0:00:07 > 0:00:12Hello. I'm Annie Mac, and this is The Sound of 2014, where I will be
0:00:12 > 0:00:17introducing you to 15 of the most exciting new music acts in the world.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Over the next half-hour, we will be meeting some of those people,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23we will be exploring their lives up to this point
0:00:23 > 0:00:26and, most importantly, we will be hearing their music.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28We'll also be talking to some previous winners,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Haim and Ellie Goulding.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Right now, though, let's go behind the scenes of BBC Radio 1
0:00:33 > 0:00:37and meet the 15 acts on the list.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# This moment has caused
0:00:43 > 0:00:46# A reaction... #
0:00:46 > 0:00:50You know him already from his work with Disclosure and Naughty Boy,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53but just in case you haven't guessed, here's a taste from his latest EP.
0:00:53 > 0:01:00# Oh, you take me to nirvana... #
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Sam Smith, let's talk about the last year
0:01:02 > 0:01:04and some of the highlights that have been going on for you.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Obviously you did Later... with Jools which was a big moment.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Let's talk about that experience. - I look scared on that.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Like, I had my phone trying to play the beginning note
0:01:11 > 0:01:12so I wouldn't forget it.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16# Now I got you in my space
0:01:16 > 0:01:19# I won’t let go of you... #
0:01:20 > 0:01:22You're on this list because there's high hopes for this debut album
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and what's on it. People have heard enough of your music
0:01:25 > 0:01:26to know it's going to be special.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Tell us a little bit about what we can expect on the record.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Em, I've never been in a relationship ever, never had a partner,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34and I wanted to write an album for people
0:01:34 > 0:01:37who go through that unrequited love, people who are lonely.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I hope this album is the voice that I never had, if you get what I mean.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45This... I never had bodies of work that would speak to me in this way.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Another great vocalist and songwriter who's already given us collaborations
0:01:50 > 0:01:52with Tinie Tempah and Rudimental amongst others,
0:01:52 > 0:01:57the untameable Ella Eyre, and this, her first solo venture, is Deeper.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02# I can't see it, I don't feel it
0:02:02 > 0:02:05# I need to dig a little deeper
0:02:05 > 0:02:08# I can't say that I won't say it back
0:02:08 > 0:02:12# I need to dig a little deeper... #
0:02:12 > 0:02:16# Don't think about it too much Too much... #
0:02:16 > 0:02:19He's collaborated with Drake and SBTRKT,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23and it's a pleasure to see him on the BBC Sound of 2014 list.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's the incredible Sampha.
0:02:26 > 0:02:34# Don’t think about it too much Too much, too much, too much... #
0:02:34 > 0:02:38He's been named one of the hottest new MCs by Rolling Stone magazine
0:02:38 > 0:02:42and now he's made it onto the BBC Sound of 2014 list.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Hailing from Chi-town, Chicago, it's Chance The Rapper.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46# ..to me for, like, 20 pounds
0:02:46 > 0:02:48# I think my English's getting real, real bad
0:02:48 > 0:02:50# ..said I'm real, real bad
0:02:50 > 0:02:51# No sprechen Sie dumb But I'm real, real good
0:02:51 > 0:02:53# Dark-skinned Mike But I still feel bad... #
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- George Ezra, how are you doing? - Brilliant, thank you.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Obviously, you're not completely new to a lot of people.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06People will have seen you perform live
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and you can claim Glastonbury as an experience you've already had.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I mean, tell us, how was that?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14That was my first festival I ever played. Which is... That's weird.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16# Give me one good reason
0:03:16 > 0:03:21# Why I should never make a change
0:03:23 > 0:03:24# And, baby, if you hold me
0:03:24 > 0:03:28# Then all of this will go away... #
0:03:28 > 0:03:29I'd never been to Glastonbury,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32so for my first time to go to Glastonbury
0:03:32 > 0:03:36and my first festival to play to be Glastonbury was quite strange.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38# If you just say the words I'll up and run
0:03:38 > 0:03:41# Oh, to you, oh, you... #
0:03:41 > 0:03:43It felt like everyone was on my side. It was really nice.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45And it's the first time that
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I could see people singing along to songs and I was...
