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  • Our next guest has had an incredible three months.

  • Her performance in the hit film The Greatest Showman

  • was praised by critics, and her song

  • was nominated for an Academy Award.

  • Here to perform "This Is Me," please welcome Keala Settle.

  • [CHEERING]

  • [MUSIC - KEALA SETTLE, "THIS IS ME"]

  • [SINGING] I'm not a stranger to the dark.

  • Hide away, they say, because we don't want your broken parts.

  • I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars.

  • Run away, they say.

  • No one will love you as you are.

  • But I won't let them break me down to dust.

  • I know that there's a place for us.

  • For we are glorious.

  • When the sharpest words want to cut me down,

  • I'm going to send a flood, going to drown them out.

  • I am brave.

  • I am bruised.

  • I am who I'm meant to be.

  • This is me.

  • Look out 'cause here I come.

  • And I'm marching on to the beat I drum.

  • I'm not scared to be seen.

  • I make no apologies.

  • This is me.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • Another round of bullets hits my skin, hey.

  • Well, fire away, oh, oh, 'cause today, oh, oh, I

  • won't let the shame sink in, hey, hey.

  • We are bursting through the barricades, whoa, whoa,

  • and reaching for the sun.

  • We are warriors.

  • Yeah, that's what we've become, yeah, that's what we've become.

  • I won't let them, ah, ah, ah, break me down to dust.

  • I know that there's a place for us, ah, ah.

  • For we are glorious!

  • When the sharpest words want to cut me down,

  • hey, hey, hey, I'm going to send a flood,

  • going to drown them out, hey, hey.

  • I am brave.

  • I am bruised.

  • I am who I'm meant to be.

  • This is me.

  • Look out 'cause here I come, hey, hey, hey.

  • And I'm marching on to the beat I drum, hey, hey, hey.

  • I'm not scared to be seen.

  • I make no apologies.

  • This is me.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • And I know that I deserve your love, oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • There's nothing I'm not worthy of.

  • Oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • When the sharpest words want to cut me down,

  • I'm going to send a flood, going to drown them out.

  • This is brave.

  • This is bruised.

  • This is who I'm meant to be.

  • This is me.

  • Look out 'cause here I come.

  • Look out 'cause here I come.

  • And I'm marching on to the beat I drum.

  • Marching on, marching, marching on.

  • I'm not scared to be seen.

  • I make no apologies.

  • This is me.

  • Whenever the words want to cut me down, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

  • I send a flood to drown them out.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • I'm going to send a flood.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • Going to drown them out!

  • Oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

  • Oh, yeah!

  • This is me!

  • [CHEERING]

  • Thank you.

  • Thank you so much.

  • Thank you so much.

  • Everyone in the audience, you're going home with a copy.

Our next guest has had an incredible three months.

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