>> James: OUR NEXT GUEST IS A BRILLIANT SINGER-SONGWRITER
HAILING FROM LONDON, HER NEW SONG "FAKE" WAS JUST RELEASED
TODAY, AND SHE'S HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE HER WORLDWIDE TELEVISION
DEBUT.
PLEASE WELCOME, THE DAZZLING, THE DIVINE, LOLA YOUNG.
IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, LOLA, HOW ARE YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
WHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU JOINING US FROM
RITE NOW, LOLA?
>> FROM LONDON.
>> James: YOU'RE IN LONDON, WHEREABOUTS IN LONDON ARE YOU?
>> SOMEWHERE POSH, I'M IN A HOTEL.
>> James: OH, YOU ARE IN A POSH HOTEL.
GET USED TO IT, LOLA IS GOING TO BE BORED OF POSH HOTELS IN NO
TIME.
LOLA, WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE, YOU HAVE SO MANY BIG
FANS OF YOURSES-- YOURS HERE AT THE "LATE, LATE SHOW" AND WE ARE
THRILLED YOU HAVE CHOSEN AS US AS YOUR FIRST STOP HERE IN
AMERICA.
MANY, YOU WENT TO THE PRESTIGIOUS BRIT SCHOOL WITHOUT
WHICH HAS PRODUCED SOME UNBELIEVABLE ARTISTS LIKE AMY
WINEHOUSE, JESSE J, ADD EL, WHEN YOU ARE AT THE BRIT SCHOOL, THE
NEXT GENERATION COMING THROUGH, HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN YOU GET
COMPARED TO THESE OTHER ARTISTS.
>> IT IS NO PRESSURE THING, REALLY, AT THE SAME TIME I JUST
SAW, I MEAN, IT IS A GREAT THING, BUT IT IS HARD BECAUSE
FOR ME I'M ASPIRING, I'M INSPIRING CONTINUE KRUSLY BY
THOSE KIND OF ARTISTS.
>> James: YOU HAD A BILT OF A SCARE LAST YEAR WITH YOUR VOICE.
EXPLAIN TO US WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YEAH, SO I HAD A -- CHRIS ON MY VOCAL CHORDS, THERE WAS A
LITTLE BUMP, AND IT DID SCARE ME, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, BUT I
GOT IT CHOPPED OFF WHEN YOU GO IN, AND THEY CHOP IT OFF.
>> James: THESE ARE ALL TECHNICAL TERMS THAT YOU-- THESE
ARE ALL MEDICAL TECHNICAL TERMS THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO FOE ABOUT
YOU KNOW, A SIS THIS BIG, SHE WENT IN, GOT IT CHOPPED OFF.
>> YEAH, WHAT CAN I SAY, IT IS NOT MY FORTE.
IN THAT FIELD OF LIFE BUT I SING, THAT IS WHAT I DO.
BUT YEAH, SO IT WAS TERRIFYING.
BUT I'M GOOD NOW.
BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER.
>> James: IT MUST BE TERRIFYING WHEN YOU ARE, THE AT
THE START OF WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE RECORDING
CAREER FOR YOU, WHEN YOU ARE AT THE START OF THAT JOURNEY AND
SOMEONE SAYS OH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A OPERATION ON YOUR VOCAL
CHORDS WHICH IS REALLY THE ONLY THING YOU NEED IF YOU ARE GOING
TO BE A SINGER.
WAS THERE EVER A POINT WHERE YOU WERE SCARED THAT IT MIGHT CAUSE
PERMANENT DAMAGE.
>> YEAH, THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BUT I KNEW, WHEN, SO
WHEN THE GUY, WHEN I LOOKED HIM IN HIS EYES I KNEW IT WOULD BE A
BIT OF AN ISSUE, I KNEW IT WASN'T BUT WHEN I SAW HIM I
THOUGHT THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SO THEN HE DID IT AND IT WAS
FINE BUT I COULDN'T SPEAK FOR THREE DAYS AFTERWARDS AND WHAT
KIND OF HAPPENED WAS I WAS LIKE-- I REMEMBER IN THE CAB, MY
MOM WAS THERE,-- .
>> James: IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TRK IS REALLY
DIFFICULT IF YOU WANT TO SHOUT AT SOMEONE AND ALL YOU HAVE GOT
TO DO IS WRITE TO UNDO, IT IS REALLY HARD, YOU HAVE TO WRITE
IT SO AGGRESSIVELY.
IS THAT HOW YOU DID IT?
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BRILLIANT NEW SONG, FAKE,
YOU JUST RELEASED A SONG, LITERALLY A FEW HOURS AGO AM I
LOVE IT.
HOW EXCITED ARE YOU THAT THIS IS OUT NOW?
>> I AM LIKE OVER THE MOON.
I'M SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A MEES OF MY HEART.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR AWHILE.
, SINCE I MADE IT AND YEAH, IT IS THE WORLD, YEAH.
>> James: WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT YOU ARE HERE.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO INVITE YOU DOWN HERE TO THE STUDIO WHEN YOU
GET TO CROSS THE WATER LATER IN THE YEAR.
BUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE MAKING HER WORLDWIDE TELEVISION
DEBUT PERFORMING HER BRILLIANT NEW SONG FAKE - LOLA YOUNG.