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It was brilliant. But that means a lot of the footage is me grinning!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56# Give me one good reason
0:03:56 > 0:03:59# Why I should never make a change... #
0:03:59 > 0:04:01One of the great things about this list
0:04:01 > 0:04:03is I know that we'll have so much more time to catch up
0:04:03 > 0:04:06as music gets finished and sessions get booked and everything else,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08so basically prepare yourself for more me.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Brilliant. - Good to see you.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Thank you.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15And this is Kelela.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Featuring a fantasy team of cutting-edge producers,
0:04:18 > 0:04:22her mixtape Cut 4 Me came to the fore in October 2013.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25# Taking me higher
0:04:25 > 0:04:30# Come back... #
0:04:30 > 0:04:33# Cry your eyes out... #
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Hailing from south-west London, it's Luke Sital-Singh.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39# We all hurt
0:04:39 > 0:04:41# We all lie
0:04:41 > 0:04:43# And nothing stays the same... #
0:04:44 > 0:04:49# It feels better in the dark
0:04:49 > 0:04:51# It feels better in the dark... #
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Better in the Dark
0:04:52 > 0:04:56by Swedish-Australian twin sister act Say Lou Lou.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59# Nothing can come between us... #
0:05:00 > 0:05:05# What if I never even see you Cos we’re both on a stage... #
0:05:05 > 0:05:07And fresh from LA is Banks.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11# Don’t tell me listen to your song, because it isn’t the same
0:05:12 > 0:05:21# I don’t wanna say your love is a waiting game... #
0:05:26 > 0:05:28# I've seen a day
0:05:28 > 0:05:30# No more to pay... #
0:05:30 > 0:05:32And this is Nick Mulvey.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36This is a song we've lived with and loved on this show for a long time.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39And to be playing it in relation to the BBC Sound of 2014
0:05:40 > 0:05:41is a great feeling.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42# You see me waiting
0:05:42 > 0:05:44# Always waiting to get paid
0:05:44 > 0:05:47# Darling, we cannot give it too much away... #
0:05:50 > 0:05:52# So come on over
0:05:56 > 0:05:59# When I touch, you start bleeding
0:05:59 > 0:06:02# So come on over
0:06:04 > 0:06:08# There's no God and I don't really care... #
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Thank goodness you guys are on it,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15for many reasons, one of which, we think you guys make the most
0:06:15 > 0:06:19glorious melodic racket, so, Royal Blood, congratulations.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21- Thanks very much. - Thank you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27# There's no God and I don't really care... #
0:06:30 > 0:06:32A lot of people think there's guitars on the recordings.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34But it's just Ben hitting his drums as hard as possible
0:06:34 > 0:06:36and me playing the bass.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49# Mmmm, Papi pacify
0:06:49 > 0:06:51# Pacify my love... #
0:06:52 > 0:06:56There is nothing predictable about the BBC Sound of 2014,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59and this certainly rings true for the remarkable FKA twigs.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06# Mmmm, Papi pacify
0:07:06 > 0:07:10# Pacify our love, love
0:07:10 > 0:07:14# Ooh, ooh, ooh, won't you clarify?
0:07:14 > 0:07:19# Clarify our love... #
0:07:19 > 0:07:23# I know I can't get you home... #
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Hailing from west London, Jungle.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27# Yeah
0:07:27 > 0:07:30# I know I can't get you home
0:07:30 > 0:07:32# No, no
0:07:32 > 0:07:35# I can't feel the heat
0:07:35 > 0:07:36# No... #
0:07:36 > 0:07:39# Tell me, am I the type... #
0:07:39 > 0:07:40And, for me,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44no list of remarkable new music talent would be complete without him.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46He's the incredible MNEK.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47# Should I carry on?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49# Or should I say no more?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53# All of the things running through my mind... #
0:07:53 > 0:07:55# I'm just tryin' to work out
0:07:55 > 0:07:59# How to be like myself
0:07:59 > 0:08:01# I'm just tryin' to work out
0:08:01 > 0:08:04# These cards I've been dealt... #
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Chloe Howl, where did music feature into your life,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09when did it come a priority for you?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Em, I guess, well, I was always singing from when I was tiny,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14from when I was, like, a toddler.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17But I think when I got to about 13 was when I first started,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20like, trying to write songs and learning to write songs, and I think
0:08:20 > 0:08:23that was kind of the moment I was like, "This is what I want to do."
