What the World Saw
Copyright© 2026 by Marc Nobbs
Part 9: Social Media Reaction to Kayla’s TV and Radio Performances on Friday 10th January
Companion to A Healing Love, Chapter 5: Tagging Along
Friday 10th January 2014
Tweets during Kayla’s Performance with #ThisMorning 11:22 a.m.
@ChloeGman: Guys, turn over to ITV right now! Seriously. @KaylaV is about to sing “A Woman’s Work” live on @thismorning. You do not want to miss this. #ThisMorning #NeverSendAMan
@LizzieC1984: Wait who is this Kayla Valentine girl and why has the whole #ThisMorning studio just gone completely silent?
@DaveOnDays: @ChloeGman was only watching cause Chloe is on but this American girl can properly sing. #ThisMorning
@RachMorgs86: @ChloeGman Mum has actually put the Hoover down. This may be the highest praise any singer has ever received in our house. #ThisMorning
@ClaireInKent: @ChloeGman I don’t like country music. I appear to like Kayla Valentine. What a voice! #ThisMorning
@TeaAndTelly: Why am I crying into a piece of toast at quarter past eleven on a Friday morning? #ThisMorning
@SophieR_91: She isn’t so much singing into that microphone as telling it every secret she has ever had. Blimey. #ThisMorning
@JulieM1968: My husband has suddenly become extremely interested in This Morning. Can’t think why #ThisMorning
@EmLouNurse: She looks so young and sounds as though she has lived three lifetimes. What a voice. #ThisMorning
@TomBarker87: Is this actually live? Because if it is, she might be one of the best singers they’ve ever had on here. #ThisMorning
@EmLouNurse: @TomBarker87 Yes, it’s live. You could hear her breathe before the second verse. Absolutely extraordinary.
@BrummieJen5: this is the song from the new @ChloeGman film. Going to see it tonight. Had no idea the singer was this good but where’s Tina? #ThisMorning
@DebsAtHome: I was making tea and had to come back into the room when I heard the girl singing. Who IS she? #ThisMorning
@GavinMoss: That last note. Good grief. Extraordinary #ThisMorning
Tweets immediately after Kayla’s Performance 11:26 a.m.
@hollywills: That voice! Absolutely beautiful, @KaylaV. I don’t think anyone in the studio breathed for four minutes. xxx #WomansWork
@Kev_Mate: @hollywills Missus has you lot on in the background. Gotta admit, that dixie lass has some serious pipes. Proper talent that, no auto-tune nonsense.
@BrendaFromBolton: @hollywillsThat was proper beautiful gave me chills my husband even put his paper down to watch and he never does that!
@thismorning: Wow! What a stunning performance of #WomanWork from the incredibly talented @KaylaV 🌟
@Gaz_Whitmore: @thismorning @KaylaV never heard of this girl before today but I’ve just bought the single, my nan’s gonna love this
@kevbuildsit: @thismorning @KaylaV me and the missus both just stopped what we were doing to watch, she’s got some voice on her hasn’t she
@thismorning: If @KaylaV stopped you in your tracks too, or if you missed it, we’ll have her full performance on YouTube later today. #ThisMorning#ThisMorning #WomansWork
@Schofe: That was rather special. Absolutely breathtaking. What a voice @KaylaV has. Not a dry eye in the studio. #ThisMorning #WomansWork
@teacup_nan: @Schofe Beautiful voice made an old woman cry into her cup of tea this morning x
@ChloeGman: Wasn’t she absolutely amazing?! that was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard 😭 Go download ‘A Woman’s Work’ right now so we can get her to Number 1 where she belongs! #WomansWork
@LizzieC1984: @ChloeGman Done. Hadn’t heard of her ten minutes ago and I’ve just bought the single. Happy now?
@ShellParkes: @ChloeGman I downloaded it before you even asked. That performance was stunning.
@KaylaV: Thank y’all @thismorning @hollywills @Schofe @ChloeGman and everyone watching at home. This Alabama girl felt so welcome. It was an absolute honour to sing for you all. xx
@thismorning: @KaylaV You’re welcome back any time. Doing anything on Monday?
@MusicMumUK: Kayla Valentine. Remember the name. We’re going to be hearing a lot more of her. #WomansWork
@SharonBySea: If that isn’t in the top ten by Sunday there is no justice. Beautiful song, ridiculous voice. #ThisMorning
@DaveOnDays: That accent when she started talking! I love me a southern belle can we keep her? #ThisMorning
@AmyR1986: For once #ThisMorning has introduced me to someone I genuinely want to hear again.
@TeaAndTelly: Wait she has two albums already? Where on earth has America been hiding her?
Tweets from USA before Kayla’s Performance on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. 12:10 p.m.
