What the World Saw
Copyright© 2026 by Marc Nobbs
Part 17: Kayla’s Twitter & Instagram Tuesday and Wednesday, Week One
Kayla’s Twitter – Tuesday 14 thJanuary 2014
9:07 a.m.
@KaylaV: Day two. They said no studio pictures. So here’s my coffee. She’s working on a very exciting project but can’t discuss it either.
Selected Replies
@BethanyMayUK: @KaylaV Does the coffee have a release date?
@KaylaV: @BethanyMauUK About ten minutes ago. Very limited edition.
@HuntsvilleHannah: @KaylaV Why am I awake at 3am looking at your coffee 😭
@KaylaV: @HuntsvilleHannah Honey I don’t know but now I feel responsible. Go to bed. I’ll still be here when you wake up. ♥
@CountryKate91: @KaylaV Yesterday we got guitars and producers. Today we get a cup. This is a difficult adjustment.
@LucyLou1990: @KaylaV Zoomed in. Can confirm: coffee.
@SouthernJess: @KaylaV Did they spell your name right though?
@KaylaV: @SouthernJess Carly. Which is right, but terrible for my international superstar reputation.
@AmyFromLeeds: @KaylaV CARLY THE COFFEE CUP HAS ENTERED THE CHARTS.
@BenjiAcoustic: @KaylaV That’s clearly an acoustic coffee. Very stripped back.
@GeorgiaPeachKV: @KaylaV Are we allowed to know what you’re drinking or is that under contract too?
@KaylaV: @GeorgiaPeachKV Caramel latte from a little place by the studio its so good that I could the entire budget on it
@WestmouthLiv: @KaylaV Welcome to Westmouth, where the coffee is hot and absolutely nothing outside is.
@SweetTeaEm: @KaylaV I love that you found the exact amount of annoying you could legally be.
@EllieMaeBama: @KaylaV Mama says you look happy in yesterday’s pictures. I think so too ♥
@KaylaV: @EllieMaeBama Tell your mama she’s right. And tell her I said hey. ♥
@DanielleSings: @KaylaV Please keep doing these little updates. Some of us are stuck at work and need to live through you.
10:43 a.m.
@KaylaV: Harry said “one more time” twenty minutes ago. Beginning to think British people count differently.
Selected Replies
@SophieSingsUK: @KaylaV Music teacher here. “One more time” is never a number. It’s a threat.
@KaylaV: @SophieSingsUK Thank you. Finally somebody explains the local customs.
@NashvilleNate: @KaylaV Producer here. He means one more GOOD time.
@KaylaV: @NashvilleNate Well that was unnecessarily personal, Nathan.
@NashvilleNate: @KaylaV 😂😂 Sorry, Kayla.
@RachelBethAL: @NashvilleNate @KaylaV NATHAN HAS BEEN SENT TO HIS ROOM.
@GuitarGirlJess: @KaylaV As someone who spent Sunday recording the same chorus 38 times: thoughts and prayers.
@CharlieKeys: @KaylaV Wait until he says “just a quick playback.”
@LaurenLouUK: @KaylaV Does Ellie rescue you or is she part of the conspiracy?
@KaylaV: @LaurenLouUK She just said “actually, could we try that again?” So that answers that.
@KatieJaneKV: @KaylaV Betrayal. In your own workplace.
@MattWithAGuitar: @KaylaV You joke, but I love knowing you’re properly working on this. Take all the time you need.
@BethanyMayUK: @KaylaV The coffee would never treat you like this.
@KaylaV: @BethanyMayUK The coffee left me an hour ago. Please respect my privacy at this difficult time.
@BamaBecca: @KaylaV I’m at school hiding my phone under my desk and trying not to laugh. You’re making this VERY difficult.
@KaylaV: @BamaBecca Put your phone away, missy. Some of us need you to grow up and get a real job.
11:15 a.m.
