Hey, what's going on, everybody. I'm Trevor Noah,
and this is The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Today is March 4, which means it's the first week
of Women's History Month.
And to celebrate, we've built a special program
that'll highlight a random woman from history
so that we can celebrate her achievement.
Let's see who we got today.
-(bell dings) -Oh! Danica Johnson!
The first woman to order for a man
at a restaurant.
Oh, hi, thank you. We'll have two fettuccines, please.
But, Danica, I don't like fettuccine.
He loves fettuccines. (mouths)
Anyway, on tonight's show,
we look at Joe Biden's 50 latest scandals,
what first ladies really do,
and the pettiest thing
a Republican senator has done today.
So let's do this, people. Welcome to
The Daily Social Distancing Show.
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to your couch somewhere in the world, this is
The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah.
Let's kick things off with the coronavirus vaccine.
It's reason America's hot new trend
is hanging outside the dumpster at CVS.
With more doses hitting the street every day,
the U.S. now expects to have enough vaccine
for every adult by the end of May.
But not everyone will have to wait that long.
A group of great apes in San Diego
have made history as the first animals
to receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S.
According to a wildlife health officer,
the decision to administer the vaccines
came after eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo
became the first great apes in the world to contract COVID.
Okay, okay, I know some people out there might be mad
that apes are getting the vaccine before them,
but it's all part of the priority list, people.
It goes health care workers,
the elderly, people with underlying conditions,
apes, then you,
right after teachers,
children, people who don't want it,
everyone who became elderly while you were waiting,
then all your friends, then you.
So just be patient.
Honestly, I think this is great.
I mean, not just because I can finally hang out with apes
in person instead of over Zoom like I'm doing right now,
but because apes are noble creatures who are, frankly,
way more deserving than any human.
You got that, Caesar? You just remember ol' Trevor
had your back from day one, buddy.
You remember me when it's your planet.
But let's make like QAnon and head over to the U.S. Capitol.
President Biden and the Democrats now have enough votes
to get their coronavirus relief bill
passed over Republican objections.
But while Republicans can't kill the bill,
at least one has found a way to be a dick about it.
NEWSWOMAN: Senate Republicans launch an effort to delay
the vote on President Biden's $1.9 trillion
COVID relief package.
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin says
he plans to force Senate staff
to read the entire relief bill out loud
on the floor, adding at least ten hours to the process.
Aw, that's my man. Ron Johnson,
delaying desperately-needed aid
he knows is gonna get passed anyway.
And to all the hungry kids out there, be patient.
Ron Johnson is making a symbolic point.
You can eat tomorrow. Or maybe next week. Whatever.
But on the real, though, this is not just petty, it's disgusting.
And on top of that, I'd respect him maybe a little bit more
if he read the bill himself.
But instead this bitch is making some poor clerk read it.
Like, you don't get to act like you're some heroic resistor
if someone else is doing the work.
Now I want to see how Ron Johnson defends his family.
Hey, you think you can hit on my wife?
Well, you got another think coming.
Kick his ass, wife. Kick his ass.
And by the way, I love how he says,
"I don't want to sound like a leftist."
That's become the new "no homo" for Republicans.
Yo, bro, no leftist, but I think we should
all get an equal share of guac on our chips.
All right, let's move on now to our main story:
President Joseph Reprehensible Biden.
And, yes, that is his new middle name-- Reprehensible.
Because Biden has been in office for just six weeks
and already, people, he has had more scandals
than any president before him.
As we'll find out in another episode of
Joe Biden: The Worst President In History That We Can Remember.
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It will never happen.
You know, it's hard to even keep track
of all the scandalous things that Joe Biden has done
since the last time we did this segment, but yesterday
he said one of the most outrageous things
anybody, or at least anybody on Fox News, has ever heard.
DOOCY: Part of the president's plea with the American people
when he took over was to stop talking about
political opponents like they are enemies,
because they are not, and he's not
calling these Republican leaders reopening their states enemies,
but is he calling them Neanderthals.
