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00:01We're travelling across the country
00:03to hear the people of Britain sing the songs that tell their incredible stories.
00:08Come on!
00:09Our mentors, Sam Ryder and Paloma Faith.
00:12You're so brave!
00:13We'll choose one singer from each city
00:15to perform our once-in-a-lifetime concert
00:18at London's Hackney Empire.
00:21This week,
00:23we've set up the Your Song stage in the nation's capital.
00:26And we're inviting you to listen, not just to music,
00:30but to memory, hope and courage.
00:32Welcome to Your Song!
00:42Paloma, London.
00:44My hometown.
00:44Your hometown.
00:45Cockles and muscles.
00:47Alive-alive-o.
00:48My very own Pearly Quinn.
00:49It's literally Oliver Twist here.
00:51I'm Fagin'.
00:55So much music comes from it.
00:57David Bowie.
00:58Rolling Stones.
00:59The Clash.
01:01Adele.
01:01Yeah.
01:02Amy Winehouse.
01:03George Michael.
01:04Stormzy.
01:05Yeah.
01:05As a kid, my favourite band growing up was Iron Maiden, right?
01:09And them playing all those clubs on the East End.
01:12And I'd be like, if I can do that,
01:14maybe I can make it the same way that Iron Maiden.
01:16And, obviously, I didn't.
01:17It was actually me singing covers of Britney Spears.
01:21That actually did it in my mum's kitchen.
01:24Of course, it can be a tough audience here.
01:27I mean, we're standing here filming,
01:28no-one's stopped to even bat an eyelid.
01:30But I'm hoping London, you won't let me down.
01:34So take me back to London.
01:38Paloma and Sam will be able to see and hear all of the singers
01:41who we'll take to our stage.
01:43Guys, clear the floor, please.
01:44Whilst hidden away beneath City Hall.
01:47And first to share the song that means the most to them.
01:50Hold my hand.
01:52Is someone that recently was unable to speak, let alone sing.
01:56Oh, he's got such swag, I love him.
02:00My name's Vic Wallace.
02:01The song I'm singing is Fly Me To The Moon.
02:05The song means everything to me
02:07because it's given me another chance in my life.
02:11Hi, Vic.
02:12Oh, hello.
02:12Hello, I'm Alison.
02:14Yes, I know.
02:15He took his hat off when he met a lady.
02:17Oh, cute.
02:17I feel like I might need to lift you up on here.
02:20Please, yeah, yeah.
02:23He's let Alison lift him up.
02:25You look lovely.
02:27And I'm 90.
02:28You're 90 years old?
02:29I'm 90.
02:3090 years old, by the way.
02:32Just bowling about, no stick, anything.
02:34So I go out and entertain the old people.
02:37Are you in, like, a choir or something?
02:38Yes, that choir's out at Mount...
02:39Are they here?
02:40Yes.
02:41Well, he obviously keeps you young being in that choir, doesn't he?
02:43Oh, yeah.
02:43I don't know about young.
02:45You're young.
02:46I'm younger.
02:48Yeah.
02:48I'm younger.
02:50After his wife Stella passed away three years ago,
02:53singing became a lifeline for Vic.
02:56Well, this is Addiscombe Crick Club,
02:58and we rehearse here every Thursday.
03:01Hello, lads.
03:02Hiya.
03:02We practise in a changing room because it's got the best sound.
03:07Come along, come along, be jolly great boys.
03:10It's ten to your groggy a jar.
03:12It's companionship, friendship.
03:15I'm so elated to be able to go out and sing to people.
03:20It brings me happiness.
03:22But during Covid, Vic's newfound happiness was suddenly taken away from him.
03:28I got up in the morning, made breakfast, and I couldn't speak.
03:34When he first had the stroke, I remember a video call when he was in the hospital
03:39when he was trying really hard to get his words out and they weren't quite coming.
03:42You could see the frustration because he's such a chatty person.
03:46I was very low because I didn't know if I was going to speak again.
