The Soccer Kid From The Viral British Family Singing Les Miserables Is A Damn Star

If you haven’t seen this, congratulations. This family absolutely crushed this home rendition of One Day More from the world’s longest musical, Les Miserables. You know that musical that was made into a movie starring Wolverine and Cat Woman? Except he didn’t get jacked for it and she shaved her head, so it was a lot less erotic? And somehow Borat was in it too? Wild times.

Anyway, I was expecting some low-budget, underwritten, sappy drivel because that’s all the internet can handle right now. But no—genuinely funny lyrics, everyone had a pretty good voice, and they kept it together from start to finish. Look, in the interest of fairness, I’ll put on my Simon Cowell hat: the youngest girl was a little flat at the end. Sorry but you know it as well as I do, and if you don’t, you just don’t have a good musical ear. She’ll grow out of her pitch problems I’m sure, and the family is making do with what they’ve got. But while we’re at it, I think the dad was a little underwhelming too. I’m sorry. Just thought those were the only two weak spots.

But the kid in the soccer jersey? Holy moly. That kid is a fucking star. When he came in real low like that, signaling that he’s well through the opening salvos of puberty? Christ, if my family had gathered us up for a viral family vid at his age, I’d be hanging on to my voice like it was a bucking bronco. I’d be shattering takes with my voice sounding like I had the damn hiccups, cracking left and right. Not soccer kid though. Total control. So much pathos, you can feel the pain in his voice from his cancelled soccer game, singing like Michael Caine just found out his nephew had passed. If he’s anywhere near as good at soccer as he is at singing showtunes, that’s a devastating combo. Watch out, high school hallways: a trail of excited human secretions will follow this young man wherever he goes.