@KaylaV : Ellie brought biscuits. Nobody told me songwriting in England involved this much snacking. I should’ve come sooner.
Selected Replies
@EmilyJaneUK : @KaylaV Chocolate Hobnobs. Excellent choice. She’s looking after you properly.
@AlabamaAmy : @KaylaV Biscuits with chocolate? Like chocolate gravy?
@KaylaV : @AlabamaAmy No honey. Cookies. I got excited for the wrong reason too.
@HuntsvilleHannah : @KaylaV Okay but now I want my grandma’s biscuits and chocolate gravy.
@OliviaWrites : @KaylaV Americans discovering Hobnobs is one of the few things that makes me proud of this country.
@JoshFromYork : @KaylaV Please tell me somebody has explained dunking.
@KaylaV : @JoshFromYork They explained. I tried. There was a small structural problem.
@JoshFromYork : @KaylaV Lost it in the tea?
@KaylaV : @JoshFromYork Let’s just say Harry has a spoon and a job to do.
@SouthernJess : @KaylaV Your producers are writing songs, recording vocals AND recovering sunken cookies. Money well spent.
@LilyRoseKV : @KaylaV Do you eat in the room with all the equipment? That would make me so nervous.
@KaylaV : @LilyRoseKV No ma’am. I’m trusted with the expensive things but apparently not with crumbs.
@CountryKate91 : @KaylaV Album three: twelve songs and the sound of Harry fishing a biscuit out of his mug.
@GemmaLou88 : @KaylaV This is the studio documentary I want.
@RuthieAL : @KaylaV Glad you’re eating, sweetheart. Yesterday’s lunch looked good too.
12:23 p.m.
@KaylaV: Britain put breakfast in a cold triangle and shrimp in another one. The BLT and I are sticking together.
Selected Replies
@BethanyMayUK: @KaylaV M&S AND Waitrose? Someone’s pushed the boat out.
@KaylaV: @BethanyMayUK Ellie says this means it’s a fancy lunch. It came out of a grocery bag, Bethany.
@TeaWithTash: @KaylaV Yes, but a fancy grocery bag.
@SouthernJess: @KaylaV Wait. Cold breakfast? Cold eggs AND cold sausage?
@KaylaV: @SouthernJess And bacon. They’ve refrigerated a whole diner order.
@EmilyJaneUK: @KaylaV All Day Breakfast is an excellent sandwich. Don’t judge it until you’ve tried it.
@HuntsvilleHannah: @KaylaV We have breakfast sandwiches. We generally let the breakfast stay warm.
@JoshFromYork: @KaylaV You’re happy with cold chicken but cold sausage is where civilisation falls apart?
@KaylaV: @JoshFromYork I’m not saying civilisation has fallen apart. I’m saying somebody could have warned me.
@GeorgiaPeachKV: @KaylaV Shrimp salad sandwiches are a thing here too, y’all. That one isn’t the weird part.
@BamaBecca: @GeorgiaPeachKV @KaylaV Agreed. I want to discuss the egg triangle.
@OliviaWrites: @BamaBecca”The egg triangle” makes my perfectly normal lunch sound like a police investigation.
@CountryKate91: @KaylaV Prawn mayo is the best one on that table. I’ll defend it.
@KaylaV: @CountryKate91 Ellie picked that one. She’s reading your reply aloud like she’s won something.
@KatieJaneKV: @KaylaV Tell us what Harry chose. I feel this will explain a lot.
@KaylaV: @KatieJaneKV Breakfast. He says he’s a busy man and can’t eat every meal separately.
@GuitarGirlJess: @KaylaV I love how your British food reviews keep becoming complaints about temperature or construction.
@LucyLou1990: @KaylaV Please tell me you’ve noticed they fit together into a square.
@KaylaV: @LucyLou1990 I noticed. Then somebody separated them and built a little house.
12:41 p.m.
@KaylaV: Harry let me try his breakfast sandwich. It’s good. I’m tired of this country winning arguments with food.
