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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 Bay, will choose one singer from each city to perform our once-in-a
00:17-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 and alive.
00:48Our very own pearly quits.
00:49It's literally all of a twist here.
00:51I'm Fagin.
00:54So much music comes from here.
00:57David Bowie, Rolling Stones, The Clash, Adele, Amy Winehouse, George Michael, Stormzy.
01:05As a kid, my favourite band growing up, 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, 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.
01:25Of 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.
01:35So take me back to London.
01:38Paloma and Sam will be able to see and hear all of the singers who will 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, I'm Alison.
02:14Yes, I know.
02:15He took his hat off when he met the lady.
02:17I feel like I might need to lift you up on here.
02:20Please.
02:20Yeah.
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.
02:33So I go out and entertain the old people.
02:37Are you in like a choir or something?
02:38Yes, a choir.
02:39Are they here?
02:40Yes.
02:41Well, it obviously keeps you young being in that choir, doesn't it?
02:43I don't know about young.
02:45You're young.
02:46I'm younger.
02:47Yeah.
02:48I'm younger.
02:49I'm younger.
02:50After his wife, Stella, passed away three years ago, singing became a lifeline for Vic.
02:56Well, this is Adderspoon Cricket Club.
02:58We 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, me, Johnny, my boy, since ten to your groan, you're young.
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, and I thought,
03:55I 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.
04:24You elongate words, Fly Me.
04:30So, it's easier to say a sound, Fly 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.
04:58Fly Me to the Moon
05:01And let me play among the stars
05:04Make it swing, let me sing what's free is like on Jupiter and Mars
05:12In other words, please be true
05:20In other words, I love you
05:28It's not the most amazing thing I've ever heard,
05:32But in the context, he could not speak, it's fantastic.
05:38Music saves people.
05:40Look, he's going to dance.
05:41Look, nice.
05:54I also love that he comes from a generation that really prioritised showmanship.
06:00Yeah.
06:00Hey, he threw his hat into the crowd.
06:03Fill my heart with song
06:06And let me sing forevermore
06:09So much more complex and deep than just the voice.
06:14There's everything behind it.
06:16It's the story, it's the bravery, it's the resilience.
06:18It's the joy of music.
06:19In other words, please be true
06:25In other words
06:27Oh, man.
06:28In other words
06:33I, I love you
06:43Thank you, thank you very much, thank you
06:47You don't have to get to the Hackney Empire to win.
06:50You can win in plenty different ways in life.
06:53If he's already won.
06:54Oh, wow.
06:55How good were 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.
07:06Sorry.
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.
07:18It'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, well, the 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.
07:54You start walking now, Maggie.
07:55You had to all a test day.
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.
08:14I can't tell what's real anymore
08:17Your voice is a stranger's
08:20Cuts 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.
08:39How deep are those lyrics?
08:40I love the lyrics.
08:42I just think her voice is also quite flawless.
08:45Yeah.
08:55Dementia takes all the best parts of you
08:58And, yeah, it, yeah, sorry.
09:05This disease
09:07Is taking over me
09:11I lose sight of you
09:13I was before
09:15I'm on my knees
09:19Begging, baby, please
09:22Deliver me the cure
09:29It's a horrible disease
09:31And we're such a close unit
09:33When one person isn't themselves
09:36It's really hard on everybody
09:38And I think also
09:39It's really hard
09:41Not knowing whether there's going to be a day
09:43Where he doesn't recognise me
09:44Or my voice
09:45I find my enemy in the mirror
09:50With every reflection
09:52My reason and fear it
09:56I can't take back these things
09:58That I've done
10:00She's building on dynamics
10:02As the song progresses
10:04Upping the ante on strength
10:06Tell me I'm more than the pieces I miss
10:18Wow
10:18I 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
10:27My granddad is a very strong person
10:30He's very stubborn
10:31So I hope there is life after this
10:34And there is more to come
10:36I forgot how to be loved
10:46This disease
10:48It's taken over me
10:51I lose sight of who I was before
10:56I'm on my knees
11:00Begging, baby, please
11:04Deliver me the cure
11:12That's brilliant
11:13All control
11:14I haven't even got a tissue
11:24That's an impeccable live performance
11:28She seems like a young Florence 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
12:14Okay, what's your name?
