Billie Frank is a shy young multiracial girl who is sent away by her alcoholic mother at a very early age. At an orphanage she befriends Louise and Roxanne. Flash forward to 1983. Billie and her friends are spotted by a record producer Timothy Walker who wants them to sing backup for his latest pop-music discovery. But when super DJ Julian Dice hears Billie's incredible voice he makes a shady deal with Timothy to get her out of that dead-end situation. Soon Billie and Dice are making hits inside the studio and falling in love outside of it. Eventually the pressure of her newfound celebrity puts too heavy a strain on Billie forcing her to decide what it is she really wants from Dice and what she wants for herself.