(22 May 2025)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
London – 22 May 2025
1. Close of signage
2. Wide of carpet
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Gray, Chair of The Ivors Academy Board:
"It’s our big day of the year, you know, we get, everyone’s here, all the songwriters are here to celebrate each other, which is the main joy of this very particular day. All the other music events tend to be sort of, you now, it’s all quite money and branding. This one is really about the heart and soul of the industry and the people who get up every day and make a job of trying to craft beautiful music."
4. Mid of Gray and Self Esteem being interviewed
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Gray, Chair of The Ivors Academy Board:
"These awards are for British and Irish artists, always have been, and there are international awards, too. We’ve never had an Irish fellowship, and I thought that was, we needed to set that right very quickly. So, yeah, I picked up the phone. I mean, I think U2 are an incredibly important band not just because of the music they’ve made but because of all the activism they’ve been involved in over the years, and that’s very dear to my heart. And I think reminding the world that that artists can be great activists is really important right now."
6. Wide of carpet
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Self Esteem, recording artist:
"Yes, I’m very excited. This is the award that really means, I mean they all do, I like awards, I’d like more, but this is the one that I love and it’s really honoring the craft which I’m proud of."
8. Wide of Orla Gartland
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Orla Gartland, recording artist:
"I feel amazing. I’m so proud of this song. I’m so proud that it’s a song I wrote on my own and a song that I put out on my label. I don’t know, I think there’s a lot of hard parts of doing this job and it’s so not rosy a lot the time, but these are the days where you get to really pat yourself in the back and be like, I did this, so I feel good."
10. Various of Myles Smith being interviewed
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Myles Smith, recording artist:
"It feels incredible, you know, I feel with this, like awards in particular to be able to give recognition to the people behind the scenes and you know to give credit to songwriters who really are the lifeblood of the music industry feels so amazing and to be included in part of that is just, it’s so humbling to be here."
12. Wide of Berwyn walking on the carpet
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Berwyn, recording artist:
"Feels lovely, feels amazing, I’m on a red carpet. My mom’s here today as well, she loves red carpets. She loves to stunt on every one of her friends when she’s on a red carpet, so yeah, give my mum a reason to stunt."
14. Berwyn being interviewed
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Berwyn, recording artist:
"Amazing. I wouldn’t want to be recognized for my t-shirt or my, I don’t know what people get recognized for, you’re recognising me for my bars and my melodies, I am chuffed."
(Reporter: "What’s your T-shirt like? I can’t see it.")
"I don’t know. I couldn’t get today’s style. I’m a mess. I think it’s the t-shirt from my drawer. It’s all creased and I, let’s not, let’s not draw attention, we’re here for the bars, we’re here for the bars, we’re here for the bars."
16. Mid of Lola Young being interviewed
17. Mid of Jade Thirlwall being interviewed
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghetts, recording artist:
"For me, that’s like the number one thing. I’m someone who prides myself on lyrics, what’s being said in the lyrics, the cadence. So for me, it’s like, you know what I mean?"
19. Ghetts being interviewed
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