The Story of 'Unwritten' By Natasha Bedingfield
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2022
- VICE meets Natasha Bedingfield to reflect on her uplifting 2000’s hit “Unwritten” and its viral moment during the peak of the 2020 pandemic. The track was vital to her cross-over success in the US, topping the radio charts for its pure pop sound and incredible vocal performance.
Fast forward almost 20 years, VICE speaks to those closest to Natasha to understand the emotions of such a heartwarming track and travel to Ft Lauderdale, Florida to meet the TikTok dancers who created the viral dance craze.
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I'll be honest, everyone talks about 'Unwritten' this and 'Pocketful of Sunshine' that, but the song of hers that'll always be in my heart is 'These Words'.
These words is such a masterpiece as well.
That's the track where she mispronounces Hyperbole isn’t it?
I love you i love you i love you i love youuuuuu
@@danpreston564 have you ever made any hits?
Mine is "Love Like This"
THIS SERIES IS A HIT! I’m glad Vice decided to continue making these because they are absolute gems
Love the series and the good vibes it gives ❤️
11111
hear hear!
@@XricheeX hey thanks for the great recommendation👌🏽. Never knew this series existed. I’m going to watch all the episodes
There's something so incredibly satsifying seeing the song you know come together and all the processes broken down and the personalities of all the artists also revealed. This one in particular is great cause she seems just as uplifting as the song.
The song just gives off so many early 2000s summer vibes. The radio back then was so different than it is now
Summer vibes!!!!! Yes!!! I love water and so I remember hearing it in the pool I was around 13 or so!
You described it perfectly
@@meloangelic That’s still considered early 2000s
God this song reminds me of the summer/spring it got popular. Very reminiscent of the early 2000s a lot things were way different.
@@tjkeegan470 ill second that
this episode was perfection. We need one for "Im Like A Bird" now.
Omg! That was my song!!!
I need them to do the whole loose album !!!!!
OMG YES!
@@diverseguardian2530 Say It Right and that whole album are still perfection.
Natasha including her siblings in the making of Unwritten just gives such a powerful energy to the song. Picking the son as the soundtrack to The Hills was a brilliant idea
100%
Ll😅😅
This series has made me appreciate the magic that goes into music all the more
Me too
Heartwarming to see the brother hype up his sister way before she became famous and to vouch for her at the record label. You don’t really see sibling love like this. I certainly don’t have this with my sisters unfortunately.
That is so cute how Daniel supported his sister and talked about Natasha in interviews when he was blowing up.
I don't have TikTok so I didn't know the song re-blown up last year. For me, it's just a song that still lives on continuously from where it started in the 2000s.
A local radio station that I listen to still play the song regularly along with other iconic songs of the 2000s, and I catch it at least once every few weeks. For me, the song never left.
Right!
Black obsidian hahaha
This song was huge and stayed stuck in my head for years.
I don't have tick tock either
Could you be any gayer?
You know it's a good song because of how well it holds up. It just puts you in a good mood
Great music is timeless
Yes! All you have to hear are the first chords and that's it... it's on!
The vocal layering, choir part gave me goosebumps 😊 wow. What an amazing story of an amazing song.
No thanks to the publicity exploiters
I was today years old when I learned there wasn’t an actual choir in the studio 😮AMAZING
Reminded me a bit of sacred harp music in a weird way.
I was so emotional watching this. Natasha Bedingfield was the soundtrack to my teen years and her music still hits so hard!!!
Yes!!
I was emotional watching this too. Crying of how much she loves her family, it’s very beautiful.
Aw yes music can do that sometimes and bring back memories of the past. 🙂
Man, this song got a lot of people through a lot of hard times.
WHY AM I CRYING SO HARD WATCHING THIS??? this song meant so much to me back then, well to be honest it still means a lot to me always. thank you for creating this magical song 💕
This the comment I was searching for!!!! Girl I’m over here boohooing!!!! 😩😭😭😭🥹 Natasha was doing The Lord’s work 🙌🏽
Whew… glad I’m not the only one whose tears just started 💦 🤍
Stop. So am i 😭😭
It got to me too. So much love in her family.
SAME HERE
I know this is about Natasha but Daniel is also so underrated! ‘If you’re not the one’ is one of his most beautiful songs!
Yesssssss
BOM BAH BOM… bahbah BOM BAH BAH BOM “I gotta get through this!!!”
❤❤
Vice I’m 31 years old, you don’t know what you do for me mentally! I was in grade school when you talk about most of these hits and it feels so good
Please don’t stop ❤️
Welp, wasn’t expecting to have such a reaction to this video, but I realize now that this video was an integral part of my high school survival.
I’m not crying, you are.
