
  5954. 1262
  5955. 00:53:29,414 --> 00:53:34,257
  5956. And to their credit, you know,
  5957. they ultimately didn't invest.
  5958.  
  5959. 1263
  5960. 00:53:34,257 --> 00:53:36,804
  5961. But still, more tickets are
  5962. getting sold.
  5963.  
  5964. 1264
  5965. 00:53:36,804 --> 00:53:39,267
  5966. And the more money people were
  5967. spending on this thing,
  5968.  
  5969. 1265
  5970. 00:53:39,267 --> 00:53:41,564
  5971. you know, the more I felt like,
  5972.  
  5973. 1266
  5974. 00:53:41,564 --> 00:53:43,985
  5975. "Hey, someone has got
  5976. to stand up and say,
  5977.  
  5978. 1267
  5979. 00:53:43,985 --> 00:53:46,783
  5980. 'This isn't real.'"
  5981. And so I created
  5982.  
  5983. 1268
  5984. 00:53:46,783 --> 00:53:52,461
  5985. the anonymous Twitter account
  5986. FyreFraud,
  5987.  
  5988. 1269
  5989. 00:53:52,461 --> 00:53:55,592
  5990. and I just started posting
  5991. what I knew to be factual.
  5992.  
  5993. 1270
  5994. 00:53:55,592 --> 00:54:00,101
  5995. ♪ ♪
  5996.  
  5997. 1271
  5998. 00:54:00,101 --> 00:54:02,481
  5999. OREN: We would sit in meetings
  6000. with the Fyre team,
  6001.  
  6002. 1272
  6003. 00:54:02,481 --> 00:54:05,487
  6004. and we advised them to stay
  6005. away from Twitter
  6006.  
  6007. 1273
  6008. 00:54:05,487 --> 00:54:06,697
  6009. because there was,
  6010. like, an account
  6011.  
  6012. 1274
  6013. 00:54:06,697 --> 00:54:08,283
  6014. that basically called them out.
  6015.  
  6016. 1275
  6017. 00:54:08,283 --> 00:54:10,789
  6018. The guy would start talking
  6019. to other people
  6020.  
  6021. 1276
  6022. 00:54:10,789 --> 00:54:13,461
  6023. and connecting dots together
  6024. in the comments.
  6025.  
  6026. 1277
  6027. 00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,145
  6028. And I think everyone in the
  6029. room kind of had, like,
  6030.  
  6031. 1278
  6032. 00:54:22,145 --> 00:54:24,775
  6033. a little thing on their mind,
  6034. like, "Yeah, you're right."
  6035.  
  6036. 1279
  6037. 00:54:24,775 --> 00:54:26,863
  6038. Like, "How is this gonna work?"
  6039.  
  6040. 1280
  6041. 00:54:26,863 --> 00:54:29,367
  6042. How are 20,000 people getting
  6043. to this island
  6044.  
  6045. 1281
  6046. 00:54:29,367 --> 00:54:31,539
  6047. when you're pitching it as
  6048.  
  6049. 1282
  6050. 00:54:31,539 --> 00:54:34,085
  6051. Cessna planes are what's
  6052. bringing you there?
  6053.  
  6054. 1283
  6055. 00:54:34,085 --> 00:54:37,258
  6056. People are like, "Eh,
  6057. someone will figure it out."
  6058.  
  6059. 1284
  6060. 00:54:37,258 --> 00:54:39,012
  6061. Like, "It's fine."
  6062.  
  6063. 1285
  6064. 00:54:39,012 --> 00:54:40,557
  6065. This cliff is really high.
  6066.  
  6067. 1286
  6068. 00:54:40,557 --> 00:54:41,893
  6069. If people are drunk,
  6070.  
  6071. 1287
  6072. 00:54:41,893 --> 00:54:43,605
  6073. they could just fall
  6074. into this water.
  6075.  
  6076. 1288
  6077. 00:54:43,605 --> 00:54:46,234
  6078. They didn't even think, like,
  6079. "Maybe we need a fence."
  6080.  
  6081. 1289
  6082. 00:54:46,234 --> 00:54:48,030
  6083. I would say,
  6084. "Where's the beach?"
  6085.  
  6086. 1290
  6087. 00:54:48,030 --> 00:54:50,744
  6088. And they'd be like, "Oh, the
  6089. beach is five miles away."
  6090.  
  6091. 1291
  6092. 00:54:50,744 --> 00:54:55,837
  6093. We'd be like, "Oh...uh...
  6094.  
  6095. 1292
  6096. 00:54:55,837 --> 00:54:59,511
  6097. "this could actually be, like,
  6098. a failure, I think.
  6099.  
  6100. 1293
  6101. 00:54:59,511 --> 00:55:01,056
  6102. Could it?"
  6103. And everyone would be like,
  6104.  
  6105. 1294
  6106. 00:55:01,056 --> 00:55:02,559
  6107. "Could it? Could it?"
  6108.  
  6109. 1295
  6110. 00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:05,440
  6111. VICKIE: If you're
  6112. a business partner in this
  6113.  
  6114. 1296
  6115. 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,861
  6116. and you have the information
  6117.  
  6118. 1297
  6119. 00:55:07,861 --> 00:55:09,865
  6120. that this is gonna be
  6121. a shitstorm,
  6122.  
  6123. 1298
  6124. 00:55:09,865 --> 00:55:11,409
  6125. you should tell somebody.
  6126.  
  6127. 1299
  6128. 00:55:11,409 --> 00:55:16,252
  6129. OREN: So there were a few
  6130. vendors who dropped out.
  6131.  
  6132. 1300
  6133. 00:55:16,252 --> 00:55:18,048
  6134. For everybody,
  6135. this is a red flag.
  6136.  
  6137. 1301
  6138. 00:55:18,048 --> 00:55:20,302
  6139. This is one of those things
  6140. that you kind of question,
  6141.  
  6142. 1302
  6143. 00:55:20,302 --> 00:55:23,559
  6144. "If they're doing something,
  6145. why aren't we?"
  6146.  
  6147. 1303
  6148. 00:55:23,559 --> 00:55:27,024
  6149. But it would always come back
  6150. to, like, "Nah," and...
  6151.  
  6152. 1304
  6153. 00:55:28,695 --> 00:55:31,617
  6154. VICKIE: If it were my agency
  6155. and I didn't think
  6156.  
  6157. 1305
  6158. 00:55:31,617 --> 00:55:33,454
  6159. that this was something
  6160. I could put my name behind,
  6161.  
  6162. 1306
  6163. 00:55:33,454 --> 00:55:35,709
  6164. I would've dropped out.
  6165.  
  6166. 1307
  6167. 00:55:35,709 --> 00:55:37,921
  6168. OREN: There's so much
  6169. momentum,
  6170.  
  6171. 1308
  6172. 00:55:37,921 --> 00:55:39,717
  6173. so much money, so much force
  6174. behind everything
  6175.  
  6176. 1309
  6177. 00:55:39,717 --> 00:55:44,017
  6178. that it's like,
  6179. "This train's not stopping."
  6180.  
  6181. 1310
  6182. 00:55:46,146 --> 00:55:47,607
  6183. CALVIN: You can say
  6184. in hindsight
  6185.  
  6186. 1311
  6187. 00:55:47,607 --> 00:55:49,152
  6188. that this is very
  6189. easily a fraud,
  6190.  
  6191. 1312
  6192. 00:55:49,152 --> 00:55:51,364
  6193. but there's a point
  6194. at which I questioned,
  6195.  
  6196. 1313
  6197. 00:55:51,364 --> 00:55:53,995
  6198. like, "Am I wrong? Am I crazy?"
  6199.  
  6200. 1314
  6201. 00:55:53,995 --> 00:55:56,041
  6202. I needed some of the validation
  6203.  
  6204. 1315
  6205. 00:55:56,041 --> 00:55:59,172
  6206. that an actual journalist
  6207. could provide,
  6208.  
  6209. 1316
  6210. 00:55:59,172 --> 00:56:02,219
  6211. so I called
  6212. "The Wall Street Journal,"
  6213.  
  6214. 1317
  6215. 00:56:02,219 --> 00:56:04,767
  6216. and I say,
  6217. "Here's everything I know.
  6218.  
  6219. 1318
  6220. 00:56:04,767 --> 00:56:06,771
  6221. You need to put
  6222. a stop to this thing,"
  6223.  
  6224. 1319
  6225. 00:56:06,771 --> 00:56:11,572
  6226. because these guys were not
  6227. running an honest operation.
  6228.  
  6229. 1320
  6230. 00:56:11,572 --> 00:56:14,410
  6231. And they printed it in
  6232. "The Wall Street Journal."
  6233.  
  6234. 1321
  6235. 00:56:14,410 --> 00:56:17,459
  6236. Okay, I've done my civic duty.
  6237. We have killed this thing.
  6238.  
  6239. 1322
  6240. 00:56:17,459 --> 00:56:20,799
  6241. That's good enough for me.
  6242. And I was wrong.
  6243.  
  6244. 1323
  6245. 00:56:20,799 --> 00:56:22,636
  6246. They were unfazed.
  6247.  
  6248. 1324
  6249. 00:56:22,636 --> 00:56:24,473
  6250. In fact, they were
  6251. only emboldened.
  6252.  
  6253. 1325
  6254. 00:56:24,473 --> 00:56:26,852
  6255. They hit back with
  6256. a counterpunch
  6257.  
  6258. 1326
  6259. 00:56:26,852 --> 00:56:30,317
  6260. of what can only be described
  6261. as a social media blitz.
  6262.  
  6263. 1327
  6264. 00:56:30,317 --> 00:56:32,531
  6265. Somebody would post
  6266. a question on the thing.
  6267.  
  6268. 1328
  6269. 00:56:32,531 --> 00:56:34,660
  6270. The question would
  6271. immediately get deleted.
  6272.  
  6273. 1329
  6274. 00:56:34,660 --> 00:56:37,916
  6275. ‐ Anytime there would be
  6276. anything that was "distasteful"
  6277.  
  6278. 1330
  6279. 00:56:37,916 --> 00:56:40,337
  6280. or calling Fyre out
  6281. on anything.
  6282.  
  6283. 1331
  6284. 00:56:40,337 --> 00:56:41,757
  6285. It was always a matter of,
  6286.  
  6287. 1332
  6288. 00:56:41,757 --> 00:56:44,262
  6289. "Go to that source
  6290. and eliminate it."
  6291.  
  6292. 1333
  6293. 00:56:44,262 --> 00:56:46,559
  6294. ‐ If you're asked,
  6295. as a media company,
  6296.  
  6297. 1334
  6298. 00:56:46,559 --> 00:56:49,731
  6299. to start deleting things,
  6300. you‐‐that's a red flag.
  6301.  
  6302. 1335
  6303. 00:56:49,731 --> 00:56:51,694
  6304. OREN: Instantly flagged words
  6305. about "lineup,
  6306.  
  6307. 1336
  6308. 00:56:51,694 --> 00:56:55,994
  6309. "lineups, performers,
  6310. details, info,
  6311.  
  6312. 1337
  6313. 00:56:55,994 --> 00:56:59,459
  6314. flights, fraud, stupid, scam"‐‐
  6315.  
  6316. 1338
  6317. 00:56:59,459 --> 00:57:01,922
  6318. "festival," even.
  6319. "Festival" was blocked.
  6320.  
  6321. 1339
  6322. 00:57:01,922 --> 00:57:03,551
  6323. It got that bad.
  6324. ‐ They would say, "Hey,
  6325.  
  6326. 1340
  6327. 00:57:03,551 --> 00:57:05,345
  6328. "like, I haven't gotten
  6329. my flights confirmed.
  6330.  
  6331. 1341
  6332. 00:57:05,345 --> 00:57:07,057
  6333. What's going on?"
  6334. And it would be,
  6335.  
  6336. 1342
  6337. 00:57:07,057 --> 00:57:09,438
  6338. that person would then
  6339. get blocked from the account.
  6340.  
  6341. 1343
  6342. 00:57:09,438 --> 00:57:12,485
  6343. OREN: And then I had to make
  6344. this list again in all caps
  6345.  
  6346. 1344
  6347. 00:57:12,485 --> 00:57:15,575
  6348. because Grant didn't believe
  6349. that it wasn't case‐sensitive.
  6350.  
  6351. 1345
  6352. 00:57:15,575 --> 00:57:17,871
  6353. ♪ ♪
  6354.  
  6355. 1346
  6356. 00:57:17,871 --> 00:57:20,793
  6357. CALVIN: They were so good
  6358. at silencing the dissenters
  6359.  
  6360. 1347
  6361. 00:57:20,793 --> 00:57:23,507
  6362. that I'm screaming this
  6363. from a rooftop,
  6364.  
  6365. 1348
  6366. 00:57:23,507 --> 00:57:25,428
  6367. and there's no one listening.
  6368.  
  6369. 1349
  6370. 00:57:25,428 --> 00:57:31,523
  6371. ♪ ♪
  6372.  
  6373. 1350
  6374. 00:57:31,523 --> 00:57:34,571
  6375. DELROY: Billy was running
  6376. out of money,
  6377.  
  6378. 1351
  6379. 00:57:34,571 --> 00:57:37,368
  6380. 'cause I heard him on the phone
  6381. talking to one of the investors
  6382.  
  6383. 1352
  6384. 00:57:37,368 --> 00:57:39,915
  6385. and, like, this dude
  6386. was begging.
  6387.  
  6388. 1353
  6389. 00:57:39,915 --> 00:57:44,883
  6390. "Um, I need, like, um, a mill?"
  6391.  
  6392. 1354
  6393. 00:57:44,883 --> 00:57:47,346
  6394. POLLY: Someone was investing
  6395. in the Fyre app
  6396.  
  6397. 1355
  6398. 00:57:47,346 --> 00:57:49,851
  6399. and the Fyre Festival.
  6400.  
  6401. 1356
  6402. 00:57:49,851 --> 00:57:53,943
  6403. Billy created a spreadsheet
  6404. and wrote in "musical act,
  6405.  
  6406. 1357
  6407. 00:57:53,943 --> 00:57:57,784
  6408. thousands paid.
  6409. Musical act, thousands paid."
  6410.  
  6411. 1358
  6412. 00:57:57,784 --> 00:57:59,538
  6413. MAN: So Lil Wayne was
  6414. on the platform?
  6415.  
  6416. 1359
  6417. 00:57:59,538 --> 00:58:01,416
  6418. ‐ Every artist in your‐‐
  6419. in the‐‐
  6420.  
  6421. 1360
  6422. 00:58:01,416 --> 00:58:03,754
  6423. in materials that we created
  6424. as a team was on the platform.
  6425.  
  6426. 1361
  6427. 00:58:03,754 --> 00:58:05,591
  6428. MAN: Jamie Foxx was
  6429. on the platform?
  6430.  
  6431. 1362
  6432. 00:58:05,591 --> 00:58:07,470
  6433. ‐ Uh, as again‐‐once again,
  6434. every artist that we created
  6435.  
  6436. 1363
  6437. 00:58:07,470 --> 00:58:09,599
  6438. in the materials
  6439. was on the platform.
  6440.  
  6441. 1364
  6442. 00:58:09,599 --> 00:58:11,227
  6443. POLLY: But the reality is
  6444.  
  6445. 1365
  6446. 00:58:11,227 --> 00:58:12,981
  6447. that there were never thousands
  6448. of acts booked
  6449.  
  6450. 1366
  6451. 00:58:12,981 --> 00:58:15,360
  6452. and there were never millions
  6453. of dollars paid.
  6454.  
  6455. 1367
  6456. 00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:20,037
  6457. It was about $57,000 total.
  6458.  
  6459. 1368
  6460. 00:58:20,037 --> 00:58:23,753
  6461. Even worse, he alleged that
  6462. he owned Facebook shares
  6463.  
  6464. 1369
  6465. 00:58:23,753 --> 00:58:26,884
  6466. to the tune of over $2 million.
  6467.  
  6468. 1370
  6469. 00:58:26,884 --> 00:58:31,225
  6470. In reality, he had over
  6471. 1,000 bucks in there.
  6472.  
  6473. 1371
  6474. 00:58:31,225 --> 00:58:34,441
  6475. And after Billy submitted these
  6476. doctored loan documents,
  6477.  
