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From her stoop in Brooklyn, singer-songwriter Madison McFerrin shares her experience singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for Hilary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 — a moment that pushed her to become her best self — and performs "Try," a song she wrote about chasing your dreams despite what others say.
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Try results to efort which results to a result…can be win or lose. Most important thing is to try…
Keep working, keep sacrificing, keep going. You are loved.
Try means to take action! If your on the fence about anything, take this comment as a sign to start that business! Go on that date! Embrace discomfort!
❤️❤️❤️❤️ love this song. You GO Queen
Sorry but Snoop Dogg couldn’t sing this good
He sings?
I know right
lol. Snoop Dogg doesn’t sing, he talks.
I thoroughly enjoyed this vibe.. goes well with headsets hearing your voice say “try”.. love it
Feels like I am on npr music or smh tiny desk
Beautiful! Thank you for the reminder to keep moving towards our true self.
I think it’s amazing that she was able to have the confidence in herself to not only keep doing what she loves but put it out into the world again
It really was super inspiring thank you so much
That song is such a bop! I danced the whole time. Forget all them people who hating on you, because clearly they’re unable to discern good music.
There’s a saying – whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger (or stranger if you’re fan of Dark Knight). You have beautiful voice.
Beautiful. Check out her performance on Colors and rediscover synaesthesia.
I know her because of Carole & Tuesday. Milkway is my favorite song of the show
Love this, so smooth and pleasant
Sound good here. Brownstone is fire too.
You have a beautiful voice, humans are cruel as a whole. I can’t believe so many people would criticize your singing, you are amazing!