Will Young was the first winner of the worldwide Pop Idol franchise and now the owner of 2 BRIT awards from 12 nominations. He has written 3 books and acted in film, television and on stage where he has been nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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Chapters:
00:00 Trailer. 02:09 Brian’s thoughts on the episode. 05:27 Brian’s introduction. 06:14 2002, Will enters Pop Idol show with an innate sense of the future. 09:14 Boot camp for how to be a pop star. 10:13 Limited past experience. 12:25 Memories of sharing the joy of the 20 week Pop Idol experience. 15:12 When Will answered back to Simon Cowell, one of the biggest moments of his life. 15:54 Why he did it. 18:43 Is Simon Cowell a bully? 20:52 Touring with others from the show and coming out. 23:27 Publicly coming out back in 2002. 26:20 Being outspoken on LGBT issues for the younger generation. 30:56 Negative and positive decisions following winning Pop Idol. 33:05 Not managing his ego. 33:50 Is it possible to make music if not happy? 34:31 I think you are pretty unlikeable, Lois Evans tells Will. 35:43 How he never has a bad day at work. 37:54 Using the tennis ball technique. 39:20 True connection with the audience is a spiritual feeling. 42:06 Musicians sometimes feel a performance is an out of body experience. 43:00 PTSD, trauma, depersonalization, derealisation and hypervigilance suffering. 51:26 Limited benefit of medication. 53:08 Experiential therapies. 55:41 Will’s other artistic endeavours in film and a play. 59:29 Difference between performing in concert as yourself and acting a part in the theatre. 1:01:04 Why Will feels more vulnerable in the pop world than acting in a play. 1:03:06 How the music industry today compares to 2002. 1:09:08 How Conor McGregor moves astonishes Will and introduced him to Muay Thai. 1:10:51Why Will would like to eradicate the word failure. 1:15:34 Learning how the voice can be a tool to link us to our personalities. 1:19:19 Considering doing a Ted Talk. 1:20:14 What Will would like the next five years to hold for him. 1:21:16 A love for teaching. 1:23:46 Does he still need to have another Number One Album? 1:26:10 Phone call to the 20 year old Will Young. 1:27:41 Best advice ever received. 1:28:35 Relationship with parents. 1:29:50 Advice to the young person who wants to be like him. 1:31:19 Brian’s summing up.
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Will Young on Wikipedia
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Will Young Website
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