  6478. 1372
  6479. 00:58:34,441 --> 00:58:37,906
  6480. this investor put $800,000
  6481.  
  6482. 1373
  6483. 00:58:37,906 --> 00:58:39,367
  6484. on the line for Billy.
  6485.  
  6486. 1374
  6487. 00:58:39,367 --> 00:58:41,329
  6488. ‐ [laughing]
  6489.  
  6490. 1375
  6491. 00:58:41,329 --> 00:58:43,501
  6492. ‐ He hung up.
  6493. He said, "Delroy,
  6494.  
  6495. 1376
  6496. 00:58:43,501 --> 00:58:45,838
  6497. "put it here, man.
  6498.  
  6499. 1377
  6500. 00:58:45,838 --> 00:58:48,511
  6501. Let's go Jet‐Skiing."
  6502.  
  6503. 1378
  6504. 00:58:48,511 --> 00:58:51,349
  6505. [racing bass line]
  6506.  
  6507. 1379
  6508. 00:58:51,349 --> 00:58:53,019
  6509. ["Misirlou"
  6510. by Dick Dale & the Del Tones]
  6511.  
  6512. 1380
  6513. 00:58:53,019 --> 00:58:56,150
  6514. ‐ ♪ Ha, ha, ha ♪
  6515.  
  6516. 1381
  6517. 00:58:56,150 --> 00:58:58,614
  6518. JAKE: Despite all
  6519. of the warning signs,
  6520.  
  6521. 1382
  6522. 00:58:58,614 --> 00:59:02,079
  6523. as even the most basic things
  6524. just can't come together,
  6525.  
  6526. 1383
  6527. 00:59:02,079 --> 00:59:04,375
  6528. Billy becomes obsessed
  6529. with an idea
  6530.  
  6531. 1384
  6532. 00:59:04,375 --> 00:59:07,757
  6533. of bringing a pirate ship
  6534. to the Bahamas.
  6535.  
  6536. 1385
  6537. 00:59:07,757 --> 00:59:09,553
  6538. ‐ [scoffs] Like, what are you
  6539. gonna‐‐
  6540.  
  6541. 1386
  6542. 00:59:09,553 --> 00:59:11,055
  6543. what do you need
  6544. a pirate ship for?
  6545.  
  6546. 1387
  6547. 00:59:11,055 --> 00:59:13,184
  6548. You're als‐‐you're‐‐
  6549. you're drowning in debt.
  6550.  
  6551. 1388
  6552. 00:59:13,184 --> 00:59:14,855
  6553. You're literally drowning
  6554. in debt.
  6555.  
  6556. 1389
  6557. 00:59:14,855 --> 00:59:16,107
  6558. You can't even see.
  6559.  
  6560. 1390
  6561. 00:59:16,107 --> 00:59:17,861
  6562. BEN: He could sit
  6563. in the cannonball
  6564.  
  6565. 1391
  6566. 00:59:17,861 --> 00:59:20,992
  6567. and you could shoot him
  6568. and he would do three 360s,
  6569.  
  6570. 1392
  6571. 00:59:20,992 --> 00:59:22,495
  6572. throw out a bunch of money,
  6573.  
  6574. 1393
  6575. 00:59:22,495 --> 00:59:24,039
  6576. pour the drinks
  6577. in everybody's mouth,
  6578.  
  6579. 1394
  6580. 00:59:24,039 --> 00:59:25,835
  6581. and say, "Billy's here!"
  6582.  
  6583. 1395
  6584. 00:59:25,835 --> 00:59:29,383
  6585. JAKE: The team is really,
  6586. really against this idea,
  6587.  
  6588. 1396
  6589. 00:59:29,383 --> 00:59:31,387
  6590. but Billy is so obsessed
  6591. with it
  6592.  
  6593. 1397
  6594. 00:59:31,387 --> 00:59:32,599
  6595. that they go through
  6596. the process
  6597.  
  6598. 1398
  6599. 00:59:32,599 --> 00:59:34,561
  6600. of trying to find it anyway.
  6601.  
  6602. 1399
  6603. 00:59:34,561 --> 00:59:37,191
  6604. There was an urgent email
  6605. about the bathrooms‐‐
  6606.  
  6607. 1400
  6608. 00:59:37,191 --> 00:59:40,071
  6609. that instead of having
  6610. these luxurious bathrooms,
  6611.  
  6612. 1401
  6613. 00:59:40,071 --> 00:59:43,662
  6614. they're gonna have to
  6615. try to ship in porta potties.
  6616.  
  6617. 1402
  6618. 00:59:43,662 --> 00:59:45,750
  6619. And there's this great email
  6620. that I love.
  6621.  
  6622. 1403
  6623. 00:59:45,750 --> 00:59:47,754
  6624. The quote is,
  6625. "Well, nobody's eating,
  6626.  
  6627. 1404
  6628. 00:59:47,754 --> 00:59:49,758
  6629. so nobody's pooping."
  6630.  
  6631. 1405
  6632. 00:59:49,758 --> 00:59:54,559
  6633. DELROY: And then they order
  6634. 2‐million dollars' worth
  6635.  
  6636. 1406
  6637. 00:59:54,559 --> 00:59:57,356
  6638. of booze.
  6639.  
  6640. 1407
  6641. 00:59:57,356 --> 00:59:59,318
  6642. Who the fuck orders
  6643. 2‐million dollars' worth
  6644.  
  6645. 1408
  6646. 00:59:59,318 --> 01:00:01,615
  6647. of booze, dawg?
  6648.  
  6649. 1409
  6650. 01:00:01,615 --> 01:00:03,994
  6651. You know the duty on liquor
  6652. in the Bahamas?
  6653.  
  6654. 1410
  6655. 01:00:03,994 --> 01:00:06,542
  6656. 45% of $2 million.
  6657.  
  6658. 1411
  6659. 01:00:06,542 --> 01:00:09,673
  6660. I was like...
  6661.  
  6662. 1412
  6663. 01:00:16,687 --> 01:00:18,356
  6664. ‐ Okay, and just a couple
  6665. of remaining items.
  6666.  
  6667. 1413
  6668. 01:00:18,356 --> 01:00:20,402
  6669. ‐ So then Billy took out
  6670. this loan
  6671.  
  6672. 1414
  6673. 01:00:20,402 --> 01:00:22,322
  6674. from someone named
  6675. Ezra Birnbaum.
  6676.  
  6677. 1415
  6678. 01:00:22,322 --> 01:00:25,245
  6679. ‐ Please indicate here if
  6680. I look like a schmuck to you.
  6681.  
  6682. 1416
  6683. 01:00:25,245 --> 01:00:26,915
  6684. ‐ I'm gonna say no.
  6685.  
  6686. 1417
  6687. 01:00:26,915 --> 01:00:30,171
  6688. POLLY: Ezra Birnbaum
  6689. gives a loan for $3 million.
  6690.  
  6691. 1418
  6692. 01:00:30,171 --> 01:00:34,514
  6693. The loan had a maximum
  6694. interest rate of 120%.
  6695.  
  6696. 1419
  6697. 01:00:34,514 --> 01:00:38,146
  6698. The interest on the loan
  6699. amounted to $600,000
  6700.  
  6701. 1420
  6702. 01:00:38,146 --> 01:00:40,025
  6703. in three months.
  6704.  
  6705. 1421
  6706. 01:00:40,025 --> 01:00:44,784
  6707. He needed to make a payment of
  6708. $1/2 million within 16 days.
  6709.  
  6710. 1422
  6711. 01:00:44,784 --> 01:00:47,205
  6712. ‐ I‐‐I was a big boy.
  6713. I knew what I was getting into.
  6714.  
  6715. 1423
  6716. 01:00:47,205 --> 01:00:49,961
  6717. And, you know,
  6718. if I signed something
  6719.  
  6720. 1424
  6721. 01:00:49,961 --> 01:00:53,092
  6722. that doesn't make‐‐it doesn't
  6723. sound smart financially,
  6724.  
  6725. 1425
  6726. 01:00:53,092 --> 01:00:56,975
  6727. that's on me, and it's‐‐
  6728. no one made me do that.
  6729.  
  6730. 1426
  6731. 01:00:56,975 --> 01:01:01,443
  6732. DAVE: But about a week before
  6733. the festival was to take place,
  6734.  
  6735. 1427
  6736. 01:01:01,443 --> 01:01:05,241
  6737. attendees started receiving
  6738. this email.
  6739.  
  6740. 1428
  6741. 01:01:05,241 --> 01:01:08,331
  6742. The email said,
  6743. "This is a cashless event,
  6744.  
  6745. 1429
  6746. 01:01:08,331 --> 01:01:10,795
  6747. "and you'll be paying
  6748. for the festival
  6749.  
  6750. 1430
  6751. 01:01:10,795 --> 01:01:12,715
  6752. using a wristband."
  6753.  
  6754. 1431
  6755. 01:01:12,715 --> 01:01:14,552
  6756. You load the wristband
  6757. with money,
  6758.  
  6759. 1432
  6760. 01:01:14,552 --> 01:01:16,807
  6761. and then whenever
  6762. you wanna buy anything,
  6763.  
  6764. 1433
  6765. 01:01:16,807 --> 01:01:21,023
  6766. you scan the wristband and
  6767. it's debited from the account.
  6768.  
  6769. 1434
  6770. 01:01:21,023 --> 01:01:22,485
  6771. SETH: The directions
  6772. in the email
  6773.  
  6774. 1435
  6775. 01:01:22,485 --> 01:01:23,487
  6776. said you were required
  6777.  
  6778. 1436
  6779. 01:01:23,487 --> 01:01:24,948
  6780. to put something on it.
  6781.  
  6782. 1437
  6783. 01:01:24,948 --> 01:01:27,704
  6784. "We recommend
  6785. at least $300 per day."
  6786.  
  6787. 1438
  6788. 01:01:27,704 --> 01:01:30,668
  6789. People asked me,
  6790. "Are those red flags?"
  6791.  
  6792. 1439
  6793. 01:01:30,668 --> 01:01:32,463
  6794. And I thought, "I don't know.
  6795.  
  6796. 1440
  6797. 01:01:32,463 --> 01:01:34,426
  6798. I've never planned
  6799. a music event before."
  6800.  
  6801. 1441
  6802. 01:01:34,426 --> 01:01:36,805
  6803. DAVE: Whenever he's
  6804. doing a scam,
  6805.  
  6806. 1442
  6807. 01:01:36,805 --> 01:01:40,061
  6808. it kind of always gets in this,
  6809. like, realm of believability
  6810.  
  6811. 1443
  6812. 01:01:40,061 --> 01:01:43,444
  6813. because festivals do use
  6814. cashless wristbands.
  6815.  
  6816. 1444
  6817. 01:01:43,444 --> 01:01:46,450
  6818. MAN: Did the decision
  6819. to make the wristbands
  6820.  
  6821. 1445
  6822. 01:01:46,450 --> 01:01:48,829
  6823. and have people upload cash
  6824. have anything to do
  6825.  
  6826. 1446
  6827. 01:01:48,829 --> 01:01:51,417
  6828. with your loan
  6829. to Ezra Birnbaum?
  6830.  
  6831. 1447
  6832. 01:01:51,417 --> 01:01:54,674
  6833. ‐ Uh...
  6834.  
  6835. 1448
  6836. 01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:58,181
  6837. DAVE: Our reporting found
  6838.  
  6839. 1449
  6840. 01:01:58,181 --> 01:02:02,690
  6841. that plan itself raised
  6842. about $2 million.
  6843.  
  6844. 1450
  6845. 01:02:09,954 --> 01:02:12,417
  6846. FELIX: Every day,
  6847. it was something new.
  6848.  
  6849. 1451
  6850. 01:02:12,417 --> 01:02:14,672
  6851. Everyone was very stressed out.
  6852.  
  6853. 1452
  6854. 01:02:14,672 --> 01:02:17,135
  6855. There were a lot of people
  6856. that weren't paid.
  6857.  
  6858. 1453
  6859. 01:02:17,135 --> 01:02:19,432
  6860. DIALLO: And I remember
  6861. one day in particular,
  6862.  
  6863. 1454
  6864. 01:02:19,432 --> 01:02:21,603
  6865. we were out there working,
  6866. and all of the sudden,
  6867.  
  6868. 1455
  6869. 01:02:21,603 --> 01:02:23,440
  6870. I see a cop show up
  6871. and they're shutting down
  6872.  
  6873. 1456
  6874. 01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:25,276
  6875. the job site.
  6876.  
  6877. 1457
  6878. 01:02:25,276 --> 01:02:27,782
  6879. Why? Because these guys aren't
  6880. paying national insurance.
  6881.  
  6882. 1458
  6883. 01:02:27,782 --> 01:02:30,370
  6884. [dramatic music]
  6885.  
  6886. 1459
  6887. 01:02:30,370 --> 01:02:33,292
  6888. FELIX: A week before
  6889. the festival,
  6890.  
  6891. 1460
  6892. 01:02:33,292 --> 01:02:36,883
  6893. everyone seems to know that
  6894. this is not going to happen.
  6895.  
  6896. 1461
  6897. 01:02:36,883 --> 01:02:38,554
  6898. ‐ Seven days in advance,
  6899.  
  6900. 1462
  6901. 01:02:38,554 --> 01:02:40,139
  6902. we knew that we didn't
  6903. have enough accommodations
  6904.  
  6905. 1463
  6906. 01:02:40,139 --> 01:02:43,104
  6907. for guests, and now
  6908. the slippery slope begins.
  6909.  
  6910. 1464
  6911. 01:02:43,104 --> 01:02:45,776
  6912. ♪ ♪
  6913.  
  6914. 1465
  6915. 01:02:45,776 --> 01:02:47,697
  6916. AVA: The contractor was
  6917. begging for more time,
  6918.  
  6919. 1466
  6920. 01:02:47,697 --> 01:02:49,324
  6921. and they were like, "No.
  6922. There's no more time."
  6923.  
  6924. 1467
  6925. 01:02:49,324 --> 01:02:51,036
  6926. DANIEL: And you don't have
  6927. radio communication.
  6928.  
  6929. 1468
  6930. 01:02:51,036 --> 01:02:52,999
  6931. Why? Because the guy didn't
  6932. pay the customs bill.
  6933.  
  6934. 1469
  6935. 01:02:52,999 --> 01:02:55,003
  6936. ♪ ♪
  6937.  
  6938. 1470
  6939. 01:02:55,003 --> 01:02:57,132
  6940. OREN: The FuckJerry team
  6941. was still posting stuff.
  6942.  
  6943. 1471
  6944. 01:02:57,132 --> 01:02:58,510
  6945. I could say, "I'm scared."
  6946.  
  6947. 1472
  6948. 01:02:58,510 --> 01:02:59,971
  6949. I could say,
  6950. "This is dangerous."
  6951.  
  6952. 1473
  6953. 01:02:59,971 --> 01:03:01,600
  6954. It won't change anything
  6955.  
  6956. 1474
  6957. 01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:04,564
  6958. 'cause the festival
  6959. has to happen.
  6960.  
  6961. 1475
  6962. 01:03:04,564 --> 01:03:06,275
  6963. FELIX: It was chaos.
  6964. At the end, I was like,
  6965.  
  6966. 1476
  6967. 01:03:06,275 --> 01:03:07,653
  6968. "This shit ain't happening.
  6969.  
  6970. 1477
  6971. 01:03:07,653 --> 01:03:09,574
  6972. I'm getting a flight
  6973. out of here."
  6974.  
  6975. 1478
  6976. 01:03:09,574 --> 01:03:10,993
  6977. NICK: People started
  6978. to have breakdowns.
  6979.  
  6980. 1479
  6981. 01:03:10,993 --> 01:03:12,747
  6982. People started to have
  6983. panic attacks.
  6984.  
  6985. 1480
  6986. 01:03:12,747 --> 01:03:14,626
  6987. ‐ No idea what they were doing.
  6988. ‐ It was a shitshow.
  6989.  
  6990. 1481
  6991. 01:03:14,626 --> 01:03:18,842
  6992. ‐ Just chaos and anarchy.
  6993.  
