Chad King's MS Journey: New EP & Musical Wonder

0:00On April 18th, 15 years after blowing up with a great big world, Chad King dropped his solo EP, called The Road ahead on Friday. Its four tracks pulled straight from his journals about battling multiple sclerosis. The 40-year-old musician finally put words to the physical changes he couldn't hide anymore, like losing strength in his left hand while his right. Still worked. That Grammy-winning hit say something with Christina Aguilera back in 2013, shot them to fame but King says the spotlight led him. Ignore his MS symptoms for too long. Things got real during the COVID pandemic around 2020, when fatigue hit hard and he needed a walking aid just to move. Fans are relating to the first single, Change is Hard, an acoustic ballad sparked by a friend's line that being stuck hurts worse than change. It echoes that Universal Crossroads vibe, with harmonies nodding to Joni Mitchell and Simon and Garfunkel on tracks like Days Gone By and Golden Door. Things performing live on the Kelly Clarkson show this Monday, though touring off the

1:03table for now health-wise. He's also teamed up with Bambi Ian Axel on a musical version of the kid's book Wonder, which just premiered to Good Buzz and Boston last December. Both projects hit home for King, proving the spirit outshines the body's limits. He's still creating, sounding different maybe, but his drive remains unbreakable. That's the story for today, Entertainment and Celebrity News, today driven by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.