12:16Bedina
12:16Bedina
12:17Come on then
12:18Look at me, look, a bag
12:18Do you know what I mean?
12:19Oh, hold the bags
12:20Give me the bags
12:21Alison's holding Bedina's shopping
12:22While she sings
12:23This is iconic
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
12:41Is maybe an unexpectedness
12:45When I was a little girl
12:48I had a ragdoll
12:51The big doll I've ever owned
12:55That is a baritone and a half
12:57Now I love you just the way
13:00I love that ragdoll
13:03The first time I heard this song
13:05Was on Glee
13:05Growing up in Nigeria for 10 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
13:20I 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
13:37I am stoked for him
13:39That he's managed to get up on that stage
13:40And sing his heart out
13:41With 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 loads
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
14:37In a bit now
14:38Where are you?
14:39We're going to assume
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 Ryan
14:56You alright?
14:57You shaking?
14:58Always shaking
14:59What are 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
15:10Oh
15:11Original
15:11It's about growing up
15:13As a young black boy
15:14Stuff went on when I was younger
15:16Like
15:17My 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
15:26We even have to go through that
15:28I just find it
15:29Absolutely insane
15:30And literally just because of this colour of you
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
15:50I 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 Dominic
16:06Hello everyone
16:07Today I'm going to be performing
16:09A song I wrote
16:11I 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
16:31On day number one
16:33Some rose above it all
16:35Just like the sun
16:37They never held back
16:39Never on the run
16:40And never raised their hands
16:42High for anyone
16:44But when I hit the age
16:47Your innocence is gone
16:49And you should know your place
16:51They say it don't matter
16:52Just play the game
16:54I have to keep my hands high
16:56On a chain
17:00And I can try
17:04It's getting a bit out of breath
17:06Because he's in panic
17:07Yeah
17:07But I can hear this amazing voice
17:10Yeah
17:10I'm not gonna cry
17:14See that right there
17:16That moment's magic and perfect
17:18And that's his voice
17:19And I'm coded
17:20And I'm coded
17:22And I'm coded
17:24In DNA
17:27He's not just carrying the nerves
17:30Of a song here
17:31It's the nerves
17:32Of the message behind the song
17:34A kid in my primary school
17:36Was so upset about being black
17:38They tried to use sandpaper
17:40On their skin
17:41And when you go through
17:42These experiences
17:43You never forget about it
17:44And whether you're 15 or 90
17:48The situations never stop
17:50So therefore
17:51Even though you've said it before
17:52You need to say it again
17:53Because listening is one thing
17:55But hearing and understanding
17:57Is another
18:00If I'm thinking about
18:02Hackney Empire
18:02I'd love to sit down with Dominic
18:05And talk about breathing
18:10And work out circular breathing
18:13Before he goes on
18:14Yeah, he needs a lot of breath as well
18:16To fit all of those words in
18:18It's a complex song
18:19With the riffs and the runs
18:20The agility that you need
18:22To sing that
18:23I couldn't even start to do that
18:25At that age
18:26I want to go and hold his hand
18:28And tell him
18:28He has such potential
18:30Shall we go?
18:32Let's go, let's go
18:32Because by the night
18:37We may not survive
18:40And I'm cold
18:48I don't want to
18:57Well, we may not hear you
19:11Yes.
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.
19:36Fifteen years old as well.
19:37And I'm a proud mum!
19:39A proud mum!
19:41A proud mum!
19:43Yeah!
19:46Whoa, whoa!
19:59What are you doing today, then?
20:01Enjoying this.
20:02Oh!
20:02So what was you doing in London?
20:04We're on a dinner.
20:06I thought he was about to say we're on a date.
