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Your Song (2026) - Season 1 Episode 3 -
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00:01We're travelling across the country to hear the people of Britain sing the songs that tell their incredible stories.
00:09Our mentors, Sam Ryder and Paloma Faith,
00:13will choose one singer from each city to perform our once-in-a-lifetime concert at London's Hackney Empire.
00:21This week, we've set up the Your Song stage in the nation's capital.
00:26And we're inviting you to listen, not just to music, but to memory, hope and courage.
00:32Welcome to Your Song!
00:42Paloma, London, your hometown.
00:45Cockles and Muscles, Alive Malivo.
00:48Our very own Curly Gwyn.
00:49It's literally Oliver Twist here.
00:51I'm Fagin.
00:54So much music comes from it.
00:57David Bowie, Rolling Stones, The Clash, Adele, Amy Winehouse, George Michael, Stormzy.
01:05Yeah.
01:05As a kid, my favourite band growing up was Iron Maiden, right?
01:09And then playing all those clubs on the East End.
01:12And I'd be like, if I can do that, maybe 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, no 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 who 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.
01:57Oh, 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 because it's given me another chance in my life.
02:11Hi Vic.
02:12Oh, hello.
02:12Hello.
02:12Hello, I'm Alison.
02:14Yes, I know.
02:15He took his hat off when he met a lady.
02:17I feel like I might need to lift you up on here.
02:19Please, yeah, yeah.
02:23Please 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.
02:31Just 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 around.
02:39Are they here?
02:40Yes.
02:41Well, it obviously keeps you young being in that choir, doesn't it?
02:43Oh, yeah.
02:43I don't know about young.
02:45You're young.
02:46I'm younger.
02:47Yeah.
02:48I'm younger.
02:49Yeah.
02:50After his wife Stella passed away three years ago, singing became a lifeline for Vic.
02:56Well, this is Adderspoon Crick Club.
02:58And we rehearse here every Thursday.
03:01Hello, lads.
03:02Hiya.
03:02We practice in a changing room because it's got the best sound.
03:07Come along, come along, be jolly great boy since ten to your groggy.
03:11Yeah.
03:12It's companionship, friendship.
03:15I'm so elated to be able to go out and sing to people.
03:19It brings me happiness.
03:22But during Covid, Vic's new found 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 when
03:39he 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 and I thought, I must go and find out about
03:57this 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.
04:09So 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.
04:24You elongate words, fly me.
04:30So it's easier to say a sound, fly me to the moon.
04:36It's give 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.
04:58Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars.
05:05Make it swing.
05:06Let me sing what free is like on Jupiter and Mars.
05:12In 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.
05:36It's fantastic.
05:38Music saves people.
05:40Look, he's going to dance.
05:42Look, that's it.
05:54I also love that he comes from a generation that really prioritised showmanship.
06:00Yeah.
06:01Yeah, he threw his hat into the crowd.
06:09So 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 resilience.
06:27Oh, man.
06:35I, I love you.
06:40You there.
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 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.
07:01Have a look.
07:02Have a look.
07:03Have a look.
07:03And now I feel quite emotional.
07:06What's up?
07:06Sorry.
07:07I've never done anything like this before.
07:10So, it's marvellous.
07:12Thank you for everything.
07:14What an amazing start.
07:1790 years old, man.
07:18It's something we can all aspire to, isn't it?
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.
07:30Yeah.
07:30The amount of life I actually live is 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.
07:53Can you start walking now, Maggie, and head towards my stone?
07:57My name is Maggie.
07:58I'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
08:06and it was a big struggle for my family.
08:23Lovely.
08:24Wow.
08:24This 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 lyric.
08:41I just think her voice is also quite flawless.
08:45Yeah.
08:45Each day feels the same as the last.
08:55Dementia takes all the best parts of you.
08:59And...
09:00Yeah.
09:01It...
09:02Yeah.