0:08:23 > 0:08:24# I'm just tryin' to work out
0:08:25 > 0:08:29# These cards I've been dealt. #
0:08:30 > 0:08:34So interesting to meet these artists just on the cusp of success,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36just when anything can happen to them.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Now, let's find out a bit more
0:08:38 > 0:08:41about how these acts actually get on the list.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43To do that, we are going to introduce to you
0:08:43 > 0:08:46just a couple of the 170 people who vote.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Butterflies in the pit of your stomach, that's the kind of feeling
0:08:57 > 0:09:00that I get when I hear something new that I really, really like.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01And recently I got that feeling
0:09:01 > 0:09:05the first time that I heard MNEK's collaboration with Gorgon City.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07# Oh, I'm ready for your love
0:09:07 > 0:09:09# I'm ready for your love
0:09:09 > 0:09:11# Yeah, yeah
0:09:11 > 0:09:14# I'm ready for your love I'm ready for your love... #
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Even though he's, you know, written and produced for the likes of
0:09:17 > 0:09:20The Saturdays, he's collaborated with Duke Dumont,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23he's collaborated with Rudimental, he's written for pretty much
0:09:23 > 0:09:26every big artist out there at this moment in time,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28or produced or worked with them,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31this is still very much stage one of MNEK.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35# This is when I lose my balance
0:09:35 > 0:09:39# This is when I lose all control... #
0:09:39 > 0:09:40He loves his chicken, we love our chicken,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42we've shared lots of chicken together.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43We're chicken lovers.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47# The challenge I can call my own... #
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I met MNEK when I think he was, like, 15.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52We got along, started making music together
0:09:52 > 0:09:56and immediately realised that this guy is a bit of a prodigy.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59At 15, he was making beats and writing songs.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Really quickly. So he's kind of been a long-term collaborator for us.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04He's still really young now, isn't he?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- 19. - Only just turned 19.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07You wouldn't believe it.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09# ..Fall
0:10:09 > 0:10:13# I think I'm about to fall... #
0:10:14 > 0:10:15People think I'm a new artist
0:10:15 > 0:10:18but really, I mean, I have been doing it five years.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20And, I guess, in that five years,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I have kind of grown up in the industry almost.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27# ..Dee da ah-ah ah... #
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Patience is a virtue because, you know,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33I'd so many times that I really wanted to just get on with my career
0:10:33 > 0:10:38and get on with me being an artist, and really I wasn't ready until now.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Uh, and it was, like, my management and the people round me saying that
0:10:41 > 0:10:42your time will come.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45BACKING SINGERS: # ..Deeper and deeper... #
0:10:45 > 0:10:49My favourite way to find out about new artists is through other artists.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54# I promise I can grow tall
0:10:57 > 0:11:02# When making love is free... #
0:11:02 > 0:11:03FKA twigs,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I think she's amazing in her song Water Me.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06I remember when the video came out,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I just, like, couldn't stop crying looking at it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14# ..I, I, I, I, I
0:11:14 > 0:11:16# I, I, I, I, I... #
0:11:17 > 0:11:19# And the ghoulish entities
0:11:19 > 0:11:22# They'll come floating through the wall... #
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Oh...Sampha.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26# ..Ghostly enemies
0:11:26 > 0:11:28# They'll come floating through your door... #
0:11:29 > 0:11:31We've seen him with SBTRKT,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33we've seen him a bit with Jessie Ware,
0:11:33 > 0:11:34we've seen him with Drake now,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36and Sampha, just Sampha by himself,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40is enough for me. I can't wait to see what he does in 2014.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42# ..Whoo-oo-ooh... #
0:11:42 > 0:11:47HE FREESTYLES
0:11:47 > 0:11:50# I've been waiting all night for you to... #
0:11:50 > 0:11:52The first time I heard Ella, I was like, "Ooh..."
0:11:52 > 0:11:54It gave me a little sort of funny feeling in my stomach,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56um, that hopefully wasn't trapped wind.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59# ..Tell me that you want me... #
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I remember when she first came to the studio
0:12:01 > 0:12:03and started singing and I was just like, "Wow."
0:12:03 > 0:12:05# ..Tell me that you need me
0:12:05 > 0:12:07# Tell me that you want me... #
0:12:07 > 0:12:09And what's great about Ella is that she sounds like
0:12:09 > 0:12:11a southern 1960s soul singer,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13and then you see her and she's, you know,
0:12:13 > 0:12:17a 2014 west London girl.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Right, let's go absolutely mental on this!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21# ..Tell me that you need me... #
0:12:21 > 0:12:23The very first Live Lounge we did was...
0:12:23 > 0:12:26it was really early on when I first started working with the boys.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30# ..Tell me that you want me... #
0:12:30 > 0:12:33And it was amazing cos I had no stylings
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and I was wearing this jumper from my mum's wardrobe.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37A lot of people were backing me up and going,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39"But it's not about what she wears, it's how it sounds."
