Your name is Soulful Sonata, though most ponies know you by the name Back Beat. You don’t want anyone to know this fact due to undertone you believe it will bring to your reputation. No powerful pones are named things like “Soulful Sonata”, that’s a name for a pony that would only get popular around something ridiculous like singing… Which is NOT your talent. YOUR special talent is rapping, Something a true celebrity pony would get respect for. Only prissy Opera singers would have a stupid name like “Sonata”.

Look at your pops, Neon Lights. Now THAT’s a name to be proud of, something that draws the attention of everyone in the room. Something people can chant after having an awesome performance on stage! Not something that would draw shame from in any way. That name is something that ponies from far and wide would grow to know as a staple for a simply awesome pony.

Rapping is simply superior to any other song genre anyway. Ballads especially. Though that might not be a genre of music, it’s superior anyway. Your pops, Neon Lights, even said so. Sure, singing had been something you had had fun doing as a kid, but that’s just it. It’s for kids. Not for true stallions. You don’t even see Stallions singing pop records anyway, at least that’s what dad said. You used to be so proud of your singing, even your ma was proud of it, but obviously it was just your mom being a mom. Your pa knows whats really up. He’s been in the industry after all! your mom doesn’t know anything about stallions going big in the industry. Stallions only get big f they rap, or Dj, like your Pa. Singing is for mares like your friend record. But your Pa doesn’t know about that. He wouldn’t be happy knowing your best friend was Vinyl Scratch’s daughter.

Your Pa is pretty cool. But sometimes you wish he would notice you sometimes.

Back Beat isn’t really proud of his past. Though he grew up with a caring mother, he often fell under the childhood wonder of what his celebrity dad was up to. Certainly something big! seeing as he’s not around that much. He often tells his classmates about his dad, often to the dismay of his mother.

He desperately wishes to please his dad and get him to realize just how much he’s improved but doesn’t realize just how toxic dear ol’ dad is.