YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS 2020 IS A
YEAR THAT MANY MUSICIANS ARE
TAKING THEIR TIME TO USE THEIR
TALENT TO BRING MUCH-NEEDED
ENCOURAGEMENT.
STACIE KU'ULEI IS A LOCAL
SINGER AND SONGWRITER THAT'S
MOTIVATED EVERYONE TO STAND UP
AND RISE STRONG.
MIKE' CAUGHT UP WITH THIS
WONDERFUL PERSON AND
INTERENTERTAINER.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE MUSICIANS
TO USE THEIR VOICE AND TALENT TO
ESPECIALLY IN TIMES WHEN IT'S
NEEDED MOST.
TODAY I'M TALKING WITH STACIE
KU'ULEI WHO WILL BE TELLING US
ABOUT A SONG THAT HOLDS A
SPECIAL MEANING IN HER LIFE.
GOOD MORNING, STACIE.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
I WANT TO GET YOU ACCLIMATED
WITH EVERYBODY HERE ON "LIVING
ALL OF OUR VIEWERS AND OUR CREW.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOURSELF AND HOW YOU GOT STARTED
IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART
OF MY LIFE.
I STARTED SINGING AT THE TENDER
AGE OF FOUR YEARS OLD.
AS I GREW OLDER, I STILL HAD
THAT LOVE AND I WAS SO PROUD AND
SO HONORED TO BE SELECTED AS ONE
OF THE MEMBERS FOR THE HONOR
CHOIR HERE IN HAWAI'I.
AS I GREW OLDER AND WENT TO
COLLEGE, I WAS APPROACHED BY
KIAM RADIO STATION TO REPRESENT
THEIR STATION ON HAWAI'I STARS,
AND I FELT IT WAS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, ONCE AGAIN
TO SHARE MY LOVE FOR MUSIC AND
SO I DID.
I DID REALLY WELL.
FINGERS ♪
I GOT THREE CHORDS, WONDERFUL
MUSIC IN JAPAN, ON KAUA'I.
IT WAS JUST A BLESSING.
SO I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHO
INSPIRES YOU IN THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY?
MY FIRST FOREMOST LOVE TYPE
OF MUSIC IS GOSPEL AND SOUL.
LOCALLY THAT USED TO ALWAYS PLAY
LOYAL GARNER'S RECORDS.
I LOVED HER SO MUCH.
I LOVED THE WAY SHE SANG, HER
PASSION, THE WAY SHE WOULD
ARTICULATE HER WORDS, THE WAY
SHE WOULD ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.
THERE'S SO MANY LOCAL DIVAS HERE
IN HAWAI'I, AMAZING TALENT.
AMY HANAIALI'I.
WHITNEY HOUSTON, MARIAH CAREY,
YOU'RE LOOKING UP TO A
COMPOSER AND ARTIST.
TELL US WHY YOU CHOSE TO COVER
THIS SONG AND WHY IT HOLDS SUCH
THIS PROJECT CAME UP BECAUSE
I FELT THE NEED TO HONOR OR TO
PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS AND OUR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
AT KAPI'OLANI MEDICAL CENTER AND
SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT BECAUSE
OF THE RISK OF BEING CONTAGIOUS
THAT SHE COULDN'T GO HOME TO HER
FAMILY.
AND THAT REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME
BECAUSE YOU KNOW HAWAI'I, WE ARE
ALL ABOUT OHANA.
WE'RE ALL ABOUT FAMILY.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE PERFECT TIME TO SING THE
SONG.
IT'S FOR THEM TO PAY HONOR AND
TO REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT,
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD FOR
US SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THEY
STILL ARE.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.
MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW STACIE ON
INSTAGRAM AT STACIE KU'ULEI
MUSIC.
HERE TO PRESENT HER VERSION OF
THE SONG, WE PRESENT STACIE
KU'ULEI.
♪ YOU'RE BROKEN DOWN AND TIRED
OF LIVING LIFE ON THE
MERRY-GO-ROUND ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN'T FIND THE FIGHTER
BUT I SEE IT IN YOU SO WE'RE
GOING TO WORK IT OUT ♪
♪ OOOOO, MOUNTAINS, WE'LL WORK
♪ AND I'LL RISE UP, I'LL RISE
RISE UP, I'LL RISE UNAFRAID,
I'LL RISE UP AND I'LL DO IT
1,000 TIMES AGAIN ♪
♪ I'LL RISE UP HIGH LIKE THE
WAVES, I'LL RISE UP IN SPITE OF
THE ACHE, I'LL RISE UP AND I'LL
DO IT 1,000 TIMES AGAIN ♪
♪ FOR YOU, FOR YOU, FOR YOU ♪
♪ FOR YOU ♪
♪
[ SINGING IN HAWAIIAN ]
♪
♪ AND I'LL RISE UP, RISE A DAY,
I'LL RISE UP IN SPITE OF THE
ACHE, I WILL RISE UP AND I'LL DO
IT 1,000 TIMES AGAIN ♪
♪ I'LL RISE UP, RISE LIKE THE