The Idea of You

After her ex-husband Daniel cancels at the last minute, Solène Marchand chaperones a trip to Las Vegas for her daughter and her friends to attend an August Moon concert. Solène feels out-of-place at the meet-and-greet before the concert. As the group gathers to take their picture with the boy band members, Solène meets Hayes, the lead singer and songwriter, who flirts with her openly and invites them backstage after the concert. Despite her reservations due to Hayes’s young age, Solène and Hayes continue to flirt backstage. Later, Solène tells Hayes goodbye. He asks for her full name and the name of her art gallery. They hint at the possibility of seeing one another again.

Five days after the concert, Hayes leaves a voicemail for Solène in which he asks to meet. Solène returns Hayes’s call and reluctantly agrees to meet him for lunch the next day. At lunch, Solène greets Hayes and confesses to hiding their lunch plans from Isabelle. During lunch, Solène speaks openly about her reservations regarding their relationship due to their large age gap—Hayes is 20 and Solène is almost 40. Hayes assuages Solène’s fears and declares that he is “not turning back” (30).