1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 (atmospheric music) 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:04,938 --> 00:00:09,489 - [Narrator] Music reaches us all, making us feel good. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:09,489 --> 00:00:12,291 It's a gender neutral religious tongue 6 00:00:12,291 --> 00:00:13,791 that bridges gaps, 7 00:00:15,091 --> 00:00:19,721 eliminates political divides, overcomes racial barriers. 8 00:00:19,721 --> 00:00:21,421 It feeds our spirits, 9 00:00:21,421 --> 00:00:26,088 bringing people from all walks of life together as one. 10 00:00:31,789 --> 00:00:33,144 - I don't know how people 11 00:00:33,144 --> 00:00:35,155 find their way onto the dance floor, 12 00:00:35,155 --> 00:00:37,390 everyone has an individual journey, 13 00:00:37,390 --> 00:00:38,872 everyone has a story to tell. 14 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:42,039 (uptempo synth music) 15 00:00:47,285 --> 00:00:50,396 - Dance has no color, dance has no barriers, 16 00:00:50,396 --> 00:00:52,856 it didn't matter who you were, what you were, 17 00:00:52,856 --> 00:00:55,856 there was always a sense of freedom. 18 00:00:57,423 --> 00:00:59,417 - And what they decide to put on stage 19 00:00:59,417 --> 00:01:02,458 in front of an audience is their self expression. 20 00:01:02,458 --> 00:01:04,869 This is me, I wanna tell this story, 21 00:01:04,869 --> 00:01:06,568 I wanna dance this dance. 22 00:01:06,568 --> 00:01:10,038 ♪ I'm not defeated, empty words leave me cheated ♪ 23 00:01:10,038 --> 00:01:13,895 ♪ I'm not defeated, empty words leave me cheated ♪ 24 00:01:13,895 --> 00:01:15,532 - Dance floors can unify people 25 00:01:15,532 --> 00:01:17,550 in ways that governments and religions can't 26 00:01:17,550 --> 00:01:20,467 and I stand by that shit 100%. 27 00:01:22,843 --> 00:01:23,881 - When everyone is dripping in sweat 28 00:01:23,881 --> 00:01:25,903 there's no class distinctions, 29 00:01:25,903 --> 00:01:27,764 there's no economic distinctions, 30 00:01:27,764 --> 00:01:31,764 you get in a room and none of it matters at all. 31 00:01:33,645 --> 00:01:35,644 - When the clubs opened, 32 00:01:35,644 --> 00:01:37,791 you saw the look on people's faces, 33 00:01:37,791 --> 00:01:41,961 the smiles, the energy that people gave off, 34 00:01:41,961 --> 00:01:44,740 you were all there to dance. 35 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:47,967 - There's no right or wrong on the dance floor, 36 00:01:47,967 --> 00:01:51,800 music moves people and allows them to be free. 37 00:01:55,569 --> 00:01:57,742 - People being the stars of the dance floor, 38 00:01:57,742 --> 00:01:59,583 people wanting to lose themselves, 39 00:01:59,583 --> 00:02:01,597 people that are on the dance floor 40 00:02:01,597 --> 00:02:03,531 are what make great clubs. 41 00:02:03,531 --> 00:02:08,372 ♪ I'm not defeated but you can see the bruise ♪ 42 00:02:08,372 --> 00:02:12,997 ♪ Battered not beaten, still there's so much to prove ♪ 43 00:02:12,997 --> 00:02:16,914 - You know, the only reason why I'm still alive 44 00:02:18,778 --> 00:02:21,635 is because I found life on the dance floor, 45 00:02:21,635 --> 00:02:24,863 I found friends on the dance floor, 46 00:02:24,863 --> 00:02:26,196 I found support, 47 00:02:28,211 --> 00:02:32,794 I found love, unconditional chosen family kind of love. 48 00:02:34,389 --> 00:02:38,056 When the people who are supposed to love you 49 00:02:40,293 --> 00:02:44,710 don't have the capacity to understand how to do that, 50 00:02:45,730 --> 00:02:49,937 I found a lot of those folks on the dance floor. 51 00:02:49,937 --> 00:02:54,104 (singing in a different language) 52 00:02:55,537 --> 00:02:58,130 - We are a community of people 53 00:02:58,130 --> 00:02:59,806 from all different walks of life 54 00:02:59,806 --> 00:03:01,084 with all different backgrounds, 55 00:03:01,084 --> 00:03:05,567 all different body shapes, sizes, genders, ethnicities, 56 00:03:05,567 --> 00:03:10,308 we're a complete mismatch, but we share this common ground 57 00:03:10,308 --> 00:03:12,261 of wanting to amplify 58 00:03:12,261 --> 00:03:15,517 those really positive parts of what people have 59 00:03:15,517 --> 00:03:16,934 and what we have. 60 00:03:18,896 --> 00:03:20,901 - The performers at Glitterbox, 61 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:23,699 they stamp their personality on the night 62 00:03:23,699 --> 00:03:25,766 from the moment we open the doors, 63 00:03:25,766 --> 00:03:28,487 they make a huge effort in their dress and their makeup, 64 00:03:28,487 --> 00:03:32,168 they look absolutely spectacular, magnificent. 65 00:03:32,168 --> 00:03:35,251 You're like, wow, who is that person? 66 00:03:37,180 --> 00:03:38,710 - There's more behind everyone 67 00:03:38,710 --> 00:03:41,088 than just fabulous dance moves, 68 00:03:41,088 --> 00:03:43,766 all of us have had to really fight 69 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:46,266 for our right to be ourselves. 70 00:04:00,055 --> 00:04:04,050 - It's just creating a safe space that unifies everybody, 71 00:04:04,050 --> 00:04:06,969 it's gonna be no judgment, we're safe to be who we are 72 00:04:06,969 --> 00:04:07,802 and, at the end of the day, 73 00:04:07,802 --> 00:04:10,719 we come together to celebrate love. 74 00:04:23,814 --> 00:04:28,064 - I feel like I've always been quite quiet and shy, 75 00:04:32,158 --> 00:04:33,499 I guess I have always 76 00:04:33,499 --> 00:04:36,866 felt like I didn't really fit in at school, 77 00:04:36,866 --> 00:04:38,858 I never really had any friends, 78 00:04:38,858 --> 00:04:41,876 I never felt like I identified with people, 79 00:04:41,876 --> 00:04:44,901 and I found it hard to socialize with people. 80 00:04:44,901 --> 00:04:48,493 I just remember it being really lonely 81 00:04:48,493 --> 00:04:51,984 and not having anyone that I could relate to, 82 00:04:51,984 --> 00:04:55,979 or being told that what I was doing was wrong, 83 00:04:55,979 --> 00:04:59,896 or trying to be who I thought I was, was wrong. 84 00:05:02,979 --> 00:05:05,294 When I went to sixth form college, 85 00:05:05,294 --> 00:05:09,385 I made friends with some of the girls there, 86 00:05:09,385 --> 00:05:10,668 guess, around that time 87 00:05:10,668 --> 00:05:13,835 I was figuring out my gender identity. 88 00:05:15,966 --> 00:05:18,190 Those friends that I had at sixth form 89 00:05:18,190 --> 00:05:21,357 were really important to process that. 90 00:05:23,192 --> 00:05:27,654 When I first started going out in East London, 91 00:05:27,654 --> 00:05:30,851 people were dressing up and there were loads of club kids 92 00:05:30,851 --> 00:05:33,117 and everyone was kind of wild and free, 93 00:05:33,117 --> 00:05:34,147 and it was the first time 94 00:05:34,147 --> 00:05:37,397 that I experienced nightlife like that. 95 00:05:38,966 --> 00:05:42,731 I was coming up to having my gender reassignment surgery 96 00:05:42,731 --> 00:05:45,674 and I was very private about my past, 97 00:05:45,674 --> 00:05:48,641 and I didn't really talk to people about it. 98 00:05:48,641 --> 00:05:51,606 And so when I started going out to these places 99 00:05:51,606 --> 00:05:54,510 and meeting queer people for the first time, really, 100 00:05:54,510 --> 00:05:57,739 I started to feel this sense of community, 101 00:05:57,739 --> 00:06:00,805 and it was only after a couple of years 102 00:06:00,805 --> 00:06:03,086 of making friends with these people 103 00:06:03,086 --> 00:06:06,336 that I started to open up about my past 104 00:06:08,036 --> 00:06:11,676 and just tell people about my journey as a trans woman, 105 00:06:11,676 --> 00:06:15,759 which I kind of kept really secret up until then. 106 00:06:17,780 --> 00:06:19,917 For something that had always been viewed 107 00:06:19,917 --> 00:06:22,867 in a really negative way by other people, 108 00:06:22,867 --> 00:06:24,882 for these new people that I met 109 00:06:24,882 --> 00:06:27,382 to see it as a positive thing, 110 00:06:28,411 --> 00:06:30,299 I almost felt celebrated. 111 00:06:30,299 --> 00:06:32,882 (upbeat music) 112 00:06:39,648 --> 00:06:40,982 When I'm on the dance floor, 113 00:06:40,982 --> 00:06:43,570 I feel this freedom to be myself 114 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:46,433 and exist in the way that I want to be. 115 00:06:46,433 --> 00:06:48,152 I think that's why it's really important 116 00:06:48,152 --> 00:06:50,372 that we're trying to create these spaces 117 00:06:50,372 --> 00:06:54,788 where people do feel free to express themselves 118 00:06:54,788 --> 00:06:56,371 on the dance floor. 