Getting up to perform in front of your fellow-classmates canโt be easy for a teen. However, Payton Kemp is someone who was born for the limelight.
When he was 15-years-old, Payton signed up to sing at his schoolโs talent show while the auditorium was packed full of students. His rendition of Ed Sheeranโs โThinking Out Loudโ not only captured their hearts โ but it took the internetโs breath away too.
Even from a very young age, it was obvious he had musical skills.
Payton was just three-years-old when he began discovering his passion for singing. Since then, heโs had wowed many audiences with his on-stage performances.
According to his social media, Paytonโs played the roles of Flounder and young Tarzan in theater productions, as well as Admetus from Cats. He was also named the 2012 winner of โDixieโs Got Talent.โ
He has a voice that can leave a crowd in chills.
On Paytonโs YouTube channel, heโs shared videos of him performing the national anthem at sporting events. As we know, โThe Star-Spangled Bannerโ takes quite a bit of talent and confidence to sing. But Payton managed to rock it even at the age of 14.
Everyone was in for a special treat the day he took center stage during the schoolโs talent show.
After being announced, the teen sat down at a piano that had been brought in for his performance. Thatโs because not only is Payton an amazing singer, he can tickle the ivories too!
Only a couple of moments after he unleashed his beautiful voice there were girls cheering from the stands. Perhaps he already had a fan club?
Itโs an act thatโs been watched more than a million times on YouTube.
The internet is full of talent show videos, from creative dances to ones that leave you split at the sides from laughter. Remember the fifth-grade boys and their synchronized swimming skit?
However, thereโs something about listening to a musician pour their soul into a rendition that can be second to none.
He sings Ed Sheeranโs hit โThinking Out Loud.โ
Youโll probably remember it was a romantic song that had all the ladies swooning over the artist. With lines like, โโฆdarling I will be loving you โtil weโre 70,โ itโs no wonder why it tugged on heartstrings.
In fact, โThinking Out Loudโ topped the charts and even won the Grammy Award for โSong of the Year.โ All that to say โ it was the perfect tune for Payton to take on because of its popularity.
In the captured footage of his performance, Payton sings the lyrics:
โTake me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Oh, darling, place your head on my beating heart
Iโm thinking out loud
But maybe we found love right where we areโ
At the end of the song, the entire gymnasium erupts into applause and cheers for their classmate and his cover of โThinking Out Loud.โ
While itโs unclear whether there were any real โwinnersโ in their talent show, Paytonโs act did manage to make a splash on the internet. Since then too, heโs also released many other covers on social media as well.
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