When I saw a video of our next guest singing
on the streets of Dublin, I knew I had to meet her.
From Cork, Ireland, please welcome 12-year-old Allie
Sherlock.
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[GUITAR PLAYING]
(SINGING) Deep down I must have always known
that this would be inevitable.
To earn my stripes I'd have to pay and bear my soul.
I know I'm not the only one who regrets
the things they've done.
Sometimes I just feel it's only me
who can't stand the reflection that they see.
I wish I could live a little more, look up to the sky,
not just the floor.
Feel like my life is flashing by,
all I can do is watch and cry.
I miss the air, I miss my friends.
I miss my mother, I miss it when life was a party to be thrown.
That was a million years ago.
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Amazing.
Have a seat.
Thank you.
All right. right.
Well, you have an incredible voice.
I think you've been told that many, many times.
[CHUCKLING] Yeah.
But people are saying you're the next Adele.
How does that make you feel?
That is pretty incredible because I absolutely
love Adele.
So you perform on the streets of Ireland?
Mmhmm.
And how long ago?
When did you start singing?
Three years ago.
And I've been playing guitar three and a half years ago.
So I was always the kid who was going around the house singing.
My dad was always like, turn it down a notch.
Yeah.
Get out on the streets and sing.
Is that what he said?
[LAUGHING]
Well, no.
I was the one who asked him and he didn't want to go.
So I begged him all the time.
So he sits on the street with you?
Are you by yourself out there?
No, he's in the audience.
If they stand around you, he's there.
And what does that feel like?
Because I watched the video and there's
a group of people watching that stop, and then there are people
that just keep passing by.
And I think to myself, how did they not see how special--
what does it feel like when people just keep walking?
I don't mind because it's so good when they stop.
But it's grand if they don't stop.
They obviously have some other things to do
or don't really like music maybe.
I don't know.
I just look at it and I think, how do they not
stop for that voice?
I mean, it's pretty amazing.
So Ryan Tedder from One Republic,
and then Charlie Puth also, is working with you.
Yeah.
That was, oh my god, amazing because I did not even
expect him to be there.
We were going over to Ryan's house to do some recording.
And we were going to have a meeting just to talk.
And when I walked into his house and there was
Charlie Puth just standing there--
and I'm a huge fan of Charlie Puth
and I love his songs, and him.
Well, you're on your way, for sure.
I mean, you're hanging out with the right people.
You've lived in Ireland your whole life.
Yes.
But you're trying to learn an American accent, I understand?
[LAUGHING] Well, it just comes on automatically.
Just from being here?
Yeah.
So if I go to England, I put on an English accent.
If I come to America, I put on an American accent.
Really?
You just absorb whatever the area?
So let's hear your American accent.
[LAUGHING] OK.
So my name is Allie.
Sherlock.
I'm from Cork in Ireland and I sing and play guitar.
And I love The Ellen Show.
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That's not a good one.
That was a good one.
Really?
Yeah.
That was really good.
I have something for you, OK?
I don't think you're going to be singing on the streets
that much longer.
But if you are, I got something for you.
Because people should put money in that case.
Right.
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Oh my god, thank you.
All right.
But you don't need that too much longer.