119 00:07:07,810 --> 00:07:09,158 - My grandmum used to tell me, 120 00:07:09,158 --> 00:07:11,480 "Oh child, you've been left in the oven a bit too long", 121 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:12,874 she used to relax my hair, 122 00:07:12,874 --> 00:07:14,737 'cause my head was a bit too kinky for her, 123 00:07:14,737 --> 00:07:16,864 press my nose so it'd be a little thinner. 124 00:07:16,864 --> 00:07:17,697 It's only now 125 00:07:17,697 --> 00:07:21,697 that I'm realizing what I went through as a kid. 126 00:07:25,020 --> 00:07:26,213 So this is where I grew up, 127 00:07:26,213 --> 00:07:29,337 like when I was primary school, 128 00:07:29,337 --> 00:07:31,749 when everything happened when I was a kid, 129 00:07:31,749 --> 00:07:33,416 I was in this house. 130 00:07:34,714 --> 00:07:37,805 My family was a lot under the spotlight 131 00:07:37,805 --> 00:07:41,042 because my sister is an athlete, 132 00:07:41,042 --> 00:07:44,567 she's Olympic winner, she's worldly famous, 133 00:07:44,567 --> 00:07:47,895 she's known in the fencing world and in the sports world, 134 00:07:47,895 --> 00:07:49,488 she was on TV all the time, 135 00:07:49,488 --> 00:07:52,936 so our family was under the spotlight for good reason, 136 00:07:52,936 --> 00:07:54,204 everyone was proud. 137 00:07:54,204 --> 00:07:57,972 So people were expecting me to be doing fencing as well 138 00:07:57,972 --> 00:07:59,920 and this is when I discovered fashion, 139 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,920 but I was getting so much negativity from my surrounding, 140 00:08:05,049 --> 00:08:06,075 from the people around me, 141 00:08:06,075 --> 00:08:10,749 that I started harming myself, doing bad stuff. 142 00:08:10,749 --> 00:08:14,307 I've been arrested, I was stealing, I was fighting, 143 00:08:14,307 --> 00:08:17,268 I was literally going the wrong way. 144 00:08:17,268 --> 00:08:19,935 (subdued music) 145 00:08:22,780 --> 00:08:24,668 I just remember a lot of things that I've done 146 00:08:24,668 --> 00:08:27,577 that I'm still struggling to say out loud, 147 00:08:27,577 --> 00:08:29,940 me trying to end my life as well 148 00:08:29,940 --> 00:08:34,190 and the best thing for me was to just escape Paris. 149 00:08:39,782 --> 00:08:43,532 At the time I left Paris, I was 24 years old. 150 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:48,106 If you ask me, I don't even remember how I moved there, 151 00:08:48,106 --> 00:08:53,023 all I know is I packed some clothes and I moved to England. 152 00:08:57,301 --> 00:08:58,899 Luke was the first person, 153 00:08:58,899 --> 00:09:01,816 when I came to London, I spoke to. 154 00:09:03,418 --> 00:09:05,990 I messaged him, we started talking, we became friends 155 00:09:05,990 --> 00:09:09,012 and literally just helped me with makeup a lot. 156 00:09:09,012 --> 00:09:12,223 I wasn't really doing any drag or anything like this, 157 00:09:12,223 --> 00:09:15,141 I remember I was just so impressed 158 00:09:15,141 --> 00:09:16,709 by everything Luke was doing 159 00:09:16,709 --> 00:09:19,481 and I've learned so much with Luke 160 00:09:19,481 --> 00:09:21,415 and, literally, we became friends since. 161 00:09:21,415 --> 00:09:23,144 You can check on the fridge, 162 00:09:23,144 --> 00:09:25,635 so that was the first night out with Luke 163 00:09:25,635 --> 00:09:27,065 when we went to Cirque, 164 00:09:27,065 --> 00:09:29,837 my first time, pretty much, trying to do drag. 165 00:09:29,837 --> 00:09:33,004 (rhythmic percussion) 166 00:09:34,499 --> 00:09:37,623 When you start doing drag, you question everything. 167 00:09:37,623 --> 00:09:40,334 Often men have this idea, 168 00:09:40,334 --> 00:09:43,672 men should act and a woman should act, 169 00:09:43,672 --> 00:09:47,296 but when you put yourself in the shoes of a woman 170 00:09:47,296 --> 00:09:49,275 and when you look in the mirror 171 00:09:49,275 --> 00:09:53,737 and see someone that is not who you used to be, 172 00:09:53,737 --> 00:09:56,667 everything just goes so fast in your head. 173 00:09:56,667 --> 00:09:59,917 (uptempo techno music) 174 00:10:11,917 --> 00:10:13,737 Because you don't recognize yourself in the mirror, 175 00:10:13,737 --> 00:10:15,576 you allow yourself to feel things 176 00:10:15,576 --> 00:10:17,735 that you don't think you are allowed to feel, 177 00:10:17,735 --> 00:10:19,848 because you're a either man or a woman, 178 00:10:19,848 --> 00:10:20,905 because society tells you 179 00:10:20,905 --> 00:10:24,655 that you should act this way or act that way. 180 00:10:30,485 --> 00:10:33,120 When you're in drag, you don't fit in any of those boxes, 181 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,446 you have the freedom to do and think 182 00:10:35,446 --> 00:10:37,696 and feel whatever you want. 183 00:10:40,841 --> 00:10:42,832 ♪ If I go out every night * ♪ 184 00:10:42,832 --> 00:10:45,364 ♪ And I feel that it's all right ♪ 185 00:10:45,364 --> 00:10:49,164 ♪ Nobody's business if I do ♪ 186 00:10:49,164 --> 00:10:54,164 ♪ Nobody, nobody, nobody's business ♪ 187 00:10:57,237 --> 00:11:01,237 ♪ No no no no nobody's business ♪ 188 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:07,600 - In the beginning of my sort of drag career, 189 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,933 I released so many anxieties 190 00:11:11,711 --> 00:11:16,711 and there was times where I cried on stage and I broke down, 191 00:11:16,763 --> 00:11:21,596 and I was silly and I was funny, and I was honest and raw. 192 00:11:23,022 --> 00:11:26,992 And it was like taking away all those things 193 00:11:26,992 --> 00:11:29,468 that society had placed upon me 194 00:11:29,468 --> 00:11:32,192 and chipping away at the past, 195 00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:35,359 to just become the best version of me. 196 00:11:37,288 --> 00:11:41,770 Come inside, I'll take you through to my drag den. 197 00:11:41,770 --> 00:11:45,103 Here you go, welcome to my little world. 198 00:11:46,058 --> 00:11:47,798 I'm a very visual person 199 00:11:47,798 --> 00:11:51,122 and so I want to create more things that bring people joy 200 00:11:51,122 --> 00:11:52,901 and bring me joy, 201 00:11:52,901 --> 00:11:56,058 I like to be surrounded by colorful, happy things. 202 00:11:56,058 --> 00:11:58,099 This is kind of like drag, 203 00:11:58,099 --> 00:12:03,099 it's things I collected, it's things that make me happy, 204 00:12:03,121 --> 00:12:08,121 it's things I use day to day, but also in nightlife. 205 00:12:08,278 --> 00:12:12,068 I live in, basically, like a Barbie dreamland of a bedroom 206 00:12:12,068 --> 00:12:14,496 and that's not what most people's bedrooms look like, 207 00:12:14,496 --> 00:12:15,826 but I've made a conscious choice 208 00:12:15,826 --> 00:12:19,932 to surround myself with colorful things that make me happy 209 00:12:19,932 --> 00:12:21,669 and make me feel fabulous. 210 00:12:21,669 --> 00:12:25,296 Storage is very difficult when you have a lot of costumes 211 00:12:25,296 --> 00:12:28,022 that don't really make any sense. 212 00:12:28,022 --> 00:12:30,073 This is all Glitterbox stuff, 213 00:12:30,073 --> 00:12:33,906 an outfit I wore on "Lorraine Kelly". 214 00:12:33,906 --> 00:12:37,073 I'd say it's like 80% made by me. 215 00:12:37,927 --> 00:12:40,156 This is seven years of drag, 216 00:12:40,156 --> 00:12:43,906 this is seven years of holding onto memories. 217 00:12:44,938 --> 00:12:47,660 So when I was a young child, 218 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:51,022 I was constantly encouraged to express myself 219 00:12:51,022 --> 00:12:54,218 but we moved around quite a lot when I was a kid, 220 00:12:54,218 --> 00:12:56,461 we moved around the country. 221 00:12:56,461 --> 00:12:57,532 That meant that, 222 00:12:57,532 --> 00:13:01,120 quite often, I was put into a different community 223 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,272 where I had to adapt 224 00:13:03,272 --> 00:13:04,975 and you slowly realize 225 00:13:04,975 --> 00:13:07,808 that being too visible or too loud 226 00:13:10,411 --> 00:13:13,140 can sometimes be a hindrance. 