03:51One day, I heard a man singing in the corridor,
03:55and I thought, I must go and find out about this man.
03:59And he sang to me.
04:00It was Fly Me to the Moon.
04:02And I thought to myself, I used to be able to sing, and I wanted to sing again.
04:08So after that, a speech therapist came, and I wrote down, I'd like to sing a song.
04:15Please welcome to the stage, it's Vic!
04:20When you sing, you don't chop the words up like when you speak.
04:25You elongate words.
04:27Fly me.
04:31So it's easier to say a sound.
04:34Fly me to the moon.
04:36It's given me a second chance.
04:38I can sing, and I can speak again.
04:47I'm 90.
04:51What a guy.
04:53He sang before he spoke.
04:56Because he found it easier, because it was like cursive.
04:59Fly me to the moon.
05:01And let me play among the stars.
05:04Make it swing there, come on.
05:07Let me sing what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars.
05:13In other words, please be true.
05:20In other words, I love you.
05:29It's not the most amazing thing I've ever heard.
05:32But in the context, he could not speak.
05:36Yeah.
05:36Yeah.
05:36It's fantastic.
05:37Music saves people.
05:40Look, he's going to dance.
05:42Look, don't you?
05:53It's amazing.
05:54I also love that he comes from a generation that really prioritised showmanship.
05:59Yeah.
06:00Yeah.
06:01He threw his hat into the crowd.
06:03Right.
06:03Fill my heart with song, and let me sing forevermore.
06:09It's so much more complex and deep than just the voice.
06:14There's everything behind it.
06:16It's the story.
06:16It's the bravery.
06:17It's the joy of music.
06:17It's the resilience.
06:18In other words, please be true.
06:25In other words, I love you.
06:29In other words, I love you.
06:40You did.
06:42We love you.
06:44Thank you very much.
06:47You don't have to get to the Hackney Empire to win.
06:50You can win in plenty of different ways in life.
06:53He's already won.
06:54Oh, wow.
06:55How good was you?
06:57It's so exciting.
06:59Wonderful.
07:00I could do it again.
07:03And now I feel quite emotional.
07:06Sorry.
07:07I've never done anything like this before, so it's marvellous.
07:12Thank you for everything.
07:14What an amazing start.
07:1790 years old, man.
07:18Something we can all aspire to, isn't it?
07:22Yeah.
07:22Although I reckon I'd be bored of life by about 85.
07:24I reckon.
07:25Ready to go.
07:28Like watching a long film.
07:29Yeah.
07:30Yeah.
07:31The amount of life I actually live, it's a bit overwhelming.
07:36I'm loving angels instead.
07:41You're amazing.
07:43The only thing is, I'm not male.
07:45Can I join?
07:46No.
07:46Yeah.
07:48Yeah.
07:54You start walking now, Maggie.
07:55How's your water today?
07:57My name is Maggie.
07:59I'm 20 years old.
08:00At the minute I'm a student, I'm going to be singing the song I wrote.
08:03At the time my granddad was being diagnosed with dementia and it was a big struggle for my family.
08:13Great.
08:14I can't tell what's real anymore.
08:17Your voice is a stranger's.
08:21Cuts me to the core.
08:23Lovely.
08:24Wow.
08:25This silence is getting too loud.
08:28I'm trying to fight it.
08:31My head's underground.
08:3820 years old, how deep are those lyrics?
08:40I love the lyrics.
08:42I just think her voice is also quite flawless.
08:45Yeah.
08:45Each day feels the same as the last.
08:49This clock tries to toll me with each second past.
08:55Dementia takes all the best parts of you.
08:58And...
09:00Yeah.
09:01It...
09:02Yeah.
09:02Sorry.
09:03Goodbye.
09:06This disease is taking over me.
09:11I lose sight of you I was before.
09:16I'm on my knees begging baby please, deliver me the cure.
09:30It's a horrible disease.
09:31And we're such a close unit.
09:34When one person isn't themselves it's really hard on everybody.
09:38And I think also it's really hard.
