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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.
16:31On day number one, some rules above it all just like the sun.
16:37They never held back never on the run and never raised their hands high for anyone
16:44But when I hit the age your innocence is gone and you should know your place
16:51They say it don't matter just play the game. I have to keep my hands high on a chain
17:00And I can't try
17:04It's getting a bit out of breath because he's in panic. Yeah, I can hear this amazing voice. Yeah
17:14See that right there that moment magic and perfect and that's his voice and I'm coded and I'm coded and
17:23I'm coded
17:28He's not just carrying the nerves of a song here
17:31It's the nerves of the message behind the song
17:35Kid in my primary school was so upset about being black
17:38They tried to use sandpaper on their skin and when you go through these experiences you never forget about it
17:45And whether you're 15 or 90 the situations never stop so therefore even though you've said it before you need
17:52to 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
18:09Forget the days and like work out circular breathing and just before he goes on because yeah
18:14He needs a lot of breath as well to fit all of those words in it's a complex song with
18:19the 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
18:30Should we go let's go let's go
18:36We may not survive
18:39We may not survive and i'm called a.i.i.i.i.i.i
18:45We may not survive and we may not survive and we may not survive and we may not survive
18:52You're so amazing and so talented and special thank you your songwriting is incredible thank you
18:58I just want to say on behalf of everyone that i feel sorry that at 15 you have to be
19:04the one to say that
19:05Because that's not fair you're brave and you're a better man than most so that's why we came out to
19:11see you
19:17Well done
19:25The nerves got to me but my story was genuinely heard and not just by everyone but like all the
19:32mentors there
19:32Alison Hammond i'm so happy
19:3515 years old as well
19:37No
19:58What are you doing today then enjoying this oh what was you doing in london we're on a
20:05Weekend prayer i thought he was about to say we're on a date
20:08So what are you up to now then we've got to go back to covent garden i would have sang
20:12for you but if you've got to go
20:14Don't worry don't worry
20:16Next to take to the your song stage i think i'm more nervous than she is
20:21We'll be all as mom helen
20:23I come from dairy in northern ireland and i'm 39 years of age
20:29You believe that you believe anything
20:32You're going to be great so i'm 83 but that's only a number
20:39Hello
20:41My name's helen and the song that i'm going to sing for you is called every time we say goodbye
20:49Because every time i took my children home i had to say goodbye to them which broke my heart so
20:54i'm just hoping
20:56That i can hold together today
21:00We'll start now
21:04So nervous
21:07Haven't sung for 30 years
21:13Every time we say goodbye
21:21I die
21:25Super jazz voice
21:27Every time we say goodbye
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
21:58I left and took the children to london every time i took them back to their father if i was
22:05doing a gig in the pub or
22:06Something like that as you do in dairy the first night somebody requested every time we say goodbye
22:12So i sang it and i looked down and my youngest child orla she was standing there
22:21Big bloody tears running down her face
22:24It broke my heart and
22:27Eventually i just kept up singing it all together
22:31i can hear a lark somewhere
22:36Begin to sing
22:39About it
22:41Do you hear that like the
22:42Do you hear that like the
22:43Do you hear that like the
22:45Do you hear that like the
22:45Do you hear that like the
22:46She's got so much control
22:49Emotionally as well as vocally
22:51From major to minor
22:54Every word i believe
22:56Every time
22:58Every time we say goodbye
23:05I love seeing how she sings with her shoulders too
23:08Vocal coaches will say don't do this this this but i love seeing people sing where all of that's out
23:15the window
23:15It's just i'll use my body to help me sing because singing isn't just here
23:20Exactly yeah
23:21Also she feels particularly comfortable playing with live band
23:26Yeah
23:28Every time
23:30Jumping out of the phrase and catching herself back in the phrase again
23:35We say
23:41Goodbye
23:42Goodbye
23:51Oh
23:54Squat singing
23:55Wow
23:58I think she'd fit
23:59In 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.
24:46The 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.
25:11Nine 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 to go away.
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.
26:07I know you can make it around yourself but I'm just going to guide you
26:11because 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.
