00:01I'll rise like a day, I'll rise up
00:06I'll rise warm and freaky, I'll rise up
00:11And I'll do it a thousand times again
00:20Dawn, that was the stand-up performance at this year's Grammys.
00:23R&B singer Andra Day's killer mashup with Ellie Golden.
00:28Now, right here to perform an acoustic version of her hit Rise Up from her album Cheers to the Fall.
00:35Please welcome one of the most amazing singers ever, Andra Day.
00:48You're broken down and tired
00:52Of living life on a merry-go-round
00:57And you can't find a fighter
01:01Oh, but I see it in you
01:04So we gon' walk it out
01:06And move
01:11And I'll dance
01:13We gon' walk it out
01:15And move
01:19And move
01:20And I'll rise up
01:24I'll rise like the day
01:26I'll rise up
01:28I'll rise unafraid
01:30I'll rise up
01:32And I'll do it a thousand times again
01:37For you
01:41For you
01:42For you
01:47For you
01:50For you
01:55All we need, all we need is hope
02:01And feel that we have each other
02:05And feel that we have each other
02:09Yeah
02:11We will rise
02:13We will rise, we'll rise
02:20Oh
02:22I
02:23I'll rise
02:26I'll rise
02:28Rise like the day
02:30I'll rise
02:32In spite of your ego
02:34I will rise
02:36A thousand times
02:38Again
02:40And we'll rise up
02:43I like the waves
02:45We'll rise up
02:47In spite of the ache
02:49We'll rise up
02:51And we'll do it a thousand times
02:55Again
02:57Happy
02:58You
02:59Oh
03:01You
03:10Oh
03:12Who
03:13Oh
03:14Who
03:14This is a massive head this song is just
03:43inspirational anthem to so many people. M. Night Shyamalan directed an amazing video which
03:50brought tears to my eyes. I was in tears before the show, I watched it. Thank you, thank you.
03:54Tell us about where that particular video can, why that video? You know what it's funny because I was
04:03originally I wasn't sure what I was going to present visually for Rise Up and I was you know
04:08I'm a very spiritual person so I was praying about it and I was reading this book and I was
04:12I mean it was called God always has a plan B for women. Don't judge the title because I first saw
04:17the title I was like, you mean plan B? You know what I mean? But no, the back of the book a man was
04:22telling his son about how amazing his mom was and he was saying you know I wanted to take your mother
04:27out on a date and then he proceeds to tell him in order for me to take her on a date she has to get
04:32up, she has to wash me, she has to brush my teeth, she has to do. So to me the story was such a perfect
04:37story of perseverance daily, every day, never giving up, not just for yourself but for another
04:43person you know. It's stunning. Thank you. I want to praise you myself first. Let me just say
04:51thank you so much for being a voice in the industry because a lot of times the voices get
04:56not looked on, it's just fashion and honey thank you. Must do, you got a lot going on. So you're on the
05:03cover of Essence magazine which you're gorgeous. You're performing at the Essence Festival which is
05:07spectacular in New Orleans and you're kicking off a major collaboration. Tell us. Yes, it's huge.
05:13I'm so excited. It's the Rise Up campaign with Coke and McDonald's and with Essence as well and so
05:18my face is and my lyrics are actually going to be on 40 million Coke cups around the country.
05:23I love one. Yeah, it's crazy. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.
05:29How does it feel? Because you've been in this industry for 15 years.
05:3215 years. You've been grinding for a while. Exactly. A long time and it's been a process
05:36you know of discovering myself and discovering my sound and so it's amazing to do a campaign like
05:41this even to be on this show you know it's stuff that you don't really imagine. You want it but you
05:46don't imagine it would happen. This is your time baby. This is your time. You earned this and you
05:50got the chops. No joke. And you're nice. She's nice. Thank you.
05:53Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks to Ghassila LaVert for guest co-hosting.
06:00We want you all to know that we appreciate that you came and we want you to take a little time to
06:05enjoy whatever view you happen upon.
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