DOOCY: What a uniter Joe Biden is.
-You know, this is Mr. Unity. -(pundits laughing)
And yet, if you disagree with him, you're a Neanderthal.
It turns out that he's just another snob.
Using dismissive, deplorable- like, demeaning language
to describe people who didn't vote for him.
He called them Neanderthals. Now you don't call
one of the largest states in the union Neanderthal.
According to Joe Biden, only a Neanderthal
would lift COVID restrictions on Americans.
I started the Neanderthal caucus because Neanderthals
are hunter-gatherers, they're protectors of their family.
They are resilient.
They're resourceful.
They tend to their own.
I can't believe that Joe Biden has the nerve
to call these great Americans Neanderthals.
But also,
calling them Neanderthals is actually a compliment.
So apologize, Joe Biden!
But also, thank you.
But how dare you!
But also, you're so sweet.
Resign! My best friend.
This is just disgusting, people.
Not only did Joe Biden call Republicans the N-word...
(deep breath) ...but he forced them to acknowledge evolution.
That is the worst thing you can do to a Republican.
And by the way, point me to a single Neanderthal
that died from COVID, huh?
Guess you're not so smart now, huh, buddy?
And it's bad enough that Joe Biden is insulting people
who don't want to wear masks, but what's even worse
is that Joe Biden is a monster
who wants to wear a mask himself.
Why is Joe Biden still wearing a mask?
-He's been vaccinated. -(pundits giggle)
Like, this virtue signaling that continues on
is just really getting tiresome.
You tell him.
What kind of sick person goes out of his way
to set an example?
You never once saw Donald Trump care about public health. No.
He stood shoulder to shoulder with ordinary people
and contracted COVID, because that's leadership,
Mr. President-- if that even is your real name.
What Joe Biden doesn't understand
is that wearing a mask is a personal decision
that everyone should get to make for themselves...
except for Joe Biden, who isn't allowed to wear a mask
because it annoys me!
But clearly, there's something else going on here.
Joe Biden is hiding something under that mask.
Could it be...
a Hitler mustache?
(gasps) Take off your mask, Joe,
or you are the new Hitler!
Meanwhile, Joe Biden is not only failing on COVID,
he's a one-man super-spreader for an even worse pandemic:
cancel culture.
NEWSWOMAN: President Biden didn't even mention Dr. Seuss
in his presidential proclamation
honoring Read Across America Day yesterday.
The Biden White House has erased,
literally erased Dr. Seuss
from their Read Across America proclamation this week.
So, it's Dr. Seuss's birthday.
The Biden administration is refusing to celebrate.
Biden administration cancelled the entire...
It's like Dr. Seuss.
Magic wand, doesn't exist.
That's right. Joe Biden has a magic wand,
and he used it to erase Dr. Seuss.
He could have been doing something
that would actually benefit the country with that wand.
You know? Like making all the face masks disappear.
And how hypocritical is it to tell America
that they should be listening to doctors,
and then literally murder an esteemed medical expert
like Dr. Seuss?
Look out, America. This is just the beginning
of Biden's crusade against all doctors.
But only the real ones, which I guess means
"Dr. Jill Biden" has nothing to worry about.
And by the way, what a sad departure
from America's last president, who respected Dr. Seuss so much
that he constantly spoke in made-up words.
Anonymish. Anomymish.
United Smates.
There's no sugar-coating it,
this administration is going to the dogs.
And what's even sadder is those dogs are ugly as shit.
NEWSMAN: Oh, I got to show you
some nonsense from the White House.
They put this out.
They've got this... Pawffice.
Some sort of cutesy account for the dogs.
Did you see the dog. Let's get...
I want to show you something I noticed.
Doesn't he look a little, uh, little rough?
This dog looks like from, I'm sorry, from the junkyard.
