Run to the Sun by NERD. I’ve always loved that song. People always think that Pharrell [Williams] wrote it about a lover but it was about his grandmother, who passed away. My brother was a massive NERD fan – he got me into them and there’s something so pure and loving about that song. I want my funeral to be a joyous occasion, I want people to rave and to wear bright colours. But for the moment of reflection, I want that song.
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Clara Amfo
Broadcaster
United Kingdom · b. 1984
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British radio and television presenter, for six years the host of BBC Radio 1's mid-morning show.
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Retaining my sense of self in an insecure job.
I never said it out loud, but I had this “Why aren’t you like the other mums?” energy towards my mum. Now I am an adult, I am happy that she came here from Ghana and remained who she was, but for a long time I resented her.
Better bike lanes in London.
I choked on a hard-boiled lemon sweet when I was 13. My brother Sam saved me.
When I was 11 and we got Sky TV.
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