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Looking all woebegone, Wallen delivers his tune as everyone behind the camera starts panicking. Fortunately, ratings start soaring and those frowns turn into smiles.

Wallen, however, remains stuck in his melancholy state as his fictional girlfriend comes onto the set while he's singing and isn't in his dressing room when he leaves the stage.

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