GRAMMY® Award-winning, multi-platinum selling Island Records artist Sean Paul has taken part in BBC Radio 1’s biggest and most ambitious Live Lounge, in support of the global effort to stay safe and stay home during the coronavirus crisis.
The Stay Home Live Lounge features Sean Paul, alongside some of the music industry’s biggest stars collaborating on an emotionally-charged cover of Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These” to raise money for those in need during the COVID-19 crisis.
Recorded and filmed by artists from their own homes, and produced by Ivor Novello and GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Fraser T. Smith (Adele, Stormzy, Sam Smith), the performance was broadcast across Radio 1, Radio 2, 1Xtra, 6Music and Asian Network, as well as on demand on BBC Sounds, the accompanying video premiered The Big Night In on BBC One and is available to watch on Radio 1’s iPlayer and YouTube channels.
The BBC has also released the song as a single, with UK net profits to be combined with any funds raised by The Big Night In. These funds will be split equally between BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief to provide essential support to vulnerable people of all ages and backgrounds across the UK who will be significantly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. International net profits will go towards the WHO’s COVID-19-Solidarity Response Fund. Listen to it HERE.
Artists featured on this special track in alphabetical order include, 5 Seconds of Summer, AJ Tracey, Anne-Marie, Bastille, Biffy Clyro, Celeste, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Dermot Kennedy, Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, Grace Carter, Hailee Steinfeld, Jess Glynne, Mabel, Paloma Faith, Rag’n’Bone Man, Rita Ora, Royal Blood, Sam Fender, Sean Paul, Sigrid, YUNGBLUD and Zara Larsson.
Speaking about his involvement, Sean Paul reveals, “It is such an unprecedented time on earth right now that we all have to come together to help each other. All of the artists in this song are probably very comfortably quarantined in our homes, I just can’t imagine what it’s like for the less fortunate who are struggling at this time. I hope the song gives hope to people who are in the midst of lock down in more difficult mental and physical situations. It’s in sad times that we must pull together!”