Selected Replies
@EmilyJaneUK: @KaylaV An apology would be nice.
@KaylaV: @EmilyJaneUK I said it was good, Emily. Let’s allow everybody time to heal.
@TeaWithTash: @KaylaV Next stop: Scotch egg.
@KaylaV: @TeaWithTash Is that breakfast too? How many ways have y’all found to take an egg somewhere?
@JoshFromYork: @KaylaV You’re really going to enjoy finding out.
@HuntsvilleHannah: @KaylaV Did you trade sandwiches?
@KaylaV: @HuntsvilleHannah No ma’am. I still want my BLT. Being wrong doesn’t mean I have to give up bacon.
@GeorgiaPeachKV: @KaylaV Respect. You conducted research without surrendering lunch.
@SouthernJess: @KaylaV So what was in the breakfast one?
@KaylaV: @SouthernJess Egg, bacon, sausage, ketchup. No coffee. Apparently that’s where they ran out of ambition.
@NashvilleNate: @KaylaV Have any of you done any recording today?
@KaylaV: @NashvilleNate Yes, Nathan. Harry recorded me saying he was right. Apparently he wants to keep that.
2:16 p.m.
@KaylaV: Spent fifteen minutes looking for the right word. Found it. Forgot the rest of the sentence. I am a professional songwriter.
Selected Replies
@AnnaWritesSongs: @KaylaV I once woke up with the perfect lyric and wrote “remember the thing” in my notebook. Solidarity.
@KaylaV: @AnnaWritesSongs Honey I think we went to the same songwriting school.
@JamesAcoustic: @KaylaV And the word was...?
@KaylaV: @JamesAcoustic Nice try, James.
@BethanyMayUK: @KaylaV She’s happy to discuss the coffee’s career but won’t give us ONE WORD.
@KatieJaneKV: @KaylaV I bet the word was “love.”
@SouthernJess: @KatieJaneKV @KaylaV Could be “truck.” Keep your options open.
@CountryBoy5858z: @KaylaV Hopefully it’s still a country record.
@KaylaV: @CountryBoy5858z Mostly hoping it’s a good record. Working on that part first. ♥
@CountryBoy5858z: @KaylaV Fair enough. Looking forward to hearing it.
@MeganLouAL: @CountryBoy5858z @KaylaV That’s honestly the best answer you could’ve given.
@CharlieKeys: @KaylaV Did Ellie remember the sentence?
@KaylaV: @CharlieKeys Yes. She’d written it down. A fascinating technique I may consider adopting.
@SophieSingsUK: @KaylaV Have you tried staring angrily at the paper? That’s usually my next step.
@LaurenLouUK: @KaylaV This makes me feel better about the essay I’m supposed to be writing.
@KaylaV: @LaurenLouUK You write your paragraph. I’ll write my line. Meet back here when we’ve both stopped sulking.
@LaurenLouUK: @KaylaV DEAL.
3:52 p.m.
@KaylaV: Harry played my talking between takes back to me. Apparently I say “y’all” enough to qualify as my own backing singer.
Selected Replies
@HuntsvilleHannah: @KaylaV Don’t let them take your y’all away.
@KaylaV: @HuntsvilleHannah They’d have to take the whole girl. It’s attached.
@TommyPickin: @KaylaV Make a loop. Instant percussion.
@GeorgiaPeachKV: @TommyPickin Y’all y’all y’all y’all. I can hear it already.
@AmyFromLeeds: @KaylaV @GeorgiaPeachKV @TommyPickin As a British person I would happily buy four minutes of you saying y’all.
@KaylaV: @AmyFromLeeds Harry says that’s the first useful suggestion I’ve made all day.
@AmyFromLeeds: @KaylaV MY FIRST SONGWRITING CREDIT.
@NashvilleNate: @KaylaV Studio chatter is always funnier until somebody threatens to put it on the album.