  6994. 1482
  6995. 01:03:18,842 --> 01:03:24,520
  6996. FELIX: The night before,
  6997. we worked through the night.
  6998.  
  6999. 1483
  7000. 01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:26,608
  7001. We were driving back
  7002. to the house.
  7003.  
  7004. 1484
  7005. 01:03:26,608 --> 01:03:28,946
  7006. It's, like, 3:00 a.m.
  7007. at this point
  7008.  
  7009. 1485
  7010. 01:03:28,946 --> 01:03:30,908
  7011. and it starts to rain,
  7012. and we're like, "Okay.
  7013.  
  7014. 1486
  7015. 01:03:30,908 --> 01:03:32,995
  7016. It might just be light rain."
  7017. And then...
  7018.  
  7019. 1487
  7020. 01:03:32,995 --> 01:03:34,540
  7021. ♪ ♪
  7022.  
  7023. 1488
  7024. 01:03:34,540 --> 01:03:38,799
  7025. NICK: And it started
  7026. monsooning.
  7027.  
  7028. 1489
  7029. 01:03:38,799 --> 01:03:41,429
  7030. We all started crying
  7031. of laughter.
  7032.  
  7033. 1490
  7034. 01:03:41,429 --> 01:03:42,932
  7035. It was, like, hours before
  7036. the first people
  7037.  
  7038. 1491
  7039. 01:03:42,932 --> 01:03:44,769
  7040. were supposed to get here.
  7041.  
  7042. 1492
  7043. 01:03:44,769 --> 01:03:46,773
  7044. ‐ And then thunder
  7045. and then the lights go out
  7046.  
  7047. 1493
  7048. 01:03:46,773 --> 01:03:48,777
  7049. and the roads look like
  7050. they're flooded.
  7051.  
  7052. 1494
  7053. 01:03:48,777 --> 01:03:53,119
  7054. I thought to myself,
  7055. "This is an act of God."
  7056.  
  7057. 1495
  7058. 01:03:53,119 --> 01:03:58,045
  7059. And, you know,
  7060. it was kind of like...
  7061.  
  7062. 1496
  7063. 01:03:58,045 --> 01:04:00,133
  7064. ‐ That's it.
  7065. That's‐‐that's it.
  7066.  
  7067. 1497
  7068. 01:04:00,133 --> 01:04:02,638
  7069. It's two hours from now.
  7070. We're fucked.
  7071.  
  7072. 1498
  7073. 01:04:02,638 --> 01:04:05,728
  7074. ♪ ♪
  7075.  
  7076. 1499
  7077. 01:04:05,728 --> 01:04:08,734
  7078. [alarm blares]
  7079.  
  7080. 1500
  7081. 01:04:11,489 --> 01:04:14,495
  7082. [eerie music]
  7083.  
  7084. 1501
  7085. 01:04:14,495 --> 01:04:16,123
  7086. ♪ ♪
  7087.  
  7088. 1502
  7089. 01:04:16,123 --> 01:04:18,587
  7090. DAVE: Before Fyre Festival,
  7091.  
  7092. 1503
  7093. 01:04:18,587 --> 01:04:22,553
  7094. there was definitely some
  7095. disastrous festivals.
  7096.  
  7097. 1504
  7098. 01:04:22,553 --> 01:04:24,264
  7099. [crowd shouting]
  7100.  
  7101. 1505
  7102. 01:04:24,264 --> 01:04:27,730
  7103. The Hells Angels stabbing
  7104. someone at Altamont Speedway
  7105.  
  7106. 1506
  7107. 01:04:27,730 --> 01:04:30,109
  7108. with the Rolling Stones.
  7109.  
  7110. 1507
  7111. 01:04:30,109 --> 01:04:32,907
  7112. MAN: Everybody, just cool out!
  7113.  
  7114. 1508
  7115. 01:04:35,746 --> 01:04:37,917
  7116. DAVE: And then Woodstock 1999,
  7117.  
  7118. 1509
  7119. 01:04:37,917 --> 01:04:43,052
  7120. it was almost like
  7121. this apocalyptic event.
  7122.  
  7123. 1510
  7124. 01:04:43,052 --> 01:04:45,891
  7125. Whenever a festival fails,
  7126. it's something about it
  7127.  
  7128. 1511
  7129. 01:04:45,891 --> 01:04:48,730
  7130. that really fascinates people.
  7131.  
  7132. 1512
  7133. 01:04:48,730 --> 01:04:51,235
  7134. So fast‐forward to today.
  7135.  
  7136. 1513
  7137. 01:04:51,235 --> 01:04:53,740
  7138. We are at high alert.
  7139.  
  7140. 1514
  7141. 01:04:53,740 --> 01:04:55,619
  7142. [alarm blaring]
  7143.  
  7144. 1515
  7145. 01:04:55,619 --> 01:04:56,996
  7146. We didn't know
  7147. what was gonna happen.
  7148.  
  7149. 1516
  7150. 01:04:56,996 --> 01:05:00,002
  7151. We just knew we had to tune in.
  7152.  
  7153. 1517
  7154. 01:05:00,002 --> 01:05:03,760
  7155. So I basically set up
  7156. a little mini war room.
  7157.  
  7158. 1518
  7159. 01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:06,766
  7160. ‐ We are at DEFCON 1.
  7161. MAN: DEFCON 1.
  7162.  
  7163. 1519
  7164. 01:05:06,766 --> 01:05:08,812
  7165. ‐ Well, okay, so the war room
  7166. was at my house.
  7167.  
  7168. 1520
  7169. 01:05:08,812 --> 01:05:11,442
  7170. It was just me, but I had
  7171. the computer up.
  7172.  
  7173. 1521
  7174. 01:05:11,442 --> 01:05:13,864
  7175. I was watching different
  7176. Twitter feeds.
  7177.  
  7178. 1522
  7179. 01:05:13,864 --> 01:05:16,034
  7180. Anybody who was gonna
  7181. go to Fyre Fest,
  7182.  
  7183. 1523
  7184. 01:05:16,034 --> 01:05:17,913
  7185. I was following them.
  7186.  
  7187. 1524
  7188. 01:05:17,913 --> 01:05:21,796
  7189. ‐ It is Thursday, officially
  7190. the day of my flight to Fyre.
  7191.  
  7192. 1525
  7193. 01:05:21,796 --> 01:05:25,344
  7194. ‐ We're about to go
  7195. to Fyre Festival.
  7196.  
  7197. 1526
  7198. 01:05:25,344 --> 01:05:27,098
  7199. CC: So this Fyre Festival,
  7200. right,
  7201.  
  7202. 1527
  7203. 01:05:27,098 --> 01:05:29,394
  7204. it's like history
  7205. in the making.
  7206.  
  7207. 1528
  7208. 01:05:29,394 --> 01:05:31,774
  7209. It's gonna be interesting
  7210. one way or another.
  7211.  
  7212. 1529
  7213. 01:05:31,774 --> 01:05:35,991
  7214. ‐ Going to the Bahamas.
  7215. Wow.
  7216.  
  7217. 1530
  7218. 01:05:35,991 --> 01:05:39,457
  7219. SETH: We got an email Thursday
  7220. on morning that said
  7221.  
  7222. 1531
  7223. 01:05:39,457 --> 01:05:41,335
  7224. they were still putting
  7225. things together
  7226.  
  7227. 1532
  7228. 01:05:41,335 --> 01:05:43,005
  7229. so you might see some trucks,
  7230.  
  7231. 1533
  7232. 01:05:43,005 --> 01:05:45,427
  7233. you might see some people
  7234. moving some stuff around,
  7235.  
  7236. 1534
  7237. 01:05:45,427 --> 01:05:47,514
  7238. and just kind of bear
  7239. with them.
  7240.  
  7241. 1535
  7242. 01:05:47,514 --> 01:05:50,938
  7243. We even joked and, like,
  7244. bought toilet paper
  7245.  
  7246. 1536
  7247. 01:05:50,938 --> 01:05:52,315
  7248. before we went and thought,
  7249. you know,
  7250.  
  7251. 1537
  7252. 01:05:52,315 --> 01:05:54,820
  7253. "This might end up being
  7254. currency."
  7255.  
  7256. 1538
  7257. 01:05:54,820 --> 01:05:57,660
  7258. And then while we were
  7259. waiting in the airport,
  7260.  
  7261. 1539
  7262. 01:05:57,660 --> 01:06:00,331
  7263. we saw that Blink 182 had
  7264. tweeted out
  7265.  
  7266. 1540
  7267. 01:06:00,331 --> 01:06:03,087
  7268. that they were not gonna play.
  7269.  
  7270. 1541
  7271. 01:06:03,087 --> 01:06:07,345
  7272. "Well, one band has backed out,
  7273. but that's just one band."
  7274.  
  7275. 1542
  7276. 01:06:07,345 --> 01:06:10,894
  7277. Everything was gonna be fine,
  7278. right?
  7279.  
  7280. 1543
  7281. 01:06:10,894 --> 01:06:14,025
  7282. AUSTIN: [sighs] I'm saying
  7283. my prayers right now.
  7284.  
  7285. 1544
  7286. 01:06:14,025 --> 01:06:17,323
  7287. Could be amazing.
  7288. Could be a disaster.
  7289.  
  7290. 1545
  7291. 01:06:17,323 --> 01:06:20,622
  7292. STEWARD: And your seats
  7293. in their upright positions.
  7294.  
  7295. 1546
  7296. 01:06:20,622 --> 01:06:22,166
  7297. Thank you very much.
  7298.  
  7299. 1547
  7300. 01:06:22,166 --> 01:06:25,882
  7301. ‐ All right, we are here
  7302. in the "private jet."
  7303.  
  7304. 1548
  7305. 01:06:25,882 --> 01:06:27,553
  7306. GIRL: [laughs]
  7307.  
  7308. 1549
  7309. 01:06:27,553 --> 01:06:30,600
  7310. ‐ It's actually worse than,
  7311. like, really, like,
  7312.  
  7313. 1550
  7314. 01:06:30,600 --> 01:06:33,732
  7315. being, like, low,
  7316. low economy class.
  7317.  
  7318. 1551
  7319. 01:06:33,732 --> 01:06:35,736
  7320. [awkward music]
  7321.  
  7322. 1552
  7323. 01:06:35,736 --> 01:06:37,823
  7324. ♪ ♪
  7325.  
  7326. 1553
  7327. 01:06:37,823 --> 01:06:39,785
  7328. AUSTIN: There were some people
  7329. already on the island,
  7330.  
  7331. 1554
  7332. 01:06:39,785 --> 01:06:42,875
  7333. including a couple
  7334. of our friends.
  7335.  
  7336. 1555
  7337. 01:06:42,875 --> 01:06:45,422
  7338. But our friends were redirected
  7339. to another place on the island,
  7340.  
  7341. 1556
  7342. 01:06:45,422 --> 01:06:48,052
  7343. which was one of
  7344. the nicer parts.
  7345.  
  7346. 1557
  7347. 01:06:48,052 --> 01:06:50,766
  7348. DANIEL: They decided that
  7349. they would ship
  7350.  
  7351. 1558
  7352. 01:06:50,766 --> 01:06:52,728
  7353. all their first three planes
  7354.  
  7355. 1559
  7356. 01:06:52,728 --> 01:06:55,776
  7357. to somebody else's resort.
  7358.  
  7359. 1560
  7360. 01:06:55,776 --> 01:06:59,366
  7361. ‐ Okay, so we got
  7362. the three cowboys in a row.
  7363.  
  7364. 1561
  7365. 01:06:59,366 --> 01:07:01,244
  7366. OREN: I went down
  7367. to the Bahamas
  7368.  
  7369. 1562
  7370. 01:07:01,244 --> 01:07:03,207
  7371. with the FuckJerry guys.
  7372.  
  7373. 1563
  7374. 01:07:03,207 --> 01:07:07,090
  7375. We're at that side party that
  7376. they threw everyone to.
  7377.  
  7378. 1564
  7379. 01:07:07,090 --> 01:07:09,219
  7380. This is weird.
  7381.  
  7382. 1565
  7383. 01:07:09,219 --> 01:07:12,726
  7384. This already seemed
  7385. like a nosedive.
  7386.  
  7387. 1566
  7388. 01:07:12,726 --> 01:07:15,356
  7389. You could tell everyone's like,
  7390. "All right.
  7391.  
  7392. 1567
  7393. 01:07:15,356 --> 01:07:17,820
  7394. Could we go do the thing,
  7395. like, now?"
  7396.  
  7397. 1568
  7398. 01:07:17,820 --> 01:07:21,702
  7399. Planes are landing
  7400. and people are showing up.
  7401.  
  7402. 1569
  7403. 01:07:21,702 --> 01:07:23,372
  7404. ‐ We're here!
  7405.  
  7406. 1570
  7407. 01:07:23,372 --> 01:07:25,919
  7408. [excited chatter]
  7409.  
  7410. 1571
  7411. 01:07:25,919 --> 01:07:29,552
  7412. AUSTIN: We were all packed into
  7413. the yellow school bus.
  7414.  
  7415. 1572
  7416. 01:07:29,552 --> 01:07:33,643
  7417. SETH: So a maybe 10‐
  7418. or 15‐minute drive,
  7419.  
  7420. 1573
  7421. 01:07:33,643 --> 01:07:37,316
  7422. and right as soon as you get
  7423. to the entrance...
  7424.  
  7425. 1574
  7426. 01:07:37,316 --> 01:07:40,406
  7427. WOMAN: [sobs] Oh, God.
  7428. MAN: Oh, my God.
  7429.  
  7430. 1575
  7431. 01:07:40,406 --> 01:07:42,619
  7432. WOMAN: Oh...
  7433.  
  7434. 1576
  7435. 01:07:42,619 --> 01:07:44,707
  7436. Oh, God.
  7437.  
  7438. 1577
  7439. 01:07:44,707 --> 01:07:46,376
  7440. AUSTIN: A girl next
  7441. to me on the bus
  7442.  
  7443. 1578
  7444. 01:07:46,376 --> 01:07:47,713
  7445. started bawling and crying.
  7446.  
  7447. 1579
  7448. 01:07:47,713 --> 01:07:49,925
  7449. WOMAN: [crying] Turn around.
  7450.  
  7451. 1580
  7452. 01:07:49,925 --> 01:07:51,386
  7453. MAN: There's no bed
  7454. in that tent.
  7455.  
  7456. 1581
  7457. 01:07:51,386 --> 01:07:53,600
  7458. There's no beds in the tents.
  7459.  
  7460. 1582
  7461. 01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:55,854
  7462. WOMAN: Amber was like,
  7463. "This isn't funny!"
  7464.  
  7465. 1583
  7466. 01:07:55,854 --> 01:07:57,524
  7467. [chatter]
  7468.  
  7469. 1584
  7470. 01:07:57,524 --> 01:08:01,657
  7471. SETH: It was just gravel,
  7472. mattresses stacked up
  7473.  
  7474. 1585
  7475. 01:08:01,657 --> 01:08:03,368
  7476. along the road.
  7477.  
  7478. 1586
  7479. 01:08:03,368 --> 01:08:07,586
  7480. MAN: That's an air mattress.
  7481. I see an air mattress.
  7482.  
  7483. 1587
  7484. 01:08:07,586 --> 01:08:09,673
  7485. AUSTIN: I mean,
  7486. this is just crazy.
  7487.  
  7488. 1588
  7489. 01:08:09,673 --> 01:08:11,511
  7490. There's, like, 50 tents
  7491. that are ready,
  7492.  
  7493. 1589
  7494. 01:08:11,511 --> 01:08:14,057
  7495. and all the rest aren't.
  7496.  
  7497. 1590
  7498. 01:08:14,057 --> 01:08:15,519
  7499. SETH: There was plenty
  7500. of liquor.
  7501.  
  7502. 1591
  7503. 01:08:15,519 --> 01:08:17,230
  7504. There were just pallets
  7505. of liquor bottles
  7506.  
  7507. 1592
  7508. 01:08:17,230 --> 01:08:20,236
  7509. sitting next to kiosks that
  7510. said "bar."
  7511.  
  7512. 1593
  7513. 01:08:20,236 --> 01:08:23,116
  7514. ‐ What's happening?