09:41Not knowing whether there's going to be a day where he doesn't recognise me or my voice.
09:45I find my enemy in the mirror.
09:50With every reflection, more reason and fear it.
09:56I can't take back these things that I've done.
10:00She's building on dynamics as the song progresses.
10:04Upping the ante on strength.
10:06Tell me I'm more than the pieces I miss.
10:18Wow.
10:19I think a lot of people would relate to these words.
10:21I think it encapsulates the whole meaning of the song.
10:25It sort of highlights a bit of hope as well.
10:28My grandad is a very strong person.
10:30He's very stubborn.
10:31So I hope there is life after this and there is more to come.
10:36I've forgotten how to belong.
10:45This disease, it's taking over me.
10:52I lose sight of who I was before.
10:56I'm on my knees.
11:00Begging baby please.
11:03Deliver me the cure.
11:12Brilliant.
11:14No control.
11:19I haven't even got a tissue.
11:25That's an impeccable live performance.
11:28She seems like a young Florence the Machine or Chapel Rowan
11:32and maybe doesn't need the validation of going for the Hackney Empire.
11:39Maybe the DNA of what we're doing here,
11:41it's not just about putting an amazing singer
11:44who writes an incredible song into that grand final.
11:48And that might sound weird to viewers,
11:50but you're almost trying to invite an outsider.
11:53I just have this feeling that she is already on her way.
12:01We're in London to hear ordinary people
12:04sing the songs that tell their extraordinary stories.
12:08This is an opportunity for anyone to step off onto the stage
12:12and come and sing.
12:14OK, what's your name?
12:15Bedina.
12:16Bedina.
12:17Come on then.
12:18Look at me, like a bag baby.
12:19Hold the bags.
12:20Give me the bags.
12:21Alison's holding Bedina's shopping while she sings.
12:23This is iconic.
12:26Why don't you come out over a battery?
12:30Everyone has a song that has like a particular memory
12:33or helps them through a difficult time.
12:36And I just believe in the power of music.
12:38She's bringing joy.
12:40But what we're looking for is maybe an unexpectedness.
12:45When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll.
12:52Yes!
12:53That is a baritone and a half.
12:58Now I love you just the way I love that rag doll.
13:03The first time I heard this song was on Glee.
13:06Growing up in Nigeria for 10 years, my family moved to Uganda.
13:09I didn't really see many gay people until Glee came along
13:13and changed my life forever.
13:15It was nice to see Kurt, someone that was openly gay in school.
13:19And Glee showed me that I could live my life in the way that I want to.
13:23And my boyfriend's actually going to be there.
13:25And do I love you, I am I.
13:32River deep, mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:37I'm stoked for him that he's managed to get up on that stage
13:40and sing his heart out.
13:42With full chest.
13:43And an identity song.
13:45Yeah.
13:45Proud to be who you are.
13:48I am a doctor.
13:50Currently working in A&E.
13:51It can be very stressful, but singing helps loads.
13:56I bet he's a blast at karaoke.
13:58I don't see it at the final, but I wonder if he sings to the patient.
14:01Yeah, while they're waiting.
14:03The five hour wait in London.
14:11Whilst Ikenna has drawn one of the largest crowds of the day so far.
14:18Less than a mile away, there's an even bigger gathering in the nation's capital.
14:29And it's brought vast areas of London to a standstill.
14:33Dominic, is it starting now?
14:35Yeah, it's starting in a bit now.
14:39Where are you?
14:41Uh-oh.
14:4315-year-old Dominic's friends might be running late.
14:46Where's Emmanuel?
14:47But despite the disruption, his family are here in full force.
14:52You all right, Dominic?
14:53Oh, my God.
14:54Nice to meet you.
14:55Hello.
14:55I'm Alexander.
14:56You all right?
14:57I'm shaking.
14:58Always shaking.
14:59Are you feeling a bit nervous?
15:01Yeah.
15:01Do you want to sit next to you?
15:02Yes, please.
15:03Tell me, what is your song called?