09:02Sorry.
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.
09:29It's a horrible disease.
09:31And we're such a close unit.
09:33When one person isn't themselves, it's really hard on everybody.
09:38And I think also it's really hard not knowing whether there's going to be a day where he doesn't
09:43recognise me or my voice.
09:46I find my enemy in the mirror
09:50With every reflection
09:52My reason to 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. Wow.
10:19I think a lot of people would relate to these words.
10:22I think it encapsulates the whole meaning of the song.
10:24It 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 be loved.
10:46This disease, it's taking over me
10:51All inside of who I was before
10:57I'm on my knees
11:00Begging, baby, please
11:04Deliver me the cure
11:12Brilliant.
11:14No control.
11:19I haven't even got a tissue.
11:24That's an impeccable live performance.
11:27She seems like a young Lawrence the Machine
11:31Or Chapel Rowan
11:32And maybe doesn't need the validation
11:35Of going for the Hackney Empire
11:38Maybe the DNA of what we're doing here
11:41It's not just about putting an amazing singer
11:44Who writes an incredible song
11:46Into that grand final
11:48And that might sound weird to viewers
11:50But you're almost trying to invite an outsider
11:52I just have this feeling
11:54That she is already on her way
12:01We're in London
12:02To hear ordinary people
12:04Sing the songs that tell their extraordinary stories
12:08This is an opportunity for anyone
12:10To step up onto the stage
12:12And come and sing
12:13Okay, what's your name?
12:15Verdina
12:16Verdina
12:17Come on then
12:18Look at me like a bag baby
12:19Do you know what I mean?
12:19Oh hold the bags
12:20Give me the bags
12:21Alison's holding Verdina's shopping
12:22While she sings
12:23This is iconic
12:26Why don't you come on over battery
12:30Everyone has a song
12:31That 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
12:39But what we're looking for
12:42Is maybe an unexpectedness
12:45When I was a little girl
12:48I had a rag doll
12:51Yes
12:52That is a baritone and a half
12:57Now I love you just the way
13:00I love that rag doll
13:03The first time I heard this song was on Glee
13:05Growing up in Nigeria for ten years
13:08My family moved to Uganda
13:09I didn't really see many gay people
13:11Until Glee came along
13:13And changed my life forever
13:14It was nice to see Kurt
13:16Someone that was openly gay in school
13:19And Glee showed me that I could live my life
13:22In the way that I want to
13:23And my boyfriend's actually going to be there
13:25And do I love you
13:28I am I
13:32River deep
13:33Mountain high
13:35Yeah, yeah, yeah
13:37I'm stoked for him
13:39That he's managed to get up on that stage
13:40And sing his heart out
13:41Yeah
13:42With full chest
13:43And an identity song
13:44Yeah
13:45Proud to be who you are
13:48I am a doctor
13:50Currently working in A&E
13:51It can be very stressful
13:53But singing helps us
13:54I bet he's a blast at karaoke
13:57I don't see it at the final
13:58But I wonder if he sings to the patient
14:01Yeah, while they're waiting
14:02The 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
14:20There's an even bigger gathering in the nation's capital
14:29And it's brought vast areas of London to a standstill
14:33Yo, Dominic
14:34Is it starting now?
14:35Yeah, um
14:36It's starting in a bit now
14:38Where are you?
14:39Within the team being called
14:41Uh oh
14:4315 year old Dominic's friends might be running late
14:46Where's Emmanuel?
14:47But despite the disruption
14:49His family are here in full force
14:51You alright, Dominic?
14:53Oh my God
14:53Nice to meet you
14:55I'm Alex here
14:56You alright?
14:57You 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
15:04What is your song called?
15:06My song is called
15:07Coded in DNA
15:08Did you write that song?