  7515. There's no water over there.
  7516.  
  7517. 1594
  7518. 01:08:23,116 --> 01:08:26,039
  7519. Oh, Jesus.
  7520.  
  7521. 1595
  7522. 01:08:26,039 --> 01:08:28,252
  7523. Maybe we all get
  7524. to burn it down at the end?
  7525.  
  7526. 1596
  7527. 01:08:28,252 --> 01:08:31,258
  7528. [laughs] We just burned all
  7529. of our money.
  7530.  
  7531. 1597
  7532. 01:08:31,258 --> 01:08:34,807
  7533. SETH: This is not what we
  7534. signed up for.
  7535.  
  7536. 1598
  7537. 01:08:34,807 --> 01:08:40,359
  7538. OREN: The first thing I saw
  7539. was, "These are FEMA tents.
  7540.  
  7541. 1599
  7542. 01:08:40,359 --> 01:08:45,244
  7543. What have I done?"
  7544. My child is like Satan.
  7545.  
  7546. 1600
  7547. 01:08:45,244 --> 01:08:50,045
  7548. This is such a disaster,
  7549. but I heard that
  7550.  
  7551. 1601
  7552. 01:08:50,045 --> 01:08:52,593
  7553. some influencers
  7554. actually got villas.
  7555.  
  7556. 1602
  7557. 01:08:52,593 --> 01:08:53,886
  7558. Like, mansions.
  7559.  
  7560. 1603
  7561. 01:08:53,886 --> 01:08:56,182
  7562. ‐ Look at this kitchen!
  7563.  
  7564. 1604
  7565. 01:08:56,182 --> 01:08:59,272
  7566. We actually did have a villa.
  7567.  
  7568. 1605
  7569. 01:08:59,272 --> 01:09:01,318
  7570. We felt real bad.
  7571.  
  7572. 1606
  7573. 01:09:01,318 --> 01:09:04,157
  7574. [dance music]
  7575.  
  7576. 1607
  7577. 01:09:04,157 --> 01:09:06,954
  7578. [laughs]
  7579.  
  7580. 1608
  7581. 01:09:06,954 --> 01:09:09,960
  7582. [tense hip‐hop beats]
  7583.  
  7584. 1609
  7585. 01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:11,422
  7586. AUSTIN: I hate you for telling
  7587. me to come here.
  7588.  
  7589. 1610
  7590. 01:09:11,422 --> 01:09:12,924
  7591. ‐ [laughing] It wasn't me.
  7592. It was you.
  7593.  
  7594. 1611
  7595. 01:09:12,924 --> 01:09:14,218
  7596. AUSTIN: I hate you. I hate you.
  7597.  
  7598. 1612
  7599. 01:09:14,218 --> 01:09:17,684
  7600. ♪ ♪
  7601.  
  7602. 1613
  7603. 01:09:17,684 --> 01:09:20,064
  7604. People were freaking out.
  7605.  
  7606. 1614
  7607. 01:09:20,064 --> 01:09:21,817
  7608. No one had their room.
  7609.  
  7610. 1615
  7611. 01:09:21,817 --> 01:09:24,698
  7612. No one knew where
  7613. their bags were.
  7614.  
  7615. 1616
  7616. 01:09:24,698 --> 01:09:26,452
  7617. SETH: There were just
  7618. lines forming
  7619.  
  7620. 1617
  7621. 01:09:26,452 --> 01:09:31,002
  7622. in front of the blue house,
  7623. so we got in line.
  7624.  
  7625. 1618
  7626. 01:09:31,002 --> 01:09:32,923
  7627. NICK: So I went out there
  7628. with my laptop.
  7629.  
  7630. 1619
  7631. 01:09:32,923 --> 01:09:35,887
  7632. There was a line of, like,
  7633. 600 people in front of me.
  7634.  
  7635. 1620
  7636. 01:09:35,887 --> 01:09:38,476
  7637. And I just, one by one, just
  7638. started plugging away.
  7639.  
  7640. 1621
  7641. 01:09:38,476 --> 01:09:40,020
  7642. You know, tent by tent,
  7643. tent by tent.
  7644.  
  7645. 1622
  7646. 01:09:40,020 --> 01:09:41,774
  7647. And we started‐‐we had
  7648. a system going.
  7649.  
  7650. 1623
  7651. 01:09:41,774 --> 01:09:45,197
  7652. We got through maybe
  7653. 400 people,
  7654.  
  7655. 1624
  7656. 01:09:45,197 --> 01:09:47,326
  7657. but then Billy stood up
  7658. on that table
  7659.  
  7660. 1625
  7661. 01:09:47,326 --> 01:09:49,873
  7662. and he decided to undo
  7663. everything that I had done.
  7664.  
  7665. 1626
  7666. 01:09:52,294 --> 01:09:55,760
  7667. SETH: And he kind of just said,
  7668. "Go find a tent."
  7669.  
  7670. 1627
  7671. 01:09:55,760 --> 01:09:58,766
  7672. [overlapping chatter]
  7673.  
  7674. 1628
  7675. 01:10:00,102 --> 01:10:03,358
  7676. FELIX: And everyone's
  7677. just running.
  7678.  
  7679. 1629
  7680. 01:10:03,358 --> 01:10:06,907
  7681. NICK: It was just this mad dash
  7682. to claim your tent.
  7683.  
  7684. 1630
  7685. 01:10:06,907 --> 01:10:08,745
  7686. MAN: Shit.
  7687.  
  7688. 1631
  7689. 01:10:08,745 --> 01:10:10,832
  7690. AUSTIN: It was definitely
  7691. a state of panic.
  7692.  
  7693. 1632
  7694. 01:10:10,832 --> 01:10:12,502
  7695. MAN: They're just telling
  7696. everyone it's a free‐for‐all,
  7697.  
  7698. 1633
  7699. 01:10:12,502 --> 01:10:14,005
  7700. to just find an empty tent
  7701. and grab it,
  7702.  
  7703. 1634
  7704. 01:10:14,005 --> 01:10:15,967
  7705. so this whole place
  7706. is pretty fucked.
  7707.  
  7708. 1635
  7709. 01:10:15,967 --> 01:10:19,683
  7710. ‐ Things could go terribly,
  7711. terribly wrong at this point.
  7712.  
  7713. 1636
  7714. 01:10:19,683 --> 01:10:21,352
  7715. ‐ It's about to be pitch
  7716. black out here.
  7717.  
  7718. 1637
  7719. 01:10:21,352 --> 01:10:23,441
  7720. ‐ People are panicking.
  7721. ‐ People are panicking.
  7722.  
  7723. 1638
  7724. 01:10:23,441 --> 01:10:26,989
  7725. Like, tripping out.
  7726. ‐ Okay.
  7727.  
  7728. 1639
  7729. 01:10:26,989 --> 01:10:29,620
  7730. ‐ We have 250 houses rented
  7731. for millions of dollars
  7732.  
  7733. 1640
  7734. 01:10:29,620 --> 01:10:32,626
  7735. with paper receipts
  7736. and pictures of every house.
  7737.  
  7738. 1641
  7739. 01:10:32,626 --> 01:10:35,047
  7740. MAN: Why didn't your guests get
  7741. to those houses
  7742.  
  7743. 1642
  7744. 01:10:35,047 --> 01:10:37,259
  7745. that you rented?
  7746.  
  7747. 1643
  7748. 01:10:37,259 --> 01:10:40,182
  7749. ♪ ♪
  7750.  
  7751. 1644
  7752. 01:10:40,182 --> 01:10:43,021
  7753. ‐ We had a box
  7754. of physical keys,
  7755.  
  7756. 1645
  7757. 01:10:43,021 --> 01:10:45,527
  7758. cars to take people there,
  7759.  
  7760. 1646
  7761. 01:10:45,527 --> 01:10:47,404
  7762. and maps
  7763. for every single house,
  7764.  
  7765. 1647
  7766. 01:10:47,404 --> 01:10:51,622
  7767. and the box of keys‐‐
  7768. unfortunately, it went missing.
  7769.  
  7770. 1648
  7771. 01:10:51,622 --> 01:10:54,127
  7772. MAN: You lost a box of keys
  7773. to two‐million dollars' worth
  7774.  
  7775. 1649
  7776. 01:10:54,127 --> 01:10:56,507
  7777. of houses?
  7778. ‐ Mm‐hmm.
  7779.  
  7780. 1650
  7781. 01:10:56,507 --> 01:10:59,387
  7782. MAN: So why didn't you tell
  7783. that to the guests?
  7784.  
  7785. 1651
  7786. 01:11:03,311 --> 01:11:05,315
  7787. [awkward music]
  7788.  
  7789. 1652
  7790. 01:11:05,315 --> 01:11:09,407
  7791. ♪ ♪
  7792.  
  7793. 1653
  7794. 01:11:09,407 --> 01:11:11,912
  7795. DAVE: After Blink 182
  7796. dropped out,
  7797.  
  7798. 1654
  7799. 01:11:11,912 --> 01:11:14,333
  7800. a lot of the bands just never
  7801. got on the plane
  7802.  
  7803. 1655
  7804. 01:11:14,333 --> 01:11:18,885
  7805. because they could sense it was
  7806. a smoldering heap.
  7807.  
  7808. 1656
  7809. 01:11:18,885 --> 01:11:20,387
  7810. AUSTIN: This is, like,
  7811. five or six hours later,
  7812.  
  7813. 1657
  7814. 01:11:20,387 --> 01:11:21,724
  7815. we still don't have
  7816. our luggage.
  7817.  
  7818. 1658
  7819. 01:11:21,724 --> 01:11:23,978
  7820. ‐ What the fuck are
  7821. we gonna do?
  7822.  
  7823. 1659
  7824. 01:11:23,978 --> 01:11:26,775
  7825. SETH: And that's when we ended
  7826. up at that shipping container
  7827.  
  7828. 1660
  7829. 01:11:26,775 --> 01:11:29,781
  7830. where they were throwing
  7831. luggage out,
  7832.  
  7833. 1661
  7834. 01:11:29,781 --> 01:11:33,623
  7835. like the white‐glove concierge
  7836. service that they promised.
  7837.  
  7838. 1662
  7839. 01:11:33,623 --> 01:11:36,002
  7840. AUSTIN: There was absolutely
  7841. zero organization.
  7842.  
  7843. 1663
  7844. 01:11:36,002 --> 01:11:38,758
  7845. NICK: People had to
  7846. literally fight through
  7847.  
  7848. 1664
  7849. 01:11:38,758 --> 01:11:40,553
  7850. and try to find their bags.
  7851.  
  7852. 1665
  7853. 01:11:40,553 --> 01:11:43,684
  7854. That is the worst thing
  7855. you could have possibly done.
  7856.  
  7857. 1666
  7858. 01:11:43,684 --> 01:11:47,484
  7859. AUSTIN: People are
  7860. carrying mattresses.
  7861.  
  7862. 1667
  7863. 01:11:47,484 --> 01:11:51,074
  7864. SETH: So I tweet out,
  7865. "Look at this.
  7866.  
  7867. 1668
  7868. 01:11:51,074 --> 01:11:52,869
  7869. "Do you see these lockers?
  7870.  
  7871. 1669
  7872. 01:11:52,869 --> 01:11:56,919
  7873. "Do you see
  7874. the luxury food court?
  7875.  
  7876. 1670
  7877. 01:11:56,919 --> 01:11:59,967
  7878. Do you see this luxury
  7879. cheese sandwich?"
  7880.  
  7881. 1671
  7882. 01:11:59,967 --> 01:12:02,054
  7883. CALVIN: At the same time,
  7884.  
  7885. 1672
  7886. 01:12:02,054 --> 01:12:05,018
  7887. Billy's lawyers were issuing
  7888. cease and desist orders
  7889.  
  7890. 1673
  7891. 01:12:05,018 --> 01:12:09,193
  7892. to anyone that's actively
  7893. posting negative comments.
  7894.  
  7895. 1674
  7896. 01:12:09,193 --> 01:12:11,615
  7897. BEN: They were threatening,
  7898. "We're gonna sue you."
  7899.  
  7900. 1675
  7901. 01:12:11,615 --> 01:12:14,328
  7902. It wasn't just rich kids
  7903. trapped on an island to me.
  7904.  
  7905. 1676
  7906. 01:12:14,328 --> 01:12:16,875
  7907. At that point, it was also
  7908. a health concern
  7909.  
  7910. 1677
  7911. 01:12:16,875 --> 01:12:19,297
  7912. that there were people
  7913. literally trapped on an island.
  7914.  
  7915. 1678
  7916. 01:12:19,297 --> 01:12:22,303
  7917. AUSTIN: This shit is
  7918. a fucking disaster.
  7919.  
  7920. 1679
  7921. 01:12:22,303 --> 01:12:25,935
  7922. My immediate reaction was,
  7923. "We need to get out of here."
  7924.  
  7925. 1680
  7926. 01:12:25,935 --> 01:12:27,772
  7927. Like, #RescueMission,
  7928.  
  7929. 1681
  7930. 01:12:27,772 --> 01:12:29,901
  7931. um...
  7932.  
  7933. 1682
  7934. 01:12:29,901 --> 01:12:32,657
  7935. ♪ ♪
  7936.  
  7937. 1683
  7938. 01:12:32,657 --> 01:12:35,455
  7939. AVA: There was just, like,
  7940. a run on the airports.
  7941.  
  7942. 1684
  7943. 01:12:35,455 --> 01:12:36,915
  7944. It was incredibly nightmarish
  7945.  
  7946. 1685
  7947. 01:12:36,915 --> 01:12:38,209
  7948. because they had to deal
  7949. with persons
  7950.  
  7951. 1686
  7952. 01:12:38,209 --> 01:12:40,380
  7953. who were high out of your mind.
  7954.  
  7955. 1687
  7956. 01:12:40,380 --> 01:12:44,848
  7957. Very rowdy...
  7958. ‐ 145! Whoo!
  7959.  
  7960. 1688
  7961. 01:12:44,848 --> 01:12:49,398
  7962. ALL: ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
  7963.  
  7964. 1689
  7965. 01:12:49,398 --> 01:12:51,027
  7966. SETH: They had been drinking
  7967. all day.
  7968.  
  7969. 1690
  7970. 01:12:51,027 --> 01:12:53,114
  7971. There was a guy
  7972. putting baby oil
  7973.  
  7974. 1691
  7975. 01:12:53,114 --> 01:12:55,410
  7976. on his completely
  7977. sunburned body
  7978.  
  7979. 1692
  7980. 01:12:55,410 --> 01:12:57,373
  7981. just hammered at, like,
  7982. 11:30 at night,
  7983.  
  7984. 1693
  7985. 01:12:57,373 --> 01:12:59,461
  7986. and we're just sitting
  7987. there like,
  7988.  
  7989. 1694
  7990. 01:12:59,461 --> 01:13:03,761
  7991. "When do we get off
  7992. this island?"
  7993.  
  7994. 1695
  7995. 01:13:03,761 --> 01:13:05,556
  7996. ‐ Mind you, at this point,
  7997. everyone's starting
  7998.  
  7999. 1696
  8000. 01:13:05,556 --> 01:13:08,186
  8001. to get antsy, grumpy,
  8002. hungry, thirsty.
  8003.  
  8004. 1697
  8005. 01:13:08,186 --> 01:13:10,315
  8006. SETH: One guy passed out,
  8007.  
  8008. 1698
  8009. 01:13:10,315 --> 01:13:12,027
  8010. and they had to take him
  8011. to the hospital.
  8012.  
  8013. 1699
  8014. 01:13:12,027 --> 01:13:13,823
  8015. AUSTIN: People were starting
  8016. to yell and scream.
  8017.  
  8018. 1700
  8019. 01:13:13,823 --> 01:13:15,910
  8020. They brought, like,
  8021. police from the island
  8022.  
  8023. 1701
  8024. 01:13:15,910 --> 01:13:17,956
  8025. into the room
  8026. to calm people down.
  8027.  
  8028. 1702
  8029. 01:13:17,956 --> 01:13:19,626
  8030. MAN: When do we get
  8031. our money back?
  8032.  
  8033. 1703
  8034. 01:13:19,626 --> 01:13:22,256
  8035. AUSTIN: Finally, we hear
  8036. a plane is actually coming.