And I love that dog,
but he looks like he's not being well cared for.
NEWSMAN: No, he looks very dirty and disheveled,
and, uh, very unlike a presidential dog,
like, uh, Millie or Victory or something else in the past
in the pres... in the White House.
Yeah, dude!
Drag that dog!
Hey, Fido, why don't you go fetch...
a new stylist!
I mean, what the hell has that dog been doing, huh?
Running around playing? No wonder he looks like that.
Everyone knows if you want your dog to remain in mint condition,
you never take it out of the packaging.
Joe Biden has a lot to explain about how he treats that pet.
No dog should ever look mangier than Ted Cruz.
Hell, I'll say it. I do not like this dog.
I do not like it here or there.
I do not like it anywhere.
And yeah, that's right, I'm quoting Dr. Seuss.
Is that illegal now? Well, then I'll stop,
because I've got priors.
So, those are the many Joe Biden scandals exposed
by the muckraking journalists of conservative media
in just the last three weeks.
And who knows, by this time tomorrow,
we could find out that Biden doesn't empty
the crumb tray in his toaster, or even worse,
he sits when he pees.
And when he does, we'll be there to tell you all about it
in another episode of Joe Biden: The Worst President in History
That We Can Remember.
All right, when we come back, we'll look into the history
of America's First Ladies.
So stick around.
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Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
When Joe Biden was inaugurated as president in January,
his wife, Jill Biden, became First Lady,
joining the ranks of such iconic women
as Michelle Obama, Barbara Bush
and Ivanka Trump.
But how did the role of First Lady become so important
to American government?
Well, in honor of Women's History Month,
we decided to find out, in another episode
of If You Don't Know, Now You Know.
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The First Lady.
It's not a job that's actually in the Constitution,
but that's just because in 1787 women hadn't been invented yet.
And even though "First Lady" is not an official role,
they've been important figures in the country
from the very beginning.
NEWSMAN: From the earliest days, America's First Ladies
were referred to as "Lady Presidentress,"
or "Republican Queen."
The term "First Lady" didn't come into use, really,
until Dolly Madison's time.
The fourth First Lady pioneered the practice
of championing social causes.
She helped orphan children and supported women's rights.
NEWSWOMAN: And it's said that at Mrs. Madison's funeral,
President Zachary Taylor eulogized her
as the country's "First Lady,"
the first time that title was ever used.
That's right. Dolly Madison was the first First Lady.
But she didn't know it,
because President Taylor only called her that at her funeral.
If I were Dolly Madison, I would be dead,
but also, I would have been so pissed at Zachary Taylor.
Because before him, people were calling her "Lady Presidentress"
or "Republican Queen."
And those are so much cooler as names.
Then at her funeral, some dude is like,
"No, she was the First Lady."
If I was her, I'd be getting out of that casket, like,
"What'd you say? Bitch, you call me Queen Supreme!
Oh, First Lady! Queen!"
But while the idea of a First Lady
has been around from the beginning,
the job as we know it today
didn't really kick off until the 1930s.
You know, it's like how for years,
Netflix was a company that sent DVDs in the mail,
but that's not what people think of as Netflix now.
And the first streaming on demand First Lady
was Eleanor Roosevelt.
WOMAN: Eleanor Roosevelt really innovated
the First Lady's role as a public communicator.
WOMAN 2: She wrote thousands of columns, 27 books.
She participated in hundreds of radio shows.
WOMAN 3: She felt that her role
was too really reach out to the American people
and to learn from them
about what they wanted in policy.
WOMAN 4: First Lady had taken to the road
and traveled hundreds of thousands of miles.
NEWSMAN: Going right to the source
of the country's pain during the Depression,
meeting miners in Appalachia,
challenging southern Democrats
to support anti-lynching legislation,
and during World War II,
visiting internment camps
where Japanese Americans were imprisoned
simply because of their race.
The First Lady was often alone at the wheel
driving herself cross-country.
