Lola, a 17-year-old YouTube star, recounts her journey as a social media influencer. She comes from a poor family and started vlogging about her life on a farm to support her family after her father fell ill. Her channel gained popularity, and she moved into the "squad house," a residence for famous influencers. However, her life took a turn when she started dating Brett, a popular and wealthy guy. Their relationship was tumultuous, and Brett eventually announced their breakup publicly, affecting Lola's followers and sponsors.
Determined to save her channel, Lola sets her sights on Colin, a famous YouTuber, and tries to win him over. They start dating, and Lola's channel begins to pick up again. However, she struggles with guilt over using Colin to boost her channel. When Brett discovers her plan and threatens to expose her, Lola confesses to Colin, who surprisingly forgives her.
In the end, Lola realizes she needs to focus on herself and her authenticity as a creator. She decides to leave the squad house and return to her roots, with Colin offering to join her. The story concludes with Lola reflecting on the importance of being true to oneself and finding one's unique voice in the chaotic world of social media.
1. The narrator, Lola, is a 17-year-old YouTube star.
2. She lives in the squad house, a place for world-famous influencers to make videos for money.
3. Lola comes from a poor family and her dad was a farmer who fell sick and couldn't work for months.
4. She started working as a part-time waitress before discovering vlogging and eventually becoming a YouTube star.
5. Lola's channel initially gained popularity when she accidentally fell into a pig pen and later when a chicken blew into her face and she fell into a tray of eggs.
6. She made videos on being chased by goats, almost getting kicked by a cow, and cleaning horse poop.
7. Lola started dating Brett, a popular guy in school, and they did a commercial together.
8. Brett started showing his true colors, criticizing Lola's eating habits and taking over her vlogs.
9. Lola broke up with Brett after he announced their breakup publicly and started getting calls from sponsors pulling out their campaigns.
10. She tried to get the attention of Colin Angel, a top YouTuber, by leaving cute notes, sending flowers, and ordering cupcakes from his favorite bakery.
11. Colin rejected the cupcakes, revealing he got food poisoning from the same bakery.
12. Lola and Colin eventually bonded over music, and he sang for her.
13. Colin took Lola on a dinner date to a taco truck, where he cooked for her.
14. Lola felt guilty for using Colin to boost her channel and wanted to confess to him.
15. Amy advised Lola not to tell Colin the truth until they had more content for her channel.
16. Brett returned, wanting to do a collaboration video with Lola, and revealed a recording of Lola and Amy talking about using Colin to save her channel.
17. Colin confronted Lola, who confessed that she initially used him to boost her channel but eventually developed real feelings for him.
18. Lola realized she had lost herself and decided to focus on being authentic and going back to her original content.
19. Brett was thrown out of the squad house after a meltdown, and Colin respected Lola's decision to focus on herself.
20. Amy apologized to Lola and offered to help her with makeup vlogs at the farm.