  8037.  
  8038. 1704
  8039. 01:13:22,256 --> 01:13:25,805
  8040. ‐ We made it!
  8041. ‐ We made it!
  8042.  
  8043. 1705
  8044. 01:13:25,805 --> 01:13:27,934
  8045. SETH: We get on the plane
  8046.  
  8047. 1706
  8048. 01:13:27,934 --> 01:13:29,938
  8049. and the pilot does
  8050. the headcount,
  8051.  
  8052. 1707
  8053. 01:13:29,938 --> 01:13:31,775
  8054. and it doesn't match up
  8055. with the manifest.
  8056.  
  8057. 1708
  8058. 01:13:31,775 --> 01:13:34,196
  8059. ‐ We need to pay attention.
  8060. He's gonna be calling names.
  8061.  
  8062. 1709
  8063. 01:13:34,196 --> 01:13:36,493
  8064. AUSTIN: The U. S. wouldn't
  8065. let us come back
  8066.  
  8067. 1710
  8068. 01:13:36,493 --> 01:13:40,793
  8069. because we had 111 names
  8070. and 112 people on the flight.
  8071.  
  8072. 1711
  8073. 01:13:40,793 --> 01:13:42,672
  8074. SETH: So he's making
  8075. everybody wake up
  8076.  
  8077. 1712
  8078. 01:13:42,672 --> 01:13:45,511
  8079. and get off the plane.
  8080.  
  8081. 1713
  8082. 01:13:45,511 --> 01:13:47,974
  8083. ‐ We are officially off
  8084. the plane.
  8085.  
  8086. 1714
  8087. 01:13:47,974 --> 01:13:49,769
  8088. [bossa nova music]
  8089.  
  8090. 1715
  8091. 01:13:49,769 --> 01:13:53,109
  8092. ♪ ♪
  8093.  
  8094. 1716
  8095. 01:13:53,109 --> 01:13:57,702
  8096. So far, heading to be
  8097. the worst 24 hours of my life.
  8098.  
  8099. 1717
  8100. 01:13:57,702 --> 01:13:59,163
  8101. SETH: We get back on the plane.
  8102.  
  8103. 1718
  8104. 01:13:59,163 --> 01:14:03,129
  8105. ‐ 4:51 a. m.,
  8106. still sitting here.
  8107.  
  8108. 1719
  8109. 01:14:03,129 --> 01:14:05,050
  8110. SETH: And then the pilot
  8111. comes back.
  8112.  
  8113. 1720
  8114. 01:14:05,050 --> 01:14:07,346
  8115. ‐ Ladies and gentlemen,
  8116. I got some bad news.
  8117.  
  8118. 1721
  8119. 01:14:07,346 --> 01:14:11,354
  8120. SETH: Due to FAA regulations,
  8121. that crew has to leave.
  8122.  
  8123. 1722
  8124. 01:14:11,354 --> 01:14:16,280
  8125. They've been on for too long.
  8126. MAN: Let us go home.
  8127.  
  8128. 1723
  8129. 01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:19,411
  8130. AUSTIN: We go back
  8131. into the waiting room.
  8132.  
  8133. 1724
  8134. 01:14:19,411 --> 01:14:21,542
  8135. SETH: And they lock the doors.
  8136.  
  8137. 1725
  8138. 01:14:21,542 --> 01:14:23,546
  8139. ‐ We couldn't have anyone going
  8140. out of the air side,
  8141.  
  8142. 1726
  8143. 01:14:23,546 --> 01:14:26,426
  8144. light up a cigarette,
  8145. a fuel truck explodes.
  8146.  
  8147. 1727
  8148. 01:14:26,426 --> 01:14:28,263
  8149. Then we have a bigger issue.
  8150.  
  8151. 1728
  8152. 01:14:28,263 --> 01:14:29,933
  8153. STEWARD: Please take your seat
  8154. and fasten your seatbelts.
  8155.  
  8156. 1729
  8157. 01:14:29,933 --> 01:14:32,229
  8158. [cheers and applause]
  8159.  
  8160. 1730
  8161. 01:14:32,229 --> 01:14:34,191
  8162. [engine roars]
  8163.  
  8164. 1731
  8165. 01:14:34,191 --> 01:14:36,237
  8166. SETH: On the plane,
  8167. I got an email that said,
  8168.  
  8169. 1732
  8170. 01:14:36,237 --> 01:14:38,701
  8171. "We got off to a rough start
  8172. on day one.
  8173.  
  8174. 1733
  8175. 01:14:38,701 --> 01:14:41,540
  8176. But day two's gonna be, you
  8177. know, awesome."
  8178.  
  8179. 1734
  8180. 01:14:41,540 --> 01:14:43,460
  8181. ‐ Crazy.
  8182.  
  8183. 1735
  8184. 01:14:43,460 --> 01:14:46,048
  8185. JAKE: And then things
  8186. just blew up.
  8187.  
  8188. 1736
  8189. 01:14:46,048 --> 01:14:48,386
  8190. ‐ Nightmare in paradise.
  8191. There was no music.
  8192.  
  8193. 1737
  8194. 01:14:48,386 --> 01:14:50,307
  8195. REPORTER: They were put into
  8196. disaster relief tents.
  8197.  
  8198. 1738
  8199. 01:14:50,307 --> 01:14:52,352
  8200. REPORTER: Slice of cheese
  8201. on bread.
  8202.  
  8203. 1739
  8204. 01:14:52,352 --> 01:14:54,941
  8205. ‐ For 48 hours, it was the
  8206. number one trending story
  8207.  
  8208. 1740
  8209. 01:14:54,941 --> 01:14:56,695
  8210. on the news.
  8211.  
  8212. 1741
  8213. 01:14:56,695 --> 01:14:58,574
  8214. JIA: The media loves to write
  8215. about millennials
  8216.  
  8217. 1742
  8218. 01:14:58,574 --> 01:15:01,913
  8219. that are really rich,
  8220. really white, spoiled,
  8221.  
  8222. 1743
  8223. 01:15:01,913 --> 01:15:03,792
  8224. so when you have all of them
  8225. stuck on an island
  8226.  
  8227. 1744
  8228. 01:15:03,792 --> 01:15:05,630
  8229. having a shit fit,
  8230.  
  8231. 1745
  8232. 01:15:05,630 --> 01:15:07,425
  8233. people were gleeful.
  8234.  
  8235. 1746
  8236. 01:15:07,425 --> 01:15:10,138
  8237. ‐ Other events that Kendall
  8238. Jenner has been promoting:
  8239.  
  8240. 1747
  8241. 01:15:10,138 --> 01:15:13,102
  8242. the Mount Etna
  8243. Active Volcano Rave.
  8244.  
  8245. 1748
  8246. 01:15:13,102 --> 01:15:15,775
  8247. JIA: You know, this, like,
  8248. tsunami of schadenfreude.
  8249.  
  8250. 1749
  8251. 01:15:15,775 --> 01:15:17,612
  8252. REPORTER: Some people are
  8253. calling it
  8254.  
  8255. 1750
  8256. 01:15:17,612 --> 01:15:19,532
  8257. rich people's problems.
  8258.  
  8259. 1751
  8260. 01:15:19,532 --> 01:15:22,412
  8261. JIA: It's like, "Inject it
  8262. directly into my veins.
  8263.  
  8264. 1752
  8265. 01:15:22,412 --> 01:15:25,210
  8266. "I want nothing but this
  8267.  
  8268. 1753
  8269. 01:15:25,210 --> 01:15:26,880
  8270. until the supply runs dry."
  8271.  
  8272. 1754
  8273. 01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:28,634
  8274. CONAN: What do you think
  8275. of the Fyre Festival?
  8276.  
  8277. 1755
  8278. 01:15:28,634 --> 01:15:30,220
  8279. DAVE MATTHEWS: One of the
  8280. greatest things
  8281.  
  8282. 1756
  8283. 01:15:30,220 --> 01:15:31,515
  8284. that's ever happened.
  8285. I mean, it's terrible.
  8286.  
  8287. 1757
  8288. 01:15:31,515 --> 01:15:33,267
  8289. I mean, I know it's terrible.
  8290.  
  8291. 1758
  8292. 01:15:33,267 --> 01:15:35,230
  8293. WOMAN: We had no electricity.
  8294. There was no showers.
  8295.  
  8296. 1759
  8297. 01:15:35,230 --> 01:15:36,608
  8298. There was no bathrooms.
  8299. There's no, like,
  8300.  
  8301. 1760
  8302. 01:15:36,608 --> 01:15:38,361
  8303. running water.
  8304.  
  8305. 1761
  8306. 01:15:38,361 --> 01:15:40,825
  8307. ‐ Man, white people love
  8308. camping unless it's a surprise.
  8309.  
  8310. 1762
  8311. 01:15:40,825 --> 01:15:43,706
  8312. [laughter]
  8313.  
  8314. 1763
  8315. 01:15:43,706 --> 01:15:45,626
  8316. ‐ Our firm started getting
  8317. messages
  8318.  
  8319. 1764
  8320. 01:15:45,626 --> 01:15:47,379
  8321. from people who were there.
  8322.  
  8323. 1765
  8324. 01:15:47,379 --> 01:15:51,345
  8325. Images, screengrabs,
  8326. audio, video.
  8327.  
  8328. 1766
  8329. 01:15:51,345 --> 01:15:54,351
  8330. And it invoked these images
  8331. of "The Hunger Games"
  8332.  
  8333. 1767
  8334. 01:15:54,351 --> 01:15:56,063
  8335. or "Lord of the Flies."
  8336.  
  8337. 1768
  8338. 01:15:56,063 --> 01:15:57,942
  8339. ‐ Release the monster!
  8340.  
  8341. 1769
  8342. 01:15:57,942 --> 01:16:01,031
  8343. ‐ And it was like, you know,
  8344. "Holy shit. This is serious."
  8345.  
  8346. 1770
  8347. 01:16:01,031 --> 01:16:03,704
  8348. I called all the associates
  8349. into the office.
  8350.  
  8351. 1771
  8352. 01:16:03,704 --> 01:16:05,373
  8353. I said, "We're drafting
  8354. a complaint."
  8355.  
  8356. 1772
  8357. 01:16:05,373 --> 01:16:08,171
  8358. And we actually filed
  8359. on a Sunday night.
  8360.  
  8361. 1773
  8362. 01:16:08,171 --> 01:16:10,926
  8363. REPORTER: The failed
  8364. Fyre Festival has been hit
  8365.  
  8366. 1774
  8367. 01:16:10,926 --> 01:16:15,436
  8368. with a $100 million lawsuit.
  8369.  
  8370. 1775
  8371. 01:16:15,436 --> 01:16:17,774
  8372. BEN: We asserted
  8373. $100 million damages,
  8374.  
  8375. 1776
  8376. 01:16:17,774 --> 01:16:20,069
  8377. which is a large number.
  8378.  
  8379. 1777
  8380. 01:16:20,069 --> 01:16:23,494
  8381. It was my view that he should
  8382. basically pay back
  8383.  
  8384. 1778
  8385. 01:16:23,494 --> 01:16:26,081
  8386. everything that the company
  8387. could've been worth
  8388.  
  8389. 1779
  8390. 01:16:26,081 --> 01:16:29,254
  8391. to his victims.
  8392.  
  8393. 1780
  8394. 01:16:29,254 --> 01:16:31,383
  8395. CALVIN: While the Fyre Festival
  8396. was gone,
  8397.  
  8398. 1781
  8399. 01:16:31,383 --> 01:16:33,597
  8400. Billy still had the Fyre app,
  8401.  
  8402. 1782
  8403. 01:16:33,597 --> 01:16:35,726
  8404. which was a talent‐booking app,
  8405. and, you know,
  8406.  
  8407. 1783
  8408. 01:16:35,726 --> 01:16:38,732
  8409. a number of employees that were
  8410. still working on it.
  8411.  
  8412. 1784
  8413. 01:16:38,732 --> 01:16:40,611
  8414. And there was this letter
  8415. where the employees
  8416.  
  8417. 1785
  8418. 01:16:40,611 --> 01:16:44,702
  8419. of the Fyre app were seeking
  8420. to separate themselves
  8421.  
  8422. 1786
  8423. 01:16:44,702 --> 01:16:46,498
  8424. from the festival.
  8425.  
  8426. 1787
  8427. 01:16:46,498 --> 01:16:50,213
  8428. ‐ The first demand they made
  8429. was that Billy fire Grant.
  8430.  
  8431. 1788
  8432. 01:16:50,213 --> 01:16:53,261
  8433. "Grant was abusive,"
  8434. they were saying.
  8435.  
  8436. 1789
  8437. 01:16:53,261 --> 01:16:56,685
  8438. You know, "Grant caused a lot
  8439. of these problems."
  8440.  
  8441. 1790
  8442. 01:16:56,685 --> 01:17:00,526
  8443. CALVIN: And then someone had
  8444. recorded this internal call
  8445.  
  8446. 1791
  8447. 01:17:00,526 --> 01:17:03,322
  8448. between Billy and
  8449. the Fyre app employees
  8450.  
  8451. 1792
  8452. 01:17:03,322 --> 01:17:06,245
  8453. and then posted it
  8454. on Soundcloud.
  8455.  
  8456. 1793
  8457. 01:17:12,842 --> 01:17:14,177
  8458. CALVIN: Billy was still
  8459. representing
  8460.  
  8461. 1794
  8462. 01:17:14,177 --> 01:17:16,348
  8463. that this Comcast investment,
  8464.  
  8465. 1795
  8466. 01:17:16,348 --> 01:17:18,437
  8467. which I had effectively killed,
  8468.  
  8469. 1796
  8470. 01:17:18,437 --> 01:17:20,148
  8471. was still going
  8472. to be coming in.
  8473.  
  8474. 1797
  8475. 01:17:20,148 --> 01:17:22,653
  8476. DAVE: They started
  8477. expressing shock
  8478.  
  8479. 1798
  8480. 01:17:22,653 --> 01:17:26,118
  8481. that the Comcast investment
  8482. never really happened.
  8483.  
  8484. 1799
  8485. 01:17:31,003 --> 01:17:33,341
  8486. MAN: You told several employees
  8487. that "there was a $20 million
  8488.  
  8489. 1800
  8490. 01:17:33,341 --> 01:17:36,890
  8491. investment.
  8492. We're gonna be fine."
  8493.  
  8494. 1801
  8495. 01:17:36,890 --> 01:17:40,021
  8496. ‐ I can't comment on that.
  8497.  
  8498. 1802
  8499. 01:17:40,021 --> 01:17:42,192
  8500. CALVIN: Not only had he
  8501. successfully conned
  8502.  
  8503. 1803
  8504. 01:17:42,192 --> 01:17:46,325
  8505. ticket holders, but he had also
  8506. successfully conned employees.
  8507.  
  8508. 1804
  8509. 01:17:46,325 --> 01:17:50,083
  8510. And instead of trying to figure
  8511. out how to make it right,
  8512.  
  8513. 1805
  8514. 01:17:50,083 --> 01:17:53,423
  8515. Billy decides that he's
  8516. now a movie producer.
  8517.  
  8518. 1806
  8519. 01:17:53,423 --> 01:17:58,600
  8520. ♪ ♪
  8521.  
  8522. 1807
  8523. 01:17:58,600 --> 01:18:01,355
  8524. MICHAEL: I get a call,
  8525. and it's Billy McFarland.
  8526.  
  8527. 1808
  8528. 01:18:01,355 --> 01:18:05,447
  8529. I picked up just with, like,
  8530. a "hey, how's it going?"
  8531.  
  8532. 1809
  8533. 01:18:05,447 --> 01:18:08,411
  8534. Billy wanted to do
  8535. this "recovery documentary."
  8536.  
  8537. 1810
  8538. 01:18:08,411 --> 01:18:12,628
  8539. That's what he was calling it.
  8540. It sounded like a PR exercise.
  8541.  
  8542. 1811
  8543. 01:18:12,628 --> 01:18:15,968
  8544. He says, "Where are you?
  8545. Could you be here tonight?"
  8546.  
