Plot summary

Struggling to make a name for himself as a singer/songwriter, instead, hopeless Jack Malik is treading water in his career, stuck forever in the coastal town of Lowestoft, UK. Indeed, despite the unconditional support of his manager and best friend since childhood, Ellie Appleton, Jack is going nowhere fast until a cosmic freak accident alters the space/time continuum. Now, as Jack wakes up to find he is the only person on Earth who can remember the hits of the inimitable English rock band, The Beatles, he decides to start playing their songs and passing them off as his own, catching the eye of the English singer, Ed Sheeran, and the American music agent, Debra Hammer. At last, a dream comes true; however, as Jack becomes an overnight sensation, catapulting himself to global stardom, he realises that love is a delicate thing. Can Jack summon up the strength to stop living a lie?—Nick Riganas