In the wonderful new film Power Ballad, Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas play two musicians whose careers haven’t exactly gone to plan – but one song may change that. Rick (Rudd) is a wedding band singer in Ireland and Danny (Jonas) is a former boy band member. They collaborate on a song that Rick wrote a few years ago, but Rick later finds out that Danny is trying to pass off the song as his own. Power Ballad was directed by John Carney, who also made Sing Street and Once.  If you like movies with great songs, check out these episodes: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1255812248/kpop-demon-hunters-is-a-viral-smash-that-crushes-the-songs"target="_blank" >'KPop Demon Hunters' is a viral smash that crushes the songs </a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/1214051399/we-debate-the-best-musical-movie-numbers"target="_blank" >We debate the best movie musical numbers</a> Connect with Pop Culture Happy Hour:<a href="https://letterboxd.com/nprpopculture/"target="_blank" >Letterboxd</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pchh"target="_blank" >Facebook</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pop-culture"target="_blank" >Our weekly newsletter</a><a href="https://plus.npr.org/happy"target="_blank" >Support Pop Culture Happy Hour+</a> See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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