15:09It's an original
15:09Stop it
15:11Oh, original
15:11It's about growing up as a young black boy
15:14Stuff went on when I was younger
15:16Like my family
15:18We 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
15:24And 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 you thing
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
15:40Yeah
15:41That's exactly why I called my song Coded in DNA
15:43Because all the racist comments
15:45All the microaggressions
15:46It'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
15:55Yeah
15:56Give a warm welcome to Dominique
16:06Hello everyone
16:07Today I'm gonna be performing a song I wrote
16:10I wrote the song because
16:12Growing up black
16:14You just hear hateful comments all the time
16:17But my brothers told me that
16:19You're not the issue
16:20There's nothing wrong with you
16:45When I hit the age
16:47Your innocence is gone and you should know your place
16:51They say don't CL Word
16:52Better just play the game
16:54I have to keep my hands high on a chain
17:00And I can't try
17:04He's getting a bit out of breath because he's in panic
17:07Yeah, but I can hear this amazing voice there
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 goaded, and I'm goaded
17:22And I'm goaded 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
17:34Here in my primary school, we're so upset about being black
17:38They try to use sandpaper on their skin
17:41And when you go through these experiences, you never forget about it
17:44And whether you're 15 or 90, the situations never stop
17:50So therefore, even though you've said it before, you need to say it again
17:53Because listening 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 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, I 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
18:32Because by the night
18:36We may not survive
18:39And I'm called AI
18:44You're so special, boys!
18:46I appreciate you!
18:48Woo!
18:49Hello, Lillyn and Sy!
18:51Woo!
18:51You're so amazing!
18:53You're so talented and special!
18:55Thank you!
18:55Thank 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
19:05Because 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 but my story was genuinely hurt
19:29And not just by everyone but like all the mentors there, Alison Hammond
19:33I'm so happy
19:3515 years old as well
19:37And I'm a proud mum! A proud mum!
19:41A proud mum!
19:43Yeah!
19:59What are you doing today then?
20:01Enjoying this
20:02So what was you doing in London?
20:04We're on a date
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 Common Garden
20:11I would have sang for you but if you've got to go to Common Garden that's fine
20:14Don't worry, don't worry
20:16Next to take to the Your Song stage
20:18I think I'm more nervous than she is
20:21We'll be all as mum Helen
20:23Here we go
20:24I come from Derry in Northern Ireland
20:26And I'm 39 years of age
20:29If you'd believe that, you'd believe anything
20:32You're going to be great
20:33So I'm 83
20:34But that's only a number
20:39Hello!
20:41My name's Helen
20:42And the song that I'm going to sing for you is called
20:44Every Time We Say Goodbye
20:46I die a little
20:48Because
20:49Every time I took my children home
20:51I had to say goodbye to them
20:53Which broke my heart
20:54So I'm just hoping
20:55That I can hold together today
20:59Oh!
21:00We'll start now
21:03I'm so nervous
21:07I haven't sung for 30 years
21:09I'm so nervous
21:14Every time we say goodbye
21:21I die a little
21:25Oh!
21:26Super jazz voice
21:27Every time we say goodbye
21:32I wonder why a little
21:36It relates back to very emotional times
21:40My marriage was on the rocks
21:42So
21:42Who must be above
21:44Who must be above
21:46Who must be above
21:47Who must be above
21:50Think 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
22:04If I was doing a gig in a pub or something like that
22:07As you do in Derry
22:08The first night
22:09Somebody requested
22:10Every time we say goodbye
22:12So I sang it
22:13And I looked down
22:15And my
22:16Youngest child
22:17Orla
22:17She
22:19Was standing there
22:20Big bloody tears
22:22Running down her face
22:24It broke my heart
22:26And
22:27Eventually
22:28I just gave up singing it all together
22:31I can hear
22:33A lark
22:34Somewhere
22:35Begin to sing
22:38About it
22:41Do you hear that?
