(snapping fingers) ♪ Do do do do do do do do ♪
♪ This song's on the album ♪
♪ Do do do ♪
♪ That's out right now ♪
♪ Do do do do do do ♪
♪ You got, you got somebody who loves you ♪
(laughs)
Hey, what's up? I'm Sam Ryder
and we are gonna play a game
of song association with Elle.
All right, so you know how this works.
I'm gonna get given a word
and I've got 10 seconds to either sing or rap,
I'm not gonna rap,
a song associated with that word.
Now, typically, I'm not very good at these games
because they require me to be quite fast
and I can't think fast.
I can't really do anything quickly.
But what I have been doing on the subway
on the way here is looking at every inanimate object
and trying to test myself.
My success rate pretty dire so far.
I had chair on the way here
and I couldn't think of anything
and I looked at the door handle when I came in
and I couldn't think of anything for that either.
This could be horrific, not just for me,
but for you watching at home as well.
I hope you enjoy every second of torturous bliss.
Before we get into the game, bear with
because you knew this was coming.
It's a plug.
My new record There's Nothing but Space, Man!
is out right now.
Go listen. Go stream it. Go download it.
Hope you enjoy it.
And without further ado,
I'm sweating, which means I'm nervous.
Let's play this game.
Let's go.
(buzzing lips)
(imitating sirens)
(laughing)
Sugar.
(clock ticking) Fall Out Boy.
Sugar, We're Goin Down.
(bell dings) ♪ Sugar, we're goin ♪
♪ down swingin ♪
♪ I'll be your number one with a bullet ♪
♪ A loaded god complex, cook it and pull it ♪
Yeah, cook it and pull it?
No, cock it and pull it.
Fall Out Boy. Sugar, We're Goin Down.
I thought it was gonna be a zero,
like this is good.
- (crew laughing) - We're off to a good start.
I'm stoked.
I'm, this is, this is a win.
Alive.
♪ I'm alive ♪
(bell dings) Sia. Alive.
I'm a massive Sia fan.
So the person that you guys might be surprised
that I listen to a lot is Billy Joel.
And when I say a lot, I was in the top 0.01%
of Billy Joel listeners last year.
I think it's my greatest achievement in life
and I am avidly trying to beat it this year.
But the problem is I didn't realize that
to get the points in,
you need to be listening to it not on downloaded, right?
And I've been doing that all year long,
so I've got a great deal of work
to do in the coming days.
So stay tuned and I'll let you know
if I get that 0.0001%.
Next.
(clock ticking) ♪ Thank you, next ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Thank you, next ♪
♪ Thank you ♪
You get the idea.
Ariana Grande. Thank U, Next.
I feel absolutely stoked right now
because I can't tell you
the amount of times I fail at games like this.
All right, number four. Let's go.
Space.
(clock ticking) ♪ I'm up ♪
(laughing)
Almost.
♪ I'm up in space ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Man ♪
The new album is out now
and that song's on it.
(laughs)
So I think Space Man is a really important song
because it's opened up a totally different
set of doors and given me a life
that I could never have ever envisioned.
It reminds me always to kind of let go of expectation
because when I started singing
when I was like seven years old
or playing guitar when I was 14,
I had these dreams and this kind of like
course that I thought I would need to take
to make those dreams come true.
What Space Man showed me is that life is
beyond capable of springing up magic all on its own
without you having to set out the guidelines
and the sort of boundaries for your dreams
to become reality.
Like anytime that I think I know
what's next for me or something that I could dream up
and breathe into life, let life do the job.
Like, I don't need to kind of figure it out myself.
Also, it makes it a lot easier. (laughs)
Firework.
(clock ticking) ♪ Baby, you're a firework ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Come and show them ♪
(humming)
♪ Oh oh oh ♪
♪ As you shoot across the sky ♪
(laughing) This is terrible.
I'm so sorry.
Katy Perry. Firework.
Treat.
(clock ticking) Mm, that's a good one.
Um, hmm.
Come on.
♪ Treat ♪
♪ I don't know why I'm singing ♪
♪ Hopefully something comes, treat ♪
(buzzer rings)
I don't, Shawn Mendes has Treat You Better.
But I can't- (hums)
It's there in my brain somewhere,
but it's not obviously coming out.
Closer.
(clock ticking) (inhales sharply)
♪ Closer ♪
Oh no.
♪ Closer ♪
(humming)
No, that's not. Um.
(buzzer rings) No.
No. Can't. Sorry.
I'm gutted.
July.
(clock ticking) Oh.