20:08So what are you up to now, then?
20:10We've got to go back to Covent Garden.
20:11I would have sang for you, but if you've got to go Covent Garden,
20:14that's fine. Don'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 mum, Helen.
20:23Here we go.
20:24I come from Derry in Northern Ireland,
20:26and I'm 39 years of age.
20:29Do you believe that?
20:30Do you believe anything?
20:32You're gonna do great.
20:33So I'm 83.
20:35But that's only a number.
20:39Hello!
20:41My name's Helen, and the song that I'm going to sing for you
20:44is called Every Time We Say Goodbye.
20:46I die a little.
20:49Because every time I took my children home,
20:51I had to say goodbye to them, which broke my heart.
20:54So I'm just hoping that I can hold together today.
20:59Oh!
20:59Oh, bless her.
21:00We'll start now.
21:03I'm so nervous.
21:07I haven't sung for 30 years.
21:13Every time we say goodbye,
21:20I die a little.
21:25Oh, super jazz voice.
21:28Every time we say goodbye,
21:31I 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,
21:44and 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 with big bloody tears running down her face.
22:24It 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?
22:42Like the...
22:43The bass, the bass.
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 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 and this.
23:11But I love seeing people sing
23:13where 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 playing with live band.
23:26Yeah.
23:28Every time
23:30Jumping out of the phrase
23:31and catching herself back in the phrase again.
23:34We say
23:42Goodbye
23:48Dun-du-dun-du-dun-du-dun-du-dun-du-dun-du-dun
23:54Skat singing.
23:56Wow.
23:58I think she'd fit in
23:59at the Hackney Empire for a little bit of class,
24:01but not like earnest class she's a bit of a ledge i haven't heard her sing for a long long
24:08time still
24:09just about holding it together to be honest it's great to be back in action again after 30 years
24:15those people's lungs have collapsed by 83 i can't believe she's carrying this song
24:24i'm eden i'm 17 i'm from tottenham i'm going to be singing i think it's going to rain today by
24:29randy
24:29newman nice choice which is a song that my dad sang to me as a lullaby when i was a
24:35baby and now
24:36my dad's going to be accompanying me on guitar it would feel wrong to perform it without him
24:43my dad has been an inspiration the thing that i associate the most with him is like funk and
24:48blues and stevie wonder don't you worry about he's been played in this house for years and i just
24:55associate it with the most fun i had in my childhood for the first three years of my life
25:00it was just me and my mum and my dad and then len was born 2011. what do you think
25:07of eden singing
25:09fabulous nine months later he was like rushed to the hospital and they found the tumor that was directly
25:17in the middle of his head i just like the way that you were singing sometimes it makes me feel
25:22emotional
25:23for most of eden's childhood he's had to play second fiddle to his younger brother for so many
25:28years and in so many ways do you want to stop now
25:33i'm not going to tell you to go away that's nice
25:38lenny will be blind for the rest of his life he had a stroke and all of these other complications
25:43when
25:44he was very young and 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 it creates this feeling in you of
25:55not wanting
25:57to have any problems we can stop now if you want would you mind he is unfailingly kind and supportive
26:07and patient i know you can make it around yourself but i'm just going to guide you because of the
26:11equipment and stuff i didn't want to be a burden i wanted to be the one that was okay
26:19i'm so glad you're here and 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
26:43broken windows and empty hallways pale dead moon in the sky street with gray
27:15and i think it's going to rain today
27:26this song for me it's about how complicated life is
27:39sometimes i have so much resentment towards len and and guilt for feeling that resentment
27:46i also know it's not his fault and i love him with every bit of me
28:01and i think it's going to rain today
28:11it's the balance you cope you can go out in the rain because there's family and there's love
28:31it's a lot of love you can go out in the rain because 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
29:35we wanted it to be.
29:37And lots of things which Eden didn't get to experience which we would have loved to have
29:44given him.
29:46Would you like to meet Innocent?
29:47Lol.
29:48No.
29:48No.