22:42Like the
22:42Sing
22:43Yeah
22:45She's got so much control
22:48Emotionally as well as vocally
22:51From major to minor
22:53Every word
22:55I believe
22:56Every time
22:58We say
23:03Goodbye
23:04I love seeing how she sings with her shoulders too
23:07Vocal coaches will say
23:09Don't do this
23:10This and this
23:10But
23:11I love seeing people sing
23:13Where all of that's out the window
23:15It's just
23:15I'll use my body
23:17To help me sing
23:18Because singing isn't just here
23:20And live in each word
23:20Exactly
23:21Yeah
23:21Yeah
23:22Also she feels particularly
23:23Comfortable
23:25Playing with live band
23:26Yeah
23:27Every time
23:30Jumping out of the phrase
23:31And catching herself back in the phrase again
23:34We say
23:39We say
23:42Goodbye
23:42Mmm
23:42na nam
23:54Skat singing
23:55Wow
23:58I think she'd fit in at the Hackney Empire for her little bit of class, but not like earnest
24:03class
24:04orange
24:06Haven't had her sing for a long, long time, still just about holdin' 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.
24:46The thing that I associate the most with him is funk and blues and Stevie Wonder.
24:51He's been played in this house for years
24:54and I just associate it with the most fun I had in my childhood.
24:58For the first three years of my life, it was just me and my mum and my dad.
25:03And then Len was born in 2011.
25:06What do you think of Eden's singing?
25:09Fabulous.
25:10Shh.
25:11Nine months later, he was like rushed to the hospital
25:13and they found the tumour that was directly in 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 something wrong.
25:36That's nice.
25:38Lenny will be blind for the rest of his life.
25:41He 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.
25:48My 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.
26:02Would you mind?
26:02He is unfailingly kind and supportive and patient.
26:08I 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.
26:16I wanted to be the one that was okay.
26:19I'm so glad you're here.
26:21And be the one that could help.
26:26My dad singing this song to me when I was one,
26:30it 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.
26:45Broken windows and empty hallways
26:54Pale dead moon in the sky street
27:00With grey
27:01Oh, lovely pure voice.
27:06Human kindness is overflowing
27:16And I think it's going to rain today
27:26This song for me, it's about how complicated life is.
27:32Scarecrow is dressed in the latest style
27:38Sometimes 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
27:51Human kindness is overflowing
27:57Human kindness is overflowing
28:00And I think it's going to rain today
28:10It's the balance
28:12It's the balance
28:12You cope
28:13You can go out in the rain
28:15Because there's family
28:17And there's love
28:19Show them the way
28:28Human kindness is overflowing
28:39Oh, I think it's going to rain today
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 we wanted it to be
29:37And lots of things which Eden didn't get to experience which we would have loved to have given him
29:45Would you like to meet Innocent?
29:47Lol
29:48No
29:48No
29:50I'm joking
29:53I'm here, I'm here, Lenny
29:55Wasn't he wonderful?
29:57He didn't break my heart
29:59Oh
30:01Lenny's really moved by his brother
30:03Oh
30:04It's overwhelming
30:08We were quite speechless
30:10Yeah
30:10Because it really warranted that kind of heartfelt space
30:14Space
30:15I think in terms of like what we're looking for
30:19That was a real connection to the story
30:21This is what it's all about
30:23Infinitely more than a song
30:25Infinitely more than a voice
30:26It is based on a feeling
30:29And I think it's gonna rain today
30:43Like 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 and today
31:14Oh
31:15Class song
31:16And it's a song all about you know resilience and all about determination
31:20And basically all that I would have needed to hear back in primary school
31:24Hello Milo
31:26How are you doing?
31:26I'm doing good
31:27How are you?
31:27Good to meet you
31:29Take a seat
31:30How are you?
31:31How are you feeling?
31:32You're nervous
31:33No I'm excited
31:34It should be fun
31:34So what does singing mean to you?
31:36When 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
31:43Wow
31:46Yes
31:47When he was really little
31:48People used to say to us I don't know how you cope
31:50One of my friends wanted to do this to me
31:52What?
