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Mude, blond, onezinwele ezinde nokumamatheka okukhulu, lesi isithixo esisha sase-United Kingdom kanye nengxenye yezwekazi lase-Europe. Inombolo yakhe uSam Ryder, umculi-umbhali wengoma oneminyaka engama-32 owafika ku-Eurovision 2022 njengomunye wabaculi abayintandokazi ukuwina uMkhosi. Ingoma yakhe ethi 'Space Man' yayinqobe ingxenye enkulu yomphakathi waseYurophu, nangaphambi kokuba ifakwe esiteji. Imfihlo yayisezinkundleni zokuxhumana futhi ukuthi, eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kokuthola le ndawo yesibili ku-Eurovision yase-United Kingdom, wayesevele enqobile phakathi kwabancane kakhulu ngenxa yamavidiyo akhe ku-TikTok.
Ngesikhathi sokuboshwa, ngonyaka ka-2020, uSam, isibongo sakhe sangempela uRobinson, wahlanganisa impumelelo yabaculi abanjengoQueen, Blondie, Adele noma Britney Spears.
Ukuzwela kwakhe nokuba ngokwemvelo kwanqoba abasebenzisi, kwafinyelela abalandeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-12. Abaculi abafana noJustin Bieber no-Alicia Keys bazofaka isandla ekuthandeni okuyizigidi ezingu-101.
Inkanyezi ye-TikTok, inkundla esixhase uMkhosi unyaka wonke, yazalelwa edolobheni laseNgilandi iMaldon, e-Essex County. Ufunde eSt John Payne Catholic School, eChelmsford, lapho uthando lwakhe lokucula lwaqala khona. Kwakuyi-albhamu yeqembu le-English heavy metal elithi 'Iron Maiden' ephawula ikusasa lakhe. Ngemva kweminyaka, ikhonsathi yeqembu le-rock yaseCanada 'Sum 41' yamkhuthaza ukuthi aqhubeke nendlela yakhe. Lapho eneminyaka engu-19, wenza i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala njengomculi nesigingci eqenjini elithi 'The Morning After', akhulula ngalo ama-albhamu amabili e-studio.
Ngo-2012 waba ngumculi wezwi elithi 'Ubusisiwe Ngenhliziyo Ephukile' futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waba yingxenye yeqembu laseMelika elithi 'Vala Amehlo Akho', ahlala kulo kwaze kwaba ngu-2014.
Ngemva konyaka, ekhathele kanzima emhlabeni womculo, umculi uqala impilo entsha. Umoya wakhe we-hippie webhizinisi umholela ekuvuleni ibha yejusi ye-vegan nentombi yakhe yesikhathi eside, u-Lois Gaskin-Barber.
Iminyaka emibili wahlukanisa isikhathi sakhe phakathi kwebha yebha ye-'Lone Wolves Organic' namabhishi aseHawaii. Phakathi naso sonke lesi sikhathi, isimo sombhangqwana esinesiyaluyalu siholele ekutheni balahle yonke into ukuze bayontweza futhi bafune amagobolondo omugqa wobucwebe ka-Lois, 'Lone Wolves Creative'.
Inkinga yeCoronavirus yaphoqa lo mbhangqwana ukuthi uvale indawo yokucima ukoma futhi uSam wabuyela ekwenzeni lokho akuthanda kakhulu, ecula. Usayine nelebuli, iParlophone Records kwathi ngoFebhuwari 2021 wakhipha i-EP ethi 'ILanga Lizophakama'.