@BamaSarah99: Are there any UK folks who can help a Bama girl out? How do I listen to British radio in the US? @KaylaV is going to be singing live on UK Radio soon & I need the audio stream
@SweetTeaMaddie: @BamaSarah99 You can listen live on the BBC website! I’m up way too early in Bama for this but anything for @KaylaV! Got my coffee and I am ready to go! ☕🥱🎶
@CountryBoy5858z: Set my alarm for 5:30 AM just to hear my girl @KaylaV on English radio. Cant wait!
@TN_musiclover: i’m in Nashville rn is there any way to listen to @KaylaV online?? does the BBC stream work over here
@bama_belle22: our girl @KaylaV is taking over the UK!! is there a link to listen from Alabama or is it only on the radio over there
@TaraBama: Someone please tell me we can hear @BBCR1 online in Alabama. It is not even six and I did not get up this early to be geo-blocked.
@KelseyMaeTN: @TaraBama Same question from Tennessee. Coffee made, headphones on, BBC page open. Which button do I press, y’all?
@MusicCityMegan: @KelseyMaeTN @TaraBama go to the Radio 1 page and just hit Listen Live. Audio works over here. Looks like there’ll be video on the Live Lounge page too.
@TaraBama: @MusicCityMegan I HAVE SOUND. Thank you, ma’am. Sweetheart Army Alabama division reporting for duty before sunrise.
@KelseyMaeTN: @TaraBama @MusicCityMegan ME TOO! HERE WE GO!
Tweets from UK before Kayla’s Performance on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. 12:15 p.m.
@JoOnBBCR1: We are so excited in the Live Lounge today! The absolutely incredible @KaylaV is joining me very shortly to perform two beautiful acoustic tracks including her stunning new song #AWomansWork
@JoOnBBCR1: It’s the theme from the new @ChloeGman and @JLatham movie #NeverSendAMan which is OUT TODAY! 🎬🍿 Keep listening all day for your chance to win tickets to see the movie! 🎟️🎧 #LiveLounge #BBCRadio1
@KaylaV: @jowhiley I am so excited to be here, Jo! I’ve been warming up the vocal cords and we are ready to go! See you in 10 minutes! 🎸🤍🇬🇧 #LiveLounge
@ChloeGman: DO NOT MISS @KaylaV on #BBCRadio1 #LiveLounge at 12:30 SERIOUSLY DO NOT MISS THIS TURN ON THE RADIO NOW!!!!!!!
@JLatham: @KaylaV is on #BBCRadio1 #LiveLounge in like 10 mins. Drop what you’re doing and listen. Grab a coffee and your earbuds.
@AimeeParker: If you missed Kayla Valentine at the Shard Wednesday AND on This Morning just now, this is your third warning. Radio 1. Noon.
@TeaAndTelly: @JoOnBBCR1 Not me listening to Radio 1 for the first time since uni because the woman from This Morning made me cry into my toast.
@LizzieC1984: @JoOnBBCR1 I’ve gone from never hearing of @KaylaV to rearranging my morning around her in approximately 35 minutes. Well played, television.
@FilmGirlJen: @JoOnBBCR1 #NeverSendAMan at the cinema tonight, @KaylaV on Radio 1 at noon. @ChloeGman has organised my entire Friday.
Tweets during Kayla’s Performance of “A Woman’s Work” 12:33 p.m.
@TeaAndTelly: Oh. Guitar this time. I have a horrible feeling Kayla Valentine is about to make me cry for the second time before lunch.
@TaraBama: There’s that Hummingbird. London, y’all are about to find out what Alabama already knows. @KaylaV #LiveLounge
@ClaireInKent: Completely different from This Morning. Quieter, rougher around the edges and somehow even better.
@RachMcBride: Six in the morning in Nashville and four girls are sitting silently on our dorm-room floor listening to a radio station in London.
@LizzieC1984: She doesn’t need the television studio or the lights, does she? Give her a guitar and a microphone and she’s away.
@DaveOnDays: The little catch in her voice just then. Bloody hell.
@AimeeParker: This doesn’t feel like a performance. It feels as though we’ve accidentally overheard something private.
@SweetTeaMaddie: My mama just came into the kitchen and asked why @KaylaV is singing on British radio before sunrise. Long story, Mama.
@SophieR_91: All that voice, and she knows exactly when not to use it. That might be the cleverest thing about her.
@CountryBoy5858z: Glad I set my alarm. Nothin’ better than hearing a Bama guitar echoing all the way from London, England. She knocked it out of the park. Proud of you, @KaylaV!
@UKPopLover: I really loved the big, cinematic version she sang on This Morning, but this stripped-back acoustic version on Radio 1 hits totally different. You can hear every ounce of emotion. Can we get this version on Spotify please?! #KaylaValentine
@MemphisGirl88: The way her voice broke on that second chorus!! 🥺 I am a sobbing mess before the sun is even up in Tennessee. She is representing us so beautifully across the pond!
