It's A Man's World is one of the most demanding and most untouchable songs in the history of soul music. James Brown spent his entire career building the kind of raw authentic power that song requires. Most professional singers will not go near it. The few who do rarely survive the comparison. Then Molly Scott walked onto the X Factor UK stage in 2018 at 16 years old and announced that was exactly what she was about to sing. The audience held their breath. Four judges sat forward. Nobody was prepared for what came out of a 16 year old from Easington County Durham who had been singing since she was six years old. Louis Walsh lost every single word. Robbie Williams said she was ready for everything. Simon Cowell had zero expectations walking in and zero words walking out. Nobody attempts James Brown's It's A Man's World at 16. Watch what happened when she did.
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5:35 Molly Scott (Six Chair Challenge) - X Factor UK 2018 S15
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