227 00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:17,471 And so I kind of learnt, in my early adolescence, 228 00:13:17,471 --> 00:13:20,388 to keep a lot of my feelings inside 229 00:13:21,826 --> 00:13:23,929 because people's reaction to them 230 00:13:23,929 --> 00:13:25,907 wasn't always positive. 231 00:13:25,907 --> 00:13:30,907 I came out when I was 15 and I felt liberated in some ways 232 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,074 but you're basically fighting one battle to come out 233 00:13:35,074 --> 00:13:35,907 and then when you come out, 234 00:13:35,907 --> 00:13:38,204 you've gotta fight this other battle to accept yourself. 235 00:13:38,204 --> 00:13:40,956 I started to reach out to the gay community 236 00:13:40,956 --> 00:13:44,906 that existed in Cumbria, which is very small, 237 00:13:44,906 --> 00:13:47,605 and a lot of the lesbians there 238 00:13:47,605 --> 00:13:49,533 all looked a very specific way, 239 00:13:49,533 --> 00:13:53,145 and I didn't really connect with that at all 240 00:13:53,145 --> 00:13:56,820 and so I felt like I didn't belong in that box. 241 00:13:56,820 --> 00:13:58,145 And it was like saying, 242 00:13:58,145 --> 00:13:59,201 okay, you've come out and you're gay, 243 00:13:59,201 --> 00:14:00,619 but then the gay community 244 00:14:00,619 --> 00:14:03,575 also doesn't really want you here. 245 00:14:03,575 --> 00:14:05,841 And yeah, it just felt like I was drowning 246 00:14:05,841 --> 00:14:07,758 and it got to the point 247 00:14:08,716 --> 00:14:11,825 where I tried to take my own life several times, 248 00:14:11,825 --> 00:14:16,154 and my mom just said, "What will make you happy?", 249 00:14:16,154 --> 00:14:19,904 and I just said, "I need to get out of here." 250 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,203 (hairdryer whirring) 251 00:14:31,789 --> 00:14:33,410 I'd no idea what I was getting myself into, 252 00:14:33,410 --> 00:14:36,021 all I knew was that if I moved to London 253 00:14:36,021 --> 00:14:37,228 there would be nightlife there 254 00:14:37,228 --> 00:14:40,006 and there would be this scene that you could find 255 00:14:40,006 --> 00:14:41,254 and you could belong to, 256 00:14:41,254 --> 00:14:45,749 because I hadn't felt like I belonged to any community, 257 00:14:45,749 --> 00:14:48,038 I didn't feel like I was from anywhere, 258 00:14:48,038 --> 00:14:51,104 I didn't feel like I fitted in any way in particular 259 00:14:51,104 --> 00:14:54,731 and so I just knew that there were alternatives in London. 260 00:14:54,731 --> 00:14:57,003 ♪ I'm tired of coming to a house party ♪ 261 00:14:57,003 --> 00:14:58,614 ♪ And people just standing around ♪ 262 00:14:58,614 --> 00:15:01,798 ♪ Like it's a fucking fashion show ♪ 263 00:15:01,798 --> 00:15:05,946 ♪ This is not rap music, children we do not beat ♪ 264 00:15:05,946 --> 00:15:09,499 ♪ House music is about love, freedom, and expression ♪ 265 00:15:09,499 --> 00:15:11,578 ♪ To be what and who we are ♪ 266 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:16,222 ♪ So if you're here to spread love, unity, and devotion ♪ 267 00:15:16,222 --> 00:15:21,222 ♪ Get up, get up! ♪ 268 00:15:23,663 --> 00:15:25,913 ♪ Get up! ♪ 269 00:15:35,003 --> 00:15:37,975 - I understand now why people are out and proud, 270 00:15:37,975 --> 00:15:39,635 because they've been victimized 271 00:15:39,635 --> 00:15:42,994 and being told that they're misfits of society, 272 00:15:42,994 --> 00:15:44,621 and it wasn't acceptable. 273 00:15:44,621 --> 00:15:46,635 It's made much easier by meeting people 274 00:15:46,635 --> 00:15:49,033 and getting on with people, and talking to people 275 00:15:49,033 --> 00:15:51,645 and understanding what people have to go through, 276 00:15:51,645 --> 00:15:56,478 and you shouldn't be stigmatized 'cause you are different. 277 00:15:57,431 --> 00:15:59,514 ♪ Get up ♪ 278 00:16:12,228 --> 00:16:16,233 ♪ Get up ♪ 279 00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:20,019 ♪ Get up ♪ 280 00:16:20,019 --> 00:16:23,570 ♪ Get up ♪ 281 00:16:23,570 --> 00:16:25,653 ♪ Get up ♪ 282 00:16:29,805 --> 00:16:30,908 - [Narrator] There are costs and duties 283 00:16:30,908 --> 00:16:33,594 associated with liberation, 284 00:16:33,594 --> 00:16:35,216 it begins in our minds, 285 00:16:35,216 --> 00:16:38,086 a distinct release from ties that bind 286 00:16:38,086 --> 00:16:42,123 by thinking positive thoughts, ignoring the haters, 287 00:16:42,123 --> 00:16:45,723 turning the other cheek, but don't be no fool. 288 00:16:45,723 --> 00:16:49,075 Come on, we've got to open our hearts to give love 289 00:16:49,075 --> 00:16:51,195 so that we can receive it. 290 00:16:51,195 --> 00:16:52,778 Freedom ain't free. 291 00:16:54,063 --> 00:16:56,730 (uptempo music) 292 00:17:24,898 --> 00:17:28,838 ♪ Deep inside I feel warm ♪ 293 00:17:28,838 --> 00:17:32,415 ♪ Close my eyes and take the waves of joy ♪ 294 00:17:32,415 --> 00:17:37,000 ♪ I'm on a fancy ride, move sometimes ♪ 295 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,750 ♪ Listen to the notes of my own destiny ♪ 296 00:18:00,909 --> 00:18:04,335 - The biggest success that I have, 297 00:18:04,335 --> 00:18:07,150 for me, is the fact that I fucking survived 298 00:18:07,150 --> 00:18:10,037 as a trans person of color. 299 00:18:10,037 --> 00:18:12,708 So imagine being marginalized within the marginalized, 300 00:18:12,708 --> 00:18:14,005 within the marginalized, 301 00:18:14,005 --> 00:18:16,976 as I transitioned while I was building a DJ career, 302 00:18:16,976 --> 00:18:18,779 I transitioned in the city of New York 303 00:18:18,779 --> 00:18:20,677 when there wasn't a word for trans people 304 00:18:20,677 --> 00:18:22,968 and you had all these people from the outer boroughs 305 00:18:22,968 --> 00:18:25,835 that, if you were visibly presenting as trans, 306 00:18:25,835 --> 00:18:27,585 it was life or death. 307 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:30,710 I never found my place 308 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:32,938 because, as a person of trans experience, 309 00:18:32,938 --> 00:18:35,148 I had to create my own tribe 310 00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:37,169 and I had to create my own world. 311 00:18:37,169 --> 00:18:40,037 And, for me, it wasn't so much about what color you were 312 00:18:40,037 --> 00:18:40,901 or who you slept with, 313 00:18:40,901 --> 00:18:42,347 it was, do we vibe musically? 314 00:18:42,347 --> 00:18:44,347 Do we vibe artistically? 315 00:18:52,027 --> 00:18:55,907 - Queerness is a gift, it's a way to see the world 316 00:18:55,907 --> 00:18:59,074 through a lens that enriches the world 317 00:19:00,749 --> 00:19:02,872 that is so needed in the world, 318 00:19:02,872 --> 00:19:07,122 but cannot be repressed and cannot be extinguished. 319 00:19:11,795 --> 00:19:14,918 - It's about the music, it's about coming together, 320 00:19:14,918 --> 00:19:17,976 I am in a space where I feel completely free to be myself. 321 00:19:17,976 --> 00:19:19,561 (speaking French) 322 00:19:19,561 --> 00:19:20,958 It was just everything that's part of me 323 00:19:20,958 --> 00:19:22,356 the thing that I've been telling you about, 324 00:19:22,356 --> 00:19:25,606 like fashion, dance, music, gay, black, 325 00:19:27,037 --> 00:19:30,963 I was like, that's me and we get to dance together, 326 00:19:30,963 --> 00:19:32,647 sometimes there's a competition. 327 00:19:32,647 --> 00:19:34,960 But when the competition's over, 328 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,377 we all go and dance together. 329 00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:45,338 - Queer people are coming into the mainstream in a big way 330 00:19:45,338 --> 00:19:47,504 and we're influencing culture 331 00:19:47,504 --> 00:19:50,775 and we're influencing media, and change, 332 00:19:50,775 --> 00:19:54,573 and we're influencing music and television, and film, 333 00:19:54,573 --> 00:19:57,098 and the mainstream society's idea of gender 334 00:19:57,098 --> 00:19:57,931 is changing, 335 00:19:57,931 --> 00:20:01,181 and my generation are encouraging that. 336 00:20:02,406 --> 00:20:04,788 And so I hope that the next generation 337 00:20:04,788 --> 00:20:07,357 won't even be asking these questions, 338 00:20:07,357 --> 00:20:09,288 they'll just accept you for who you are. 339 00:20:09,288 --> 00:20:11,871 (upbeat music) 340 00:20:16,090 --> 00:20:17,449 Hiya girls. 