29:50Are you joking?
29:51You're joking.
29:52You're joking.
29:53You actually weren't joking.
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.
30:04Oh.
30:05It's overwhelming.
30:08We were quite speechless.
30:10Yeah.
30:11Because it really warranted that kind of heartfelt space.
30:15I think in terms of like what we're looking for, that was a real connection to the story.
30:21This is what it's all about.
30:23Infinitely more than a song, infinitely more than a voice.
30:27It is based on a feeling.
30:28And I think it's gonna rain today.
30:36Yeah.
30:40Yeah.
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, showing us that the
30:55rain is easing.
30:56And that Britain will not be deterred by bad weather.
30:59Yeah.
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 Andrew Day.
31:15Aw.
31:16Class 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.
31:25Hello, Milo.
31:26How are you doing?
31:26I'm doing good. How are you?
31:27Good 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're nervous?
31:33No, I'm excited.
31:34It should be fun.
31:35So what does singing mean to you?
31:36When it comes to singing, in primary school it was hard.
31:39And then I stopped completely for about two years.
31:44Wow.
31:47When he was really little, people used to say to us, I don't know how you cope.
31:51You know, my friends worked at this to me.
31:52What?
31:55Really?
31:55Yeah.
31:56Really?
31:57What, just because he's hard work?
31:59You know I'm right here.
32:00Oh, that's why I didn't see you then.
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, that's good.
32:12When somebody loved me.
32:15Do you feel different than other kids?
32:18It was beautiful.
32:20I was different because I was always made to feel like singing was never cool.
32:26It's definitely tough to be a kid because kids maybe sometimes don't know what's mean and what's not.
32:34OK, we are eminent.
32:36It's really difficult when your child's confidence is not.
32:39All right, Alison, when you're ready.
32:41I distinctly remember the turning point.
32:44I was ready to perform in an assembly.
32:46And this was a big step because I was going to school with a completely different persona.
32:51And 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, no singing, no music.
33:10And nobody can hear me except for me.
33:19You're broken down and tired Of living life on a merry-go-round
33:27And you can't find that fighter But I see it in you so we gon' walk it out
33:42And I'll rise up I'll rise like the day I'll rise up I'll rise unafraid I'll rise up
33:53And I'll do it no man times again Subtle
33:59And I'll rise up I'll lock the waves I'll rise up In spite of the ache I'll rise up
34:08And I'll do it a thousand times again For you
34:18The notes is reaching, uh, divine.
34:21When I talk about a glassy voice, Stevie Wonder is the archetype.
34:25It's shiny.
34:26It's sparkly.
34:27It's high but clear and precise.
34:31All we need, all we need is hope And for that we have each other
34:41For that we have each other now
34:45To any kids watching this, never get discouraged.
34:48Just sing any way you can if that's the path you want to follow because that's what happens.
34:53I'll rise up
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 because the first word is you're broken down and tired.
35:06So you're pretty much accepting defeat.
35:09We'll rise up
35:11But then the end is so big
35:14You 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 a maybe not so great beginning.
35:23I'm so happy
35:26I'm so happy
35:28I'm so happy
35:36I'm so happy
35:42I'm so happy
35:42I'm so happy
35:43I'm so happy
35:44I'm so happy
35:44I'm so happy
35:51I'm so happy
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 like that
36:16is you guys know that, right?