@PeteUK84: Tuned into @BBCRadio1 hoping to win those cinema tickets for the missus, but ended up completely captivated by that Kayla Valentine live session. Real, raw talent. Acoustic guitar and a mic, that’s all you need. #LiveLounge
@BrendaFromBolton: my husband just asked who’s singing, told him “that’s the one from the telly this morning” and now he wants the album
@kevbuildsit: turned it up so loud the neighbours probably think I’ve lost it, don’t care, this is gorgeous
Immediately After the Performance
@Gaz_Whitmore: twice in one day and it still gives me chills, that’s a proper singer that is
@TeaAndTelly: Right. That’s twice today. I am sending Kayla Valentine my mascara bill.
@TaraBama: And THAT is why half of Alabama is awake listening to BBC Radio 1 at six in the morning. Y’all understand now UK?
@DaveOnDays: @TaraBama We understand. You may stop looking smug across the Atlantic whenever you’re ready.
@TaraBama: @DaveOnDays No, sir. I do not believe I will.
@ClaireInKent: I bought the single after This Morning. I’m now looking at the albums. This is becoming an expensive Friday.
@LucyWarren89: The Shard was special, but hearing that arrangement through headphones was something else entirely.
@SweetTeaMaddie: British people discovering @KaylaV in real time may be my new favourite thing. Welcome, y’all. We’ve been expecting you.
@KelseyMaeTN: Worth getting up before six. Worth the terrible instant coffee. Worth explaining to Daddy why the BBC was playing in our kitchen.
Immediately After Kayla Reveals her Cover Version
@PopAddict_UK: A WOUNDED HEART?! 😱 Did Kayla really just choose to cover Tina Thomson?! That song is an absolute titan of a UK movie theme. I am SO READY FOR THIS!! 🔥 #LiveLounge @BBCRadio1
@MusicMick: Covering Tina Thomson’s ‘A Wounded Heart’?! Is she mad?! Nobody can match Tina’s soaring vocals. I fear she’s just shot herself in the foot here... #LiveLounge
@sharon_ldn87: A Wounded Heart?? Bold choice, that’s basically untouchable, Tina owns that song
@Gaz_Whitmore: oh she’s brave, that song is Tina Thompson’s Everest, hope she’s got the pipes for it
@teacup_nan: oh how lovely, I do love that song, Tina sang it so beautifully on The Lounge last year
@BrendaFromBolton: brave girl choosing that one, hope she doesn’t regret it, Tina’s version still gives me shivers
@LucyBeth_x: girl really said “hold my tea” and picked the one song you’re not supposed to touch 😭 good luck to her
@Cardiff_Carol: Tina Thompson has that song on lockdown, don’t know if anyone can really do it justice tbh, we’ll see
@bama_belle22: “A Wounded Heart”? never heard that song, is that a UK thing? gonna go look it up before this starts
@TN_musiclover: who’s Tina Thompson lol I’m guessing she’s big over there, US fans help a girl out
@peachnpearls_ga: everyone in the replies acting like this is a huge deal and I have no idea why, somebody explain
@BamaBelle99: Wait, who is Tina Thomson? 🙈 Is ‘A Wounded Heart’ a huge song over there? All the British fans on my timeline are having a full meltdown, but I’ve literally never heard of her or this song in Alabama! Someone explain!
@MusicMick: @BamaBelle99 That song is essentially to Tina Thomson what Angels is to Robbie Williams or Wonderwall to Oasis. It’s a sacred British anthem.
@DanTheMusicGuy: @MusicMick To be fair Kayla’s voice is so subtle and full of light and shade that if she reinterprets it acoustically instead of trying to copy Tina, it could be stunning. High risk, high reward! #LiveLounge
@SophieLovesPop: Americans on Twitter asking “Who is Tina Thomson?” is blowing my mind she is literally British pop ROYALTY! Big boots for Kayla to fill, fingers crossed! #LiveLounge #KaylaValentine
Tweets During Kayla’s Version A Wounded Heart
@DanTheMusicGuy: Oh wow. She’s completely stripped it back. No massive James Bond-style orchestration, just her and the guitar singing almost at a whisper. This is ... mesmerising. #LiveLounge @BBCRadio1
@PopAddict_UK: I have literally never heard ‘A Wounded Heart’ sound like this. It’s so delicate?! You lean in to listen and then suddenly you’re crying. I have goosebumps everywhere. @KaylaV is a genius. 😭
@LucyWarren89: Oh, this is clever. She isn’t trying to be Tina at all. She’s taken the song somewhere completely different.
@TeaAndTelly: Why has everything in this song been turned down except her? I’ve just caught myself leaning closer to the radio.
@TinaTFansUK: A very pretty opening, but this song is supposed to build and soar. We’ll reserve judgement until the final chorus.