341 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:18,574 - Looking nice and subtle, 342 00:20:18,574 --> 00:20:20,908 very pastel. - Thank you! 343 00:20:20,908 --> 00:20:21,833 As I've got older, 344 00:20:21,833 --> 00:20:24,715 I've learnt to express myself with my body more 345 00:20:24,715 --> 00:20:28,728 and because of that, I feel like I can dance freely. 346 00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:33,728 ♪ Put your hands together for the love I never knew before ♪ 347 00:20:36,044 --> 00:20:38,215 ♪ And if the world stops turning ♪ 348 00:20:38,215 --> 00:20:42,798 ♪ Then our love keeps burning evermore ♪ 349 00:20:59,429 --> 00:21:01,304 - I think what I want people to see 350 00:21:01,304 --> 00:21:04,813 is somebody being authentically themselves 351 00:21:04,813 --> 00:21:06,813 and somebody being free. 352 00:21:10,939 --> 00:21:13,256 When you see other people celebrating 353 00:21:13,256 --> 00:21:15,889 and being encouraged by your freedom, 354 00:21:15,889 --> 00:21:17,097 that is the feeling 355 00:21:17,097 --> 00:21:21,097 when you're like this is really, really special. 356 00:21:24,230 --> 00:21:26,203 - Clubs are about great music, 357 00:21:26,203 --> 00:21:30,453 but they're also about exhibitionism and voyeurism. 358 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,665 I've just always been obsessed 359 00:21:33,665 --> 00:21:36,425 with strong theatrical personas, 360 00:21:36,425 --> 00:21:41,130 people with exaggerated imagery, anyone who's performing, 361 00:21:41,130 --> 00:21:42,698 so that chimes with the club thing 362 00:21:42,698 --> 00:21:43,641 because, as I said, 363 00:21:43,641 --> 00:21:48,048 clubs really are an arena for people to perform. 364 00:21:48,048 --> 00:21:50,793 I quite like the idea of bringing the glitter into it 365 00:21:50,793 --> 00:21:52,339 'cause it ties in, obviously, with the name 366 00:21:52,339 --> 00:21:55,065 and it's an extra texture. 367 00:21:55,065 --> 00:21:57,843 Growing up in the early '70s, realizing I was gay, 368 00:21:57,843 --> 00:21:59,127 I couldn't tell anyone 369 00:21:59,127 --> 00:22:02,959 and so it forced you to become an actor 370 00:22:02,959 --> 00:22:06,765 because you had to pretend that you were like everyone else, 371 00:22:06,765 --> 00:22:09,985 but the club world in London's enabled me 372 00:22:09,985 --> 00:22:14,083 to actually live my life more truthfully, 373 00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:16,587 in a way, for myself. 374 00:22:16,587 --> 00:22:18,292 This is the newest one of Lucy, 375 00:22:18,292 --> 00:22:19,497 which I was really pleased with, 376 00:22:19,497 --> 00:22:21,013 everyone seems to like that one. 377 00:22:21,013 --> 00:22:23,128 Some of the performers they have, 378 00:22:23,128 --> 00:22:24,120 they have a certain charisma 379 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:27,206 and it's transmitting that through the artwork 380 00:22:27,206 --> 00:22:31,289 to give people an idea of what the club is about. 381 00:22:34,924 --> 00:22:37,046 - There've been loads of people who've nudged me 382 00:22:37,046 --> 00:22:40,129 into becoming a dancer and performer, 383 00:22:41,303 --> 00:22:43,908 Glyn's been one of the key figures 384 00:22:43,908 --> 00:22:46,392 in encouraging me to perform. 385 00:22:46,392 --> 00:22:47,759 - Go away. - Hello! 386 00:22:47,759 --> 00:22:49,050 - Lucy Fizz! 387 00:22:49,050 --> 00:22:51,050 - [Lucy] Hi, hello, hi! 388 00:22:53,913 --> 00:22:56,606 - I'd always wanted Lucy to be involved 389 00:22:56,606 --> 00:22:59,373 and I'm just gonna talk frankly here, 390 00:22:59,373 --> 00:23:01,843 I think Lucy might have been a bit wild 391 00:23:01,843 --> 00:23:03,422 for Glitterbox at the beginning. 392 00:23:03,422 --> 00:23:06,500 - I think I was wild for Glitterbox 393 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:08,155 up until last year. 394 00:23:08,155 --> 00:23:09,031 - Yeah. - I think. 395 00:23:09,031 --> 00:23:13,649 - But I also think that Lucy is the most punk ass performer 396 00:23:13,649 --> 00:23:14,533 I've ever met 397 00:23:14,533 --> 00:23:15,407 and I've always said that, 398 00:23:15,407 --> 00:23:19,823 Lucy has got pop star energy where, it doesn't matter, 399 00:23:19,823 --> 00:23:23,344 you can be in a 5,000 capacity space or a room of 10 400 00:23:23,344 --> 00:23:25,435 and Fizz will get it pumping, 401 00:23:25,435 --> 00:23:26,803 and that is a gift, 402 00:23:26,803 --> 00:23:29,486 that's like something that you do, 403 00:23:29,486 --> 00:23:32,020 it's like watching a conductor, you know what I mean? 404 00:23:32,020 --> 00:23:35,390 She's a disco conductor, put that on a business card. 405 00:23:35,390 --> 00:23:37,325 (laughing) 406 00:23:37,325 --> 00:23:40,408 (upbeat funky music) 407 00:23:45,664 --> 00:23:47,923 - We don't want to forget, in any way, 408 00:23:47,923 --> 00:23:52,673 the music that has led people to the current scene, 409 00:23:52,673 --> 00:23:55,207 the DJs that created the scene, the pioneers, 410 00:23:55,207 --> 00:23:56,923 the music that they used to play, 411 00:23:56,923 --> 00:23:59,590 that's really, really important. 412 00:24:05,912 --> 00:24:07,410 - It's amazing when I think back 413 00:24:07,410 --> 00:24:09,558 at the history of dance music, 414 00:24:09,558 --> 00:24:10,796 that I was fortunate enough 415 00:24:10,796 --> 00:24:12,310 to have grown up in New York City 416 00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:15,393 and was able to see, what I consider, 417 00:24:16,370 --> 00:24:18,107 some of the greatest DJs of all time 418 00:24:18,107 --> 00:24:21,502 in the residency that they were most famous for 419 00:24:21,502 --> 00:24:25,835 and that was just, you know, pure luck, if anything. 420 00:24:27,278 --> 00:24:29,591 We're standing on Mercer and Prince 421 00:24:29,591 --> 00:24:34,368 and in this building is where The Loft was at 99 Prince. 422 00:24:34,368 --> 00:24:37,451 (vehicles whooshing) 423 00:24:53,021 --> 00:24:54,137 I grew up in South Bronx, 424 00:24:54,137 --> 00:24:56,304 so there were a lot of drugs around me, 425 00:24:56,304 --> 00:24:57,889 people getting killed, 426 00:24:57,889 --> 00:24:59,926 lots of my friends becoming junkies, 427 00:24:59,926 --> 00:25:02,990 so I just knew that I had to do something 428 00:25:02,990 --> 00:25:05,782 to get out of the world that I was in. 429 00:25:05,782 --> 00:25:07,066 It got to a point 430 00:25:07,066 --> 00:25:10,706 where my mom was telling me you need to have a job 431 00:25:10,706 --> 00:25:12,447 and then I had explained to her 432 00:25:12,447 --> 00:25:15,174 that I wanted to be a DJ in a nightclub 433 00:25:15,174 --> 00:25:16,891 and she was like, 434 00:25:16,891 --> 00:25:21,865 someone's gonna pay you to play records all night? 435 00:25:21,865 --> 00:25:23,724 I was like, yeah, it's a job. 436 00:25:23,724 --> 00:25:24,557 I'm just gonna say, 437 00:25:24,557 --> 00:25:26,578 we're on the corner of Mercer and Houston 438 00:25:26,578 --> 00:25:30,849 and behind me is the entrance to The Gallery, 439 00:25:30,849 --> 00:25:34,201 where Nicky Siano reigned for many years. 440 00:25:34,201 --> 00:25:36,689 And, as a teenager, I would come here 441 00:25:36,689 --> 00:25:41,334 and bother him and ask him for the names of songs, 442 00:25:41,334 --> 00:25:42,712 I'd come with pen and paper in hand 443 00:25:42,712 --> 00:25:44,969 'cause I knew I was always gonna hear something 444 00:25:44,969 --> 00:25:46,441 I never heard before. 445 00:25:46,441 --> 00:25:49,524 (upbeat funky music) 446 00:25:58,158 --> 00:25:59,330 So basically that's. 447 00:25:59,330 --> 00:26:03,464 - This is the entrance, this is the line before we opened, 448 00:26:03,464 --> 00:26:06,607 here was the entrance right off the corner. 449 00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:10,264 I mean, these two clubs were the basis for everything 450 00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:12,401 and still to today. 451 00:26:12,401 --> 00:26:15,009 That's what happened with The Gallery and The Loft, 452 00:26:15,009 --> 00:26:17,228 people understood it. 453 00:26:17,228 --> 00:26:20,010 I remember the first week we opened at this place, 454 00:26:20,010 --> 00:26:21,507 it was 120 people 455 00:26:21,507 --> 00:26:24,155 and the second week was 700 people, 456 00:26:24,155 --> 00:26:26,569 that's how quick the word spread. 