@KaylaV: @NashvilleNate We were getting along so well after this morning.
@NashvilleNate: @KaylaV I’ll see myself out.
@BethanyMayUK: @KaylaV @NashvilleNate has had a very difficult Tuesday.
@BamaBecca: @KaylaV My accent gets worse when I’m tired. By Friday you’ll need subtitles.
@WestmouthLiv: @KaylaV Have they got you saying “cheers” yet?
@KaylaV: @WestmouthLiv Said “cheers, y’all” earlier. Nobody knew what to do with me.
@TeaWithTash: @KaylaV @WestmouthLiv That’s it. You’ve passed. We can issue your passport now.
@DanielleSings: @KaylaV Please never get too famous to tell us these things. This has made my afternoon.
5:41 p.m.
@KaylaV: Done for today. No song previews, sorry. Some things need a little growing room. But I really, really like being here. ♥
Selected Replies
@CountryKate91: @KaylaV You can hear how happy you are even when you’re only typing.
@KaylaV: @CountryKate91 There are worse ways to spend a Tuesday than making music with people who make you laugh. ♥
@EllieMaeBama: @KaylaV Don’t rush it for us. We can wait.
@BenjiAcoustic: @KaylaV Let it grow. That’s how you get something worth hearing.
@KatieJaneKV: @KaylaV I’m willing to wait but I reserve the right to be dramatic about it.
@KaylaV: @KatieJaneKV Seems fair. I’d hate to interfere with your process.
@SouthernJess: @KaylaV Please pass our thanks to Harry and Ellie for feeding you and putting up with you.
@KaylaV: @SouthernJess Feeding me, yes. That second part was rude, Jessica.
@SouthernJess: @KaylaV Said with love 😂 ♥
@GuitarGirlJess: @KaylaV Does the song stay in your head when you go home? Mine always does.
@KaylaV: @GuitarGirlJess Yep. And the bit that wouldn’t behave will probably fix itself while I’m brushing my teeth.
@RachelBethAL: @KaylaV This has been so much nicer than just getting an official “great day in the studio” update.
@LucyLou1990: @KaylaV Today’s achievements: coffee, biscuits, sandwiches one word, Anglo-Alabamian dialect.
@KaylaV: @LucyLou1990 When you put it like that I sound very productive.
@MeganLouAL: @KaylaV That last bit matters more than a preview. Glad you’re happy, Kayla.
@HuntsvilleHannah: @KaylaV Missing you back home but so glad they’re being good to you. ♥
@KaylaV: @HuntsvilleHannah Miss home too, honey. Somebody eat something fried on my behalf.
@BethanyMayUK: @KaylaV See you tomorrow, mysterious coffee lady.
Kayla’s Twitter & Instagram – Wednesday 15 thJanuary 2014
Twitter 9:38 a.m.
@KaylaV: Photographer’s back. Trying to look like a serious musician. Unfortunately I know she’s there and keep waving.
Selected Replies
@LucyLou1990: @KaylaV Please ask her to include at least one wave. Some of us need waving Kayla.
@EmilyJaneUK: @KaylaV You’re supposed to pretend the camera isn’t there.
@KaylaV: @EmilyJaneUK Honey, I was raised to greet visitors. Mama didn’t make a photography exception.
@SouthernJess: @KaylaV @EmilyJaneUK Your mama would absolutely call you about ignoring that woman.
@GuitarGirlJess: @KaylaV Get her to photograph your hands while you’re playing. Can’t wave then.
@KaylaV: @GuitarGirlJess You underestimate both my manners and my willingness to miss a chord.
@CharlieKeys: @KaylaV @GuitarGirlJess As a musician, I regret to confirm that last part is believable.
@GeorgiaPeachKV: @KaylaV Could she photograph you through the glass so you don’t notice?
@KaylaV: @GeorgiaPeachKV That’s where she is. I can see him. We have waved at each other six times.
