N.S. teen thrilled with Paul McCartney shoutout after Mi’kmaq cover of ‘Blackbird’ goes viral - Global News

A Cape Breton teenager said she was almost moved to tears when she learned her Mi’kmaq rendition of The Beatles’ classic song Blackbird had earned her a shoutout from none other than Paul McCartney.Emma Stevens said she and her music teacher, Carter Chiasson, first heard McCartney had singled her out for praise through comments on YouTube. They didn’t believe it until they saw video of the comments.“I wanted to cry,” she said.Story continues belowThe McCartney moment was surreal for the 10th grader, who said she learned to love The Beatles thanks to her father, whom she described as a “superfan.”“I grew up on that stuff,” she said. “He used to play The Beatles all the time when I was a kid.”READ MORE: Eskasoni high schooler gets shout-out from Paul McCartney for her viral music videoIn concert footage published Sunday on Twitter by the United Nations’ human settlements and youth branch, McCartney praises Stevens’ recording and encourages his fans to look it up online.“There’s an incredible version a Canadian girl has done, you can see it on YouTube. It’s in her native language,” McCartney told fans in Lexington, Ky.“It’s really cool. Check it out,” he said a moment later.Stevens and her classmates at Allison Bernard Memorial High School in Eskasoni, N.S., recorded the song to highlight the United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages, which seeks to raise awareness of threats to Indigenous languages across the world.Chiasson produced the video, and the lyrics were translated into Mi’kmaq by another community member, Katani Julian.WATCH: Blackbird performed in Mi’kmaq language

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June 06, 2019 at 12:29AM