457 00:26:26,569 --> 00:26:27,881 A lot of people stopped by, 458 00:26:27,881 --> 00:26:32,304 David Bowie, Mick Jagger stopped by, Patti LaBelle. 459 00:26:32,304 --> 00:26:35,798 - It was a mixed crowd straight and gay, 460 00:26:35,798 --> 00:26:39,548 black, white, Asian, Hispanic, young and old. 461 00:26:40,475 --> 00:26:41,308 - Different race, 462 00:26:41,308 --> 00:26:43,990 you're a different sexual preference and it didn't matter 463 00:26:43,990 --> 00:26:48,907 'cause you were all there to groove on the music, to dance, 464 00:26:49,769 --> 00:26:51,669 you were all there to dance. 465 00:26:51,669 --> 00:26:54,752 (upbeat disco music) 466 00:26:55,967 --> 00:26:59,975 - What I felt performing in these clubs at that young age, 467 00:26:59,975 --> 00:27:03,179 I really felt a sense of individualism, 468 00:27:03,179 --> 00:27:05,063 be who you are and feel okay with it. 469 00:27:05,063 --> 00:27:08,127 At 14/15, I was 16 when I sang, "We Are Family", 470 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:09,769 I was always working in clubs 471 00:27:09,769 --> 00:27:12,729 so I think that's what I felt, a sense of expression 472 00:27:12,729 --> 00:27:14,479 that had no barriers. 473 00:27:17,572 --> 00:27:21,736 I was understanding how it brought people together, 474 00:27:21,736 --> 00:27:22,902 the music did, 475 00:27:22,902 --> 00:27:24,402 it was a sense of, 476 00:27:25,379 --> 00:27:28,347 the first word that comes to mind, freedom of expression 477 00:27:28,347 --> 00:27:32,264 and freedom of enjoying yourself and not caring 478 00:27:33,725 --> 00:27:36,924 who's looking, you're having a good time 479 00:27:36,924 --> 00:27:40,341 and socially too, it broke down barriers. 480 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,706 - You have to remember what was happening socially, 481 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:48,630 Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, 482 00:27:48,630 --> 00:27:53,380 people got out and protested every day and ended the war, 483 00:27:54,808 --> 00:27:57,617 and then they got rid of the president! 484 00:27:57,617 --> 00:27:59,829 All that stuff happened 485 00:27:59,829 --> 00:28:03,211 and people were feeling very powerful, 486 00:28:03,211 --> 00:28:06,836 people felt like they were bonded together 487 00:28:06,836 --> 00:28:09,003 and when the clubs opened, 488 00:28:09,847 --> 00:28:13,180 it was a place where people could gather 489 00:28:14,455 --> 00:28:16,288 and share their power, 490 00:28:17,939 --> 00:28:19,837 they would share their power 491 00:28:19,837 --> 00:28:23,587 and they would unify it and make it stronger. 492 00:28:25,052 --> 00:28:27,486 And when you spent a night at The Gallery 493 00:28:27,486 --> 00:28:30,969 you felt like you went to a protest, 494 00:28:30,969 --> 00:28:34,552 like you went to church, you were uplifted. 495 00:28:35,489 --> 00:28:38,572 (upbeat disco music) 496 00:28:40,877 --> 00:28:44,348 - Coming up, there was always a separatism of music, 497 00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:47,930 there was R&B, there was pop, black, white, 498 00:28:47,930 --> 00:28:51,347 dance totally created a bridge with that. 499 00:28:53,804 --> 00:28:56,613 Being African-American women 500 00:28:56,613 --> 00:28:58,363 and especially in that time, 501 00:28:58,363 --> 00:29:02,221 there was a sense of responsibility with what you sing, 502 00:29:02,221 --> 00:29:06,638 owning up to the lyrics that you put your heart into. 503 00:29:09,997 --> 00:29:14,169 - All the songs represented a kind of let's get together 504 00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:18,923 and take them over or spread love, or change the world. 505 00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:22,797 - Songs definitely had messages in the lyrics 506 00:29:22,797 --> 00:29:25,040 and I think they were definitely relative 507 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:29,540 to whoever felt them and what they were going through. 508 00:29:30,499 --> 00:29:34,747 - You went to dance and you danced to whatever David played, 509 00:29:34,747 --> 00:29:37,446 whatever I played, and you got into it 510 00:29:37,446 --> 00:29:40,811 because you trusted me, you trusted David, 511 00:29:40,811 --> 00:29:42,609 we weren't gonna put on shit, 512 00:29:42,609 --> 00:29:46,677 we played from midnight till nine in the morning 513 00:29:46,677 --> 00:29:48,594 and that was a journey. 514 00:29:49,849 --> 00:29:51,904 - I'm really sad that Gallery's ending 515 00:29:51,904 --> 00:29:54,387 but everything has a beginning and a end, 516 00:29:54,387 --> 00:29:57,058 and I hope that there will be another beginning. 517 00:29:57,058 --> 00:29:58,924 - [Interviewee] Unfortunately it's closing, 518 00:29:58,924 --> 00:30:01,202 but we'll leave here and go to the Garage, 519 00:30:01,202 --> 00:30:04,535 there's always one other place to go to. 520 00:30:06,886 --> 00:30:10,829 - We're standing between Barrick and Hudson, 521 00:30:10,829 --> 00:30:12,593 just where the Paradise Garage was 522 00:30:12,593 --> 00:30:16,510 and I haven't been here, wow, in over a decade, 523 00:30:17,733 --> 00:30:19,281 and I haven't passed by here. 524 00:30:19,281 --> 00:30:23,054 I still can't believe it, it's just not there anymore. 525 00:30:23,054 --> 00:30:26,137 (upbeat disco music) 526 00:30:34,021 --> 00:30:34,854 I'd come here 527 00:30:34,854 --> 00:30:36,547 and the line would be down the block, 528 00:30:36,547 --> 00:30:38,417 and inside it would be packed, 529 00:30:38,417 --> 00:30:42,417 it was dark, tight, space and all gay, all black 530 00:30:43,731 --> 00:30:46,971 and it was an amazing energy in that room. 531 00:30:46,971 --> 00:30:48,489 And it's strange, you know, 532 00:30:48,489 --> 00:30:50,027 I spent a lot of nights in there, 533 00:30:50,027 --> 00:30:52,605 there was a room full of love and magic 534 00:30:52,605 --> 00:30:57,265 and people dancing, and forgetting all their troubles 535 00:30:57,265 --> 00:30:59,515 and coming together as one, 536 00:31:01,317 --> 00:31:04,373 I don't know, it makes me feel sad and happy 537 00:31:04,373 --> 00:31:09,040 to know what was there, but sad to see what's there now. 538 00:31:17,813 --> 00:31:18,646 - Hello! 539 00:31:19,931 --> 00:31:23,937 We're in New York and we're on the way to House of Yes, 540 00:31:23,937 --> 00:31:27,550 this is my first time in New York, 541 00:31:27,550 --> 00:31:28,757 really excited to be here, 542 00:31:28,757 --> 00:31:31,018 I can't wait to perform tonight. 543 00:31:31,018 --> 00:31:32,897 I've had the call sheet 544 00:31:32,897 --> 00:31:36,121 and it looks like there's huge production 545 00:31:36,121 --> 00:31:40,716 and loads of teams of different dancers and performers, 546 00:31:40,716 --> 00:31:43,940 so I need to figure out where I fit into all of that 547 00:31:43,940 --> 00:31:46,190 and what they want from me. 548 00:31:56,589 --> 00:31:58,339 Oh my God, it's sick! 549 00:32:02,326 --> 00:32:04,257 - We're not the first people to be dressing up 550 00:32:04,257 --> 00:32:05,696 and dancing to disco music, 551 00:32:05,696 --> 00:32:09,001 I feel like we are a part of a legacy and a history, 552 00:32:09,001 --> 00:32:10,568 and we are carrying forth 553 00:32:10,568 --> 00:32:14,818 a certain sort of ethos and belief into the present 554 00:32:16,022 --> 00:32:18,809 and obviously into the future. 555 00:32:18,809 --> 00:32:22,067 House of Yes is a space dedicated to entertainment 556 00:32:22,067 --> 00:32:23,180 and self expression, 557 00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:28,180 so we do that through having theater shows and dance parties 558 00:32:28,229 --> 00:32:30,517 but it really is a magnet that attracts people 559 00:32:30,517 --> 00:32:33,414 who are like-minded, believe in positivity, 560 00:32:33,414 --> 00:32:35,035 believe in self-expression, 561 00:32:35,035 --> 00:32:38,931 and diversity, inclusivity, and good dance music. 562 00:32:38,931 --> 00:32:43,085 - (laughing) No one told me about this. 563 00:32:43,085 --> 00:32:44,653 It's amazing, I can't wait, 564 00:32:44,653 --> 00:32:49,114 I'm terrified about going in the spinning cage of death 565 00:32:49,114 --> 00:32:50,189 and climbing up that wall 566 00:32:50,189 --> 00:32:54,843 in my six inch platform heels is gonna be interesting 567 00:32:54,843 --> 00:32:56,426 but I'm so excited. 