@KatieJaneKV: @KaylaV @GeorgiaPeachKV She’s encouraging you. This is a photographer problem.
@KaylaV: @KatieJaneKV She is lovely though absolutely lovely
@WestmouthLiv: @KaylaV Just saw the first Instagram picture. You do look very professional!
@KaylaV: @WestmouthLiv Thank you. There was a brief gap between incidents.
@DanielleSings: @KaylaV Those pictures Monday made me want to pick up my guitar again. Haven’t played in months.
@KaylaV: @DanielleSings Pick it up, honey. Doesn’t matter if you’re rusty. Neither of you will mind. ♥
@HuntsvilleHannah: @KaylaV Will there be more photos on Instagram today?
@KaylaV: @HuntsvilleHannah Yep! Apparently some of them will even have me working in them.
@NashvilleNate: @KaylaV Harry deserves a photograph of himself looking patiently at the ceiling.
@KayaV : @NashvilleNate you and I are going to have a falling out
Instagram KaylaV 9:47 a.m.
Morning, y’all. Back on our sofa. ❤️
Listening to yesterday’s ideas, keeping some, arguing gently with others. Ellie’s been playing the same few bars while I try different words over them. Every time I say “hang on,” she goes around again.
Grateful for her patience. And for pencils with erasers.
#AlbumThree #RiverbankStudios #DayThree
Selected Replies
bamagirl92: Morning from Alabama! Some of us are following this album at unreasonable hours.
laurenelise88: @bamagirl_92 Morning from Leeds, where it’s a perfectly reasonable time to be avoiding work xx
bootsandbobbypins: Love this in black and white. Definitely another one for the booklet.
yellowhammerheart: Monday we had colour. Has the album budget already run out?
KaylaV: @yellowhammerheart Spent it all on pizza and caramel lattes. Send help.;)
maggiemaemusic: Ellie playing while you write ❤️ This is such a lovely photograph.
rachel_sings: Do you sing the different words out loud while you’re writing them? I always feel silly singing a line when I haven’t decided if I like it yet.
KaylaV: @rachel_sings Yep! Sometimes a line looks fine on the page and then my mouth has other ideas. And sometimes I stop halfway through and laugh. That counts too.
615songroom: The page will let you get away with a lot that the melody won’t.
emilyjane_93: The notebook is facing AWAY from us now. She’s onto me.
carolinacountrygirl: @emilyjane_93 After Monday I think everybody in that studio is onto you.
sixstringsandcoffee: Nice to see Ellie with the J-45 again. Would happily listen to an afternoon of just the two of you and the guitars.
rowan_615: Everybody wants the writing-room tape until they discover it’s forty minutes of the same four bars and a discussion about one word.
southernvinylgirl: @rowan_615 You seriously underestimate how much time I have for this woman.
musicrownotebook: Glad they’re taking time with the writing. The soundtrack brought some new ears her way; this album is a chance to give those listeners a reason to stay.
oldbootsnewrecords: Don’t throw yesterday’s pages away. Might be something on them you need next week.
KaylaV: @oldbootsnewrecords Keeping them, I promise. Although finding anything again might require Ellie’s help.
sarahbeth_89: I write stories and “arguing gently with yesterday’s ideas” is painfully familiar. Mine don’t always argue gently back.
peachstatekate: Is that tea in the mugs? Have they converted you already?
KaylaV: @peachstatekate I’m drinking what gets handed to me while I’m thinking. This seems like a dangerous habit to get into around British people.
jessfromflorence: Mama’s not up yet. I’ll show her this later. She’ll be pleased you’ve all gone back to work.
annabelle_1992: @jessfromflorence Please don’t wake her for a progress report. She’s management. She can come in when she likes.
littlebird_amy: I’ve had half a song in a notebook since November. Might have another look at it tonight.
KaylaV: @littlebird_amy Do it, honey. Hope you find something in there you still love. ❤️
countryaircheckdan: Good luck with day three. We’ll let you get on with it.