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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.
16:34Some roads above it all.
16:35Just like the sun.
16:37They never held back.
16:39Never on the run.
16:41And never raised their hands high for anyone.
16:43anyone but when i hit the age your innocence is gone and you should know your place they
16:51say it don't matter just play the game i have to keep my hands high on the chain
17:00and i can try it's getting a bit out of breath because he's in panic yeah
17:08but i can hear this amazing voice now i'm not gonna cry
17:14see that right there that moment's magic and perfect and that's his voice
17:27he's not just carrying the nerves of a song here it's the nerves of the message behind the song
17:35kid in my primary school was so upset about being black they tried to use sandpaper on their skin
17:41and when you go through these experiences you never forget about it and whether you're 15 or 90
17:48the situations never stop so 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 like work out circular breathing just before he goes on because
18:14he 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 the agility that you need
18:22to 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
18:31should we go let's go let's go
18:32cause by the night
18:37we may not survive
18:40and i'm called
18:51you're so amazing
18:53you're so talented and special thank you your songwriting's 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.
19:06Because that's not fair. You'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 heard.
19:29And not just by everyone, but like all the mentors there.
19:33Alison Hammond, I'm so happy.
19:35Fifteen years old as well.
19:37And I'm a proud mom! A proud mom!
19:41A proud mom!
19:43Yes!
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 Comet Garden.
20:11I would have sang for you, but if you've got to go Comet 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.
20:21..will be Aula's mom, Helen.
20:23There you go.
20:24I come from Derry in Northern Ireland and 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, 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
20:44Every Time We Say Goodbye.
20:46I die a little...
20:49Because every time I took my children home, I had to say goodbye to them,
20:53which broke my heart.
20:54So I'm just hoping that I can hold together today.
20:58Oh, bless her.
21:01We'll start now.
21:04I'm so nervous.
21:07I haven't sung for 30 years.
21:13Every time we say goodbye, I die a little...
21:25Oh, super jazz voice.
21:27Every time we say goodbye, I wonder why a little...
21:37It relates back to very emotional times.
21:40My marriage was on the rocks.
21:42So 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,
22:04if I was doing a gig in a pub or something like that,
22:07as you do in Derry,
22:08the first night somebody requested every time we say goodbye.
22:12So I sang it.
22:14And I looked down and my youngest child, Orla,
22:18she was standing there,
22:20with big bloody tears running down her face.
22:25It broke my heart.
22:26And eventually I just gave up singing it all together.
22:31I can hear a lark somewhere
22:35Begin to sing about it
22:41Do you hear that? Like the...
22:43The bass, the bass.
22:45She's got so much control, emotionally as well as vocally.
22:51From major to minor
22:54Every word, I believe.
22:56Every time we say goodbye.
23:04I love seeing how she sings with her shoulders too.
23:07Vocal coaches will say,
23:09don't do this, this, this.
23:11But I love seeing people sing
23:14where all of that's out the window.
23:15It's just, I'll use my body to help me sing.
23:19Because singing isn't just here.
23:20And live in each word.
23:20Exactly, yeah.
23:21Also, she feels particularly comfortable
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.
23:35We say...
23:44Goodbye...
23:58I think she'd fit in at the Hackney Empire for a little bit of class, but not like earnest class.
24:04She's a bit of a ledge.
24:06I haven't heard her sing for a long, long time.
24:09Still 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.
24:27I'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, like, funk and blues and Stevie Wonder.
24:50Don't you worry about a thing...
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.
25:24For most of Eden's childhood, he's had to play second fiddle
25:27to his younger brother for 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.
25:49My 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.
26:08I 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, it shaped me completely.
26:35When I listen to it and when I sing it, it feels like everything that we've been through as a
26:42family.
26:44Broken windows and empty hallways
26:53Pale dead moon in the sky street with 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 styles
27:39Sometimes 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 overflowing
28:01And I think it's going to rain today
28:11It's the balance.
28:12You cope.
28:13You can go out in the rain
28:15Because there's family and there's love
28:19Show them the way
28:28Human kindness is overflowing
28:39Oh, I think it's going to rain today
29:01It 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
29:46Would you like to meet innocent?
29:47Lol
29:48No
29:48No
29:50Are you joking?
29:54I'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
30:03Oh, it's overwhelming
30:08We were quite speechless
30:10Yeah
30:10Because it really warranted that kind of heartfelt space
30:15I think in terms of 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
30:28And I think it's going to 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, I'm 15 years old
31:12My song is Rise Up by Andrea Day
31:15Oh, class song
31:16And 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
31:24Hello 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?
31:43For about two years
31:43Wow
31:46Woohoo!
31:47Yes!
31:47When he was really little
31:48People used to say to us, I don't know how you cope
31:50You know, my boyfriend's like to do this to me
31:52What?
31:55Really?
31:55Yeah
31:56Really?
31:57What?