568 00:32:59,767 --> 00:33:01,777 It's like a dream come true. 569 00:33:01,777 --> 00:33:04,860 (upbeat disco music) 570 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:28,517 - Club culture was more than just entertainment 571 00:33:28,517 --> 00:33:30,050 and the music reflected that, 572 00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:32,956 these were safe spaces for people of color, 573 00:33:32,956 --> 00:33:34,862 for gender non-conforming people, 574 00:33:34,862 --> 00:33:37,507 for trans people, for black people, for Latin people, 575 00:33:37,507 --> 00:33:39,709 and so it's not surprising to me 576 00:33:39,709 --> 00:33:43,588 that queer people of color which were marginalized people, 577 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:47,036 weren't allowed in these sort of artistic creative spaces, 578 00:33:47,036 --> 00:33:48,128 created their own. 579 00:33:48,128 --> 00:33:49,695 And so then when you go to these places 580 00:33:49,695 --> 00:33:50,843 where you find your tribe, 581 00:33:50,843 --> 00:33:54,632 it's celebrated and it's freeing and it's enriching, 582 00:33:54,632 --> 00:33:57,211 and it gives purpose and meaning to your life. 583 00:33:57,211 --> 00:33:58,336 - Can I get a fuck yes? 584 00:33:58,336 --> 00:33:59,169 - [Group] Fuck yes. 585 00:33:59,169 --> 00:34:01,399 - We also love consent, it's 100% mandatory 586 00:34:01,399 --> 00:34:03,060 and, just like me, super sexy, 587 00:34:03,060 --> 00:34:04,904 so yes means yes and no means? 588 00:34:04,904 --> 00:34:06,071 - [Group] No. 589 00:34:06,925 --> 00:34:09,002 - House of Yes in its peak moment 590 00:34:09,002 --> 00:34:13,169 feels like your costume closet and your art studio 591 00:34:16,362 --> 00:34:18,747 made this crazy art baby 592 00:34:18,747 --> 00:34:20,296 and then threw it up in the air, 593 00:34:20,296 --> 00:34:22,984 and everything's just covered in glitter and confetti, 594 00:34:22,984 --> 00:34:26,096 and just a big sea of people 595 00:34:26,096 --> 00:34:28,751 dressed in whatever the hell they wanna dress in, 596 00:34:28,751 --> 00:34:30,751 just flying and dancing. 597 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:36,240 ♪ When I think about all you give to me ♪ 598 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:40,179 ♪ I get full inside from your light, you see ♪ 599 00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:44,318 ♪ There ain't no way, I'll never let you down ♪ 600 00:34:44,318 --> 00:34:49,180 ♪ My world is yours, you make it all go around ♪ 601 00:34:49,180 --> 00:34:50,646 - House of Yes can stand for this place 602 00:34:50,646 --> 00:34:53,278 where it's okay to be yourself 603 00:34:53,278 --> 00:34:57,861 and it's okay to do your thing and that we will accept you, 604 00:34:57,861 --> 00:35:00,194 and it's a positive message. 605 00:35:02,277 --> 00:35:05,610 ♪ I found the strength ♪ 606 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,453 - There's no right or wrong on the dance floor, 607 00:35:10,453 --> 00:35:14,203 music moves people and allows them to be free 608 00:35:15,513 --> 00:35:18,346 and that, for me, is so rewarding. 609 00:35:21,801 --> 00:35:24,881 - Our motivation right now and our intention 610 00:35:24,881 --> 00:35:28,798 is to help, is to be in service to a community. 611 00:35:32,867 --> 00:35:34,755 Whether it's sharing actual information 612 00:35:34,755 --> 00:35:36,859 that can save people's lives, 613 00:35:36,859 --> 00:35:41,180 whether it's about mental health or sexual health, 614 00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:44,042 there's a lot of that, there's even social health 615 00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:46,229 and opening people's perspectives 616 00:35:46,229 --> 00:35:49,681 into how they can be their best selves. 617 00:35:49,681 --> 00:35:52,429 ♪ Joy deep down inside of me ♪ 618 00:35:52,429 --> 00:35:56,703 ♪ I believe you know that I can see ♪ 619 00:35:56,703 --> 00:36:01,120 ♪ Peace, that's what you bring to me ♪ 620 00:36:07,044 --> 00:36:09,794 (train rattling) 621 00:36:21,865 --> 00:36:25,948 - I came to New York City on December 27th, 1990. 622 00:36:27,423 --> 00:36:30,846 I have a real affinity for the dance floor, 623 00:36:30,846 --> 00:36:32,998 it was a healing space for us, 624 00:36:32,998 --> 00:36:35,698 it was like a family reunion for us every week, 625 00:36:35,698 --> 00:36:38,943 for those of us who were living through the AIDS crisis 626 00:36:38,943 --> 00:36:43,193 it was a place to fellowship, to heal, to recharge, 627 00:36:44,218 --> 00:36:47,369 so that we could go back out and face the world 628 00:36:47,369 --> 00:36:49,964 that was not so pleasant at the time. 629 00:36:49,964 --> 00:36:52,631 (emotive music) 630 00:36:58,434 --> 00:37:03,434 It was a plague and people were dropping dead on the streets 631 00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:06,021 and nobody cared. 632 00:37:06,021 --> 00:37:08,330 We were dying, gay men first, 633 00:37:08,330 --> 00:37:11,663 were dying of a plague and nobody cared. 634 00:37:12,564 --> 00:37:16,792 The government didn't talk about it for eight years. 635 00:37:16,792 --> 00:37:18,851 We marched on streets, 636 00:37:18,851 --> 00:37:21,629 we fought for medication, we fought to live, 637 00:37:21,629 --> 00:37:24,873 and the dance floor was the place that we went 638 00:37:24,873 --> 00:37:28,540 to be with each other, to heal, to recharge, 639 00:37:29,846 --> 00:37:31,701 to find a space where we could have the energy 640 00:37:31,701 --> 00:37:36,076 to go back out into the world and fight some more. 641 00:37:36,076 --> 00:37:38,380 There was a whole group of religious people 642 00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:42,770 from their pulpits, spouting hateful rhetoric 643 00:37:42,770 --> 00:37:45,580 that AIDS was God's punishment, 644 00:37:45,580 --> 00:37:47,747 you deserve it you faggot, 645 00:37:51,738 --> 00:37:54,155 that's what we lived through. 646 00:37:55,785 --> 00:37:56,785 How are you? 647 00:37:58,213 --> 00:37:59,489 Didn't tell me you was coming, 648 00:37:59,489 --> 00:38:01,322 I said, this is crazy! 649 00:38:03,767 --> 00:38:06,150 This is crazy. - I know. 650 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:07,641 - I mean, just the years, 651 00:38:07,641 --> 00:38:09,558 this is like, for real, 652 00:38:10,904 --> 00:38:13,076 we went through it together. 653 00:38:13,076 --> 00:38:13,909 - Together. 654 00:38:13,909 --> 00:38:16,025 - We went through hell together 655 00:38:16,025 --> 00:38:17,632 and came out on the other side. 656 00:38:17,632 --> 00:38:20,299 I want all of my work to reflect 657 00:38:21,486 --> 00:38:24,799 what I've really gone through, who I really am, 658 00:38:24,799 --> 00:38:27,151 that's what this song means to me. 659 00:38:27,151 --> 00:38:29,629 ♪ When it comes to my heart ♪ 660 00:38:29,629 --> 00:38:33,396 ♪ I think I deserve to be choosy ♪ 661 00:38:33,396 --> 00:38:37,153 As a gay man coming out in 1985 in the middle of a plague, 662 00:38:37,153 --> 00:38:38,832 love was not an option, 663 00:38:38,832 --> 00:38:43,804 love was transient, love was what other people had, 664 00:38:43,804 --> 00:38:45,865 because if you allowed yourself 665 00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:48,934 to be vulnerable enough to be in love, 666 00:38:48,934 --> 00:38:51,000 that person could be dead in a matter of weeks. 