Instantly smitten by 16-year-old would-be model Raphina (Grace Collender), a vision in ripped lace and ankle boots who hangs around the local phone booth, he asks her to star in a video for his non-existent band. When she accepts, he hurriedly puts together a team of oddballs and misfits, calls them Sing Street (see what they did there?) and starts creating music inspired by Duran Duran, The Cure, or whichever other artist music-snob Brendan introduces him to.