This is a long awaited post. I wanted to post this at the very beginning when I started my blog back in 2017, but as you can see that never happened. So we're talking about the immensely talented, Hadley Fraser.
Hadley Fraser came onto my radar in 2012. I watched the 25th anniversary performance of Phantom of the Opera on Netflix. I was blown away by his performance as Raoul - along with Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo's performances, but they deserve their own posts. Hadley's voice is so beautiful. Not to mention the man is very attractive.
I'm just going to come out and say it, 2012, while only a decade ago, was a much different time with technology. Spotify was not the same music app we know today. I also wasn't the musical theater fan I was today, so at first the only thing I could listen to was Phantom 25 on YouTube.
I had a crappy little phone, an early touchscreen android. I had an app to download music and I just put Hadley Fraser in. It gave me a few bootleg songs from his musicals, but also some from cast albums. I used to fall asleep to "Beyond the Door" on repeat. I still have no idea what show that's from.
I also found and fell in love with "Again" a song Hadley sang written by Scott Alan. Which to this day is one of my favorite songs to listen to for writing inspiration. Have written several different short stories using that song. His voice is just so pretty in "Again" and the emotion he puts into that song with her performance. And yes, even though it is just a song, it is a performance. Give it a listen. I've linked it above.
He was my laptop screensaver for a while and is still to this day the background of my old email. What I didn't know then, was he (and Ramin Karimloo) was in Les Misérables in Concert which I watched the year before for Nick Jonas. He was also in The Fresh Beat Band which I watched with my younger cousin when I babysat.
He's got a whole list of theater credits and a few screen credits. My favorite being his cameo in the 2012 film version of Les Miserables. I remember being really excited to hear that he was gonna make an appearance in it. He was also in an episode of Doctor Who.
He's got a 5 song EP, called Just Let Go, which I HIGHLY recommend giving a listen.
I dream of seeing him live, whether it's to see him perform solo or in a show. However, I don't know how I'd deal being in the same room with that amount of talent.
I hope you check him out and fall in love with him as much as I have. The man has too much talent.
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