15:06My song is called Coded in DNA.
15:08Did you write that song?
15:09It's an original.
15:10Stop it.
15:10Oh!
15:11The original is about growing up as a young black boy.
15:15Stuff went on when I was younger.
15:16Like, my family, we had to move from area to area to area.
15:20And within each area that we've moved to,
15:22we've just experienced hate.
15:25And the fact that we even have to go through that,
15:28I just find it absolutely insane.
15:30And literally just because of this colour of music.
15:32Just because it doesn't, like, make sense.
15:34People talk about how it should be put to a stop,
15:37but really and truly, there is no stop.
15:39And it sticks with you.
15:41Yeah.
15:41That's exactly why I called my song Coded in DNA,
15:43because all the racist comments, all the microaggressions,
15:45it's been coded into me.
15:49I was 15 when I was writing songs,
15:51but nothing I'd ever feel confident sharing.
15:54To perform public.
15:56Give a warm welcome to Dominique.
16:06Hello, everyone.
16:08Today I'm going to be performing a song I wrote.
16:11I wrote the song because growing up black,
16:14you just hear hateful comments all the time.
16:17But my brothers told me that you're not the issue.
16:21There's nothing wrong with you.
16:22auf
16:31On day number one,
16:34well,
16:34some rows above it all,
16:35just like the sun.
16:37They never held back,
16:39never on the run.
16:41They never raised their hands high for anyone,
16:44But when I hit the age
16:47Your innocence is gone and you should know your place
16:51They say it don't matter, just play the game
16:54I have to keep my hands high on a chain
17:00And I can try
17:04He's getting a bit out of breath because he's in panic
17:07Yeah, but I can hear this amazing voice now
17:10I'm not gonna cry
17:14See that, right there, that moment's magic and perfect
17:18And that's his voice
17:19And I'm coded, and I'm coded
17:22And I'm coded in DNA
17:27He's not just carrying the nerves of a song here
17:31It's the nerves of the message behind the song
17:34Kid in my primary school was so upset about being black
17:38They tried to use sandpaper on their skin
17:41And when you go through these experiences
17:43You never forget about it
17:45And whether you're 15 or 90
17:48The situations never stop
17:50So therefore, even though you've said it before
17:52You need to say it again because
17:54Listening is one thing, but hearing and understanding is another
18:00If I'm thinking about Hackney Empire, I'd love to sit down with Dominic and talk about breathing
18:10And work out circular breathing just before he goes on
18:14Yeah, he needs a lot of breath as well to fit all of those words in
18:18It's a complex song with the riffs and the runs
18:20The agility that you need to sing that
18:23I couldn't even start to do that at that age
18:26I want to go and hold his hand and tell him he has such potential
18:31Shall we go?
18:32Let's go, let's go
18:32Cause by the night
18:37We may not survive
18:40And I'm called A.I.
18:44Thank you, your songwriting's incredible
18:58Thank you
18:59I just want to say on behalf of everyone
19:01That I feel sorry that at 15 you have to be the one to say that
19:05Cause that's not fair
19:07You're brave and you're a better man than most
19:09So that's why we came out to see you
19:17Well done
19:25The nerves got to me
19:27But my story was genuinely heard
19:29And not just by everyone
19:31But like all the mentors there
19:32Alison Hammond
19:33I'm so happy
19:3615 years old is all
19:37And I'm a proud mum
19:39A proud mum
19:41A proud mum
19:42Yes
19:45Wow
19:46Wow
19:59What are you doing today then?
20:01Enjoying this
20:01Oh
20:02So what was you doing in London?
20:04We're on a date
20:05Weekend prayer
20:06I thought he was about to say we're on a date
20:08So what are you up to now then?
