The singer gives a brief history of his music career, starting from the age of 5, up to being signed as a teenager!

He explains his love of instruments and writing songs for acts like Will Young, Usher and Britney Spears.

Taio responds to rumours about who he's writing for now, who he is not related to and putting his phone number on MySpace.

The singer talks about his involvement in a campaign to get young people to write down and share their feelings.

Taio Cruz performs his current single I Can Be and a cover of This Is An Emergency by The Pigeon Detectives.

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