31:58Just because he's hard work?
31:58Yeah
31:59You know I'm right here
32:00Oh, that's why I didn't see you there
32:02I 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
32:16Do you feel different than other kids?
32:18It was beautiful
32:20I was different
32:22Because I was always made to feel like singing 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 knocked
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
33:32But I see it in you
33:34So we gonna walk it out
33:36Oh wow
33:40I like it's causing problems here
33:42In the best way
33:48The bra is well nice
33:58Subtle
33:59And I'll rise up
34:01High like the waves
34:03I'll rise up
34:05In the spark 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
34:34All we need
34:35All we need
34:35All we need
34:36Is hope
34:37And for that we have each other
34:40For that we have each other
34:42For 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
34:56I think we should go out and tell him
34:58I'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
35:13You feel ten times stronger when you've finished it
35:17We'll rise up
35:18And I'll do it
35:19That feeling only comes from going through
35:21A maybe not so great beginning
35:25For you
35:28For you
35:30For you
35:36For you
35:37For you
35:38For you
35:52You're so amazing
35:53He sees his family all the time
35:56I understand you
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 because you're singing, right?
36:06With a voice like that, pal, you've got to shut all that out.
36:10Because 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.
36:15Thank you so much.
36:16You guys know that, right?
36:17I don't know what to do.
36:18Yeah, that's a tune.
36:20Give him a big cheer!
36:26I don't know what just happened then.
36:29You stood up there on stage and you started singing
36:31and people who were going about their Sunday mornings just stopped
36:35and wanted to listen to you because they really felt what you were saying.
36:39And that's why you need to keep singing.
36:41Yeah? Because you're really good at it.
36:47My name's Charlie Ward.
36:49I am 45 years old.
36:51I'm a sports and laryngeal therapist.
36:58Hello, everybody.
36:59I'm going to be singing my own song for you today.
37:02Another original.
37:03Which is a song called Changes.
37:05And 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,
37:15which was my beautiful wife and my daughters down there.
37:18Because had they not been a constant, I probably wouldn't be here.
37:27I'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
37:32and put the smiley face on.
37:35And then it kind of really struck me through the COVID lockdown.
37:39I'm self-employed.
37:41My business was shut down instantly.
37:44The bills were still coming in.
37:46I 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
38:14Like nobody needs me
38:18This is a really lovely song.
38:22Feels 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.
38:47The one thing that ain't gonna change
38:50The one thing is you
38:52There's no pretension.
38:55He's not trying to be somebody other than who he is.
38:58His vocal seems really authentic.
39:01And it's just the purity of his connection with his message.
39:25It feels 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
40:07One thing that ain't gonna change
40:11One thing is you
40:13I 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 asks 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
40:50I'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
41:05One thing is you
41:14Charlie, we love you
41:23He's worked really hard on everything
41:26On himself
41:27On getting himself into the right place
41:30And I just think to see him up there
41:31It was just incredible
41:34You could literally hear that in the stadium
41:36And not blink
41:37Yeah, it'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
41:47Into something so full of hope
41:49Yeah
41:50Oh
41:51Wow
41:52He's ticking a lot of boxes
41:54He's Charlie, man
41:55And we've been the most animated
41:57Yeah
41:57Today
41:58I want that song
41:59Mwah
42:01Mwah
42:02Mwah
42:03Mwah
42:03Love you all
42:04Good, good
42:04It feels amazing
42:11Everyone who sang for us in London
42:13Is back on the Your Song stage
42:15To 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
42:31Than being 90
42:33Yeah
42:33Getting up on that stage and doing what he did
42:35And I thought Maggie as well
42:36Really deserves a huge mention
42:39Yeah
42:39I feel like stronger than this
42:43There was no vocal acrobatics
42:46Because 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
43:15And then we had beautiful Eden at 17 years old
43:19Human kindnesses
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
43:34Just 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
43:53Thanks mate
43:55Can I just say thank you so much for sharing your stories
44:00Singing your songs
44:01It's been incredible
44:03It'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
44:23We've got Paloma Faith
44:38And Sam Ryder
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
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
45:39Magic
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, singing 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
46:13I'm loving it
46:13I'm loving it
46:16I'm loving it
46:19I'm loving it
46:25I'm loving it
46:31I'm loving it
46:36Which comes to Birmingham
46:38Where pitch perfect performances
46:43Lighter, politeer
46:44Spanning the musical spectrum
46:46Would be post revolution singing
46:50It was an act of rebellion
46:54Leave Sam and Paloma
46:55Every one of you could be in the final
46:58With their toughest decision yet
47:00Are you going to choose?
47:30So yaは
47:31That's beautiful
47:31Generative
47:31Top of theiya
47:31Now
47:32There is no time
47:32There is no time
47:32To escape
47:32Pretty Des Force
47:32Filks
47:32Follow
47:32His
47:32Lee
47:32Sora
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