Reports leaked from the Union Board indicate that KYLE was picked not for his musical achievements, but for his similarities to the experience of the average Davidson student (despite being 31 years old). This mainly stems from his leading role in the painful Netflix film “The After Party.” The film, which notably has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, is considered by many in our office to be representative of the experience of a Davidson student. It consists of KYLE’s character, who is repeatedly made out to be a huge nerd, attempting to get into a party and getting turned away repeatedly (on account of him being a huge dork). Throughout the night he is accompanied by his friend Jeff, whose main characteristics are that he grew up with too much money and that he also struggles to read social cues. These characters are frankly indistinguishable from the average Davidson student on a night out.
The main crux of the plot begins when KYLE’s character gets way too high in public and starts getting scared before eventually greening out. Union Board cited this as a major inspiration for signing KYLE to perform, as he reminded them “of that one friend you recognize doing this every time you see them on a weekend.” When asked if we could have signed any of the rappers that portrayed cooler characters in the film (Wiz Khalifa!), we got laughed at and were told that this kind of question is why “they thought you could relate to the premise of this loser character” before they shut the door in our face. KYLE’s character tries to both freestyle and seduce a girl several times in the movie, also to limited success. The Concert Committee chairs told us that this was representative of the median Davidson student and that the film was an “average weekend night for a guy like you.”