Chasin
A burned-out rap-metal frontman dives headfirst into a hallucinatory chase through the genres that forged him, racing to rescue his stolen voice and the woman who embodies every song he ever loved.
A burned-out rap-metal frontman dives headfirst into a hallucinatory chase through the genres that forged him, racing to rescue his stolen voice and the woman who embodies every song he ever loved.
Synopsis
Kai Rivera, once the explosive frontman of a rap-metal band, wakes to find his voice has vanished after two decades of chasing fame. His only clue is a mysterious mixtape that pulls him into living, breathing worlds of hip-hop, metal, punk, and soul where every era is a trap and every legend a gatekeeper. As Kai crosses these sonic dimensions, he confronts the woman he lost—the living embodiment of the music that shaped him—and the choices that fractured his sound. With each track he reclaims, the line between performance and reality dissolves, forcing him to decide if he will sacrifice everything to finish the song that could save them both. In the final showdown at the heart of a collapsing mash-up concert, Kai must fuse every genre he once rejected into one defiant anthem, proving that the chase never ends—it only gets louder.
The story
Young Kai leads a rap-metal band in the early 2000s, blending every sound he hears until a brutal industry betrayal and personal heartbreak silence his voice for good.
A cursed mixtape drags adult Kai through shifting music worlds where he battles icons, rekindles his lost muse, and fights to steal back fragments of his stolen sound before the tape erases him.
Kai returns to the present for one last stadium show, fusing every genre into a single explosive performance that resurrects his voice, saves his muse, and leaves the audience—and himself—forever changed.
The cast
Ex-lead singer of rap-metal outfit Afraid2Sleep who sold his soul for a hit and lost his voice in the process.
dream cast: Oscar Isaac
Kai's former lover and the physical manifestation of every genre he ever loved; she is the song he can never finish.
dream cast: Zendaya
Kai's original bandmate who stuck it out through the underground years and now runs a failing rehearsal space.
dream cast: John Boyega
A slick, time-hopping producer who owns the rights to every sound Kai needs and demands a terrible price.
dream cast: Mahershala Ali
Seventeen-year-old version of Kai who still believes music can save the world and refuses to let the adult version quit.
dream cast: Timothée Chalamet
A legendary soul singer trapped in the same mixtape who becomes Kai's unlikely ally and harshest critic.
dream cast: Janelle Monáe
Dream crew
in the style of Darren Aronofsky, for hypnotic musical intensity
in the style of Charlie Kaufman, for mind-bending genre layers
in the style of Trent Reznor, for raw rap-metal soul
Cold open
INT. ABANDONED RECORDING STUDIO - NIGHT Rain hammers the skylight. KAI RIVERA, 38, hoodie soaked, sits at a dead console. A single cassette tape glows under a work light. He slams it into a battered Walkman. The first beat hits—his own teenage voice screaming over crushing guitars. Suddenly the studio warps. Posters on the walls melt into 1998 graffiti. Lila appears in the doorway, backlit, singing the hook that broke his heart. KAI Lila...? She smiles, then the tape clicks. The room snaps back. Kai clutches his throat—his voice is gone. Only a whisper remains. KAI (CONT'D) (whispers) I'm coming for you.
Why now
In an era of genre-blending playlists, AI-generated sound, and artists openly battling mental health and creative burnout, Chasin captures the universal hunger to reclaim the music that made us before the algorithm erases it.
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