Now, that is ballsy as hell.
Eleanor Roosevelt was so politically active,
she visited the Japanese internment camps
that her husband set up.
It's so classic for a wife
to go around cleaning up her husband's mess.
She was probably at those internment camps like,
"I'm sorry, he just gets a little racist sometimes.
"Work has been really stressful.
He's not normally this way. Really, really, he isn't."
And she even took road trips by herself,
which was very gutsy in the 1930s.
There was no phones, no GPS, you know?
Although, I guess it's hard to get lost
when there were only, like, what, two roads
in the entire country?
"Okay, young buck, listen up.
"You want to get from California to the White House,
"pay attention.
"You want to turn onto road... Are you listening?
"You want to turn onto road one.
"And then
"you're gonna drive straight on road one,
and then you'll be there."
And once Eleanor Roosevelt realized
that she could use her position to bring attention
to the issues that were important to her,
every First Lady who followed did the same.
WOMAN: Lady Bird Johnson sought to beautify the nation
and took an active role in the Head Start program
for early child development.
Barbara Bush advocated for literacy,
as did Laura Bush.
NEWSWOMAN: In 1962, Jackie Kennedy Onassis
created the White House Historical Association.
NEWSMAN: Betty Ford was vocal about women's issues.
She supported the Supreme Court's ruling
on Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal,
and she supported the Equal Rights Amendment.
She openly discussed her breast cancer and mastectomy.
NEWSWOMAN 2: When Michelle Obama was First Lady,
one of her key initiatives
was to push for healthier nutrition
and food choices.
That translated into a change
for public school lunches around the country.
NEWSMAN 2: In the '80s, Nancy Reagan
appeared in a popular sitcom
to boost her "Just Say No" campaign.
What you talking about, Mrs. Reagan?
I'm concerned about drug abuse, especially among the young.
Wow. That is commitment.
Nancy Reagan was so determined to stop drug abuse,
she even went on a sitcom to speak out on it.
Which would be impossible to do today.
I mean, TV shows are so much more adult now.
I mean, it's easy to tell Gary Coleman not to do drugs.
It's a lot harder to try and do that on Euphoria.
"Just say no, Zendaya."
"Bitch, you should have been here season one."
But it's through that activism
that First Ladies get to show who they really are
and how they want the world to change.
You know, Michelle Obama cared about health.
Hillary Clinton cared about children and education.
Melania cared about stopping cyberbullies.
And say what you want, but her agenda got done.
And the thing about being a First Lady
is that they're not just expected
to promote social causes.
They're also expected to be style influencers.
Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hats,
Nancy Reagan's red dresses,
Hillary Clinton's pantsuits
or Pat Nixon's Xena cosplay.
But, of course, all this attention
also means that First Ladies get subjected
to intense scrutiny by the press.
And it's not something that they've been happy about.
NEWSWOMAN: To be the First Lady
may be the most difficult job in Washington.
MAN: Martha Washington famously said
the role of First Lady
can sometimes feel like a state prisoner.
WOMAN: Michelle Obama wore a pair of shorts,
just a regular pair of mom shorts,
and an uproar ensued.
Days of video, uh, commentary
and pictures and debate about whether it's okay
for a First Lady to wear shorts.
MAN 2: Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel,
was blasted in the papers,
uh, for being a pipe-smoking hillbilly from Tennessee.
WOMAN 2: Jackie Kennedy called the press harpies,
and she hated the constant attention.
MAN 3: Bess Truman felt very uncomfortable,
very ill at ease with all the fanfare
and the attention of the press.
WOMAN 3: There was a famous, uh, incident
where she was doing a christening of a ship,
and she went to break the bottle,
and they forgot to score the bottle ahead of time,
so she's banging it and banging and ba...
And it just won't break.
(indistinct chatter)
She was humiliated. She told her husband,
"I'm not doing another public appearance."
