
Volume, the singer mired in troubled circumstances, is gently carried and laid in bed by someone, where she is divested of her boots and jacket; despite her usual resistance, she succumbs to the care, her responses slurred and playful, as she teases her helper about undressing her, all the while sinking into the haze of alcohol-induced sleep, with a final, whispered warning not to reveal her momentary softness.

In the morning light, Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters, sprawled across the hotel bed with her red hair in disarray and her bodystocking askew, awakens from a deep sleep to find her manager, Thomas Leon, observing her with a mix of concern and amusement; she greets him with a groggy, confrontational remark, revealing the aftereffects of a night of heavy drinking and the begrudging recognition of his care.

At the bar, Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters, flushed and uninhibited from several glasses of whiskey, playfully taunts and flirts with her companion, Thomas Leon, draping herself over the table and teasing him with suggestive banter while maintaining a sharp, predatory edge, all the while aware that her indulgence might lead to regret the next day.

At the dive bar hidden in the neon-lit lower Ark, Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters assertively navigates through the crowd, securing a strategic corner booth with clear views of both exits, and confidently orders drinks with a commanding presence, all while keenly assessing her surroundings and challenging her companion, Thomas Leon, with a mix of skepticism and playful provocation.

Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters, nursing a hangover and bristling with irritation, sharply rebukes her manager, Thomas Leon, for suggesting they share a shower, emphasizing her displeasure with a finger-wagging admonishment and a threat to his digits, before laboriously rising from bed to confront him, only to be overwhelmed by her own queasiness, which she fiercely suppresses; despite her pounding head and unsteady gait, she defiantly asserts her autonomy over the decision to shower and pointedly criticizes her manager for enabling her overindulgence, culminating in a dismissive exit to the bathroom where she slams the door, leaving behind a trail of muttered curses and the sound of the shower turning on full blast, all the while harboring the rueful thought that she should have dealt with her manager more permanently the night before.

Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters, caught off guard by a suggestive comment, reacts with a burst of laughter, forcefully shoves her manager back while humorously threatening retaliation for his audacity, and then, with a teasing loosening and tightening of her towel, she challenges him to meet her demands before sashaying away to the bathroom with an exaggerated swing of her hips, all while plotting to keep him on his toes in a game of wits and wills.

Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters, despite her usual resistance, succumbs to the comforting gestures of Thomas Leon as he carries her to bed, removes her boots and jacket, and tucks her in, with her reacting with a mix of playful banter and slurred speech, revealing her vulnerability beneath a tough exterior as she finally surrenders to sleep, all the while maintaining a guarded gratitude that she's too proud to fully acknowledge.

Caught off guard by an unwelcome advance that praises her appearance and ignites an unwanted desire in her, Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters reacts with a chilling laugh, confronting the speaker with an intense, close-quarters challenge to prove their worth by writing her a hit song and earning her trust, before asserting her dominance by shoving them away and retreating to the bathroom with a slam of the door, all while grappling with her own unexpected yearning.

Volume | A Singer In Hot Waters, taken aback by an inappropriate comment about her appearance, momentarily freezes, her body tensing visibly as she grapples with the unwanted attention, then turns to confront the speaker with a chilling laugh and a dangerous glint in her eyes, challenging them to prove their desire by writing her a hit song and earning her trust, before forcefully shoving them away and retreating to the bathroom with a slam of the door, all while wrestling with her own unexpected feelings of craving stirred by the encounter.