I remember hearing Pocket full of Sunshine first and trying to figure out if she was indeed the sister of Daniel because Gotta get Thru This was my roller skating anthem
Also had to mention the raw acapella for the choir part gave me chills. Just hearing them having a blast making a song they had know idea was about to blow up is kind of wholesome in a way
yesssss I got teary-eyed because it was so wholesome
🤣🤣🤣💜🤟💜🤟💜🤟💜
OMG you just reminded me of a song I loved back in the day! Thank you!!
Ha, I just saw the part in the video. FYI I was reading comments before I actually started watching 😅😅
All these songs covered in this "The story of"-series were released right around my teenage years. They bring me so much joy to relive those days again through this production. Love it!
True it makes me feel mad old haha!
Daniel Beddingfield”s “Gotta Get thru This” was a club classic back in the day.
To this day, In my humble opinion one of the single most inspirational, feel-good tunes literally ever. This was a masterpiece of a bop before there was even such a thing as a bop.
The chords in the beginning
The way the melody builds up excitement in the verse
The explosion in the chorus
The coral
That really is a SMASH I love it to this day ❤
Her voice is still as beautiful as ever!!!! I agree the “imperfections” are what make it perfect!
My late mother loved this song😇I remember her playing this song for me the morning we found out that my best friend had been car jacked and murdered the night before. She always knew how to provide comfort during hard times
R.I.P MOMMY... YOU ARE LOVED AND TRULY MISSED .
yeah early 2000s you couldn't listen to top 40 radio without hearing this song every 10 minutes. you know it's a great song because even tho it was played to DEATH, it's still a banger.
Wow this is my favorite episode. Natasha is an absolute gem of a human being. The fact that she was so grateful to these kids for reintroducing this song to their generation and giving them a platform is incredible. We love you Natasha
The future is unwritten ♥️ I remember listening to this song when I had really bad anxiety in high school.
Same!
So many poor bastards with anxiety this days. Please don't have kids.
Even today when I heard this song for the millionth time, it still brings a tear to my eye. At this point it's so nostalgic and such a reminder of one's youth. Love it ❤️
Working at a mall in the mid 00s & hearing this & Pieces of Me daily really made me live. Times will never be the same.
This is what I miss in popular music today back then even when hip hop is influencing the generation there was still musicality in it. And so many of the greatest hits didn’t sound the same like this song. Always wanted to know how it was written so thank u VICE
9:54
Wayne: ‘can we have a choir?’
Natasha: ‘we have one at home.’
The choir at home: ...is actually really good 😂
The whole album was my soundtrack for years. Especially when I was young. It meant so much to me during some really dark times. She definitely reached her goal of lifting people up. I love her as a musician and person so much. She is one of the few people that I truly can say is a positive role model.
Same!!!
This is my favorite modern vice series, I love these deep dives into how records come about.
A massive hit, even it took 3 years for the song to be nominated for grammys at that time
I can't believe this song came out in 2004!!!! I just watched the movie "The Idea of You" and heard this song for the first time. Immediately this song resonated with me. I am 68 years old! Lol... You speak about the "young people" and Gen Z and Millennials... Honey ... This song transcends age... It reaches the soul of people and the soul is eternal. We don't know the lines of our own story so it seems unwritten... According to Psalm 139... It was all written before time so your lyrics speak to the infinity of existence. They are boundless and speak to the zenith within us all. Thank you for the poetry of life and your amazing vocals. What gifts you were given!!!!!
Being a 12 year old male when this came out I thought she was the greatest thing on planet. She's still beautiful I see! Also "If you're not the one" by Daniel was on repeat throughout all of my teenage years....still is.
This has to be my favorite series on VICE... please keep this going.
This is by far one of my most favorite series on youtube
I remember the very first time I heard Natasha’s These Words Are My Own! I loved that song and was one of the very first songs I ever bought when iTunes was still newish. I’d already known her brother Daniel’s music first and was a fan
I used to be obsessed with the show "Behind the Music." I'm getting the same feeling watching this! I could watch forever.. thank you! Oh, first time I truly paid attention to Natasha was watching her perform Pocketful of Sunshine live on American Idol. I couldn't believe her voice!
Natasha Bedingfield has great music! Of course everyone knows pocket full of sunshine, but that whole album has hit after hit
and the songs "These Words" "I bruise easily" I have only just remembered these songs, it's been so long since their release, but will be great to re listen again. 2000's was a great time for music!
Bruise easily
Aaaaaaah Bruise Easily hits hard!!!
I remember her music. It's great to see her back. I love her music and spirit
I love how much she involved her family. Never would have guessed this was written to her younger brother
Her energy is such a positive vibe.
This song is timeless.