Aw. Poor Bess Truman.
I honestly feel bad for her,
because we've all had that moment
where we just can't open a jar of peanut butter.
But imagine if the entire country
was watching you struggle with that jar.
(grunts) "Almost got it, everybody.
Hold on."
"Try running hot water over it!"
"I tried that already."
If you ask me, the person to blame
is the one who started this whole tradition.
Like, who thought it was a good idea
to christen a new ship
by smashing it with a champagne bottle?
You don't christen a new car
by slashing the tires with a samurai sword.
And honestly, all the First Ladies
are in an unfair situation,
because none of them asked to be in that position.
Martha Washington was right.
It is sort of like a prison.
Although, it's weird to say you feel like a prisoner
when you own slaves yourself.
"Sometimes, I just feel like I can't leave.
You know what I mean?"
"Yeah, Mrs. Massa. I think I do."
But maybe the most fascinating thing about First Ladies
is that even though no one votes for them
and they kind of make up the job as they go,
just by virtue of being married to the president,
they can end up having a lot more power
than many elected officials.
The First Lady is the most powerful woman
in the country because she has the ear,
first thing in the morning and last thing at night,
of the most powerful man in the country.
NEWSMAN: Going back to the very first first lady,
Martha Washington, and the second one, Abigail Adams,
both of them were politically involved.
They were involved in cabinet decisions.
They were involved in campaigning.
These women were political partners.
NEWSMAN 2: Nancy Reagan was pulling a lot of the strings,
calling many of the shots
from President Ronald Reagan's first campaign
for the White House back in 1980
to his Cold War-ending triumph in 1987.
NEWSWOMAN: Hillary Clinton became more involved,
obviously, in policymaking than any first lady before her.
She had an office in the West Wing.
Bill Clinton even ran on the slogan "Buy one, get one free."
NEWSWOMAN 2: In 1919, Edith Wilson
was unofficially running the country
after her husband Woodrow suffered a stroke.
That's insane, man.
Not only have first ladies influenced the president,
Edith Wilson ended up running the government.
And, by the way, that totally screwed the vice president over.
I mean, like, 90% of the vice president's job
is being there in case the president goes down.
So that's like being Tom Brady's backup
and then he gets hurt but then Gisele comes out like,
"No, no, no, I got this. Get back on the bench, loser.
I throw for my husband."
So, as the Biden administration gets underway,
history suggests that Jill Biden
will likely be a major part of it.
Because first ladies always have been.
And if you don't know, now you know.
All right, when we come back,
the talented Michael Kiwanuka will be joining us for a chat
and an exclusive performance.
So don't go away.
Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Earlier today, I spoke with critically acclaimed
singer/songwriter Michael Kiwanuka.
We talked about his most recent album,
which has earned him his first Grammy nomination,
and what the ride has been like to the top.
Michael Kiwanuka, welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Oh. (laughs): Yeah. Thanks for having me, man.
I'm-I'm happy to be here.
Oh, man, I... I'm a-a little, um, sad
to be talking to you right now
because your concert was the last live event that I attended
before all of the lockdowns happened.
It was, um... It was at the theater in L.A.
-Forgive me. I forget the name. But... -Ace Hotel?
Yes. Yes. And was a beautiful, intimate show.
And I just remember it being, like,
this transcendent experience
and everyone was just, like, feeling the--
And I was like, "Oh, man, we got to do this more often."
And then the lockdown hit.
Man, that's lame. I had no idea that you-you were there.
That-That's amazing.
And that was one of my, um, favorite shows ever.
Definitely favorite shows in-in Los Angeles.
But, yeah, man, I mean,
I can't-- I can't wait to get back and playing music again
and-- when we get through this.
What made that show really special for me as well
was-was you having your family there.
You know? It was really cool when you were introducing
your family and, like, they became part of the show and--
What has that journey been like for them?
You know? Because your family came from Uganda,
then moved to the UK. You know?