20:10We've got to go back to Covent Garden
20:11I would have sang for you but if you've got to go Covent Garden that's fine
20:41My name's Helen and the song that I'm going to sing for you is called Every Time We Say Goodbye
20:46I die a little
20:48Because every time I took my children home I had to say goodbye to them which broke my heart
20:54So I'm just hoping that I can hold together today
20:58Oh bless her
21:00Oh bless her
21:00We'll start now
21:04So nervous
21:07I haven't sung for 30 years
21:14Every time we say goodbye
21:21I die a little
21:25Oh super jazz voice
21:36It relates back to very emotional times
21:40My marriage was on the rocks so he took the property and I took the children
21:49Think so little of me
21:53They allow you to go
21:58I left and took the children to London
22:02Every time I took them back to their father if I was doing a gig in a pub or something
22:06like that
22:07As you do in Derry
22:08The first night somebody requested every time we say goodbye
22:12So I sang it
22:13And I looked down and my youngest child Orla she was standing there
22:20Big bloody tears running down her face
22:24It broke my heart
22:26And eventually I just kept up singing it all together
22:30I can hear a lark somewhere
22:36I can hear a lark somewhere
23:00We say goodbye
23:04I love seeing how she sings with her shoulders too
23:07Vocal coaches will say don't do this this this
23:10But I love seeing people sing where all of that's out the window
23:15It's just I'll use my body to help me sing
23:18Because singing isn't just here
23:20And live in each word
23:20Exactly yeah
23:21Also she feels particularly comfortable playing with the live band
23:26Yeah
23:27Every time
23:30Jumping out of the phrase and catching herself back in the phrase again
23:34We say
23:41Goodbye
23:42Goodbye
23:54Skat singing
23:58I think she'd fit in at the Hackney Empire for a little bit of class but not like earnest class
24:03She's a bit of a ledge
24:05I haven't heard her sing for a long long time still just about holding it together to be honest
24:12It's great to be back in action again after 30 years
24:15Those people's lungs have collapsed by 83
24:18I can't believe she's carrying this song
24:24I'm Eden I'm 17 I'm from Tottenham
24:26I'm going to be singing I think it's going to rain today by Randy Newman
24:30Nice choice
24:31Which is a song that my dad sang to me as a lullaby when I was a baby
24:35And now my dad's going to be accompanying me on guitar
24:39It would feel wrong to perform it without him
24:43My dad has been an inspiration
24:45The thing I associate the most with him is like funk and blues and stevie wonder
25:07Don't you worry
25:08He's singing
25:09Fabulous
25:11Nine months later he was like rushed to the hospital and they found the tumour that was directly
25:17In the middle of his head
25:18I just like the way that you were singing
25:21Sometimes it makes me feel emotional
25:23For most of Eden's childhood he's had to play second fiddle to his younger brother
25:27For so many years and in so many ways
25:30Do you want to stop now?
25:34I'm not going to tell you to go away
25:36That's nice
25:38Lenny will be blind for the rest of his life
25:40He had a stroke and all of these other complications when he was very young
25:44And also moments where we didn't know if Len was going to make it
25:49My parents had to be at the hospital a lot of the time
25:52It creates this feeling in you of not wanting to have any problems
26:00We can stop now if you want
26:01Would you mind?
26:02He is unfailingly kind and supportive and patient
26:07I know you can make it around yourself
26:09But I'm just going to guide you because of the equipment and stuff
26:14I didn't want to be a burden
26:15I wanted to be the one that was okay
26:19I'm so glad you're here
26:20And be the one that could help
26:26My dad singing this song to me when I was one
26:29It shaped me completely
26:35When I listen to it and when I sing it
26:38It feels like everything that we've been through as a family
26:44Broken windows
26:47And empty hallways
26:53Pale dead moon
26:57In the sky street
27:00With grey
27:01Oh, lovely, pure voice
27:06Human kindness is overflowing
27:17And I think it's going to rain today
27:25This song for me, it's about how complicated life is
27:31Scarecrow's dressed in the latest styles
27:40Sometimes I have so much resentment towards Len
27:43And guilt for feeling that resentment
27:46I also know it's not his fault
27:48And I love him with every bit of me
27:51And I think it's going to rain today
28:11It's the balance
28:12It's the balance
28:12You cope
28:14You can go out in the rain
28:15Because there's family and there's love
28:19Hold on in the rain
28:22I think it's going to rain today
28:22Then humankind is going to rain today
28:48Right at the early nights
29:02It was beautiful.
