INTERVIEW: Rag'n'Bone Man Explains The Very Real Message In His Song 'Human'

We're all only human. And no one knows this better than Rory Graham, although you might know him better as UK singer/songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man. In fact, he wrote a whole song about it, and it's appropriately titled "Human," which is also the name of his debut album that was released in February of this year (2017).

Rory tells iHeartRadio that "Human" is important to him in particular because, "It marks the start of this album. It's the breakout song I needed to open people's ears."

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The inspiration behind "Human" comes from something very real, and something most humans are guilty of. Rory tells us, "Folks complain too much about small things. If you take a step back and become a little less self-obsessed, then your problems become insignificant."

And his favorite lyric in the song? "I'm no prophet or messiah." 

The message of "Human" was projected into the song's accompanying music video. In the visual, you see many different human beings, men and women of all ages and races morphing into one another. And while Rory says this ins't his favorite music video, he believes it portrays the feeling of the song well. 

Among these humans in Rag'n'Bone Man's "Human" music video, is one of his friends named Leah, and his favorite part of the music video is seeing her face morph into an old man's face. "I like when you see my friend Leah's face morph in an old man's. She looks proper weird, it cracks me up every time I see it on TV."

Rag'n'Bone Man's Human album follows his 2015 EP Disfigured, from which his song "Bitter End" is featured on his full-length debut record. Human debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, making it the fastest-selling debut album by a male artist during the 2010s