Your dad was out there hustling for your family.
And, I mean, to see the journey and to see the rise
to the place you are now, I mean,
it must really be insane for them and for yourself.
Yeah, it's-it's amazing.
I mean, Mom still texts me. I mean, she texted me today
'cause she heard a song on the radio here in the UK
and she was like, "It's on the radio."
-It's still-- it's still, like... -(laughs)
They just love it, you know, and feel so excited,
'cause, obviously, growing up, playing music, it was--
they were always super supportive.
But it was like, yeah, coming from Uganda,
it was sort of, like, a risk
to support their son doing-- playing the guitar all day
-and... do any schoolwork. -Right, right.
And Mom had to really take a leap of faith-- and Dad--
to be like, "Okay, well, we'll support you,
but make sure you-- you know, you practice and work hard."
And-and then it paid off.
So I owe-- I owe so much to them for just being supportive
and-and-- And it-- You know, it was difficult for them.
But they're-they're enjoying it now.
I remember being at your show, and, genuinely--
I don't say this to gas you up-- it was like a--
it's like you were telling us a story
but a story that was happening inside you as a human being.
You know? It was very personal.
It-it was very, um, um...
It was very vulnerable at the same time.
And then I was shocked to find out
that you, at-at a point, were really struggling
with-with self-doubt.
Like, you-you had impostor syndrome.
You were like, "I can't do this."
To the point where it cost you an opportunity
to-to collaborate with Kanye West.
Tell-tell me a little bit about that
and-and how you managed to work through that.
Yeah, yeah. It was crazy.
It was just basically, I was--
I was m-- Maybe this has to do a bit with growing up,
but I just sort of-- I was always trying to fit in.
I thought in order to, you know, be accepted
or sort of succeed in whatever you're doing,
whether it's music...
-you-you sort of had to fit a bill. -Yeah.
And, um, I thought it was the same with music.
So every time I tried to do music
that was like what was on the radio or just--
I thought people would like, it just sounded awful.
-And then... -(laughs)
whenever I was doing my own thing, it was like,
"I love this." But it's like, are people gonna understand
ten-minute songs? Are people gonna be offended by lyrics?
Or, like, if I do a song like "Black Man in a White World,"
what's gonna happen? No one's gonna play it. All these things.
-Right, right. -So I thought-- I thought, you know,
I'm never gonna make it. And I just had all these doubts.
So when I went to the studio with--
you go to the studio with someone's who's amazing
as, like, Kanye West, I just kept thinking,
"What does he want me to sound like?"
-Instead of me... -Oh. Yeah. Right, right.
So it was just kind of, like, learning and growing up
and learning that being an artist is about being yourself
and the unique-- thing that makes you unique,
thing that makes you different is your-your strength.
Your third album is entitled Kiwanuka.
Most artists will...
will-will call their debut album by their name, you know?
It was interesting to me that you went with your third album
as Kiwanuka. What-what was the reason for that?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, normally, your first album is self-titled.
And it was two reasons. It was like...
I definitely knew it would be a statement artistically,
because it would be like, "Oh, interesting that the third album
is self-titled. What's he trying to say?"
-Maybe it might draw you in. -Mm-hmm.
And, at the same time, it reflected...
kind of what I was saying before about, um,
the self-impostor, you know, impostor syndrome.
It was sort of like a declaration to be...
Oh, right, right, right.
Yeah, it's who I am, and I finally come to terms
that I'm enjoying that.
And it's threefold, because then my name
was always something that I loved,
but it carries a lot.
So it talks about my heritage,
but it also describes that I'm, you know,
a first-generation Britain.
It says so much about me without you even meeting me,
-so... Same thing. -Right, right, right.
Even just the pronunciation of the name.
Everything. It says so much. So I thought--
And I used to sort of hide behind that name,
too, when I was growing up.
The same way I wanted to fit in with-with music,
I'd be like, "Ah, no one can say my name. I wish it was simple."