29:16This experience is definitely something which feels like giving something back to Eden.
29:25It's very hard to manage feelings of guilt about Eden's childhood not having been what
29:35we wanted it to be.
29:37And lots of things which Eden didn't get to experience which we would have loved to have
29:44given him.
29:46Would you like to meet Innocent?
29:53I'm here, I'm here, Lenny.
29:55Wasn't he wonderful?
29:57He didn't break my heart.
30:01Lenny's really moved by his brother.
30:04Oh.
30:05It's overwhelming.
30:08We were quite speechless.
30:10Yeah.
30:11Because it really warranted that kind of heartfelt space.
30:15I think in terms of like what we're looking for, that was a real connection to the story.
30:21This is what it's all about.
30:23Infinitely more than a song, infinitely more than a voice.
30:26It is based on a feeling.
30:29And I think it's gonna rain today.
30:44Like a mini Glastonbury, the Your Song stage is having to endure a typical British summer.
30:50All I hope is that Channel 4 are getting little water droplets coming off of bunting,
30:54showing us that the rain is easing.
30:56And that Britain will not be deterred by bad weather.
30:59Our lips remain stiff.
31:03Here's the next act.
31:05Next to sing for us is someone who hasn't been able to perform in public for the past six years.
31:10I'm Milo.
31:11I'm 15 years old.
31:12My song is Rise Up by Andrea Day.
31:15Aw.
31:16Class song.
31:17And it's a song all about, you know, resilience and all about determination.
31:21And basically all that I would have needed to hear back in primary school.
31:25Hello, Milo.
31:26How are you doing?
31:27I'm doing good.
31:27How are you?
31:28Good to meet you.
31:29Take a seat.
31:30How are you?
31:31Nervous.
31:32How are you feeling?
31:32You nervous?
31:33No, I'm excited.
31:34It should be fun.
31:34So what does singing mean to you?
31:37When it comes to singing, in primary school it was hard.
31:39And then I stopped completely.
31:42You didn't?
31:43For about two years.
31:44Wow.
31:47When he was really little, people used to say to us, I don't know how you cope.
31:51You know, one of my friends worked at this to me.
31:52What?
31:55Really?
31:55Yeah.
31:56Really?
31:57What, just because he's hard work?
31:59You know I'm right here.
32:00Oh, that's why I didn't see you there.
32:01I remember taking Milo home from school one day.
32:05We had Matilda on in the car.
32:07And then Milo started singing.
32:09And I remember thinking, that's good.
32:15Do you feel different than other kids?
32:20I was different because I was always made to feel like singing was never cool.
32:26It's definitely tough to be a kid, because kids maybe sometimes don't know what's mean
32:32and what's not.
32:34OK, we are imminent.
32:35It's really difficult when your child's confidence is knocked.
32:41I distinctly remember the turning point.
32:44I was ready to perform in an assembly.
32:46And this was a big step, because I was going to school with a completely different persona.
32:52And I could not do it at all, and I was shaking, and I didn't sing.
32:58This is Milo.
33:05Freezing on stage.
33:06That was the moment where I was like, right, no singing, no music, and nobody can hear me except for
33:12me.
33:19You're broken down and tired
33:23Of living life on a merry-go-round
33:28And you can't find that fighter
33:32But I see it in you, so we gon' walk it out
33:36Oh, wow.
33:40Milo's causing problems here, in the best way.
33:43And I'll rise up, I'll rise like the day
33:47I'll rise up, I'll rise unafraid
33:51I'll rise up
33:53And I'll do it all then times again
33:58Subtle
33:59And I'll rise up, high like the waves
34:03I'll rise up, in spite of the ache
34:07I'll rise up, and I'll do it all then times again
34:14For you
34:18The notes is reaching, uh, divine.