26:46Broken windows and empty hallways
26:52Pale dead moon
26:57In the sky street
27:00With grey
27:02Oh!
27:04Lovely pure voice.
27:06Human kindness is
27:12Overflowing
27:16And I think
27:19It's going
27:21To rain
27:23Today
27:26This song for me, it's about how complicated life is.
27:32Scarecrow's dressed in the latest styles
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.
27:52Human kindness is
27:58Overflowing
28:01And I think
28:04It's going
28:06To rain
28:09Today
28:11It's the balance.
28:12You cope.
28:13You can go out in the rain
28:15Because
28:16There's
28:17Family
28:17And there's
28:18Love
28:19Show them
28:21The way
28:29Human kindness is
28:35Overflowing
28:39Oh!
28:41I think
28:42It's
28:44Going
28:44To rain
28:47Today
29:01It was beautiful.
29:13It was beautiful.
29:16This experience is definitely
29:18Something which feels like
29:20Giving something back to Eden
29:25It's very hard
29:26It's very hard to manage feelings of guilt
29:32About 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
29:46Would you like to meet innocent?
29:47Lol
29:48No
29:48No
29:50Are you joking?
29:51You're joking
29:52You're joking
29:53You actually worked
29:54I'm here
29:54I'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
30:05It's overwhelming
30:08We were quite speechless
30:10Yeah
30:10Because it really warranted that kind of heartfelt space
30:15Space
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
30:34Today
30:43Like a mini Glastonbury
30:45The 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, I'm 15 years old
31:12My song is Rise Up by Andrew Day
31:15Oh, class 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, how are you doing?
31:27I'm doing good, how are you?
31:28Good to meet 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, it 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?
31:43Two years
31:43Wow
31:46Woohoo!
31:47Yay!
31:47When he was really little
31:48People used to say to us, I don't know how you cope
31:51You know, my boyfriend talked to this to me
31:52What?
31:55Really?
31:55Yeah
31:56Really?
31:57What, just because he's hard work?
31:58Yeah
31:59You know I'm right here
32:00Oh, that's right, I wouldn'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
32:11That's good
32:12When somebody loved me
32:16Did you feel different than other kids?
32:18It was beautiful
32:19I 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 and what's not
32:34Okay, 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 and I didn't sing
32:58This is Milo
33:04Freezing on stage
33:05That was the moment where I was like, right
33:08No singing, no music
33:10And nobody can hear me except for me
33:12Oh
33:19You're broken down and tired
33:23Of living life on a merry-go-round
33:27And you can't find that
33:31But I see it in you
33:34So we gon' walk it out
33:36Oh wow
33:40I like it's causing problems here
33:42In the best way
33:43And I'll rise up
33:45I'll rise like the day
33:48I'll rise up
33:49I'll rise unafraid
33:51I'll rise up
33:53And I'll do it a thousand times again
33:57Subtle
33:59And I'll rise up
34:01High like the waves
34:03I'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
34:16For you
34:17The 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
34:30All we need
34:33All we need is hope
34:37And for that we have each other
34:40For 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
34:56High like the day
34:57I'll rise up
34:57High like the day
34:58I'll rise up
34:59In spite of the ache
35:01I'll 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
35:11High like the day
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
35:18And we'll do it
35:19That feeling only comes
35:21From going through
35:21A maybe not so great beginning
35:24For you
35:30For you
35:32For you
35:36For you
35:37For you
35:54For you
35:57For you
36:08For you
36:11For you
36:13For you
36:25For you
36:28For you
36:30For you
36:33just stopped and wanted to listen to you because they really felt what you were saying and that's
36:39why you need to keep singing yeah because you're really good at it my name is charlie ward i am
36:5045 years old i'm a sports and laryngeal therapist hello everybody i'm going to be singing my own
37:01song for you today another original which is a song called changes and it kind of documents the
37:07shifts and the changes that i went through as i came out of my depression but it also documents
37:13the constant element throughout all of that which was my beautiful wife and my daughters down there
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
37:30things that i kind of just locked away and put the smiley face on and then it kind of really
37:36struck
37:37me through the covid lockdown i'm self-employed my business was shut down instantly the bills
37:45were still coming in i had no income it's like somebody threw petrol on the fire
