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In 2019, the sci-fi suspense series Black Mirror capped its fifth season with the episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too," starring <a href="spotify:artist:5YGY8feqx7naU7z4HrwZM6">Miley Cyrus</a> as the titular fictional pop star, Ashley O. Unlike <a href="spotify:artist:5YGY8feqx7naU7z4HrwZM6">Cyrus</a>' other TV alter ego, the wholesome <a href="spotify:artist:7nU4hB040gTmHm45YYMvqc">Hannah Montana</a>, Ashley O channeled the futuristic synth-heavy pop styles of real-world "contemporaries" like <a href="spotify:artist:25uiPmTg16RbhZWAqwLBy5">Charli XCX</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1HY2Jd0NmPuamShAr6KMms">Lady Gaga</a>, Poppy, <a href="spotify:artist:4npEfmQ6YuiwW1GpUmaq3F">Ava Max</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:0wnYgCeP013HkKoOyC5V32">Allie X</a>. For the episode's musical content, Black Mirror tapped an unlikely source: industrial metal mainstays <a href="spotify:artist:0X380XXQSNBYuleKzav5UO">Nine Inch Nails</a>. Receiving approval from <a href="spotify:artist:0hRijdwO8UsJMudc3476ma">Trent Reznor</a>, the show put a subversive spin on <a href="spotify:artist:0X380XXQSNBYuleKzav5UO">NIN</a> classic "Head Like a Hole," transforming the 1989 Pretty Hate Machine single into "On a Roll," a biting parody that turned the original into a motivational cry. With Teeth downer "Right Where It Belongs" received appropriately dour treatment on the show itself in a pivotal scene for <a href="spotify:artist:5YGY8feqx7naU7z4HrwZM6">Cyrus</a>' character. However, with the Ashley O treatment, the track became the jarring "Right Where I Belong," another cleverly twisted empowerment anthem. While the episode itself made sure to show the ugly truth beneath the manufactured pop sheen, the official Ashley O singles blurred the line between fiction and reality, becoming meta pop hits in the real world for <a href="spotify:artist:5YGY8feqx7naU7z4HrwZM6">Cyrus</a> and exposing <a href="spotify:artist:0X380XXQSNBYuleKzav5UO">Nine Inch Nails</a> to an unlikely pop-loving audience. ~ Neil Z. Yeung, Rovi
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