34:21When I talk about a glassy voice, Stevie Wonder is the archetype.
34:25It's shiny, it's sparkly, it's high, but clear and precise.
34:31All we need, all we need is hope
34:37And for that we have each other
34:41For that we have each other now
34:45To any kids watching this, never get discouraged
34:48Just sing anywhere you can if that's the path you wanna follow
34:51Because that's what happens
34:53I'll rise up
34:56I think we should go out and tell him
34:58I'll rise up, in spite of the ache
35:01I chose rise up because the first word is
35:04You're broken down and tired
35:06So you're pretty much accepting defeat
35:11But then, the end is so big
35:14You feel ten times stronger when you've finished it
35:19That feeling only comes from going through
35:21A maybe not so great beginning
35:24For you
35:29For you
35:32For you
35:36For you
35:37For you
35:40For you
35:52You're so amazing!
35:54You teach his family all the time.
35:58You're so incredible!
36:00Thank you so much!
36:01That voice should never be trapped!
36:03You're saying you're, like, catching a hard time at school
36:05because you're singing, right?
36:06With a voice like that power, you've got to shut all that out
36:09Because there are things to be concerned about in life. That is not one of them right now
36:13That is not a normal voice pal. Thank you so much. That is you guys know that right?
36:29You stood up there on stage and you started singing and people who were going about their Sunday mornings just
36:34stopped and
36:35And wanted to listen to you because they really felt what you were saying and that's why you need to
36:40keep singing
36:41Yeah, because you're really good at it
36:47My name is Charlie Ward I am 45 years old. I'm a sports and laryngeal therapist
36:58Hello everybody, I'm gonna be singing my own song for you today another original
37:03Which is a song called changes and it kind of documents the shifts and the changes that I went through
37:09as I came out of my depression
37:11But it also documents the constant element throughout all of that which was my beautiful wife and my daughters down
37:17there
37:18Because had they not been a constant I probably wouldn't be here
37:26I've always struggled a little bit with depression
37:29But I think it was one of those things that I kind of just locked away and put the smiley
37:33face on
37:34And then it kind of really struck me through the covid lockdown
37:40I'm self-employed my business was shut down instantly
37:44The bills were still coming in and I had no income
37:48It's like somebody threw petrol on the fire
37:56It kind of just drove me to a really really dark place
38:01If you were there then you would know
38:05Just how i'm feeling
38:08Nice
38:11Empty inside losing my mind
38:15Like nobody needs me
38:20This is a really lovely song
38:21Feels like i'm split at the seams
38:26I don't even know what that means
38:42That vocal it's pretty technical to get up there with that much power
38:46The one thing that ain't gonna change
38:50The one thing is you
38:53There's no pretension
38:55He's not trying to be somebody other than who he is
38:58His vocal seems really authentic
39:00And it's just the purity of his connection with his message
39:06Missing the senses and sounds
39:10The less they consume me
39:16Clearing the fog and the clouds
39:19The beauty it moves me
39:26Feels like i'm split at the seams
39:31I don't even know what that means
39:39We're going through changes
39:43I think the lyrics make it clear as to where I was
39:47Changes just came from the constant battle in your head
39:51I couldn't explain why I felt the way that I felt
39:54Like I didn't really have any purpose
39:57Which sounds kind of ridiculous when I say it out loud
40:00Because I've got a beautiful wife
40:02I've got two beautiful daughters
40:03But it's really hard to explain depression
40:06Because it's so different for everybody
40:14I love the composition as well like this riff
40:22It was really cathartic writing it and cathartic playing it
40:29And I hope that somebody might hear it and either help a friend out
40:32Or it might be them themselves that asked for help
40:35Or at least sees that there's a potential to you know go to a better place
40:55This is a professional level song I'd say
40:58It's like damien rice or david grey
41:01The one thing that ain't gonna change
41:05The one thing is you
41:14Charlie! Charlie we love you!
