Nico Hayes from Summer I Turned Pretty in Hacks

0:00On April 24th, Christopher Briny from the summer I Turn Pretty just popped up on the final season of Hacks as Nico Hayes, a young pop star snagging, a residency at the Palmetto Casino. He spots Jean Smart's Debra Vance across the room, gets hooked on her vibe, and asks her out for drinks. Turns out it's genuine for the private musician, not some publicity play. He filmed the episode over two weeks in Las Vegas, his first time there. Work kept him busy, but he hit the slots quick, dropped 50 bucks in seven minutes, then another 50 when they pushed him back down. Could have been worse, he says, laughing it off. Fans lit up over the sparks between Nico and Debra, doving them Nicoura for that May December romance vibe. Briny nailed the audition on a whirlwind zoom, faking he could sing it first. The show loved his energy anyway, and he prepped guitar chords from old auditions, plus work with coaches. He built it out full songs like Bubblegum Blue Jeans and Summer Squash in the studio for six hours, even adding backing vocals.

1:02Those tracks echo Harry Styles a bit, with the tattoos and quirky lyrics Debra questions. They kiss on their first dinner, him going bold for what he wants. Briny even floated a spin-off, where Nico loses his voice and dives into pop star chaos, like Entourage. With those Nico tracks ready to drop, who knows, this fling could spin into more hacks magic down the line. That's the story for today, entertainment and celebrity news, today, driven by AI.