31:55Really?
31:55Yeah
31:56Really?
31:57What just because he's hard work?
31:58I don't know
31:59You know I'm right here
32:00Oh that's why I haven't seen that
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
32:11That's good
32:12Do you feel different than other kids?
32:20I was different because I was always made to feel like
32:24Singing was never cool
32:26It's definitely tough to be a kid
32:28Because kids maybe sometimes don't know what's mean and what's not
32:34OK we are imminent
32:35It's really difficult when your child's confidence is not
32:41I distinctly remember the turning point
32:43I was ready to perform in an assembly
32:46And this was a big step
32:48Because I was going to school with a completely different persona
32:52And I could not do it at all
32:55And I was shaking
32:56And I didn't sing
32:58This is Milo
33:04Freezing on stage
33:05That was the moment where I was like
33:07Right, no singing, no music
33:10And nobody can hear me except for me
33:19Oh
33:20You're broken down and tired
33:23Of living life on a merry-go-round
33:27And you can't find that fighter
33:32But I see it in you
33:34So we're gonna walk it out
33:36Oh wow
33:40Oh wow
33:41I was causing problems here
33:42In the best way
33:43And I'll rise up
33:45I'll rise like the day
33:47I'll rise up
33:49I'll rise unafraid
33:51I'll rise up
33:53And I'll do it no man times again
33:57Subtle
33:59And I'll rise up
34:01I'll lock the waves
34:03I'll rise up
34:05I'll rise up
34:05In spite of the ache
34:07I'll rise up
34:08And I'll do it a thousand times again
34:14For you
34:18The notes he's reaching are divine
34:21When I talk about a glassy voice
34:23Stevie Wonder is the archetype
34:25It's shiny
34:26It's sparkly
34:27It's high
34:28But clear and precise
34:31All we need
34:33All we need
34:35Is hope
34:37And for that we have each other
34:41For that we have each other now
34:44To any kids watching this
34:46Never get discouraged
34:48Just sing anywhere you can
34:50If that's the path you want to follow
34:51Because that's what happens
34:53I'll rise up
34:56I think we should go out and tell him
34:58Because I'll rise up
34:59In spite of the ache
35:01I chose rise up
35:03Because the first word is
35:04You're broken down and tired
35:06So you're pretty much accepting defeat
35:08We'll rise up
35:11But then the end is so big
35:14You feel ten times stronger
35:16When you've finished it
35:17We'll rise up
35:28For you
35:33For you
35:36For you
35:38For you
36:00That voice should never be trapped you're saying you're like catching a hard time at school because you're singing right
36:06with a voice like that power
36:08You've got to shut all that out because there are things to be concerned about in life
36:12That is not one of them right now. That is not a normal voice pal. Thank you so much. That
36:16is you guys know that, right?
36:17I don't know what to do. Yeah, that's a tune
36:19Give him a big cheer
36:26I don't know what just happened like
36:29You stood up there on stage and you started singing and people who were going about their Sunday mornings just
36:34stopped
36:35And wanted to listen to you because they really felt what you were saying
36:38And that's why you need to keep singing. Yeah, 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, but I think it was one of those things that I kind
37:31of just locked away and put the smiley face on
37:34And then it kind of really struck me through the covid lockdown
37:39I'm self-employed my business was shut down instantly
37:44The bills are still coming in
37:46And 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
38:04Just how I'm feeling
38:08Nice
38:11Empty inside losing my mind
38:14Like nobody needs me
38:19This is a really lovely song
38:21Feels like I'm split at the seams
38:26I don't even know what that means
38:34I'm going through changes
38:39And it feels amazing
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
38:58Yeah
38:58His vocal seems really authentic
39:00Yeah
39:01And it's just the purity of his connection with his message
39:06Glishing the senses and sounds
39:09The 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
39:36I don't even know what that means
39:38I'm 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
40:07One thing that ain't gonna change
40:11One thing is you
40:14I love the composition as well
40:17Like this riff
40:22It was really cathartic writing it
40:24And cathartic playing it
40:29And I hope that somebody might hear it
40:31And either help a friend out
40:32Or it might be them themselves
40:34That asked for help
40:35Or at least sees that there's a potential
40:37To, you know, go to a better place
40:41I'm going through changes
40:46And it feels amazing
40:51I'm going through changes
40:55This is professional level songwriting
40:58It's like Damien Rice or David Gray
41:01One thing that ain't gonna change
41:05The one thing is you
41:14Charlie!