  8547. 1812
  8548. 01:18:15,968 --> 01:18:19,349
  8549. And he Venmos me $1,000 on
  8550. the spot to buy a flight.
  8551.  
  8552. 1813
  8553. 01:18:19,349 --> 01:18:21,395
  8554. ♪ ♪
  8555.  
  8556. 1814
  8557. 01:18:21,395 --> 01:18:24,986
  8558. So I get to his penthouse
  8559. and the elevator opens up.
  8560.  
  8561. 1815
  8562. 01:18:24,986 --> 01:18:26,906
  8563. [shower running]
  8564.  
  8565. 1816
  8566. 01:18:26,906 --> 01:18:29,746
  8567. And about 45 minutes goes by,
  8568. and he's still in the shower.
  8569.  
  8570. 1817
  8571. 01:18:29,746 --> 01:18:31,458
  8572. [laughs]
  8573.  
  8574. 1818
  8575. 01:18:31,458 --> 01:18:34,464
  8576. [shower running]
  8577.  
  8578. 1819
  8579. 01:18:34,464 --> 01:18:37,343
  8580. ♪ ♪
  8581.  
  8582. 1820
  8583. 01:18:37,343 --> 01:18:39,932
  8584. That...was interesting.
  8585.  
  8586. 1821
  8587. 01:18:39,932 --> 01:18:42,813
  8588. He was living in
  8589. this posh, clean penthouse,
  8590.  
  8591. 1822
  8592. 01:18:42,813 --> 01:18:45,778
  8593. removed from it all
  8594. by many layers of glass,
  8595.  
  8596. 1823
  8597. 01:18:45,778 --> 01:18:48,240
  8598. and he wanted to get
  8599. to the Bahamas
  8600.  
  8601. 1824
  8602. 01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:51,581
  8603. to try and recoup money
  8604. for investors.
  8605.  
  8606. 1825
  8607. 01:18:51,581 --> 01:18:53,209
  8608. As we're on our way to land,
  8609.  
  8610. 1826
  8611. 01:18:53,209 --> 01:18:54,962
  8612. the entire government
  8613. switches over
  8614.  
  8615. 1827
  8616. 01:18:54,962 --> 01:18:57,843
  8617. and comes out with a statement
  8618. pretty much barring Billy
  8619.  
  8620. 1828
  8621. 01:18:57,843 --> 01:19:00,432
  8622. and the Fyre Festival
  8623. for the rest of eternity.
  8624.  
  8625. 1829
  8626. 01:19:00,432 --> 01:19:02,937
  8627. Yeah.
  8628.  
  8629. 1830
  8630. 01:19:02,937 --> 01:19:06,026
  8631. [tense music]
  8632.  
  8633. 1831
  8634. 01:19:06,026 --> 01:19:08,615
  8635. ‐ Uh, Delroy was gonna help us
  8636. get all of our merchandise‐‐
  8637.  
  8638. 1832
  8639. 01:19:08,615 --> 01:19:11,411
  8640. all of our T‐shirts
  8641. and sweatshirts and hats
  8642.  
  8643. 1833
  8644. 01:19:11,411 --> 01:19:12,748
  8645. out of Great Exuma,
  8646.  
  8647. 1834
  8648. 01:19:12,748 --> 01:19:15,086
  8649. but the customs has them
  8650. all locked down.
  8651.  
  8652. 1835
  8653. 01:19:15,086 --> 01:19:17,048
  8654. ‐ They didn't pay
  8655. their customs duties,
  8656.  
  8657. 1836
  8658. 01:19:17,048 --> 01:19:20,681
  8659. so the Fyre Festival's
  8660. merchandise was seized.
  8661.  
  8662. 1837
  8663. 01:19:20,681 --> 01:19:22,935
  8664. ‐ Robbing customs
  8665. was on the bullet list
  8666.  
  8667. 1838
  8668. 01:19:22,935 --> 01:19:26,066
  8669. of things that they
  8670. were planning to do.
  8671.  
  8672. 1839
  8673. 01:19:26,066 --> 01:19:28,362
  8674. I was just curious to see
  8675. how they were even gonna
  8676.  
  8677. 1840
  8678. 01:19:28,362 --> 01:19:30,617
  8679. possibly trick themselves
  8680. into thinking
  8681.  
  8682. 1841
  8683. 01:19:30,617 --> 01:19:32,997
  8684. they could pull that off.
  8685.  
  8686. 1842
  8687. 01:19:32,997 --> 01:19:36,838
  8688. MAN: You say that Billy tried
  8689. to get you to rob customs.
  8690.  
  8691. 1843
  8692. 01:19:36,838 --> 01:19:38,633
  8693. ‐ Yeah, he tried.
  8694.  
  8695. 1844
  8696. 01:19:38,633 --> 01:19:41,263
  8697. BILLY: Did he pay you anything
  8698. for stealing the merch?
  8699.  
  8700. 1845
  8701. 01:19:41,263 --> 01:19:44,102
  8702. ‐ Me ain't never stole
  8703. any merch.
  8704.  
  8705. 1846
  8706. 01:19:44,102 --> 01:19:46,566
  8707. [laughs]
  8708.  
  8709. 1847
  8710. 01:19:46,566 --> 01:19:48,486
  8711. JIMMY: Fyre Music Festival.
  8712. Did you hear about this mu‐‐
  8713.  
  8714. 1848
  8715. 01:19:48,486 --> 01:19:51,325
  8716. in the Bahamas?
  8717. [laughing] It was a disaster.
  8718.  
  8719. 1849
  8720. 01:19:51,325 --> 01:19:53,245
  8721. It was a big disaster.
  8722. The bands didn't show up.
  8723.  
  8724. 1850
  8725. 01:19:53,245 --> 01:19:54,582
  8726. Nothing was ready.
  8727.  
  8728. 1851
  8729. 01:19:54,582 --> 01:19:55,834
  8730. Now the organizers
  8731. are being sued
  8732.  
  8733. 1852
  8734. 01:19:55,834 --> 01:19:58,882
  8735. for $100 million.
  8736. [crowd gasps]
  8737.  
  8738. 1853
  8739. 01:19:58,882 --> 01:20:00,427
  8740. When asked how they're
  8741. gonna raise the money,
  8742.  
  8743. 1854
  8744. 01:20:00,427 --> 01:20:02,388
  8745. they said, "How about
  8746. a musical festival?"
  8747.  
  8748. 1855
  8749. 01:20:02,388 --> 01:20:04,810
  8750. [laughter]
  8751.  
  8752. 1856
  8753. 01:20:04,810 --> 01:20:08,400
  8754. MICHAEL: I wish it was a joke,
  8755. but after the Bahamas,
  8756.  
  8757. 1857
  8758. 01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:12,493
  8759. we went to Los Angeles.
  8760. Ja Rule was there.
  8761.  
  8762. 1858
  8763. 01:20:12,493 --> 01:20:14,580
  8764. Billy was there.
  8765.  
  8766. 1859
  8767. 01:20:20,258 --> 01:20:23,723
  8768. MICHAEL: We're talking just
  8769. a month after the disaster,
  8770.  
  8771. 1860
  8772. 01:20:23,723 --> 01:20:27,898
  8773. Fyre Festival 2018
  8774. was the goal.
  8775.  
  8776. 1861
  8777. 01:20:27,898 --> 01:20:29,735
  8778. CALVIN: When the thing
  8779. went belly up,
  8780.  
  8781. 1862
  8782. 01:20:29,735 --> 01:20:34,537
  8783. Ja Rule took absolutely
  8784. no accountability.
  8785.  
  8786. 1863
  8787. 01:20:34,537 --> 01:20:36,833
  8788. That's amazing to me.
  8789.  
  8790. 1864
  8791. 01:20:36,833 --> 01:20:40,882
  8792. But even though Ja Rule wasn't
  8793. sweating any repercussions,
  8794.  
  8795. 1865
  8796. 01:20:40,882 --> 01:20:43,638
  8797. Billy was gonna have
  8798. to deal with the FBI.
  8799.  
  8800. 1866
  8801. 01:20:51,361 --> 01:20:54,702
  8802. REPORTER: William McFarland,
  8803. who created and founded
  8804.  
  8805. 1867
  8806. 01:20:54,702 --> 01:20:56,622
  8807. Fyre Festival
  8808. with rapper Ja Rule,
  8809.  
  8810. 1868
  8811. 01:20:56,622 --> 01:20:58,960
  8812. arrested and charged
  8813. with wire fraud
  8814.  
  8815. 1869
  8816. 01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:02,300
  8817. by the FBI, Friday.
  8818.  
  8819. 1870
  8820. 01:21:02,300 --> 01:21:05,056
  8821. ‐ The legal situation does not
  8822. involve any aspects
  8823.  
  8824. 1871
  8825. 01:21:05,056 --> 01:21:07,226
  8826. of the execution
  8827. of the festival.
  8828.  
  8829. 1872
  8830. 01:21:07,226 --> 01:21:09,147
  8831. BILLY: So financial dealings
  8832. have nothing to do
  8833.  
  8834. 1873
  8835. 01:21:09,147 --> 01:21:10,776
  8836. with the execution
  8837. of the festival?
  8838.  
  8839. 1874
  8840. 01:21:10,776 --> 01:21:12,654
  8841. ‐ Any payments made to vendors,
  8842. team members,
  8843.  
  8844. 1875
  8845. 01:21:12,654 --> 01:21:15,702
  8846. are not in question in terms of
  8847. any legal proceedings, no.
  8848.  
  8849. 1876
  8850. 01:21:15,702 --> 01:21:17,831
  8851. [dark music]
  8852.  
  8853. 1877
  8854. 01:21:17,831 --> 01:21:19,960
  8855. ♪ ♪
  8856.  
  8857. 1878
  8858. 01:21:19,960 --> 01:21:22,006
  8859. JAKE: I'm looking right now
  8860. at all of the details
  8861.  
  8862. 1879
  8863. 01:21:22,006 --> 01:21:25,722
  8864. that they're laid out
  8865. in their case against him.
  8866.  
  8867. 1880
  8868. 01:21:25,722 --> 01:21:28,394
  8869. "McFarland's fraud was
  8870. a deliberate plan
  8871.  
  8872. 1881
  8873. 01:21:28,394 --> 01:21:32,193
  8874. to deceive, motivated
  8875. by unadulterated greed."
  8876.  
  8877. 1882
  8878. 01:21:32,193 --> 01:21:33,905
  8879. OVERLAPPING VOICES: "Whenever
  8880. he needed more money,
  8881.  
  8882. 1883
  8883. 01:21:33,905 --> 01:21:36,326
  8884. he lied to investors."
  8885. "Lack of remorse."
  8886.  
  8887. 1884
  8888. 01:21:36,326 --> 01:21:37,538
  8889. COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
  8890. "He did not feel
  8891.  
  8892. 1885
  8893. 01:21:37,538 --> 01:21:39,332
  8894. that what he was
  8895. doing was wrong."
  8896.  
  8897. 1886
  8898. 01:21:39,332 --> 01:21:42,088
  8899. JAKE: "Throughout this scheme,
  8900. McFarland causes losses
  8901.  
  8902. 1887
  8903. 01:21:42,088 --> 01:21:45,554
  8904. "to at least 80
  8905. victim‐investors
  8906.  
  8907. 1888
  8908. 01:21:45,554 --> 01:21:49,269
  8909. totaling more
  8910. than $24 million."
  8911.  
  8912. 1889
  8913. 01:21:49,269 --> 01:21:54,279
  8914. ‐ We didn't break the law in
  8915. the execution of the festival.
  8916.  
  8917. 1890
  8918. 01:21:54,279 --> 01:21:56,909
  8919. MAN: What were you
  8920. indicted for?
  8921.  
  8922. 1891
  8923. 01:21:56,909 --> 01:21:58,830
  8924. ‐ Uh, I'm not gonna comment
  8925. on any criminal‐‐
  8926.  
  8927. 1892
  8928. 01:21:58,830 --> 01:22:01,586
  8929. ongoing criminal proceedings.
  8930. MAN: But you were indicted.
  8931.  
  8932. 1893
  8933. 01:22:01,586 --> 01:22:03,380
  8934. ‐ I'm not‐‐I cannot comment
  8935. on any ongoing
  8936.  
  8937. 1894
  8938. 01:22:03,380 --> 01:22:05,510
  8939. criminal proceedings.
  8940. MAN: But there are
  8941.  
  8942. 1895
  8943. 01:22:05,510 --> 01:22:08,056
  8944. ongoing criminal proceedings?
  8945. ‐ [stammers]
  8946.  
  8947. 1896
  8948. 01:22:08,056 --> 01:22:10,770
  8949. I can't comment on this.
  8950.  
  8951. 1897
  8952. 01:22:10,770 --> 01:22:12,900
  8953. BEN: He can come on
  8954. he didn't do it,
  8955.  
  8956. 1898
  8957. 01:22:12,900 --> 01:22:15,196
  8958. but he's signing documents
  8959. that say he did it.
  8960.  
  8961. 1899
  8962. 01:22:15,196 --> 01:22:18,285
  8963. And ultimately,
  8964. you had a guilty plea.
  8965.  
  8966. 1900
  8967. 01:22:18,285 --> 01:22:21,959
  8968. ♪ ♪
  8969.  
  8970. 1901
  8971. 01:22:21,959 --> 01:22:24,882
  8972. MAN: Has anyone ever called you
  8973. a compulsive liar?
  8974.  
  8975. 1902
  8976. 01:22:24,882 --> 01:22:27,804
  8977. ‐ I've been called a lot of
  8978. things since the festival.
  8979.  
  8980. 1903
  8981. 01:22:27,804 --> 01:22:32,230
  8982. MAN: So you don't believe you
  8983. have a compulsion
  8984.  
  8985. 1904
  8986. 01:22:32,230 --> 01:22:35,110
  8987. to augment the truth?
  8988.  
  8989. 1905
  8990. 01:22:35,110 --> 01:22:37,406
  8991. ‐ It's like you're calling me
  8992. all these crazy things, man.
  8993.  
  8994. 1906
  8995. 01:22:37,406 --> 01:22:39,285
  8996. Like, show me one thing
  8997. that I said that's not true.
  8998.  
  8999. 1907
  9000. 01:22:39,285 --> 01:22:41,248
  9001. MAN: So you're not a liar?
  9002. ‐ Show me one thing I said
  9003.  
  9004. 1908
  9005. 01:22:41,248 --> 01:22:44,337
  9006. that's not true today.
  9007. I'm ready.
  9008.  
  9009. 1909
  9010. 01:22:44,337 --> 01:22:46,717
  9011. I'll sit here and wait.
  9012.  
  9013. 1910
  9014. 01:22:46,717 --> 01:22:50,684
  9015. MAN: Okay. Magnises.
  9016.  
  9017. 1911
  9018. 01:22:50,684 --> 01:22:52,980
  9019. ‐ We had over 10,000
  9020. paying customers.
  9021.  
  9022. 1912
  9023. 01:22:52,980 --> 01:22:55,735
  9024. ‐ We have 100,000 customers
  9025. around the globe.
  9026.  
  9027. 1913
  9028. 01:22:55,735 --> 01:22:57,698
  9029. COMPUTERIZED VOICE: According
  9030. to former Magnises employees,
  9031.  
  9032. 1914
  9033. 01:22:57,698 --> 01:23:01,371
  9034. Magnises never had more than
  9035. 4,000 to 5,000 members.
  9036.  
  9037. 1915
  9038. 01:23:01,371 --> 01:23:03,918
  9039. ‐ We spent $30 million
  9040. to execute this festival.
  9041.  
  9042. 1916
  9043. 01:23:03,918 --> 01:23:05,797
  9044. COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
  9045. But that was not true.
  9046.  
  9047. 1917
  9048. 01:23:05,797 --> 01:23:07,593
  9049. ‐ We had 250 houses rented.
  9050. COMPUTERIZED VOICE: Not true.
  9051.  
  9052. 1918
  9053. 01:23:07,593 --> 01:23:10,264
  9054. ‐ I spent $5.9 million
  9055. of my own money.
  9056.  
  9057. 1919
  9058. 01:23:10,264 --> 01:23:12,018
  9059. COMPUTERIZED VOICE: Not true.
  9060. He lied to investors.
  9061.  
