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And Finally
Will Young can’t remember lyrics
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 11 May 2009
Will Young has told The Guardian that he’s rubbish at remembering lyrics. The former Pop Idol star is quoted as saying: “I’m quite bad with words. I can’t mime because I forget the lyrics and I start making them up. I have a problem singing first lines of songs and that’s purely nerves. I’ve had to stop a couple times because I forgot my lyrics, one time at a small concert in Birmingham and another one in London when the words just went from me. I had to say sorry and start again”.
He continued: “Normally, the words of the songs you know well are ingrained within you, and even though your conscious is saying ‘What’s next?’, you suddenly just remember them. You can’t panic, you have to get on with it. So much of it is in the mind – it’s funny really”.