667 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,910 So we cut ourselves off unconsciously, 668 00:38:53,910 --> 00:38:56,038 we blocked ourselves from that. 669 00:38:56,038 --> 00:38:58,834 That's why I'm ready to finally fall in love, 670 00:38:58,834 --> 00:39:02,236 it feels safe now, I'm ready to finally do it, 671 00:39:02,236 --> 00:39:03,660 I don't even know how to do it. 672 00:39:03,660 --> 00:39:08,660 ♪ Lately there's a little something I'm needing ♪ 673 00:39:12,186 --> 00:39:14,935 ♪ Something found deep in a kiss ♪ 674 00:39:14,935 --> 00:39:19,935 ♪ That's the kind of drug I've been missing ♪ 675 00:39:20,022 --> 00:39:24,743 ♪ True love can be more than just a daydream ♪ 676 00:39:24,743 --> 00:39:26,400 ♪ Daydream ♪ 677 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,440 - Yeah! 678 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:28,498 - I'm ready, 679 00:39:28,498 --> 00:39:32,748 I'm finally ready to experience what real love is. 680 00:39:38,913 --> 00:39:41,128 - That's fine, you can take as much time as you need 681 00:39:41,128 --> 00:39:44,612 and also as many takes as you feel you need, 682 00:39:44,612 --> 00:39:45,779 it's all good. 683 00:39:49,017 --> 00:39:52,832 ♪ I don't need eyes to see it ♪ 684 00:39:52,832 --> 00:39:56,828 ♪ I know my heart believes it ♪ 685 00:39:56,828 --> 00:40:01,828 ♪ I wanna know if you're the one who needs my love ♪ 686 00:40:02,229 --> 00:40:07,229 ♪ Tell me could you be the one for me? ♪ 687 00:40:07,862 --> 00:40:12,862 ♪ I'm ready, finally ready to fall in love ♪ 688 00:40:15,473 --> 00:40:19,548 ♪ Baby I'm ready, ready to fall ♪ 689 00:40:19,548 --> 00:40:24,548 ♪ If you answer when I call, I will give it all to you ♪ 690 00:40:25,597 --> 00:40:26,908 - Awesome. - I have been a part 691 00:40:26,908 --> 00:40:29,982 of the generation that kicked the door down 692 00:40:29,982 --> 00:40:32,825 and now I'm receiving the benefits from that. 693 00:40:32,825 --> 00:40:35,073 I'm just so grateful 694 00:40:35,073 --> 00:40:39,114 that I lived long enough to see this transformative day, 695 00:40:39,114 --> 00:40:41,130 that's not lost on me. 696 00:40:41,130 --> 00:40:44,213 (upbeat funky music) 697 00:40:49,206 --> 00:40:54,206 ♪ I ain't got no problem, that's for real ♪ 698 00:40:54,530 --> 00:40:59,002 ♪ Ain't got no drama, she know the deal ♪ 699 00:40:59,002 --> 00:41:03,784 ♪ Making that money for the fancy clothes ♪ 700 00:41:03,784 --> 00:41:08,784 ♪ But she got her own, you know the drill ♪ 701 00:41:09,430 --> 00:41:13,097 - Fabulous means glamorous and camp and fun, 702 00:41:15,102 --> 00:41:18,519 and sparkly and happy, and full of energy 703 00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:23,271 and the best possible feeling you can feel about yourself, 704 00:41:23,271 --> 00:41:25,604 that's what fabulous means. 705 00:41:26,615 --> 00:41:31,615 - I mean, to me fabulous is believing in oneself enough, 706 00:41:31,768 --> 00:41:33,787 loving oneself enough, 707 00:41:33,787 --> 00:41:38,537 to know that you are enough to then be whatever you want. 708 00:41:40,196 --> 00:41:42,646 ♪ Na na na ♪ 709 00:41:42,646 --> 00:41:44,999 ♪ Na na na ♪ 710 00:41:44,999 --> 00:41:47,686 ♪ Na na na ♪ 711 00:41:47,686 --> 00:41:51,646 - I don't know, I don't know why I'm like this. 712 00:41:51,646 --> 00:41:55,281 I think what makes me fabulous is my outlook on life, 713 00:41:55,281 --> 00:41:56,914 I think if you have a fabulous outlook 714 00:41:56,914 --> 00:42:01,587 and you want fabulousness from people, you'll find it, 715 00:42:01,587 --> 00:42:05,587 yeah, I think it's an energy more than anything. 716 00:42:07,682 --> 00:42:08,741 - They're like superstars, 717 00:42:08,741 --> 00:42:10,270 they're like the superheroes of the night, 718 00:42:10,270 --> 00:42:12,668 they elevate the energy, they keep everything going 719 00:42:12,668 --> 00:42:15,151 and some people even go to the Glitterbox shows 720 00:42:15,151 --> 00:42:16,707 just to watch the performances, 721 00:42:16,707 --> 00:42:19,404 'cause these dancers are just next level. 722 00:42:19,404 --> 00:42:21,381 So we figured we wanted to create a campaign 723 00:42:21,381 --> 00:42:23,445 that reflects that spectacle 724 00:42:23,445 --> 00:42:26,245 and the weight of the power these guys have 725 00:42:26,245 --> 00:42:28,745 to bring positivity to a room. 726 00:42:30,682 --> 00:42:34,332 - We want people to stand out and look individual 727 00:42:34,332 --> 00:42:38,415 and be themselves, without any fear or prejudice, 728 00:42:39,775 --> 00:42:41,242 and if they can do it on the dance floor, 729 00:42:41,242 --> 00:42:45,962 if they can do it in life, it's an amazing thing. 730 00:42:45,962 --> 00:42:50,421 - Glitterbox have definitely helped me find my own aesthetic 731 00:42:50,421 --> 00:42:53,591 and shape the person that I am now. 732 00:42:53,591 --> 00:42:56,063 I'm comfortable enough or at least strong enough 733 00:42:56,063 --> 00:42:58,958 to go back to Paris, face my old demon, 734 00:42:58,958 --> 00:43:01,392 but also mostly reconnect with my sister 735 00:43:01,392 --> 00:43:04,392 who is taking a big place in my life 736 00:43:06,170 --> 00:43:07,854 and who is really important to me, 737 00:43:07,854 --> 00:43:11,771 so I think it's the right time for me to do it. 738 00:43:14,735 --> 00:43:16,737 The more I get, 739 00:43:16,737 --> 00:43:18,412 at the minute, I'm really scared 740 00:43:18,412 --> 00:43:20,408 because I feel like 'cause we didn't leave things 741 00:43:20,408 --> 00:43:24,491 in the best way last time we spoke to each other, 742 00:43:26,071 --> 00:43:28,274 but that was five years ago now 743 00:43:28,274 --> 00:43:31,357 so I'm hoping things are better now. 744 00:43:32,928 --> 00:43:35,481 But Paris was really tough for me toward the end 745 00:43:35,481 --> 00:43:40,336 and I felt like I was being a danger for myself mostly, 746 00:43:40,336 --> 00:43:42,797 and I didn't wanna be here anymore. 747 00:43:42,797 --> 00:43:45,710 And it's just hard to face all those things again, 748 00:43:45,710 --> 00:43:48,932 but I think I need to see through all of that 749 00:43:48,932 --> 00:43:51,432 and find some positive things. 750 00:43:52,432 --> 00:43:56,015 (train announcement sound) 751 00:44:16,187 --> 00:44:19,270 (speaking in French) 752 00:44:47,925 --> 00:44:50,175 (laughing) 753 00:45:24,807 --> 00:45:28,640 I was happy to see that she was open to rebond 754 00:45:29,736 --> 00:45:32,736 and to start fresh, have a new start 755 00:45:33,812 --> 00:45:36,447 and I feel much lighter now, 756 00:45:36,447 --> 00:45:38,570 but it's still a lot to process, 757 00:45:38,570 --> 00:45:41,362 my head is just about to explode, 758 00:45:41,362 --> 00:45:45,195 but I feel really happy about the way it went. 759 00:45:46,973 --> 00:45:47,939 - Breaking down the rules 760 00:45:47,939 --> 00:45:51,263 of people's preconceptions and prejudice 761 00:45:51,263 --> 00:45:53,199 and unifying people on the dance floor, 762 00:45:53,199 --> 00:45:55,227 and everybody being equal on the dance floor, 763 00:45:55,227 --> 00:45:57,603 they're huge statements for us. 764 00:45:57,603 --> 00:45:58,678 - [Radio Presenter] Welcome guys, 765 00:45:58,678 --> 00:46:01,687 right now you're tuned into to the Glitterbox radio show, 766 00:46:01,687 --> 00:46:02,850 we are super excited 767 00:46:02,850 --> 00:46:05,603 to announce a huge show lined up for you guys 768 00:46:05,603 --> 00:46:07,765 at Printworks in London. 769 00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:08,598 ♪ Much better ♪ 770 00:46:08,598 --> 00:46:10,379 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 771 00:46:10,379 --> 00:46:12,441 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 772 00:46:12,441 --> 00:46:14,254 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 773 00:46:14,254 --> 00:46:16,244 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 774 00:46:16,244 --> 00:46:18,059 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 775 00:46:18,059 --> 00:46:20,053 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 776 00:46:20,053 --> 00:46:22,170 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 777 00:46:22,170 --> 00:46:23,843 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 778 00:46:23,843 --> 00:46:26,721 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 779 00:46:26,721 --> 00:46:29,375 - [Tete Bang] I think London, for a lot of the dancers, 780 00:46:29,375 --> 00:46:33,572 is a really important place, you know, physically as well. 781 00:46:33,572 --> 00:46:36,696 - When we do Glitterbox in London 782 00:46:36,696 --> 00:46:41,179 it always feels like the family's all back together. 783 00:46:41,179 --> 00:46:43,179 - This is my mum, Suzie! 784 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:46,181 I think when you get to a level 785 00:46:46,181 --> 00:46:47,650 where you've got nothing to hide, 786 00:46:47,650 --> 00:46:49,117 you can bring your mum to a rave 787 00:46:49,117 --> 00:46:50,830 and being at Printworks 788 00:46:50,830 --> 00:46:53,591 is a way of connecting all those little dots of who you are 789 00:46:53,591 --> 00:46:56,174 and bringing them all together. 790 00:46:58,641 --> 00:47:00,362 This is a physical representation 791 00:47:00,362 --> 00:47:03,650 of everybody coming together in this huge space 792 00:47:03,650 --> 00:47:05,065 where we've all got air to breathe 793 00:47:05,065 --> 00:47:07,267 and we've got space to express ourselves. 