  9062. 1920
  9063. 01:23:12,018 --> 01:23:13,896
  9064. Defrauded.
  9065. Repeated misrepresentations.
  9066.  
  9067. 1921
  9068. 01:23:13,896 --> 01:23:15,399
  9069. Deliberate plan to deceive.
  9070.  
  9071. 1922
  9072. 01:23:15,399 --> 01:23:16,777
  9073. Fictitious and forged
  9074. documents.
  9075.  
  9076. 1923
  9077. 01:23:16,777 --> 01:23:18,448
  9078. A sham.
  9079. Betrayed and deceived
  9080.  
  9081. 1924
  9082. 01:23:18,448 --> 01:23:20,785
  9083. his investors, customers,
  9084. and employees.
  9085.  
  9086. 1925
  9087. 01:23:20,785 --> 01:23:24,417
  9088. ♪ ♪
  9089.  
  9090. 1926
  9091. 01:23:24,417 --> 01:23:26,046
  9092. ‐ Okay, I'm gonna take
  9093. a ten‐minute break
  9094.  
  9095. 1927
  9096. 01:23:26,046 --> 01:23:28,509
  9097. and I'll come back
  9098. and we'll continue.
  9099.  
  9100. 1928
  9101. 01:23:28,509 --> 01:23:30,472
  9102. MAN: Uh, what's
  9103. the ten‐minute break for?
  9104.  
  9105. 1929
  9106. 01:23:30,472 --> 01:23:32,601
  9107. To come up with that, or...
  9108. ‐ No, I'm taking
  9109.  
  9110. 1930
  9111. 01:23:32,601 --> 01:23:36,817
  9112. a personal break.
  9113. MAN: Okay.
  9114.  
  9115. 1931
  9116. 01:23:36,817 --> 01:23:39,155
  9117. MARIA: I would not trust
  9118. a single word
  9119.  
  9120. 1932
  9121. 01:23:39,155 --> 01:23:41,326
  9122. that Billy says
  9123. about his own motivations
  9124.  
  9125. 1933
  9126. 01:23:41,326 --> 01:23:42,954
  9127. or about himself
  9128.  
  9129. 1934
  9130. 01:23:42,954 --> 01:23:47,213
  9131. simply because Billy McFarland
  9132. is a con artist.
  9133.  
  9134. 1935
  9135. 01:23:47,213 --> 01:23:49,050
  9136. I know all about them.
  9137.  
  9138. 1936
  9139. 01:23:49,050 --> 01:23:51,806
  9140. You know, I've researched them.
  9141. I know they ruin lives.
  9142.  
  9143. 1937
  9144. 01:23:51,806 --> 01:23:54,352
  9145. They look into your soul,
  9146. they see what you're missing,
  9147.  
  9148. 1938
  9149. 01:23:54,352 --> 01:23:56,691
  9150. and they take advantage
  9151. of that.
  9152.  
  9153. 1939
  9154. 01:23:56,691 --> 01:23:59,195
  9155. The most surprising thing
  9156. about con artists
  9157.  
  9158. 1940
  9159. 01:23:59,195 --> 01:24:04,163
  9160. is just how normal
  9161. and likable they are.
  9162.  
  9163. 1941
  9164. 01:24:04,163 --> 01:24:08,589
  9165. For a con artist, deception
  9166. is a constant practice.
  9167.  
  9168. 1942
  9169. 01:24:08,589 --> 01:24:10,677
  9170. A con artist would pass
  9171. a lie detector test
  9172.  
  9173. 1943
  9174. 01:24:10,677 --> 01:24:14,852
  9175. with flying colors because
  9176. there's no tension there.
  9177.  
  9178. 1944
  9179. 01:24:14,852 --> 01:24:17,566
  9180. To them, this is the truth.
  9181.  
  9182. 1945
  9183. 01:24:17,566 --> 01:24:19,110
  9184. They aren't delusional.
  9185.  
  9186. 1946
  9187. 01:24:19,110 --> 01:24:21,114
  9188. They're doing it
  9189. very deliberately.
  9190.  
  9191. 1947
  9192. 01:24:21,114 --> 01:24:24,747
  9193. Billy has been running
  9194. small cons his entire life.
  9195.  
  9196. 1948
  9197. 01:24:24,747 --> 01:24:26,667
  9198. ♪ ♪
  9199.  
  9200. 1949
  9201. 01:24:26,667 --> 01:24:29,423
  9202. We're gonna be hearing
  9203. from him again.
  9204.  
  9205. 1950
  9206. 01:24:29,423 --> 01:24:31,677
  9207. All con artists end up
  9208. going back to conning.
  9209.  
  9210. 1951
  9211. 01:24:31,677 --> 01:24:34,600
  9212. ♪ ♪
  9213.  
  9214. 1952
  9215. 01:24:34,600 --> 01:24:36,896
  9216. ANASTASIA: When me
  9217. and Billy met,
  9218.  
  9219. 1953
  9220. 01:24:36,896 --> 01:24:40,779
  9221. it was destiny for us, I guess.
  9222.  
  9223. 1954
  9224. 01:24:40,779 --> 01:24:44,995
  9225. It's like, it's love.
  9226. I don't know how to explain it.
  9227.  
  9228. 1955
  9229. 01:24:44,995 --> 01:24:46,791
  9230. Babe, what are you doing here?
  9231.  
  9232. 1956
  9233. 01:24:46,791 --> 01:24:49,003
  9234. ‐ We're going on a little ride.
  9235. Come on. Get in.
  9236.  
  9237. 1957
  9238. 01:24:49,003 --> 01:24:51,299
  9239. ‐ I never had this kind of
  9240. connection,
  9241.  
  9242. 1958
  9243. 01:24:51,299 --> 01:24:55,600
  9244. but he drew my attention
  9245. just with his energy.
  9246.  
  9247. 1959
  9248. 01:24:55,600 --> 01:24:59,148
  9249. MARIA: Con artists like Billy
  9250. are really personable.
  9251.  
  9252. 1960
  9253. 01:24:59,148 --> 01:25:03,616
  9254. They're fun and have just
  9255. extraordinary charm.
  9256.  
  9257. 1961
  9258. 01:25:03,616 --> 01:25:07,874
  9259. ‐ But then I Googled him.
  9260.  
  9261. 1962
  9262. 01:25:07,874 --> 01:25:11,297
  9263. That's when I realized that he
  9264. was connected to Fyre Festival.
  9265.  
  9266. 1963
  9267. 01:25:11,297 --> 01:25:14,095
  9268. My mind, maybe my head,
  9269. was saying one thing,
  9270.  
  9271. 1964
  9272. 01:25:14,095 --> 01:25:16,642
  9273. but then I had
  9274. these feelings in my heart.
  9275.  
  9276. 1965
  9277. 01:25:16,642 --> 01:25:19,272
  9278. MARIA: These are people
  9279. who get people to trust them,
  9280.  
  9281. 1966
  9282. 01:25:19,272 --> 01:25:22,319
  9283. and they have an explanation
  9284. for everything.
  9285.  
  9286. 1967
  9287. 01:25:22,319 --> 01:25:25,075
  9288. ANASTASIA: He kind of
  9289. explained me that, you know,
  9290.  
  9291. 1968
  9292. 01:25:25,075 --> 01:25:29,501
  9293. at some point, I guess he lost
  9294. the sense of reality.
  9295.  
  9296. 1969
  9297. 01:25:29,501 --> 01:25:30,879
  9298. REPORTER: The biggest event
  9299. in decades.
  9300.  
  9301. 1970
  9302. 01:25:30,879 --> 01:25:32,006
  9303. REPORTER: Tech mogul,
  9304. Billy McFarland.
  9305.  
  9306. 1971
  9307. 01:25:32,006 --> 01:25:33,049
  9308. REPORTER: The next Zuckerberg.
  9309.  
  9310. 1972
  9311. 01:25:33,049 --> 01:25:35,972
  9312. [overlapping voices]
  9313.  
  9314. 1973
  9315. 01:25:35,972 --> 01:25:39,145
  9316. ‐ [exhales, laughs] Sorry.
  9317.  
  9318. 1974
  9319. 01:25:39,145 --> 01:25:41,650
  9320. I think I'm shaking a little,
  9321. and that's getting...
  9322.  
  9323. 1975
  9324. 01:25:41,650 --> 01:25:43,069
  9325. [laughs]
  9326.  
  9327. 1976
  9328. 01:25:43,069 --> 01:25:45,491
  9329. [eerie music]
  9330.  
  9331. 1977
  9332. 01:25:45,491 --> 01:25:47,244
  9333. ♪ ♪
  9334.  
  9335. 1978
  9336. 01:25:47,244 --> 01:25:50,000
  9337. CALVIN: After the festival,
  9338. Billy was out on bail
  9339.  
  9340. 1979
  9341. 01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:53,925
  9342. and still living a
  9343. larger‐than‐life lifestyle.
  9344.  
  9345. 1980
  9346. 01:25:53,925 --> 01:25:55,720
  9347. I remember walking past Billy,
  9348.  
  9349. 1981
  9350. 01:25:55,720 --> 01:25:56,847
  9351. and one of my friends
  9352. was with him.
  9353.  
  9354. 1982
  9355. 01:25:56,847 --> 01:25:58,643
  9356. I said, "What are you doing?"
  9357.  
  9358. 1983
  9359. 01:25:58,643 --> 01:26:01,314
  9360. He's like, "I don't know.
  9361. Billy's got a table up at PH‐D.
  9362.  
  9363. 1984
  9364. 01:26:01,314 --> 01:26:02,984
  9365. And I'm thinking, like,
  9366. "Wait a minute."
  9367.  
  9368. 1985
  9369. 01:26:02,984 --> 01:26:04,905
  9370. You got this guy
  9371.  
  9372. 1986
  9373. 01:26:04,905 --> 01:26:08,036
  9374. that's still out buying bottles
  9375. in nightclubs in Manhattan,
  9376.  
  9377. 1987
  9378. 01:26:08,036 --> 01:26:11,669
  9379. and he had his girlfriend
  9380. pay cash
  9381.  
  9382. 1988
  9383. 01:26:11,669 --> 01:26:13,213
  9384. to rent a Hamptons house.
  9385.  
  9386. 1989
  9387. 01:26:13,213 --> 01:26:15,258
  9388. They're hanging out in
  9389. Amagansett together.
  9390.  
  9391. 1990
  9392. 01:26:15,258 --> 01:26:17,346
  9393. How is he affording to do this?
  9394.  
  9395. 1991
  9396. 01:26:17,346 --> 01:26:19,058
  9397. ♪ ♪
  9398.  
  9399. 1992
  9400. 01:26:19,058 --> 01:26:22,022
  9401. SETH: Around the middle
  9402. of December of 2017,
  9403.  
  9404. 1993
  9405. 01:26:22,022 --> 01:26:26,072
  9406. I got an email from
  9407. NYC VIP Access.
  9408.  
  9409. 1994
  9410. 01:26:26,072 --> 01:26:28,284
  9411. It was a guy named
  9412. Frank Tribble
  9413.  
  9414. 1995
  9415. 01:26:28,284 --> 01:26:30,540
  9416. offering Masters tickets.
  9417.  
  9418. 1996
  9419. 01:26:30,540 --> 01:26:32,919
  9420. My friends who had attended
  9421. Fyre Festival
  9422.  
  9423. 1997
  9424. 01:26:32,919 --> 01:26:35,758
  9425. got the same email,
  9426. and I kept getting them.
  9427.  
  9428. 1998
  9429. 01:26:35,758 --> 01:26:39,390
  9430. I got the Victoria's Secret,
  9431. the Met Gala, Burning Man.
  9432.  
  9433. 1999
  9434. 01:26:39,390 --> 01:26:42,062
  9435. CALVIN: You can't buy tickets
  9436. to the Met Gala.
  9437.  
  9438. 2000
  9439. 01:26:42,062 --> 01:26:43,816
  9440. I'd try.
  9441.  
  9442. 2001
  9443. 01:26:43,816 --> 01:26:45,820
  9444. You can't buy tickets to
  9445. Victoria's Secret fashion show.
  9446.  
  9447. 2002
  9448. 01:26:45,820 --> 01:26:47,699
  9449. I've really tried that.
  9450.  
  9451. 2003
  9452. 01:26:47,699 --> 01:26:50,705
  9453. These are things
  9454. that don't exist.
  9455.  
  9456. 2004
  9457. 01:26:50,705 --> 01:26:52,542
  9458. POLLY: If you've never been
  9459. out on bail before,
  9460.  
  9461. 2005
  9462. 01:26:52,542 --> 01:26:54,253
  9463. that's the time in your life
  9464.  
  9465. 2006
  9466. 01:26:54,253 --> 01:26:57,510
  9467. where you wanna be committing
  9468. the least number crimes.
  9469.  
  9470. 2007
  9471. 01:26:57,510 --> 01:27:00,558
  9472. SETH: I assumed Billy had
  9473. sold this email list.
  9474.  
  9475. 2008
  9476. 01:27:00,558 --> 01:27:02,562
  9477. Like, I didn't actually think
  9478. Billy was behind the scenes,
  9479.  
  9480. 2009
  9481. 01:27:02,562 --> 01:27:04,941
  9482. doing any of this.
  9483.  
  9484. 2010
  9485. 01:27:04,941 --> 01:27:06,570
  9486. So he was?
  9487.  
  9488. 2011
  9489. 01:27:15,253 --> 01:27:17,299
  9490. ‐ [laughing]
  9491.  
  9492. 2012
  9493. 01:27:17,299 --> 01:27:20,723
  9494. [both laughing]
  9495.  
  9496. 2013
  9497. 01:27:20,723 --> 01:27:23,896
  9498. You cannot make this up.
  9499.  
  9500. 2014
  9501. 01:27:23,896 --> 01:27:28,614
  9502. ‐ As it turns out,
  9503. NYC VIP was Billy.
  9504.  
  9505. 2015
  9506. 01:27:28,614 --> 01:27:31,829
  9507. JAKE: He's out on bail for
  9508. fraud and then he comes up
  9509.  
  9510. 2016
  9511. 01:27:31,829 --> 01:27:34,166
  9512. with another company
  9513. to defraud people.
  9514.  
  9515. 2017
  9516. 01:27:34,166 --> 01:27:36,379
  9517. This is really a return
  9518. to Billy's roots
  9519.  
  9520. 2018
  9521. 01:27:36,379 --> 01:27:38,383
  9522. when he built Magnises‐‐
  9523. it's promise people
  9524.  
  9525. 2019
  9526. 01:27:38,383 --> 01:27:42,349
  9527. exclusive access to events,
  9528. and here he is doing it again.
  9529.  
  9530. 2020
  9531. 01:27:42,349 --> 01:27:45,021
  9532. BEN: He's like a gambler
  9533. or an alcoholic,
  9534.  
  9535. 2021
  9536. 01:27:45,021 --> 01:27:48,654
  9537. where somebody keeps going back
  9538. to that negative behavior.
  9539.  
  9540. 2022
  9541. 01:27:48,654 --> 01:27:50,825
  9542. He keeps going back
  9543. to scamming people
  9544.  
  9545. 2023
  9546. 01:27:50,825 --> 01:27:54,331
  9547. like it's injected in his DNA.
  9548.  
  9549. 2024
  9550. 01:27:54,331 --> 01:27:59,885
  9551. JIA: In the millennial era,
  9552. scamming is the air we breathe.
  9553.  
  9554. 2025
  9555. 01:27:59,885 --> 01:28:01,972
  9556. BEN: There is, essentially,
  9557. a Fyre Festival going on
  9558.  
  9559. 2026
  9560. 01:28:01,972 --> 01:28:04,811
  9561. every day in the West Wing.
  9562.  
  9563. 2027
  9564. 01:28:04,811 --> 01:28:08,611
  9565. ‐ It's basically the
  9566. Fyre Festival of budgets.
  9567.  
  9568. 2028
  9569. 01:28:08,611 --> 01:28:11,032
  9570. JIA: One of the safest ways
  9571. of making money in America
  9572.  
  9573. 2029
  9574. 01:28:11,032 --> 01:28:13,454
  9575. is to get really good
  9576. at exploiting people
  9577.  