0:12:39 > 0:12:42And it was really encouraging from such an early stage for me.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44The adrenaline was incredible.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46It was wicked.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49# ..Yeah, yeah, yeah. #
0:12:51 > 0:12:53# You made a fool out of me
0:12:53 > 0:12:55# Took the skin off my back, honey
0:12:58 > 0:12:59# Don't breathe when I talk
0:12:59 > 0:13:02# Cos you haven't been spoken to... #
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I voted for Royal Blood because they are one of the best bands I saw live.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08# ..A bullet with your name on it... #
0:13:09 > 0:13:12And Out Of The Black is just the most incredible riff,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14noise, passionate feast of a song
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I've heard for a while and I love it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26MUSIC ENDS
0:13:26 > 0:13:30We spoke to some previous winners, as well as some of this year's nominees,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34to find out what life is like when you're one to watch.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35# I know it's gonna be
0:13:36 > 0:13:37# Oh, it
0:13:38 > 0:13:42# Oh, ee-ee, ooh-ooh, be-ee... #
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Bearing in mind I went straight from, like, just writing songs on my guitar
0:13:48 > 0:13:53in a bedroom to travelling the world and doing interviews,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57and being photographed, and I didn't really understand what was happening,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59it's quite hard to take all that stuff in,
0:13:59 > 0:14:00in the beginning.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05# ..But I don't think I need you
0:14:07 > 0:14:09# Oh, ooh-ooh. #
0:14:09 > 0:14:11# For ever I try to make it right
0:14:11 > 0:14:13# But together we saw the end in sight
0:14:13 > 0:14:15# I'm tired of fighting the good fight
0:14:15 > 0:14:17# If you say the word then I'll say goodbye... #
0:14:17 > 0:14:19We have a really big connection to
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- The Sound Of... - 2013.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- ..2013 because... - We won.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25..we won.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29It's still so crazy, I think, to us that we actually won it.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37We heard about it. We had a sister hug, and then
0:14:37 > 0:14:39we went right back into the studio.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- We've got to make this record. - Now we really have to
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- finish our record. Let's go. - Huzzah!
0:14:43 > 0:14:45# ..For ever we try, for ever we try
0:14:45 > 0:14:46# Huh
0:14:47 > 0:14:48# For ever we try
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- # For ever we try... # - Yeah!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I kind of feel now that we're like seniors now.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Yeah, it's like we graduated. - It's like we graduated and now,
0:14:56 > 0:15:002014, the freshman class is here.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02# ..The pieces while you watched me... #
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I have a Zane Lowe session at Maida Vale Studios,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09which I've been excited about since I found out I was going to do it.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13And then tonight I'm opening for The Weeknd at the O2 Arena.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16# ..You'd say, "Baby, don't go"... #
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Hi, guys.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Everything that I've ever written about,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21it's been so personal to me
0:15:21 > 0:15:25but now it's like it's out. I feel like I'm just
0:15:25 > 0:15:27opening myself up to everyone.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30That's a huge change for me.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32# Baby, don't go
0:15:32 > 0:15:34# I didn't know
0:15:34 > 0:15:36# I'll change, I swear
0:15:36 > 0:15:38# I'll change, I swear
0:15:38 > 0:15:40# Baby, don't go
0:15:40 > 0:15:42# I'll make you wait
0:15:42 > 0:15:46# I promise I'll be better All of these things. #
0:15:46 > 0:15:51# Oh, did you steal my name Oh, you jack of all trades... #
0:15:51 > 0:15:55You forget that there's however many people listening to the radio
0:15:55 > 0:15:58and it's not just iTunes or my mum playing the CD, or whatever.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02You know, having somebody like Zane and the other DJs playing Budapest
0:16:02 > 0:16:04and Did You Hear The Rain, it's brilliant.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07# ..Oh, did you hear the rain?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10# Oh, the rain? Whoo... #
0:16:10 > 0:16:13# Calling, calling, calling, yeah
0:16:14 > 0:16:17# I'm calling, calling, calling... #
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Huw Stephens played me in the very early days and that's...
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Yeah, that's when I felt like things were going quite well.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29# Oh, lies, lies, lies
0:16:29 > 0:16:33# L-l-l-lies, lies, lies
0:16:33 > 0:16:34# Little lies. #
0:16:34 > 0:16:36The first line of your third take...