Unwritten is an example of an uplifting anthem that doesn’t sound cheesy
The part of the sisters having fun in the booth together made me emotional. Pure joy 🤎
First time watching this excellent short docu about a song. This is what Behind The Music didn't do. An excellent idea with soooo many songs to portray. I've read a lot about the making of famous songs but this is the most polished audiovisual gem of them all. Congrats Vice!
This is one of the songs that bring you back to your youth. With your friends, finally graduating from high school, have no idea what to do after that, have no idea what the future holds. Going to college, getting a job, married and having kids, being a parent. This song brings me back to those days, carefree and wondering how we end up in life
There’s songs from your past that your like “damn I’m old” and then there are songs like this that are like a time capsule and just make you feel young and hopeful all over again. Unwritten is that song.
This song has saved me from many a depressive moments 😌😌 Thank you Natasha Bedingfield. 💛💛
this is hands down the best series you guys put out, please keep it going
When I was young I used to hear this song from that Pantene commercial and it stuck in my head ever since. Iconic
Me too, it feels nostalgic every time I heard this and reminds me of Pantene Philippine tvc
Love this song. My 21 year old son sang this song with his Kindergarten class for their graduation song in 2007. It’s beautiful and uplifting and hopeful!
How can kids graduate from kindergarten?! What examinations do they need to pass to do so?! Are those who don't achieve a particular percentage in a test held back an additional year, or are they simply banned from the graduation ceremony?!
@@andrewjones575 yes, there are so many opportunities to celebrate every accomplishment or rite of passage these days. He also had a preschool graduation and eighth grade graduation, before his high school graduation. And there were so many trophies for participating in each sport, each year. I get it. As for passing kindergarten, it generally has to do with whether the teacher and parents feel the child is mature enough socially and developmentally to move forward to first grade, which requires more self discipline and structure. Anyways, I love the song! Hearing little kids singing about their future was kinda inspiring to all. 🤗
@@maryhatleymeyer Graduation is meant to mean receiving a diploma. Celebrating simply progressing or completing makes no sense - you might as well celebrate each year.
@@andrewjones575 I completely understand what you’re saying. It is what it is though. I guess, in general, our society likes to party 🎉
@@andrewjones575 graduation is acknowledgement of moving onto something bigger and better. The diploma or degree is just one part of the greater ritual. Moving from kindergarten where it's all fun to real grade school where actual grades start is similar to preschool graduation since many kids don't go to preschool. It's a symbol of entering grade school for real, as 8th grade grad is to high school and high school grad is to college or the work force. A piece of paper isn't the point. It only is to people who don't understand the value in life's experiences rather than just material possessions and what-not. It's not as black and white as just a piece of paper.
Really glad I stumbled on this whole playlist. I'd absolutely love to see more of these videos.
(Also, this was the first time I've heard "Gotta Get Thru This" in about 20 years, so thanks for bringing that back into the memory banks.)
The songwriting in this is brilliant. It really touches your mind and soul. We need more people like Natasha Bedingfield in the industry. We appreciate this channel for bringing back nostalgic songs. More power to them.
She was my teen idol growing up and I absolutely adore her. I'm glad that she is finally getting more recognition over time.
Unwritten and Pocketful of Sunshine are certified hood classics. Even us hood niggas be listening to it with the homies
Don’t use that word. You’re better than that.
Ahh so nostalgic
She has a great voice and fantastic writing skills
This song has lifted me up in so many times when I’ve felt so down and out. Whenever I belt this out at the top of my lungs and even shed sone tears in the process, I always come out felling so much lighter and free.
I started crying during the "choir" part. That was magic. Wow. Thank you for this song. It heals me whenever I listen to it.
Loved the dynamic between Natasha and her brother! So loving
Natasha Bedingfield is one of my favorite artists growing up!! There’s just something about her songs that speaks to me.
Love her. Love this song. LEGENDARY. This song literally gets me out of bed sometimes when I'm in a depressed place.
I met her when I was 17 and randomly ended up interning at NYFW (at the time where she was HUGELY popular/in the spotlight)- no exaggeration the kindest famous person I’ve ever interacted with, took the time to interact with and chat to me as I literally boxed up her clothes and she even politely told someone off when they tried to interrupt/act like it wasn’t worth it to speak to me. 😂 It’s my fave party story to tell people (especially when the song comes on) and I think all the time abt how genuinely encouraging and sweet she was to this random teenager she knew she’d definitely didn’t have to be so nice to/wouldn’t ever see again 🥰
I actually just saw Natasha perform yesterday at a Pride festival in my city. She’s full of talent and her energy truly radiates. Very interesting to know the backstory to this hit!!
I so loved this song because of the shampoo commercial in the philippines... truly so classy!..
I love this track. It was such a huge track. I’m glad that you guys are covering this. DOPE!!! Natasha is also very easy on the eyes 👀!!!
