Will Young – Anything Is Possible / Evergreen
9th March 2002
At last, we reach the singer who has undoubtedly had the biggest effect on my life so far. In fact, I remember my teenage years as pre-Will and post-Will, the second half obviously being far more superior. It’s 4 years since it’s release, and later this year I will be able to celebrate half a decade of being a Will fan, since it was late 2001 when he first appeared on Pop Idol. It’s interesting to note that this is the 18th of the 25 songs I have chosen for this feature, proving that the late 90s and early 00s really were far better for pop music than the time since Will. It seems almost like there is only so much pop aceness to go around and Will has taken up so much that there’s not much left for other singers!
I could go on all year about how much I love Will and how exciting the time around the release of this song was, but there’s not very much to say about either of the songs themselves. I preferred AIP, because it had no association with Westlife and a much nicer video, but apart from that it was the phenomenom of Pop Idol and my first absolute obsession with a pop star that made this so special. I do miss ye olde Willyum.