Wentz, who in addition to the show’s music director serves as executive producer, said he gets a fair amount of over-the-transom pitches. “Usually when I get sent stuff, it’s too on the nose — like, it’s about a guy in a punk band — or it feels ‘After School Special’-y,” said Wentz, a well-known mental health advocate.
“Everything’s Fine” follows Gemma , an overachieving college junior with big plans to kill it in the music industry, as she learns to cope with a new bipolar diagnosis. Gemma sometimes handles her mental condition well, but sometimes things go disastrously. The cast includes Ian Owens , who plays Gemma’s psychiatrist.
The soundtrack of “Everything’s Fine” also includes music from Alanis Morissette, Machine Gun Kelly and other artists, with an original score by Wentz and Ryland Blackinton of Cobra Starship. On Snapchat, “Everything’s Fine” will feature swipe-ups that provide viewers access to mental health resources at the end of each episode. “I worked really hard on that swipe-up screen,” Klein said. “We used more colloquial language than you sometimes see… You don’t have to be ‘struggling’ with something. You can just be curious about it.”