Song From "A Star Is Born" Creates A New Star Being Born

Charlotte Awbery might be a case of a star is born
because she sang "Shallow" from "A Star is Born"
in a viral video 

One of my favorite songs in recent years is "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. As most of you know, it's from the most recent remake of the movie "A Star Is Born."

Lady Gaga has one of the best voices in the music business, and of course I'm a huge fanboy of hers. She can do no wrong.  And the song "Shallow" is absolutely gorgeous.

The reason I bring this up is that viral video, perhaps the most viral video of the year, of a woman who was accosted by a man in the London Tube who sang the first lyrics of "Shallow" and demanded the woman sing the subsequent lyrics.

The man in the London Tube, Kevin Freshwater, is a video blogger who did this as part of his shtick. He was clearly not prepared for what the woman, named Charlotte Awbery did. Hesitant at first, Awbery built up and belted it out with Freshwater's encouragement.

In that moment, well, a star was born.  The video of Awbery in the London tube went extremely viral.   It's had something like 60 million hits on social media. Her Instagram following went from 4,000 to 400,000.

This moment changed her life.  Awbery was already a professional singer, but she hadn't hit it big until now.  She is a singer and songwriter by profession.  There are previous clips of Awbery floating around out there of her singing classics like "Purple Rain" by Prince and hits by Celine Dion and Sia.

She's also had a steady string of gigs at clubs, bars, weddings, parties and such, but nothing big time.

The viral video of Awbery in the Subway singing "Shallow" pushed the original Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper back on the iTunes Top 40.  Last week, Ellen Degeneres had her on her daytime show to sing the entire song.  I'm sure a record deal is in the works.

You never know what will come of this, of course. Will Awbery be another flash in the pan, or does this establish her as a star.  It's yet another case of how big breaks, or at least potential ones, can come out of nowhere.

This is the second time in about a year that music in a subway causes a sensation.







In any event, here's Awbery's performance on "Ellen"