41:16Charlie, we love you!
41:18It's all right!
41:19Thank you!
41:22He's worked really hard on everything
41:26On himself, on getting himself into the right place
41:29And I just think to see him up there
41:31It was just incredible
41:34You could literally hear that in the stadium
41:36Yeah!
41:37Bling!
41:38It's a gorgeous song!
41:40And it has come from all-encompassing darkness
41:43Yeah!
41:43For someone in their life
41:44You can pour all of that sadness into something so full of hope
41:49Yeah!
41:51Oh!
41:51Wow!
41:52He's ticking a lot of boxes, he's Charlie, man
41:55And we've been the most animated
41:57Yeah!
41:57Today!
41:58I want that song!
42:00Mwah!
42:01Mwah!
42:02Mwah!
42:03Mwah!
42:03Love you all!
42:04Love you all!
42:08Love 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?
42:26I'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
42:39Tell me a lot stronger than this
42:42There 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, big up Dominic
42:58And I'm coded
42:59And I'm coded
43:01And I'm coded
43:01For a 15 year old to be that emotionally intelligent
43:05What a talent
43:05And Milo
43:07I mean
43:08Wow
43:10We had real hope with young people in London I feel
43:14Because he's 15
43:15And then we had beautiful Eden at 17 years old
43:19Human kindness is
43:24Everyone was moved to silence including us
43:27Oh yeah
43:28Because he's expressing pure love
43:30Yeah
43:30I'm not worried about getting into the final
43:32I'm not worried about anything
43:34Yeah
43:34Just 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
43:41And I'll leave you to it
43:54Thanks mate
43:55Can I just say
43:57Thank you so much for sharing your stories, singing your songs
44:01It's been incredible
44:03But you may have noticed
44:04It'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
44:12And Sam Ryder
44:15What's up guys?
44:17Everyone 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 here 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
44:41Only one of you is going to be performing at the final
44:45And the person performing at the grand final in London is
44:57Milo
45:16I don't even know what to do
45:22I think Milo has got a gift that even Milo doesn't understand
45:27There's something special in Milo man
45:29Because that kid oozes kindness and gratitude
45:32Oh my god, genuinely this means everything to me
45:34Mate, how he was describing his years at school mirrored my own experience
45:38And that voice
45:39Magic
45:40Magic
45:47I always pick up on the negatives of myself rather than the positives
45:51I was really umming and ahhing about every stage in this
45:55But I really, I'm glad I didn't stop
46:00Young Milo wouldn't believe me at all
46:03Singing is cool
46:05Singing is so cool
46:06I think you should really enjoy it
46:08Because it is so much cooler than people think
46:10I'm loving it
46:12I'm loving it
46:13It's going to be
46:19Yesss
46:20Yesss
46:20Yesss
46:21Yesss
46:21Yesss
46:24Yesss
46:25The classic London everyone
46:27Yesss
46:29Yesss
46:30Yesss
46:30Yesss
46:31Next time
46:36Yesss
46:36to Birmingham, where pitch-perfect performances spanning the musical spectrum would be post-revolution
46:49singing. It was an act of rebellion. Leave Sam and Paloma, every one of you could be in
46:58the final with their toughest decision yet. Are you going to choose?
47:28you
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