00:00Well, bam, I am a man
00:04Let's introduce the band.
00:05George, I'm Andrew.
00:08We had a number one album,
00:10we had a string of hip singles,
00:12and we were selling out arenas.
00:15How can the country be in love with these two idiots?
00:21We met when I was 11 and Andrew was 12.
00:24And there was only ever one thing that I wanted to do.
00:28Be in a band with George.
00:30Andrew changed my life in exactly the way someone needed to change my life
00:34if I was going to be a pop star.
00:36And that was it.
00:38Wham!
00:41I mean, your record has been slagged in the press.
00:45Slagged, yeah.
00:46If not, George, people weren't taking him seriously as a songwriter.
00:50Pop became a very dirty word.
00:52Whilst I was happy being in a band,
00:55George needed more.
01:00I never felt that our music defined me in the same way that it did for George.
01:05As a young gay man, I was just uncomfortable because I was positive.
01:10For George, sharp position was the ultimate validation.
01:13I was forging identity through my success.
01:16And by necessity, I went with full gusto into the progression of Wham.
01:25You're so gorgeous.
01:26I know.
01:26I know.
01:27I know.
01:27I know.
01:27I know.
01:28Next thing you know.
01:30With Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.
01:33Wham Mania had arrived.
01:35It's Wham.
01:35Wake me up before you go-go.
01:38Don't leave me hanging on like a yo yo.
01:41Wake me up before you go-go.
01:44Don't wanna miss it when you hit that high.
01:47Wake me up before...
01:50We were absolutely determined to have a fantastic time
01:53We were living in the moment
01:57The success was so much more than I had ever dreamed of and with your best mate
02:04It was just absolutely magical
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