Sting has come out praising the choir cover of his song ‘Fragile’ that was featured in Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’.
‘Fragile’ was originally featured on Sting's second solo album ‘Nothing Like The Sun’ (1987)’. The cover, sung by a children's choir, featured at the very end of the second episode of the series.
This version was performed by 14-year-old actress Emilia Holliday, who played the young girl Katie Leonard who was murdered prior to the beginning of the show. She is backed by the real-life choir from Minsthorpe Community College in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire – the school where the episode was filmed. It was conducted by Aaron May and David Ridley.
Sting shared the clip of the cover to his social media writing: “The reaction to the cover of my song, ‘Fragile’, in the new Netflix series Adolescence has been fantastic. It’s always interesting for me to hear one of my songs through someone else’s lens. A great cover can reveal things about a song that I didn’t originally see and give a song a new life.”
“Emilia Holliday and the students of the Minsthorpe Community College Choir are incredibly talented. Together they have created something beautiful.” he ended.
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The highly acclaimed show follows 13-year-old school boy Jamie, played by Owen Cooper, as he is arrested and accused of murdering a young girl from his school. As the day of young Jamie’s trial nears, we learn more about the alleged crime and the part that online “incel” culture played in its execution. Each episode is filmed as if it is one continuous shot with no cuts.
The show was co-created and co-written by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, who played Eddie Miller, Jamie's father.
Netflix recently announced that it would be making ‘Adolescence’ available to view for free in all UK secondary schools to help educate on the dangers of “manoshpere”, “red pill” and “incel” content online.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, praised the show and shared that he found it incredibly difficult to watch with his teenage son. While former prime minister Boris Johnson criticised the decision to show the series in schools, calling it “well-acted tosh."