41:23He's worked really hard on everything on himself
41:27On getting himself into the right place
41:29And I just think to see him up there was just incredible
41:34You could literally hear that in the stadium
41:36Yeah
41:37It's a gorgeous song
41:40And it has come from all encompassing darkness for someone in their life
41:45You can pour all of that sadness into something so full of hope
41:52Wow he's ticking a lot of boxes in Charlie man
41:55And we've been the most animated
41:57Yeah
41:57Today
41:58I want that song
42:03Love you all
42:11Everyone who sang for us in London is back on the Your Song stage
42:14To hear who Paloma and Sam will choose to perform in their final concert
42:19At the iconic Hackney Empire
42:21I really feel London has delivered
42:24Can we just start with Vic? I'm in love with him
42:26Fly me to the moon
42:29You can't get closer to life than being 90 getting up on that stage and doing what he did
42:35And I thought Maggie as well really deserves a huge mention
42:39There was no vocal acrobatics because the songwriting did the job
42:48Yes
42:48And one of three original songs
42:50I'm going through changes
42:53All three songs were brilliant
42:55Yeah amazing
42:56Big up Charlie
42:57Big up Dominic
42:58And I'm coded
43:00And I'm coded
43:01For a 15 year old to be that emotionally intelligent
43:04What a talent
43:05And Milo
43:07I mean
43:08Wow
43:08And I'll rise up
43:10We had real hope with young people in London I feel
43:14Because he's 15 and then we had beautiful Eden at 17 years old
43:19Yeah
43:19Human kindness is
43:24Everyone was moved to silence including us
43:27Oh yeah
43:28Because he's expressing pure love
43:30I'm not worried about getting into the final
43:32I'm not worried about anything
43:34It's just spreading joy
43:36But ultimately you have got to come up with one singer to go to the final
43:39So good luck with that and I'll leave you to it
43:42We got it we got it
43:43I hope we got it
43:52Hi guys
43:55Can I just say thank you so much for sharing your stories singing your songs
44:01It's been incredible
44:03But you may have noticed it's not just been the crowds of London who have been watching you
44:08We've got two incredible superstars
44:11We've got Paloma Faith and Sam Ryder
44:15What's up guys
44:16Everyone okay?
44:18Did you enjoy yourselves?
44:20Yeah
44:20Thank you so much for being part of this
44:22It's no mean feat
44:24The jump up on stage in front of a bunch of Londoners
44:27Bearing the deepest depths of your soul
44:29And I'm so proud of you
44:31And we're going to see each other again
44:33Because every single one of you is invited to the grand final that we're going to host
44:38Just over the river over there at the Hackney Empire
44:40I'm buzzing
44:42Only one of you is going to be performing at the final
44:46And the person performing at the grand final in London is
44:57Milo
45:21I think Milo has got a gift that even Milo doesn't understand
45:27There's something special in Milo man because that kid oozes kindness and gratitude
45:32Oh my God
45:32Genuinely this means everything to me
45:34Mate
45:35How he was describing his years at school mirrored my own experience
45:38And that voice
45:40Magic
45:40Magic
45:47I always pick up on the negatives of myself rather than positives
45:51I was really umming and ahhing about every stage in this but
45:55I really I'm glad I didn't stop
46:00Young Milo wouldn't believe me at all
46:04Singing is cool
46:05Singing is so cool
46:06I think you should really enjoy it because it is so much cooler than people think
46:10I'm loving it
46:12I'm loving it
46:19I'm loving it
46:20It's time
46:20Yes
46:23Yes
46:24Yes
46:25Yes
46:25The classic London everyone
46:27Yes
46:28Yes
46:30Next time, the Your Song stage comes to Birmingham, where pitch-perfect performances, spanning
46:45the musical spectrum, leave Sam and Paloma with
46:57B in the final.
46:58With their toughest decision yet.
47:00Are you going to choose?
47:28Yeah.
47:29Yeah.
47:30Yeah.
47:30Yeah.
47:31Yeah.
47:32Yeah.
47:32Yeah.
47:32Yeah.
47:32Yeah.
47:32You
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