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Mm-hm?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- ..was out of this world. - Really?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40RECORDING: # You've got your... #
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Things have changed a lot from a year ago.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47My whole life is a lot more fast paced.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- They're done? - Absolutely.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Thank you.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51The team B!
0:16:51 > 0:16:54A year ago, I was working at this perfume place
0:16:54 > 0:16:56where you made everything fresh.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58I was like a chemist.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59It was like...
0:16:59 > 0:17:03I was, like, making... making perfume and writing music.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05And now I'm playing at the O2 Arena.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I feel, like, emotional looking at it.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14That's crazy!
0:17:15 > 0:17:17I just can't believe I'm playing there tonight.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24# Tell me that you need me Tell me that you want me, yeah... #
0:17:24 > 0:17:27The best part about what I do is to perform live, you know.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I learnt a lot from being on tour with Rudimental.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31And that's where I'm happiest.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33That's where I love to, like, exert a lot of energy
0:17:33 > 0:17:35and to be able to interact with the audience
0:17:35 > 0:17:38and get to see their reactions and see what they think about it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39And it's just good fun.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43# Hey-ey, ey-ey, ey
0:17:43 > 0:17:45# Hey-ey ey-ey, ey... #
0:17:45 > 0:17:47# I'm latching onto you... #
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I never went to festivals as a kid, ever.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52My first ever, ever, ever experience of a festival
0:17:52 > 0:17:54was singing Latch.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- # Oh, oh, oh - # Latching onto you
0:17:56 > 0:17:58# I won't let go
0:17:58 > 0:17:59# I won't let go of you
0:17:59 > 0:18:02# I won't let go, I won't let go... #
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Yes, that was crazy. The festival's a massive new world for me.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11# ..I won't let go I won't let go, oh... #
0:18:13 > 0:18:14BANKS: We're at the O2 Arena right now.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'm about to open for The Weeknd.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20When I walked out for the first time, I was overwhelmed
0:18:20 > 0:18:25and I'm about to go on in, like, 15 minutes or so,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28I'm about to play for thousands of people.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31At the O2 Arena!
0:18:33 > 0:18:34I'm nervous.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35And I'm excited.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40But I'm confident and I feel...
0:18:40 > 0:18:42empowered and I'm just going to soak it all up.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:18:47 > 0:18:49There you go. That was BANKS. She will be touring the UK
0:18:49 > 0:18:51in March, if you want to see her live.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Now we cross to some people
0:18:53 > 0:18:56who would like to keep us a little bit more in the dark.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59SAMPLED NATURAL SOUNDS
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I know nothing about Jungle.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04WOMAN: When you type them into Google,
0:19:04 > 0:19:05you don't get a lot, I'm afraid, about them,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07so they're quite mysterious I think.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I know they're a duo.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12And whether they're two guys, two girls, a guy and a girl,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I don't know. Animals? I don't know.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16MAN: I've heard their live performance
0:19:16 > 0:19:18is like nothing you've ever seen.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20MAN 2: I'm the lighting designer for Jungle.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22The way I light the band is backlit
0:19:23 > 0:19:24because they want their identity hidden.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27When you can't see them, you don't get any information about
0:19:27 > 0:19:30them as people whatsoever. It's just all about the music.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33MAN 3: Yeah, they're all tiny little girls doing head spins.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34MAN 2: Yeah.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36MAN 3: But then they developed really quickly
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and then became rollerblading African-Americans.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40# I'll knock you down
0:19:42 > 0:19:43# Roller kids
0:19:45 > 0:19:47# Go down, groove you
0:19:47 > 0:19:49# Won't you?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50# Under the rock
0:19:50 > 0:19:52# Down by the beach
0:19:53 > 0:19:56# No, I'll not break you
0:19:56 > 0:19:58# Want me
0:20:19 > 0:20:21# Ooh, ooh-ooh... #
0:20:21 > 0:20:22We don't really know what they look like.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Yeah. It's still quite a mystery.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26It's a mystery. The backlighting was very good.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Everything - like the atmosphere, the light as well - was really great.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32I was just right in front, as well,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35and I'm really looking forward to see them grow.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Well, I hope they play Glastonbury.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41FUNKY ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
0:20:50 > 0:20:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Thank you.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58The Sound Of list is so incredibly varied and colourful
0:20:58 > 0:21:00in terms of the music and the people this year,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03and I can't wait to see where they go from here.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06That is it from me. Thank you for watching. I'll see you later.