“America’s Got Talent” has been updated to season 12. Whether you chase or not, the following girl’s performance will definitely surprise you.
With brown curly hair and gorgeous red dress, this contestant looks no different from other youthful and beautiful American dream catchers.
But when she stepped onto the stage, she brought a special “guest”, Sarah, her sign language interpreter.
Yes, this girl is called Mandy Harvey (Mandy Harvey), love music since childhood.She told the judges:
But God made a joke with her. At the age of 18, a serious illness prevented her from listening to the world.
There was a sigh in the audience.
But like all people who have dreams, she did not abandon music for this, but found a way to let the dream continue and bear fruit.
Now 29 years old, she is barefoot on the stage, feeling the beat through the vibration of the floor.
After telling her story, she began to sing and brought the song “Try” she wrote.
When the judges asked her what the song was about, she said:
She plucked the strings and everyone listened with bated breath.As soon as he opened his mouth, the perfect tone astounded everyone present.
Judge Melanine Janine Brown (Melanine Janine Brown)
This song “Try” is about Mandy’s mental journey after being deaf. At first, she fell into a trough. Later, when she was stubborn, she didn’t stand still, but tried to make her dream bloom.
The lyrics were touching and the melody was so beautiful that many viewers were moved to tears.After singing a song, the audience stood up and the applause lasted…
Judge Howie Mandel was even more moved so that tears rolled in his eyes, holding both hands in a girlish form…
Finally, the poisonous tongue judge Simon Cowell said, “Mandy, you don’t need a sign language interpreter now”, and Mandy was taken aback at first.
Immediately afterwards, Simon got up and pressed the gold button…Mandy went straight to the promotion!
Wait, here is a piece of popular science. What is the gold button for?
In this way, a girl who couldn’t hear her own singing conquered the audience.
The lyrics of this song written by Mandy’s personal experience are very inspirational, and the words seem to see a young girl who is unwilling to be depressed and working hard to live.
Try
try
The sky is grey much more than it is blue
The sky is full of gray, and the blue is not visible
But I know one day I’ll get through
But I know that one day I will get out of the haze
And I’ll take my place again
I will find myself again
If I would try
As long as i work hard
There is no one for me to blame
I don’t blame anyone
Cause I know the only thing in my way…is me
Because I know that the only thing I need to overcome is myself
I don’t live the way I want to
I’m not living the life I dreamed of
That whole picture never came into view
The perfect picture never appeared
And I’m tired of getting used to
But i don’t want to be depressed
The day
every day
So I will try
So i have to work hard
If I would try
As long as i work hard
Mandy’s singing moved not only the audience, but the entire United States and even the entire world.
After the talent show, Mandy received national attention.The videos she sang became popular on the Internet, and she used her talent and hard work to make the world remember her.
Many media have also reported on Mandy’s singing.
“The New York Times”: Deaf singer Mandy Harvey wins the audience and brings tears to the eyes
“Daily Mail”: “I don’t want to be depressed”-the singer was 18 years old and suffered a loss of his brain due to illness, but he used amazing talent to conquer “America’s Got Talent”
The “Daily Mail” article tells Mandy’s story, and pays special attention to the proud Mandy father standing on the edge of the stage.
The article also pays attention to “Poison Tongue” Simon’s extremely high evaluation of her.
“The Sun”: Golden Opportunity-“America’s Got Talent” deaf female singer has a moving voice, Simon exclaimed “unbelievable”, press the golden button to inspire the audience
“Time Magazine”: “America’s Got Talent” deaf singer surprises audience with moving songs
The friends who watched the video on the Internet also tweeted that “I’m crying”…
In fact, this is not the first time Mandy has entered the public eye. Since 2015, NBC, Los Angeles Times, BBC and other media have reported her story.
Mandy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has loved music since childhood.But the fear of losing her hearing has been looming over her.
When Mandy was very young, her eardrum was damaged by a bacterial infection, and she never passed the school’s hearing test.
But this still did not stop her from pursuing her dream.
The doctor said that Mandy might lose her hearing forever, so she started to learn lip language since she was a child.
Unexpectedly, that day came so suddenly…
At 18, Mandy studied vocal music at university. Her dream was to be a jazz vocal teacher, but one day, she found that she could never hear it anymore.
For people with music dreams, losing her hearing is fatal to her.
In an interview with NBC, the host asked her how she was feeling at the time.
She replied:
After that, she was frustrated and didn’t touch the music again for a year.
Fortunately, Mandy has a father who also loves music. He plays the guitar and lets her try to sing.
Mandy’s voice is perfect. Although she has lost her hearing, the beautiful singing has never left her.
She began to sing with her memory, recalling the music that she could hear before she was deaf, recalling the notes about singing skills she had seen, and then using muscle movements to manipulate the vocal cords to re-recover the feeling of singing.
Father recorded Mandy’s singing, and Mandy took the recording to her former vocal teacher, Vaughn.Teacher Vaughan was surprised.
Mandy said that it was like opening a door for her, and from then on, she could continue to sing.
Therefore, when the judge Simon pressed the golden button and the audience played music, one can imagine how excited his father was.
It is impossible to perform such a perfect performance by Mandy alone.
The difficulty of Mandy’s performance is that she can’t hear the music and communication with the band has become difficult.Therefore, she and the band created a lot of special “communication” methods.
“Los Angeles Times” recorded a fragment of Mandy’s practice.
Back on track, Mandy took her musical dreams farther and farther.
Mandy never tells the audience her story in particular, and many listeners don’t even know that Mandy can’t hear her.
She was very eager to hear voices, she wanted to hear her own voice, and she wanted to hear other people’s voices as well.Mandy now has her own family, but she has never heard her husband’s voice.
Perhaps “deaf female singer” is an eye-catching label, but Mandy doesn’t want such a label.She wants to use her strength to win the audience.
She knows that labels may temporarily make people remember themselves, but music can retain the audience.
Mandy said that she knew that one day, she might no longer remember the pitch, and could no longer sing aloud.But she just wants to live in the moment and enjoy the days of life with music.
She said that she is not a “deaf jazz singer” (deaf jazz singer), but a real jazz singer who just happens to not hear it (the jazz singer who happens to be deaf).
For Mandy, the music is far from stopping.
