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Wham! Trailer
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12/23/2023
Trailer of Wham documentary on Netflix
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00:00
♪ Well, bam, I am a man ♪
00:04
Let's introduce the band.
00:05
George, I'm Andrew.
00:06
♪ To you ♪
00:08
We had a number-one album.
00:10
We had a string of hit singles.
00:12
And we were selling out arenas.
00:15
How can the country be in love with these two idiots?
00:18
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
00:21
We met when I was 11 and Andrew was 12.
00:24
And there was only ever one thing that I wanted to do.
00:27
You got to sing it.
00:28
Be in a band with George.
00:30
Andrew changed my life in exactly the way
00:32
someone needed to change my life
00:34
if I was going to be a pop star.
00:36
And that was it.
00:38
Wham!
00:39
♪ Well, bam, I am a man ♪
00:42
I mean, your record's been slagged in the press.
00:45
Slagged, yeah.
00:46
It knocked George.
00:47
People weren't taking him seriously as a songwriter.
00:50
Pop became a very dirty word.
00:52
Whilst I was happy being in a band,
00:55
George needed more.
00:57
♪
01:01
I never felt that our music defined me
01:03
in the same way that it did for George.
01:06
As a young gay man, I was just uncomfortable
01:08
'cause I was closeted.
01:10
For George, chart position was the ultimate validation.
01:13
I was forging an identity through my success.
01:16
And by necessity, I went with full gusto
01:19
into the progression of Wham!
01:23
♪
01:24
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
01:25
It's so gorgeous.
01:27
I know.
01:28
♪
01:29
Next thing you know...
01:30
With "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"...
01:33
Wham! mania had arrived.
01:35
It's Wham!
01:36
♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:38
♪ Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo ♪
01:41
♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:44
♪ I don't wanna miss it when you hit that high ♪
01:47
♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:49
When I was with Andrew, we were absolutely determined
01:52
to have a fantastic time.
01:53
♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:55
We were living in the moment.
01:56
♪
01:57
♪ Take me there ♪
01:58
The success was so much more than I had ever dreamed of.
02:01
And with your best mate...
02:03
[ Cheers and applause ]
02:05
It was just absolutely magical.
02:07
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
02:09
♪ Baby ♪
02:10
♪
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