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USA Today
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
King Charles III reveals his favorite songs on Apple Music show: Raye, Beyoncé and more
King Charles III reveals his favorite songs on Apple Music show: Raye, Beyoncé and more Show Caption Hide Caption King Charles III resumes public duties following treatment for cancer King Charles III resumed public duties after doctors say they were pleased with King's response to cancer treatment. King Charles III is taking on an unexpected new role: radio DJ. Charles hosted an Apple Music broadcast released Monday called "The King's Music Room," in which he played a selection of favorite songs and spoke about each one. Charles described this as an "interesting and innovative" way to celebrate Commonwealth Day, as the tracks "originated from across the Commonwealth family and other parts of the world." On the show, Charles reflected that music "has that remarkable ability to bring happy memories flooding back from the deepest recesses of our memory" and said he would highlight "songs which have brought me joy." According to Apple Music, the show was recorded in Charles' office at Buckingham Palace. The king's first pick was "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Charles noted that he once met Marley, who had a "marvelous, infectious energy," "deep sincerity" and "profound concern for his community." He transitioned into "My Boy Lollipop" from another Jamaican singer, Millie Small. Next up was Kylie Minogue's "The Loco-Motion," which Charles described as "music for dancing" that has "that infectious energy" that makes it "incredibly hard to sit still." Moving back to the 1920s, Charles said Al Bowlly's "The Very Thought of You" is a tune that his "much-loved grandmother" used to play. "This was an era of songs made memorable by brilliant lyrics, incredible bands and unstoppable rhythm," he said. Before next playing "the superb" Grace Jones' version of "La Vie En Rose," Charles asked, "Is it possible to improve on such a classic song? See what you think." The king subsequently praised Raye, who was nominated for best new artist at the 2025 Grammys, as "one of our most exciting and acclaimed contemporary singer-songwriters" and played her song "Love Me Again." "Anyone who saw Raye perform at the Grammy Awards will know that she is a great ambassador for British music," he said. King Charles III celebrates 76th birthday amid cancer battle, opens food hubs After remembering his visits to Ghana over the years, Charles played "Mpempem Do Me" by Daddy Lumba, "who is regarded by some as the greatest musician Ghana has ever produced," and also selected "KANTE" by Davido and "The Click Song" by Miriam Makeba. Charles also said he has been "more than fortunate to know the incredibly talented" Jools Holland and played his and Ruby Turner's song "My Country Man," calling Turner "another unstoppable phenomenon." He followed this up with "Indian Summer" by Anoushka Shankar, "Anta Permana" by Siti Nurhaliza and "E Te Iwi E (Call to the People)" by Kiri Te Kanawa. Charles closed the show with "Haven't Met You Yet" by Michael Bublé, "Hot Hot Hot" by Arrow, "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé and finally "Upside Down" by Diana Ross. He said Beyoncé is "so exceptional" that he "just could not resist including her music," and he also congratulated her for winning album of the year for the first time at the Grammys last month. Who is Raye? Meet the Grammy nominated British singer who performed at the Oscars Charles added that Ross' "Upside Down" is "one of my particular favorites" and recalled that when he was younger, "it was absolutely impossible not to get up and dance when it was played." "I wonder if I can still just manage it," he joked. Near the end of the show, Charles said that he hopes listeners discovered some "new and interesting" songs from "the wonderfully diverse tapestry that makes up the modern Commonwealth, with its rich pattern of cultures that it continues to share with peoples across the entire world." King Charles' full Apple Music playlist Here are all the songs Charles highlighted on his Apple Music show:
The Guardian
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous' Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs
King Charles has paid tribute to the 'marvellous, infectious energy' of the late reggae star Bob Marley, in a series of comments about his favourite music and musicians from around the Commonwealth. In a broadcast released in a collaboration with Apple Music on Monday as part of Commonwealth Day celebrations, the king described meeting Marley and other music legends during his royal duties, as he shared his 'personal playlist of hits that bring him joy'. After playing a version of Marley's Could You Be Loved performed by the King's Guard, Charles spoke about meeting 'the great man himself', who would have been 80 this year. 'I remember when he came to London to perform when I was much younger, and I met him at some event,' the king recalled. 'That marvellous, infectious energy, of course, he had, but also his deep sincerity, and his profound concern for his community. I always recall his words: 'The people have a voice inside of them'. He gave the world that voice in a way that no one who heard can ever forget.' The king also talked of his love for the 'unexpected gift [of] the extraordinary voice' of the Jamaican-born Millie Small, whose song My Boy Lollipop is the second to feature on the King's Music Room, broadcast on Apple Music 1. 'I am always mindful how much we owe to the Windrush generation, whose gifts have so greatly enriched our country,' said the king. Other stars enjoyed by the king include Grace Jones – whose version of the Édith Piaf classic La Vie en rose is included – as well as Jools Holland and Ruby Turner, and Michael Bublé. Having said on Thursday that he was a fan of the Australian 'princess of pop', Monday's broadcast reveals that the king's Kylie Minogue track of choice is The Loco-Motion. Talking about a performance Minogue – an ambassador of the King's Trust – gave in 2012 before the diamond jubilee visit to Australia, he described the song as 'music for dancing', adding: 'Again, it has that infectious energy which makes it, I find, incredibly hard to sit still! There is such an irresistibly joyous feeling to that song.' In a radio broadcast recorded at Buckingham Palace, the king said that throughout his life music had 'meant a great deal' to him. 'It can lift our spirits to such a degree, and all the more so when it brings us together in celebration. In other words, it brings us joy.' Giving an insight into his childhood, the king spoke of his love of music from the 1920s and 1930, having chosen to share the track The Very Thought of You, by Al Bowlly, because it reminded him of his 'much-loved' grandmother. 'She used to play these sorts of music a lot, and [it] never fails to lift my spirits,' he said. He also spoke of a visit to Ghana, and discovering the music genre Highlife 'and the urge to dance to that pulsating rhythm', before playing Mpempem Do Me by Daddy Lumba. But he explained that his first experience of Ghanaian culture had been at Balmoral as a child. 'I was eight or nine and the then Ghanaian prime minister, later president, Kwame Nkrumah, came to visit my late mother,' he recalled. 'He very kindly gave me a bow with a quiver full of rather dangerous-looking barbed arrows – the sort of gift any young child loves – which, of course, I went straight out and fired into a nearby pine tree and then couldn't get the arrow out again.' Playing his final track, Upside Down by Diana Ross, the king said it was 'absolutely impossible not to get up and dance' when it was played. 'So, I wonder if I can still just manage it,' he said. 'Thank you for listening. I wish you all every possible blessing.'
