How in the heck did Hacks get Jesse McCartney to come and sing “Beautiful Soul” in the newest episode? Funny you should ask.
In Episode 2, “Number One Fan,” the musician appears as himself as Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) throws Ava (Hannah Einbinder) a 30th birthday party with a nostalgic element. At the end of the night, McCartney pops out as a last-minute surprise, singing his hit song to his own “Number One Fan” in honor of her birthday. According to McCartney, it all started with him pressing play on Season 1 of the HBO Max comedy.
“We binged the first season, and then somebody had to tell me, like, ‘You need to go back and watch, there’s an episode that your poster is in Ava’s bedroom wall, on Ava’s bedroom wall,’” he explained in an interview with DECIDER tied
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