36:29You stood up there on stage and you started singing and people who were going about the Sunday mornings just
36:34stopped
36:34And 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
36:51I'm a sports and laryngeal therapist
36:58Hello everybody, I'm going to be singing my own song for you today
37:01Another 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
37:18Um, because had they not been a constant I probably wouldn't be here
37:26I've always struggled a little bit with depression
37:29But I think it was one of those things that I kind of just locked away and put the smiley
37:33face on
37:34And then it kind of really struck me through the covid lockdown
37:39I'm self-employed my business was shut down instantly
37:44The bills are still coming in 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
38:00If you were there then you would know
38:04Just how I'm feeling
38:07Nice
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
38:58His vocal seems really authentic
39:00And it's just the purity of his connection with his message
39:06Missing the senses and sounds
39:10The less they consume me
39:16Clearing the fog and the clouds
39:43I 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
40:07I love the composition as well, like this riff
40:22It was really cathartic writing it and cathartic playing it
40:29And I hope that somebody might hear it and either help a friend out
40:32Or it might be them themselves that asks for help
40:35Or at least sees that there's a potential to, you know, go to a better place
40:39I'm going through changes
40:45And it feels amazing
40:50I'm going through changes
40:54This is professional level songwriting
40:58It's like Damien Rice or David Gray
41:01The one thing that ain't gonna change
41:05The one thing is you
41:14Charlie!
41:16Charlie, we love you!
41:18No way, thank you
41:23He's worked really hard on everything
41:26On himself
41:27On getting himself into the right place
41:29And I just think to see him up there was just incredible
41:34You could literally hear that in the stadium
41:36Yeah
41:37It's a gorgeous song
41:40And it has come from all-encompassing darkness for someone in their life
41:45You can pour all of that sadness into something so full of hope
41:50Wow
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
42:03Love you all
42:11Everyone who sang for us in London is back on the Your Song stage
42:14To hear who Paloma and Sam will choose to perform in their final concert
42:19At the iconic Hackney Empire
42:21Yeah
42:21I really feel London has delivered
42:24Can we just start with Vic?
42:25I'm in love with him
42:26Fly me to the moon
42:29You can't get closer to life
42:31Than being 90
42:33Getting up on that stage and doing what he did
42:35And I thought Maggie as well really deserves a huge mention
42:39Tell me your life's stronger than this
42:43There was no vocal acrobatics because the songwriting did the job
42:48Yes
42:48And one of three original songs
42:50I'm going through changes
42:53All three songs were brilliant
42:55Yeah, amazing
42:56Big up Charlie
42:57Big up Dominic
42:58And I'm coded
43:00And I'm coded
43:01For a 15 year old to be that emotionally intelligent
43:04What a talent
43:05And Milo
43:07I mean
43:08Wow
43:08And I'll rise up
43:10We had real hope with young people in London I feel
43:14Because he's 15 and then we had beautiful Eden at 17 years old
43:19Yeah
43:19Human kindness is
43:24Everyone was moved to silence including us
43:27Oh yeah
43:28Because he's expressing pure love
43:30I'm not worried about getting into the final
43:32I'm not worried about anything
43:34Just 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
43:42We've got it
43:42We've got it
43:43I hope we've got it
43:52Hi guys
43:55Can I just say
43:57Hey, thank 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 and 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 of you are
44:35Is invited to the grand final that we're going to host
44:38Just over the river over there at the Hackney Empire
44:40I'm buzzing
44:42Only one of you is going to be performing at the final
44:46And the person performing at the grand final in London is
44:56Milo
44:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
45:02Yes, Milo!
45:04APPLAUSE
45:04Yes, Milo!
45:15APPLAUSE
45:15Yes, Milo!
45:16Yes, Milo!
45:18Yes, Milo!
45:23Milo 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, how he was describing his years at school
45:37mirrored my own experience
45:38And that voice
45:40Magic
45:40Magic
45:41And through it
45:43Oh, she happens to be a potential
45:46I 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
46:04Singing 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
46:22Oh my god
46:24The class of London, everyone!
46:27Yes!
46:29APPLAUSE
46:30Next time
46:31Live and lapping in the struggle
46:33But I try to pitch
46:34Go on and dance
46:35The Your Song stage comes to Birmingham
46:37Sure
46:38Where pitch-perfect performances
46:43Lighter, polighter
46:44Spanning the musical spectrum
46:47Post-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?
47:28And like In Ghoul
47:28On Network
47:28And like In someone
47:28be quiet Oh
47:30my god To
47:32be quiet Once
47:32Ain't
47:32quiet To be
47:32quiet And like
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