This song has carried me through ever since I first heard it. Goosebumps and singing/screaming and dancing.... god it's so uplifting.
I remember being blown away when I unexpectedly heard this on the radio after I finished my basic training in the Korean army and was about to be stationed in my assigned unit (it must have been May 2006). I had listened to some of her songs after "These Words" became a hit in Europe, and "Unwritten" ended up getting a lot of rotation in my personal playlists. As far as I knew, however, it was just an album track I liked from an artist who was unknown outside of Europe. So imagine my surprise when I heard it on the radio in Korea after five weeks of training without much contact with the outside world. I still remember how uplifting it was to hear it.
I still hear this song pretty regularly almost 20 years after its release and not once when it comes on do I ever go "ugh, not this song again...". I wish there were more purely positive songs like this.
I always listen to Pocket Full of Sunshine and Easy A both classic lol I love Natasha Bedingfield's voice
TAKE ME AWAYYYYYY 🎙️ 😆
The story behind it is just as if not even more wholesome and inspiring as the song itself. Such an awesome success story.
This song will forever be on my playlist
“The Story of” is the best series on Vice
Ya know…I haven’t heard this song in a long time, it’s not my favorite song but when It comes on I sing it and it uplifts my spirit and makes me literally happy! The intro of this video gave me CHILLS AMD GOOSEBUMPS! You just FEEL the GREATNESS!!!! I’m so glad VICE put this together. Natasha’s voice is INCREDIBLE!
I had chills and goosebumps too!!!
she was and still my fav singer ever since the begining 🤩🤩 she is just so original , unique and gorgeous 🔥🖤 keep it up natasha
Saw this episode when it came out few days ago, just one day before i went for an interview. Decided to put in on replay and blasting it in the car on the way to the interview to calm me down and hype up the positivity vibe cause i get nervous easily, especially when it comes to interviews.
And yes! i got the job and will start next week. Of course i sang my heart out on the way back home, hard not to 🙃
Congratulations.💐👏🏾👏🏾
Hopeful song does that to you...
This is one of those songs that you might not remember the title or name of the artist, but you hear it nearly 20 years later on the background music at a Walgreens, it gets stuck in your head, and you Google it, and end up here.
I love that song. Natasha is so talented♥️
I also love that VICE is doing two of these so shortly apart.
But what I always thought would be a really cool song story would be Complicated by Avril Lavigne. It kind of dominated in the 00s.
I also think it would be a really cool story to tell. And how she became popular in Japan before the us.
You know I agree with you but at the same time, I always liked how the songs featured here are almost more into the one hit wonder kind of side. Not saying that the artists doing them haven’t done anything else but Avril was known for like other songs as well. I like when this series picks a song and you go “oh god I haven’t heard that in ages” moment!
I absolutely love this series. You guys make me love songs I didn't even like when they were out just by hearing the stories of them.
I remember first hearing this beautiful song in the ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” movie!
Can we talk about how AMAZING Natasha's personality is? Her heart is practically embracing me through this here screen💖
This song is pure, unbridled joy - at least it was at that time. I adored it!!!
Before The Hills premiered, i remember seeing the video every day on VH1.
I love this series so much. Natasha Beddingfield is a genius and such a big part of my childhood.❤
Such a masterfully crafted song. Seeing how all the pieces layer on top of one another is so inspiring. What a timeless and beautiful song. I was only about 9 when this song was all over radio but it’s still so nostalgic for me. I remember hearing it everywhere.
It’s crazy how much of a roll this song played in me and my sisters childhood. Thank you vice!!!!
This video makes me like her and this song even more !!!
Don't stop making this series. Please!
I remember first hearing this song in Degrassi and it’s forever stuck with me.
Came here for this comment
Have to love the irony of how one of the best songs ever written is called "unwritten" 👌💯🌈😊
Side bar: Vice, please keep making this "the story of" series
This is easily my favorite series vice does. Please keep doing these.
I’m an avant garde snob but Unwritten is my totem ❤🙏 Hearing the synergies, families, friends involved in its creation are reassuring it will be until my end.
This is the best series on CZcams. Great job, Vice. I always look forward to another story!!
I was a teen when I first heard unwritten and I remembered I had goosebumps and now I’m 35yo it’s still giving me this redemption arc vibe in my life.
Same with me, same age to!
Same
I always wondered what happened to her. I scoured the Internet trying to find what she's been working on since the late 2000s.
She's still as talented and beautiful as she was 10 years ago.
Loved this song. Still love it. She aged really well.
I came to CZcams to listen to my favorite version (the acoustic version from The Hills finale) and found this deep dive into one of my all time favorite songs. The tears I cry now and EVERY time I hear this song… I’m just so grateful, to feel 😭🥹🙏🏾✨
No way. This is actually one of my top 5 fav songs