♪ Hello July ♪
(bell dings) ♪ It's been a while ♪
Judging by the streams on that song,
you haven't heard it.
But that's one of my-
(laughing) It's called July by Sam Ryder.
Even I forgot it.
♪ Hello July, it's been a while ♪
♪ Since the sun came out and made you smile ♪
♪ Cause maybe it went outta style to shine ♪
Stream that because it needs it.
Free.
(clock ticking) Free Bird. Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Why can't I, that's one of my favorite songs.
It's just gone.
Why can't I remember
(buzzer rings) the chorus to
the world's most famous song?
Bloody Free Bird.
That's all I'm hearing in my head.
- (crew member) You have a song that's called Set You Free.
- Oh, no no.
Oh yes, I do.
(both laughing)
I mean, Set You Free.
♪ Only love can set you free ♪
(snapping fingers) ♪ Oh oh oh, yeah ♪
There's this big bit like,
♪ Oh yeah, oh oh ♪
It's not exactly like this, it's a lot better.
Trust me.
♪ Oh oh oh, yeah ♪
Yeah. (laughs)
I did a cover of this song.
It's by an old 90s like dance group,
called N-Trance.
They're wicked. Check it out.
Romance.
(clock ticking) Um.
♪ I want your love and I want your revenge ♪
♪ You and me can write a bad romance ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Oh oh oh oh oh ♪
You get the idea.
Bad Romance. Lady Gaga.
Rude.
(clock ticking) ♪ Why you gotta be so rude? ♪
(bell ringing) ♪ Don't you know ♪
♪ I'm human too? ♪
I have no idea who sings that. Rude.
Why you gotta be so rude. - (crew member) Magic.
The group is called Magic.
- Magic. Rude by Magic.
Somebody.
(clock ticking) ♪ Do do do do do do do do ♪
(snapping fingers) ♪ This song's on the album ♪
♪ Do do do ♪
♪ That's out right now ♪
♪ Do do do do do do ♪
♪ You got, you got ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Somebody who loves you ♪
♪ You got, you got somebody who loves you ♪
Oh yes, by me, Sam Ryder.
It's called Somebody. Out now. (laughs)
Payphone.
(clock ticking) ♪ I'm at a pay ♪
(laughs)
That's hard to sing that.
♪ I'm at a ♪
♪ I'm at a payphone ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Trying to call home ♪
♪ All of my change I spent on you ♪
Maroon 5. Payphone.
(humming)
Yeah. Next.
Blank.
(clock ticking) Blank Space. Taylor Swift.
Which goes like, something about um.
♪ I could make the bad boys good for a weekend ♪
It's gone.
(buzzer rings) It is not in my brain.
Blank Space. Taylor Swift, which goes-
- (crew member) I've got a blank space, baby.
(everyone laughing)
- Baby. (laughing)
- (crew member) I didn't need to scream far away.
(everyone laughing)
- Oh my god.
I need some more powder.
I'll have a blot.
We'll film, we'll film the blot.
Stars.
(clock ticking) Coldplay. Sky Full of Stars.
♪ Cause in a sky, cause in a sky full of stars ♪
(bell dings) ♪ I think I saw you ♪
So 2022 has obviously been such a year
packed full of blessings for me,
like and the team around me.
It's been incredible and it's taught me one thing.
Like, to try and stay rooted as much as possible
in the present moment.
Because anything that I think could be exciting
and could come up in the near future,
something beyond that will most likely happen
if I don't sort of, I don't know,
put all my eggs in one basket.
So essentially, whatever happens is gonna happen in 2023.
I'm excited about it.
I'm gonna try and approach it with the same energy
and intention as the beginning of this project
because I was standing in the corner of my shed
singing into my phone.
I had no idea any of this would happen.
I had no idea I'd be sitting with you guys,
trying to pick song names out of my stupid brain.
But here we are.
So, let's see what happens in the future.
But thank you so much for being along
on the ride with me.
Incredibly grateful for you and I'll see you in 2023.
Will I be invited back to do this ever again?
I'm gonna be honest with you.
I thought that this was gonna be
an absolute train wreck on my part,
but I don't think it was as bad as, as that.
I could be totally wrong and it may well be a train wreck,
but I hope you enjoyed it.
Seeing as we're in New York,
♪ Some folks like to get away ♪
♪ Take a holiday from the neighborhood ♪
♪ Hop a flight to Miami Beach ♪
♪ Or to Hollywood ♪
♪ But I'm taking the Greyhound ♪
♪ On the Hudson River Line ♪
♪ I'm in a New York state of mind ♪
That's Billy Joel.
0.0001. Let's go. Let's get it. I believe.