794 00:47:07,267 --> 00:47:11,017 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 795 00:47:11,978 --> 00:47:12,811 - It's very rare 796 00:47:12,811 --> 00:47:15,815 that any of us will get to that place in life 797 00:47:15,815 --> 00:47:18,633 where we are celebrated on such a large scale 798 00:47:18,633 --> 00:47:21,550 and so, Printworks is like our gold 799 00:47:24,698 --> 00:47:26,865 at the end of the rainbow. 800 00:47:29,301 --> 00:47:31,181 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 801 00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:33,132 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 802 00:47:33,132 --> 00:47:34,996 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 803 00:47:34,996 --> 00:47:36,872 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 804 00:47:36,872 --> 00:47:38,815 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 805 00:47:38,815 --> 00:47:40,719 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 806 00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:42,607 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 807 00:47:42,607 --> 00:47:44,536 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 808 00:47:44,536 --> 00:47:46,415 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 809 00:47:46,415 --> 00:47:48,343 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 810 00:47:48,343 --> 00:47:50,250 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 811 00:47:50,250 --> 00:47:52,195 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 812 00:47:52,195 --> 00:47:54,218 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 813 00:47:54,218 --> 00:47:58,351 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 814 00:47:58,351 --> 00:47:59,932 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 815 00:47:59,932 --> 00:48:01,828 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 816 00:48:01,828 --> 00:48:03,596 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 817 00:48:03,596 --> 00:48:05,562 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 818 00:48:05,562 --> 00:48:07,479 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 819 00:48:07,479 --> 00:48:09,404 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 820 00:48:09,404 --> 00:48:11,341 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 821 00:48:11,341 --> 00:48:13,459 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 822 00:48:13,459 --> 00:48:15,323 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 823 00:48:15,323 --> 00:48:17,100 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 824 00:48:17,100 --> 00:48:19,106 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 825 00:48:19,106 --> 00:48:21,183 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 826 00:48:21,183 --> 00:48:22,785 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 827 00:48:22,785 --> 00:48:26,535 ♪ I think I feel much better ♪ 828 00:48:30,404 --> 00:48:31,986 - For a very long time I've been bullied, 829 00:48:31,986 --> 00:48:33,531 I've been told that I was too skinny, 830 00:48:33,531 --> 00:48:36,329 I was too this, I was too black, or I was too feminine 831 00:48:36,329 --> 00:48:38,947 and if you would have told me when I was a teenager 832 00:48:38,947 --> 00:48:41,680 that I will be in a thong and heels 833 00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:44,136 dancing in front of thousands of people, 834 00:48:44,136 --> 00:48:48,469 I would have probably shit my pants and be like no. 835 00:48:50,998 --> 00:48:54,847 - I still don't really understand what it is 836 00:48:54,847 --> 00:48:59,264 that lets me get up on stage in front of 5,000 people 837 00:49:00,106 --> 00:49:02,621 and then still I'll be so shy 838 00:49:02,621 --> 00:49:06,121 that I won't dare go and speak to someone. 839 00:49:11,669 --> 00:49:15,080 - There's one thing feeling free in yourself, 840 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:16,021 but there is another thing 841 00:49:16,021 --> 00:49:19,438 when people are celebrating your freedom. 842 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:26,255 ♪ Seems I can't deny ♪ 843 00:49:26,255 --> 00:49:29,644 ♪ Some days just don't feel right ♪ 844 00:49:29,644 --> 00:49:34,644 ♪ You know I feel, I think I feel much better ♪ 845 00:50:08,884 --> 00:50:10,512 - Whatever we are doing, 846 00:50:10,512 --> 00:50:14,641 it's beyond being on the stage and it's beyond the music, 847 00:50:14,641 --> 00:50:18,075 it's just about embracing whatever you are 848 00:50:18,075 --> 00:50:20,658 and whatever you've been given. 849 00:50:23,950 --> 00:50:25,041 - It is that feeling 850 00:50:25,041 --> 00:50:28,565 of people telling you that you're perfect as you are, 851 00:50:28,565 --> 00:50:29,889 you don't have to change, 852 00:50:29,889 --> 00:50:33,556 what you're doing right now is good enough. 853 00:50:36,746 --> 00:50:40,413 - Do not look for validation on the outside, 854 00:50:42,028 --> 00:50:46,111 be your own validation, speak life into yourself. 855 00:50:47,261 --> 00:50:52,197 Find your tribe, find the tribe, find your family, 856 00:50:52,197 --> 00:50:54,114 find your chosen family 857 00:50:55,282 --> 00:50:59,282 who understands how to love you unconditionally, 858 00:51:00,699 --> 00:51:01,532 the end. 859 00:51:05,098 --> 00:51:07,425 - Woo you know this? 860 00:51:07,425 --> 00:51:11,361 We wanna hear you, sing to the heavens out there! 861 00:51:11,361 --> 00:51:14,444 (upbeat disco music) 862 00:51:26,243 --> 00:51:27,892 Here we go. 863 00:51:27,892 --> 00:51:32,218 ♪ We are family ♪ 864 00:51:32,218 --> 00:51:34,671 ♪ I got all my sisters with me ♪ 865 00:51:34,671 --> 00:51:36,368 - You're beautiful! 866 00:51:36,368 --> 00:51:40,017 ♪ We are family ♪ 867 00:51:40,017 --> 00:51:44,449 ♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪ 868 00:51:44,449 --> 00:51:48,715 ♪ We are family, hey, hey ♪ 869 00:51:48,715 --> 00:51:52,784 ♪ I got all my sisters with me, hey, yeah ♪ 870 00:51:52,784 --> 00:51:56,836 ♪ We are family ♪ 871 00:51:56,836 --> 00:51:59,425 ♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪ 872 00:51:59,425 --> 00:52:00,508 - Here we go! 873 00:52:02,582 --> 00:52:06,350 ♪ Everyone can see we're together ♪ 874 00:52:06,350 --> 00:52:09,674 ♪ As we walk on by ♪ 875 00:52:09,674 --> 00:52:14,674 ♪ Hey, in front just like birds of a say what? ♪ 876 00:52:15,061 --> 00:52:18,979 ♪ I won't tell ♪ 877 00:52:18,979 --> 00:52:22,756 ♪ All of the people around us they say ♪ 878 00:52:22,756 --> 00:52:26,207 ♪ Can they be that close? ♪ 879 00:52:26,207 --> 00:52:30,389 ♪ Just let me state for the record, we're giving love y'all! ♪ 880 00:52:30,389 --> 00:52:34,226 ♪ We're giving, yeah, you sing ♪ 881 00:52:34,226 --> 00:52:38,251 ♪ We are family, hey ♪ 882 00:52:38,251 --> 00:52:42,427 ♪ I got all my sisters with me, hey, yeah ♪ 883 00:52:42,427 --> 00:52:46,771 ♪ We are family, get up y'all ♪ 884 00:52:46,771 --> 00:52:50,740 ♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪ 885 00:52:50,740 --> 00:52:55,517 ♪ We are family, I got my sisters with me ♪ 886 00:52:55,517 --> 00:52:59,107 Put your hands in the air one more time and sing! 887 00:52:59,107 --> 00:53:02,690 ♪ We are family, hey, yeah ♪ 888 00:53:04,019 --> 00:53:07,190 One, two, drop it down, let me hear you sing! 889 00:53:07,190 --> 00:53:10,317 ♪ We are family ♪ 890 00:53:10,317 --> 00:53:14,400 We love you, get up everybody and sing, yeah woo! 891 00:53:35,632 --> 00:53:39,904 ♪ Rise and shine ♪ 892 00:53:39,904 --> 00:53:43,331 ♪ Guess it's time to face the rain ♪ 893 00:53:43,331 --> 00:53:47,489 ♪ No relief inside ♪ 894 00:53:47,489 --> 00:53:52,489 ♪ So I got to numb the pain, it's an uphill climb ♪ 895 00:53:53,436 --> 00:53:56,857 ♪ When I'm so close to the edge ♪ 896 00:53:56,857 --> 00:54:00,276 ♪ I can't see the light but know it's on the other side ♪ 897 00:54:00,276 --> 00:54:04,814 ♪ One hand is tied and one's been worked to death ♪ 898 00:54:04,814 --> 00:54:07,557 ♪ I can't see the light so have to find it deep inside ♪ 899 00:54:07,557 --> 00:54:09,545 ♪ Every time this life knocked me down ♪ 900 00:54:09,545 --> 00:54:11,500 ♪ I had no more fight ♪ 901 00:54:11,500 --> 00:54:15,325 ♪ I would hear a voice that changed my mind ♪ 902 00:54:15,325 --> 00:54:20,175 ♪ Music saved my life ♪ 903 00:54:20,175 --> 00:54:22,842 ♪ Saved my life ♪