- Welcome.
- Thank you so much. We're so happy to be here.
The emotions are running wild right now,
and we are here to represent Chicago in the best way.
Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause] - Yeah!
- Well, you look amazing. I want to hear all about you.
I want to hear your story
and why you decided to enter the show.
- We are The Pack Drumline from Chicago, Illinois.
We've been at this for a very long time.
In 2014, we started as an at-risk after-school program.
- And sorry, who started it? - I started it.
I'm the founding director. - Oh, you did?
- Sorry, my name is Perry. [cheers and applause]
Listen, Simon, I'm sorry.
I've been waiting to meet you for a long time,
and I'm looking at you. - By the way, likewise.
[laughter]
- We started as an at-risk after-school program,
and we just really wanted to work and develop the kits.
We had no money when we started off.
Honestly, this program started as bucket drums and PVC pipes.
And we were just really just trying to make our own drums
and--at 2015-2016, our budget was cut in Chicago,
and a lot of our members left, and everybody who was left
is who is here right now.
And we really had to make this dream come alive.
So everyone that's here has been fighting
for something and just--and we--
- Wow. - Thank you.
We just really here to represent our city,
represent our loved ones, and to represent ourselves.
So thank you so much for having us.
[cheers and applause] - Yes.
- Well, we always say on this show,
two minutes literally can change your life,
so I wish you the best of luck.
- Thank you so much.
- Let's go, Pack!
[cheers and applause]
[drumming]
[whistle blowing]
- ♪ I got, I got, I got, I got ♪
♪ Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA ♪
♪ Quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DNA ♪
♪ I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA ♪
♪ I transform like this, perform like this ♪
♪ Was Yeshua new weapon
♪ I don't contemplate, I meditate ♪
♪ Then off your [...]ing head ♪
♪ This that put-the-kids-to-bed ♪
♪ This that I got, I got, I got, I got ♪
♪ Realness, I just kill [...] 'cause it's in my DNA ♪
[cheers and applause] - Yeah!
- ♪ I got riches buildin' in my DNA ♪
♪ I got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DNA ♪
♪ I got off, I got troublesome heart inside my DNA ♪
♪ I just win again, then win again
♪ Like Wimbledon, I serve
♪ Yeah, that's him again
♪ The sound that engine in is like a bird ♪
♪ You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt ♪
♪ The boulevard
♪ I know how you work, I know just who you are ♪
♪ See, you's a, you's a, you's a ♪
[beat changes]
- [laughing]
Yeah!
♪
- ♪ Y'all gon' make me lose my mind ♪
[cheers and applause] ♪ Up in here, up in here
♪ Y'all gon' make me go all out ♪
♪ Up in here, up in here
♪ Y'all gon' make me act a fool ♪
♪ Up in here, up in here
- Yes!
- ♪ Y'all gon' make me lose my cool ♪
♪ Up in here, up in here
♪ One, two, meet me outside
- ♪ Get up, get up - ♪ Meet me outside
- Whoo!
- ♪ Gon' meet me outside
♪ Meet me outside, meet me outside ♪
♪ All my ladies gon' love me when they meet me outside ♪
♪ Meet me outside, meet me outside ♪
♪ All my fly ladies... - ♪ Hands in the air!
♪ Meet me outside, meet me outside ♪
[drumming]
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah!
[Guy Sebastian's "Battle Scars"]
Incredible!
♪
- Yeah!
Yes!
- ♪ These battle scars don't look like they're fading ♪
♪ Don't look like they're ever going away ♪
♪ They ain't never gonna change ♪
- Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
Well, Sofía?
- You guys are already an amazing show.
I think you guys are gonna do really,
really good in this competition.
- Thank you so much. [cheers and applause]
- Heidi?
- I thought it was sexy. [laughter]
I could see Sofía was like, jiggling under that table.
She was like, "Mm-hmm."
I was doing the same thing.
I know you all were doing it too.
It's really cool because you mix music of today
and then you put your drums into it.
And also, the choreography was great--drumming upside down.
Great performance. - Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
- Howie? - I'm absolutely blown away.
I feel your hearts.
You're not beating on your drums,
your hearts are pounding all over this room...
- Thank you. - All over the country.
- Thank you so much.
- I love you!
- Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
- Aw.
- You know, people ask me about what is the best part
of doing this job, and it's moments like this.
When you see and hear something you've never seen
or heard before, which is original, dynamic.
This is exactly what this show is all about,
and I think-- - Thank you so much.
- It's all over your faces how much this means to you.
And this, I believe, is gonna make a big difference,
I hope. - Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause] - Amazing audition.
I loved it, loved it, loved it.
Let's start with Howie.
[rhythmic clapping] - Yes!
♪
- It's a yes.
- Yes!
- You have...
4,000 yeses. Congratulations.
- ♪ These battle scars don't look like they're fading ♪
♪ Don't look like they're ever going away ♪
♪ They ain't never gonna change ♪
♪ These battle scars don't look like they're fading ♪
♪ Don't look like they're ever going away ♪
- Thank you. Thank you.
- ♪ They ain't never gonna change ♪
♪ These battle scars don't look like they're fading ♪
♪ Don't look like they're ever going away ♪
- Hey, listen, I can't wait for you to come back.
You've got through the show with four yeses.
It's incredible!