And then I got older,
and I sort of, like, felt so sad that I thought that.
So now I'm so proud of it.
Yeah, let's call the album...
Have it being in the front, so, that's why I went for it.
It feels like your entire journey has been one of,
you know, um, I think working through the past
as you build your future.
You're now on a journey where you have been nominated
for a Grammy Award for best rock album.
What's amazing to me is that while this is happening,
you are in the U.K. performing at your old high school
where you performed your first concert.
In fact, we're gonna be playing one of those performances
at the end of the show.
I would love to know what that journey is like,
because I don't... like, I don't know about you,
but when I think about high school,
and I think about going back,
I still think the bullies are gonna be waiting there for me
and they're gonna be, like, ready to, like,
find me around a corner, and I'll be like,
"But I'm the host of The Daily Show."
And they'll be like, "Give us your Daily Show money."
What was that like for you going...?
Did you come in with, like, "I'm Grammy Nominated" swag,
or did you go like, "Oh, boy,
it's 'Michael with the funny last name' swag"?
A bit of both. I mean, it was...
School, for me, was interesting
because I think I got saved by music.
So, I definitely was, like, the kid that had, like...
No change to it narrowly, but I had, like, the picky, Afro hair
that was sort of funny-shaped, quite flat in the back.
And it was like, "This fellow's weird, plays guitar,
but it should be..."
I mean, I've been dealing with that for a bit, but then...
And it was weird in that, but then,
when I sort of started the band and did my music,
people liked it, so it was all right.
I could kind of avoid the police and the...
So them at school for me, and the reason
why I went back and did that performance is, like,
I felt really lucky because music sort of saved me.
And that was the place I found it.
-Remember my first concert ever I did was in that hall. -Right.
And in that moment, I was like, "Oh, found what I need to do.
"I need to go to the house parties, I need to fit in,
I need to even really..."
Um, much to my mom's sort of dismay,
I didn't even need to, like, study.
I just thought, if I focus on the music, I'll be fine.
And, uh... and it worked out.
So I thought going back would be a nice full circle.
Well, my friend, uh, it was the best kind of triumphant return
anybody could hope for.
Um, I hope the Grammys is as triumphant for you.
Thank you so much for joining me on the show.
I can't wait for you to get back out there playing music
and doing what you're doing in all the venues
that you had to cancel for coronavirus.
Thank you again so much.
I appreciate you, my dude. Have a good one.
Don't forget, Michael's album,
Kiwanuka, is available right now.
And stick around because he's gonna be performing
an exclusive song right here
on The Daily Social Distancing Show, so don't go away.
Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Michael Kiwanuka's performance is coming up next,
but first, today is the official launch of Paramount+.
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But don't worry. I won't tell.
And now here to perform his song "Rolling"
from his high school
where he had his first musical performance,
please welcome Michael Kiwanuka.
(drums play upbeat rock intro)
(acoustic guitar joins in)
(electric guitar joins in)
? No tears for the young ?
? A bullet if you run away ?
? Another lost one ?
? Like father, like son, we pray ?
? Rolling with the times ?
? Don't be late ?
? Rolling with the times ?
? Rolling ?
? Don't be late ?
(instrumental interlude)
? Phantom pain in the your arm ?
? Trying to make a mark and change ?
? It's tearing you apart ?
? Afraid of the darker days ?
? Rolling with the times ?
? Don't be late ?
? Rolling with the times ?
? Rolling ?
? Don't be late ?
? Don't... be late ?
? Oh-oh, oh-oh ?
? Don't... be late ?
? Stay on down ?
(instrumental interlude)
? Don't be late now ?
? Stay on down ?
? Don't you, oh, don't you stay, right on time ?
? Oh, no ?
? Do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do ?
? Rolling ?
? Do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do. ?
(instrumental interlude)
(echoing, musical whooshing plays)
(song ends)