# up in space, man. sam ryder, welcome to bbc breakfast. thank you so much for having me. are you ok? yeah, i m good. what about you, though? it s two weeks to go. mm-hm. what is still on your mental checklist before you go to italy? you know what? i feel good. touch wood. yep. i feeljust focused, calm, i m just ready to soak it all in and be there and be present for the experience. for people who don t know the sam ryder story, tell us about. tell us about growing up. i grew up in a house of music, not that my parents were musicians, but theyjust loved music. records playing constantly. earth, wind and fire, beautiful south, queen. and even now, they listen to the same records, like, full blast. i mean, full blast, when they re like cleaning the house or mowing the lawn. my neighbours all know. the records will be playing so loud, so they can still hear it over the lawnmower. tell me aboutjoining tiktok and posting covers. what inspired you to do that? well, i d been working in constr
but theyjust loved music. records playing constantly. earth, wind and fire, beautiful south, and queen. and even now, they listen to the same records, like, full blast. i mean, full blast, when they are cleaning the house or mowing the lawn. my neighbours will know. the records will be playing so loud, so they can still hear it over the lawnmower. tell me aboutjoining tiktok and posting covers. what inspired you to do that? i d been working in construction for years and years and then started singing at weddings. it took lockdown to happen for the weddings to be cancelled, all of us to be stuck indoors. for me to sort of think i don t want to stop singing, just because i can t sing at people s weddings now. but how am i going to do that? it was, i guess, kind of a digital way. me flicking through a record collection. the first video was hit me baby one more time by britney spears. i sang it as high as i could
my neighbours will know. the records will be playing so loud, so they can still hear it over the lawnmower. tell me aboutjoining tiktok and posting covers. what inspired you to do that? well, i d been working in construction for years and years, and then sort of started singing at weddings. it took, you know, lockdown to happen for the weddings to be cancelled, all of us to be stuck indoors for me to sort of think i don t want to stop singing, just because i can t sing at people s weddings now. but how am i going to do that? it was, i guess, kind of a digital way of me flicking through a record collection. the first video was hit me baby one more time by britney spears. i sang it as high as i could in my mum s kitchen. and it all started snowballing from there. # lose my mind! # so give me a sign. # hit me baby one more time. and alicia keys? yeah.
what about you, though? it s two weeks to go. mm-hm. what is still on your mental checklist before you go to italy? you know what? i feel good. touch wood. yep. i feeljust focused, calm, i m just ready to soak it all in and be there and be present for the experience. for people who don t know the sam ryder story, tell us about. tell us about growing up. i grew up in a house of music, not that my parents were musicians, but theyjust loved music. records playing constantly. earth, wind and fire, beautiful south, queen. and even now, they listen to the same records, like, full blast. i mean, full blast, when they re like cleaning the house or mowing the lawn. my neighbours will know. the records will be playing so loud, so they can still hear it over the lawnmower. tell me aboutjoining tiktok and posting covers. what inspired you to do that? well, i d been working in construction for years and years and then sort of started