37:56it kind of just drove me to a really really dark place if you were there then you would know
38:04just how
38:06how i'm feeling nice
38:11empty inside losing my mind like nobody needs me this is a really lovely song it feels like i'm split
38:23at the
38:26i don't even know i don't even know what that means
38:34i'm going through changes
38:39and it feels amazing that vocal it's pretty technical to get up there with that much power
38:46the one thing that ain't gonna change the one thing is there's no pretension he's not trying to be
38:56somebody other than who he is his vocal seems really authentic and it's just the purity of his
39:03connection with his connection with his message
39:16clearing the fog and the clouds the beauty it moves me
39:43i think the lyrics make it clear as to where i was changes just came from the constant battle in
39:51my head i couldn't explain why i felt the way that i felt like i didn't really have any purpose
39:57which
39:58sounds kind of ridiculous when i say it out loud because i've got a beautiful wife i've got two
40:03beautiful daughters but it's really hard to explain depression because it's so different for everybody
40:15i love the composition as well like this ring
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 or it might be them themselves
40:34that
40:34ask for help or 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 it's like damien rice or david gray
41:01the one thing that ain't gonna change the one thing is you
41:14charlie we love you
41:23he's worked really hard on everything on himself
41:27on getting himself into the right place and i just think to see him up there was just incredible
41:34you could literally hear that in the stadium and yeah blink it's 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 oh wow
41:52he's ticking a lot of boxes he's charlie man and we've been the most animated
41:57yeah today i want that song
42:03love you all
42:11everyone who sang for us in london is back on the your song stage to hear who paloma and sam
42:16will
42:17choose to perform in their final concert at the iconic hackney empire i really feel london has
42:23delivered can we just start with vic i'm in love with him fly me to the moon you can't get
42:30closer to
42:31life than being 90 getting up on that stage and doing what he did and i thought maggie as well
42:36really
42:37deserves a huge mention there was no vocal acrobatics because the songwriting did the job yes and one of
42:49three original songs i'm going through changes all three songs were brilliant yeah amazing big up charlie
42:57big up dominic and i'm coated and i'm coated for a 15 year old to be that emotionally intelligent
43:04what a talent and milo i mean
43:08wow
43:08and i'll rise up we had real hope with young people in london i feel because he's 15 and then
43:15we had beautiful eden at 17 years old human kindness everyone was moved to silence including
43:27us oh yeah because he's expressing pure love i'm not worried about getting into the final i'm not
43:33worried about anything just spreading joy but ultimately you have got to come up with one singer
43:38to go to the final so good luck with that and i'll lead you to it we got it we
43:42got it i hope we've got it
44:01it's been incredible but you may have noticed it's not just been the crowds of london who have been
44:08watching you we've got two incredible superstars we've got pillow faith and sam ryder
44:15what's up guys coming okay did you enjoy yourselves yeah thank you so much for being part of this
44:22it's no mean feat the jump up on stage in front of a bunch of londoners bearing the deepest depths
44:29of
44:29your soul and i'm so proud of you and um we're going to see each other again because every single
44:35one
44:35is invited to the grand final that we're going to host just over the river over there at the hackney
44:40empire i'm buzzing only one of you is going to be performing at the final and the person performing
44:47at the grand final in london is milo
45:21i think milo has got a gift that even milo doesn't understand
45:27there's something special in my life because that kid oozes kindness and gratitude
45:32oh my god genuinely this means everything to me mate how he was describing his years at school
45:37mirrored my own experience and that voice magic magic
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 i really i'm glad i didn't stop
46:00young man who wouldn't believe me at all singing is cool singing is so cool i think you should really
46:08enjoy it because it is so much cooler than people think
46:10i'm loving it
46:12oh
46:23the classic london everyone yes
46:30Next time, the Your Song stage comes to Birmingham, where pitch-perfect performances, spanning
46:45the musical spectrum, leaves Sam and Paloma with their toughest decision yet.
47:00Who are you going to choose?
47:29To be continued...
47:31You
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