See Why The Judges Call Kieran Rhodes a Star | Berklee Student Takes a Chance on AGT | AGT 2022

foreigner nice to meet you what's your name please my name is Kieran Rhodes I'm 20 years old from Burnt Hills New York okay Karen tell us about yourself so I was a baseball player all my life life and was planning to play. baseball in college and then when high school came around, around freshman year, I had this sudden urge to learn how to play music, so I sat down at the piano and watched some YouTube videos and learned who Billy Joel was and saw what I was doing. and I thought that's what I want to do for the rest of my life and I taught myself how to play the piano, I learned how to sing and then I learned how to write songs and then four years later I was accepted to Berkeley College. of Music, what a school now, so what is the percentage of people who are self-taught in a school like that?

Not many, not many, it's actually very intimidating to be there, because so many people have been training their whole lives to go there. school and it's everything to them, but you know, I just try to remember who I am and you know why I'm there and you know what I do, so I'm really curious to know why you decided to come to the agency. I think AGT is the best place to introduce myself to the world let me ask you a question sorry, so you write your own songs. I write my own songs. Do you have one with you?

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ed Disengage and what it's about. I wrote this song last semester. In the fall, I went through a lot of depression during that time and I wrote this song trying to get over that and I hope it resonates with you, okay, thank you Karen, yeah, thank you, she'll be leaving soon, packing up. Go up to the store and run and you can't stop it, it's a really high hurdle, but you're going to have to get over it, disconnect, wow, we didn't make a change, someone has to help me, someone has to help me, someone has to help me disconnect, all this is within. your head your life is fine your loving death the worst part is your mind keeps moving but this life is a lesson and we are getting better someone has to help me someone has to help me someone has to help me help me unplug I think we just witnessed something super special in this moment Sophia spectacular I loved it I couldn't listen to you lay down and sing for hours I was so happy that you have so much talent thank you I love your talent you have everything thank you so much Howie it was amazing spectacular I could feel the emotion and I realized that you are nervous but you are a

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young man, thank you Heidi, there is a certain melancholy in your voice when you sing, it was beautiful, you know you take it for granted when you see someone sing and play the piano, but it is very difficult to do and you are so good at it.

Thank you very much, thank you Karen, you are a very, very, very interesting person because you are very talented and from what you told us, it sounds like that. People have been giving you a hard time and I think you know, when I

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ted in the music business there were other kids that I had been taught because I was in the mail room and I was like, well, I didn't have a college degree. , but I just got over it, but it's still in my head and I think what you're going through is no different, you know, it plays on your mind, you get depressed, but I didn't have the talent that you had.

I have it because you are a great singer. I really liked your original song and I really hope that this audition can change your life. Thank you in many ways. Okay, we have to vote now. Let me start with you. Howie, well, it's a yes, yes, Kieran. Have? I'm going to exercise more than 3 000. Yes, beautiful. I can't even describe what I feel right now. I am very grateful for this opportunity. It's great. Thank you foreigner.