Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

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Mekenzie Zimmerman

7 episodes

5 days ago

Send us a text In this episode, the fantasy finally cracks. Shatter Your Illusions of Love is about the moment you realize that what you thought was love was actually control, confusion, and carefully constructed chaos. It’s about the slow unraveling—the gaslighting, the emotional whiplash, the way your instincts keep whispering something isn’t right even when everything looks fine on the outside. I talk about how narcissistic abuse doesn’t arrive loudly. It arrives charming. Convincing. Disa...

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Episodes (7/7)

Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

Episode 6: Shatter Your Illusions of Love

5 days ago

36 minutes

Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

🎁 BONUS EPISODE: Holiday AMA — Unwrapping Your Questions!

Send us a text Pour the cocoa, grab a cookie (or five), and settle in — because this bonus episode is wrapped up in tinsel, chaos, and pure holiday cheer. 🎄✨ In this special AMA, I’m answering your questions: the heartfelt, the hilarious, the behind-the-scenes, the “did-that-really-happen?” stories… all served warm, like leftover cinnamon rolls on December 26th. Expect plenty of honesty, a dash of sparkle, and maybe a few snow-globe-shattering truths as we close out the year together. Whether...

1 week ago

23 minutes

Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

Episode 5: The Cracks Begin To Show

Send us a text Every band has a breaking point-- but it never arrives all at once. It starts quietly. A strange silence in the van. A look you can't quite read. A decision that feels just a little off. A moment where your stomach says, something's changing, even if no one will say it out loud. In this episode, I open up about the first fractures I felt forming inside the band I built from nothing. The laughter was still there, the crowds were still screaming... but underneath it all, th...

2 weeks ago

29 minutes

Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

Episode 4: On The Road Again...(and Again)

Send us a text Welcome to the road-warrior era-- the part of the story where absolutely nothing made sense, but everything was hilarious. In Episode 4, we're piling into vans, chasing shows across the map, surviving on gas station snacks, and learning how to be a "touring band" one questionable motel at a time. This is the episode with the funny stories, the long drives, the inside jokes, the weird gigs, the 'how is this my life?' moments, and the kind of laughter that only happens at 2...

3 weeks ago

31 minutes

Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

Episode 3: Running In The Shadows

Send us a text In this chapter, we step out of the spotlight and into the darker corners of the story-- the places where ambition meets fear, loyalty tangles with ego, and the pressure of being "Stevie" starts to press in from all sides. This episode dives into the quiet moments behind the music: the long drives, the backstage whispers, the heaviness that builds when cracks start showing in the dream you've been fighting to hold together. Mekenzie traces the early warning signs-- the te...

1 month ago

32 minutes

Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

Episode 2: The First Show

Send us a text Eleven years ago, long before tour buses, sold-out theaters, and all the chaos that came later, there was a tiny Atlanta venue called The Star Bar — and one band dream just starting to take shape. This episode goes back to where it all began: the very first Rumours ATL show. A night held together with equal parts nerves, thrift-store velvet, Craigslist gear, and the kind of naïve hope that only exists before you know what you’re getting into. What makes this anniversary hit...

1 month ago

25 minutes

Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar

Episode 1: The Basement

Send us a text Every story starts somewhere, and mine began in a basement filled with laughter, late nights, and the first spark of a dream. In this first episode of Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar, I revisit the early days— the friendships, the music, and the moments that quietly changed everything. It’s the beginning of the story before the spotlight, when everything still felt possible. Thank you for listening to Starting Rumours: My Life as a Mockstar. Follow, share, and l...

1 month ago

20 minutes