A Star Is Hatched

S1, E5: Mark the bird (stage name Glen Belt), is in his expensive new cellar studio, struggling to write the perfect hit single. But his lyrics are more awful than ever and he can't think of a chorus. His self-run fan website (featuring a carefully shot photo of just his eyes) has received no visitors from the '90 billion' Claire assures him are out there deliberately ignoring him. But Keiko, a 14 year old musical prodigy in Tokyo, stumbles on the site, falls in love with 'Glen with the lovely eyes' and sends him a chorus. Mark, his pride wounded, tells Keiko to get lost, takes the chorus anyway, posts it on the site and sinks into a deep clinical depression. When he surfaces from bed a week later to find the song is a massive hit, he's not entirely prepared for the fame he's always craved. How to explain to an adoring public that the mysterious Glen Belt is a small fat talking bird - and plagiarist - called Mark Andrews?