  9578. 2030
  9579. 01:28:13,454 --> 01:28:15,165
  9580. and to treat everyone
  9581. like a mark.
  9582.  
  9583. 2031
  9584. 01:28:15,165 --> 01:28:19,424
  9585. You've got Anna Delvey,
  9586. the so‐called Soho Grifter
  9587.  
  9588. 2032
  9589. 01:28:19,424 --> 01:28:20,885
  9590. and Elizabeth Holmes,
  9591.  
  9592. 2033
  9593. 01:28:20,885 --> 01:28:23,097
  9594. the CEO and founder
  9595. of Theranos.
  9596.  
  9597. 2034
  9598. 01:28:23,097 --> 01:28:24,851
  9599. And then you have
  9600. Billy McFarland,
  9601.  
  9602. 2035
  9603. 01:28:24,851 --> 01:28:28,358
  9604. and all three of them coasted
  9605. for a really long time.
  9606.  
  9607. 2036
  9608. 01:28:28,358 --> 01:28:31,615
  9609. ‐ I think Billy truly believed
  9610. that he'd get away with it.
  9611.  
  9612. 2037
  9613. 01:28:31,615 --> 01:28:33,661
  9614. POLLY: But the rules
  9615. still exist,
  9616.  
  9617. 2038
  9618. 01:28:33,661 --> 01:28:36,082
  9619. and he ended up facing
  9620. three more charges
  9621.  
  9622. 2039
  9623. 01:28:36,082 --> 01:28:37,961
  9624. for wire fraud, bank fraud,
  9625.  
  9626. 2040
  9627. 01:28:37,961 --> 01:28:40,549
  9628. and giving false statements
  9629. to a law enforcement officer.
  9630.  
  9631. 2041
  9632. 01:28:40,549 --> 01:28:47,104
  9633. ♪ ♪
  9634.  
  9635. 2042
  9636. 01:28:47,730 --> 01:28:50,861
  9637. MAN: What does going to prison
  9638. look like for you?
  9639.  
  9640. 2043
  9641. 01:28:50,861 --> 01:28:54,953
  9642. ♪ ♪
  9643.  
  9644. 2044
  9645. 01:28:54,953 --> 01:28:56,163
  9646. ‐ I don't know.
  9647.  
  9648. 2045
  9649. 01:28:56,163 --> 01:28:58,084
  9650. I haven't really
  9651. gotten there yet.
  9652.  
  9653. 2046
  9654. 01:28:58,084 --> 01:29:04,848
  9655. ♪ ♪
  9656.  
  9657. 2047
  9658. 01:29:05,265 --> 01:29:08,439
  9659. BEN: Billy had his bail
  9660. revoked, and he was sent
  9661.  
  9662. 2048
  9663. 01:29:08,439 --> 01:29:11,360
  9664. to jail to basically start
  9665. his prison sentence.
  9666.  
  9667. 2049
  9668. 01:29:13,532 --> 01:29:15,870
  9669. COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
  9670. "The United States of America
  9671.  
  9672. 2050
  9673. 01:29:15,870 --> 01:29:18,333
  9674. versus William McFarland,
  9675. defendant."
  9676.  
  9677. 2051
  9678. 01:29:18,333 --> 01:29:20,378
  9679. COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
  9680. "It is my conclusion
  9681.  
  9682. 2052
  9683. 01:29:20,378 --> 01:29:22,467
  9684. "that the defendant
  9685. is a serial fraudster
  9686.  
  9687. 2053
  9688. 01:29:22,467 --> 01:29:25,013
  9689. "and that to‐date,
  9690. his fraud, like a circle,
  9691.  
  9692. 2054
  9693. 01:29:25,013 --> 01:29:26,516
  9694. "has no end.
  9695.  
  9696. 2055
  9697. 01:29:26,516 --> 01:29:28,437
  9698. "Your choices, and yours
  9699. alone,
  9700.  
  9701. 2056
  9702. 01:29:28,437 --> 01:29:30,106
  9703. "are the reasons
  9704. for your sentence,
  9705.  
  9706. 2057
  9707. 01:29:30,106 --> 01:29:32,152
  9708. "which is six years in custody.
  9709.  
  9710. 2058
  9711. 01:29:32,152 --> 01:29:34,406
  9712. "There is an agreed‐upon
  9713. forfeiture
  9714.  
  9715. 2059
  9716. 01:29:34,406 --> 01:29:41,420
  9717. of $26,191,306.28."
  9718.  
  9719. 2060
  9720. 01:29:41,420 --> 01:29:44,719
  9721. JAKE: Billy has defrauded
  9722. people. He's harmed people.
  9723.  
  9724. 2061
  9725. 01:29:44,719 --> 01:29:46,473
  9726. People have really suffered.
  9727.  
  9728. 2062
  9729. 01:29:46,473 --> 01:29:48,477
  9730. But is six years in prison
  9731.  
  9732. 2063
  9733. 01:29:48,477 --> 01:29:50,815
  9734. actually enough
  9735. for what he's done?
  9736.  
  9737. 2064
  9738. 01:29:57,954 --> 01:30:02,295
  9739. ‐ Um...
  9740.  
  9741. 2065
  9742. 01:30:02,295 --> 01:30:04,007
  9743. everyone.
  9744.  
  9745. 2066
  9746. 01:30:04,007 --> 01:30:06,596
  9747. [The Foundations'
  9748. "Build Me Up Buttercup"]
  9749.  
  9750. 2067
  9751. 01:30:06,596 --> 01:30:08,349
  9752. CALVIN: We're living
  9753. in an era in which
  9754.  
  9755. 2068
  9756. 01:30:08,349 --> 01:30:12,190
  9757. you can convince millions
  9758. of people to do anything
  9759.  
  9760. 2069
  9761. 01:30:12,190 --> 01:30:14,988
  9762. just on marketing alone.
  9763.  
  9764. 2070
  9765. 01:30:14,988 --> 01:30:18,369
  9766. But in its wake,
  9767. it leaves real harm.
  9768.  
  9769. 2071
  9770. 01:30:25,008 --> 01:30:26,428
  9771. ‐ ♪ Let me down ♪
  9772. DIALLO: They skated out
  9773.  
  9774. 2072
  9775. 01:30:26,428 --> 01:30:28,849
  9776. of town and left
  9777. everybody high and dry.
  9778.  
  9779. 2073
  9780. 01:30:28,849 --> 01:30:30,268
  9781. Can I curse on here?
  9782. MAN: Yeah, go ahead.
  9783.  
  9784. 2074
  9785. 01:30:30,268 --> 01:30:32,105
  9786. ‐ He's a fuck‐shot.
  9787. He's a fuck‐shot.
  9788.  
  9789. 2075
  9790. 01:30:32,105 --> 01:30:33,567
  9791. It was a scam
  9792. from the beginning.
  9793.  
  9794. 2076
  9795. 01:30:33,567 --> 01:30:35,529
  9796. ‐ ♪ I need you,
  9797. I need you ♪
  9798.  
  9799. 2077
  9800. 01:30:35,529 --> 01:30:37,658
  9801. BEN: Don't just focus on Billy.
  9802. There are people who helped
  9803.  
  9804. 2078
  9805. 01:30:37,658 --> 01:30:40,998
  9806. Billy commit fraud so that
  9807. they could make their money.
  9808.  
  9809. 2079
  9810. 01:30:40,998 --> 01:30:42,877
  9811. MAN: Yeah, that's
  9812. Billy and Grant,
  9813.  
  9814. 2080
  9815. 01:30:42,877 --> 01:30:44,839
  9816. our new EMTs.
  9817.  
  9818. 2081
  9819. 01:30:44,839 --> 01:30:47,970
  9820. EMILY: I heard that Grant
  9821. is now an EMT.
  9822.  
  9823. 2082
  9824. 01:30:47,970 --> 01:30:49,849
  9825. His favorite word was "urgent."
  9826.  
  9827. 2083
  9828. 01:30:49,849 --> 01:30:52,187
  9829. I had all‐caps "urgent"
  9830. in my subject lines
  9831.  
  9832. 2084
  9833. 01:30:52,187 --> 01:30:54,943
  9834. all the time, so now he
  9835. actually has urgent situations.
  9836.  
  9837. 2085
  9838. 01:31:03,634 --> 01:31:05,129
  9839. CALVIN: I have
  9840. very deep concerns
  9841.  
  9842. 2086
  9843. 01:31:05,129 --> 01:31:07,092
  9844. around the marketing
  9845. companies‐‐
  9846.  
  9847. 2087
  9848. 01:31:07,092 --> 01:31:09,973
  9849. anyone who kept promoting this
  9850. up until the very end.
  9851.  
  9852. 2088
  9853. 01:31:15,776 --> 01:31:17,613
  9854. COMPUTERIZED VOICE: "All
  9855. actions taken by Jerry Media
  9856.  
  9857. 2089
  9858. 01:31:17,613 --> 01:31:20,494
  9859. were done at the direction of
  9860. the Fyre Festival."
  9861.  
  9862. 2090
  9863. 01:31:20,494 --> 01:31:24,502
  9864. "Like the ticket holders,"
  9865. "we were also misled."
  9866.  
  9867. 2091
  9868. 01:31:24,502 --> 01:31:26,464
  9869. "Per our previous
  9870. correspondence,
  9871.  
  9872. 2092
  9873. 01:31:26,464 --> 01:31:30,138
  9874. Oren Aks
  9875. has misrepresented himself."
  9876.  
  9877. 2093
  9878. 01:31:30,138 --> 01:31:33,562
  9879. ‐ Okay. [chuckles]
  9880. Well, fuck you guys.
  9881.  
  9882. 2094
  9883. 01:31:33,562 --> 01:31:34,602
  9884. [air horn blares]
  9885.  
  9886. 2095
  9887. 01:31:40,421 --> 01:31:41,703
  9888. OREN: I honestly can't believe
  9889.  
  9890. 2096
  9891. 01:31:41,703 --> 01:31:45,001
  9892. this documentary‐‐
  9893. there's two of them.
  9894.  
  9895. 2097
  9896. 01:31:53,100 --> 01:31:56,566
  9897. BEN: You kind of hope
  9898. they do the right thing.
  9899.  
  9900. 2098
  9901. 01:31:56,566 --> 01:31:58,027
  9902. You can hope all you want.
  9903.  
  9904. 2099
  9905. 01:31:58,027 --> 01:31:59,614
  9906. More frequently,
  9907. you have to sue.
  9908.  
  9909. 2100
  9910. 01:32:06,836 --> 01:32:08,840
  9911. ‐ Motherfuckin' Ja Rule's
  9912. in the building!
  9913.  
  9914. 2101
  9915. 01:32:13,224 --> 01:32:15,061
  9916. JAKE: So Ja Rule decides to go
  9917.  
  9918. 2102
  9919. 01:32:15,061 --> 01:32:16,731
  9920. on this show called
  9921. "Drink Champs."
  9922.  
  9923. 2103
  9924. 01:32:16,731 --> 01:32:19,904
  9925. There's not a better place
  9926. to brag about your crimes
  9927.  
  9928. 2104
  9929. 01:32:19,904 --> 01:32:22,033
  9930. than a show where a bunch
  9931. of guys get drunk.
  9932.  
  9933. 2105
  9934. 01:32:22,033 --> 01:32:23,829
  9935. ‐ People didn't really know
  9936. I had anything to do
  9937.  
  9938. 2106
  9939. 01:32:23,829 --> 01:32:25,958
  9940. with the festival until...
  9941. MAN: Until it went wrong.
  9942.  
  9943. 2107
  9944. 01:32:25,958 --> 01:32:27,545
  9945. That's the crazy part.
  9946. ‐ Until it went wrong.
  9947.  
  9948. 2108
  9949. 01:32:27,545 --> 01:32:29,674
  9950. "Ja Rule's Festival!"
  9951. MAN: And then they‐‐yeah.
  9952.  
  9953. 2109
  9954. 01:32:29,674 --> 01:32:31,009
  9955. They're trying to blame
  9956. somebody.
  9957.  
  9958. 2110
  9959. 01:32:31,009 --> 01:32:32,387
  9960. [laughter]
  9961. ‐ ♪ Ooh ♪
  9962.  
  9963. 2111
  9964. 01:32:32,387 --> 01:32:33,890
  9965. CALVIN: By the end of it,
  9966. he's like,
  9967.  
  9968. 2112
  9969. 01:32:33,890 --> 01:32:35,894
  9970. "Yeah, it was my vision
  9971. the whole time."
  9972.  
  9973. 2113
  9974. 01:32:35,894 --> 01:32:40,069
  9975. ‐ It was my idea,
  9976. my vision, to do this.
  9977.  
  9978. 2114
  9979. 01:32:40,069 --> 01:32:43,075
  9980. ‐ This whole thing is‐‐
  9981. is an incredible story
  9982.  
  9983. 2115
  9984. 01:32:43,075 --> 01:32:45,539
  9985. because now he's out trying
  9986. to do it all again
  9987.  
  9988. 2116
  9989. 01:32:45,539 --> 01:32:48,795
  9990. with Iconn, which is just
  9991. a re‐branded Fyre app.
  9992.  
  9993. 2117
  9994. 01:32:48,795 --> 01:32:50,549
  9995. JIA: It's just an app where you
  9996. can book rich people
  9997.  
  9998. 2118
  9999. 01:32:50,549 --> 01:32:54,097
  10000. to, you know, play your
  10001. birthday party or whatever.
  10002.  
  10003. 2119
  10004. 01:32:54,097 --> 01:32:57,730
  10005. ‐ It's very different,
  10006. but it‐‐it's similar.
  10007.  
  10008. 2120
  10009. 01:33:03,295 --> 01:33:04,999
  10010. ‐ ♪ I need you ♪
  10011.  
  10012. 2121
  10013. 01:33:08,794 --> 01:33:12,383
  10014. ANASTASIA: Jail sucks.
  10015. Don't go to jail.
  10016.  
  10017. 2122
  10018. 01:33:12,383 --> 01:33:14,806
  10019. He says in the letter,
  10020. like, uh...
  10021.  
  10022. 2123
  10023. 01:33:14,806 --> 01:33:17,143
  10024. [laughing] "I took
  10025. a shower in the sink."
  10026.  
  10027. 2124
  10028. 01:33:17,143 --> 01:33:20,233
  10029. It's also, like,
  10030. "Billy loves Anastasia."
  10031.  
  10032. 2125
  10033. 01:33:20,233 --> 01:33:22,738
  10034. Like, the drawings.
  10035. You see?
  10036.  
  10037. 2126
  10038. 01:33:26,286 --> 01:33:28,583
  10039. JAKE: Billy is now teaching
  10040. a class
  10041.  
  10042. 2127
  10043. 01:33:28,583 --> 01:33:32,215
  10044. on music entrepreneurship
  10045. to fellow inmates.
  10046.  
  10047. 2128
  10048. 01:33:32,215 --> 01:33:34,135
  10049. In a certain sense, I mean,
  10050. I guess you have to admire
  10051.  
  10052. 2129
  10053. 01:33:34,135 --> 01:33:35,806
  10054. the hustle.
  10055.  
  10056. 2130
  10057. 01:33:35,806 --> 01:33:39,312
  10058. ‐ This is him calling.
  10059. Can I answer really quick?
  10060.  
  10061. 2131
  10062. 01:33:39,312 --> 01:33:43,572
  10063. OPERATOR: This call is from...
  10064. BILLY: William McFarland.
  10065.  
  10066. 2132
  10067. 01:33:43,572 --> 01:33:46,243
  10068. ‐ Hey, babe.
  10069. ‐ ♪ Ooh ♪
  10070.  
  10071. 2133
  10072. 01:33:46,243 --> 01:33:49,876
  10073. BEN: It's a great time
  10074. to be a con man in America.
  10075.  
  10076. 2134
  10077. 01:33:49,876 --> 01:33:52,631
  10078. ‐ ♪ Why do you build me up ♪
  10079. ‐ ♪ Build me up ♪
  10080.  
  10081. 2135
  10082. 01:33:52,631 --> 01:33:55,554
  10083. ‐ ♪ Buttercup, ba... ♪
  10084. [music dies]
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