Leona Lewis and Calum Scott reveal the real reason why they've released a song for Christmas!

It can be a hard time for a lot of people and a lot of people are struggling

We wanted to make a song that just was about kindness and giving a smile, kindness, empathy

Everybody knows what a food bank is, but not many people have heard of like a bedding bank or a toiletry bank or, you know, and that you forget that there are

many other essentials that that people need. Callum Scott, Leona Lewis, welcome to Heart's Evening Show. How are you both

I'm very well. I'm very well. I haven't seen you, Leona, in months

and months. How are you? I'm good. I miss you. I miss you so much. If you want, I can nip out

You guys can just have a catch up. If that's all right, I'll go make the teas or something

Just leaving us to it, mate. That'll be fine. I can see from Callum's background

he seems very ready for Christmas. Leona, how ready for Christmas are you? You strike me as

the kind of person who would have had their Christmas shopping finished and hidden under

the bed since like August. Do you know what? I'm good at like with the decorations. My decorations

are all done but i'm last minute for presents very last minute interesting i would have had

that the other way around calima you were a proper christmasy person i would have had you down as a

last minute shopper oh bro 20 24th i'm doing my christmas shopping so for me christmas is just

dressed up until the day you've both given us a lovely treat right in time for christmas your new

song give a little bit a lot of people love the original i have a feeling they're absolutely

You gonna love this new arrangement Leona can you tell us how this came about please I was actually contacted by Simon and he told me about multibanks in the UK And we came up with the idea of doing this song as a way to get recognition and awareness about multibanks and everything they doing especially at Christmas

It can be a hard time for a lot of people and a lot of people are struggling. We wanted to make a song that just was about kindness and giving a smile, kindness, empathy

And I just love the song. Like, I love the original. So to have the chance to do a cover of it and a song with Callum, who I obviously love

was just a nice thing to do for this time of year. I absolutely love the admiration between you two. It's great

And it obviously is the season for giving. That's what Multibank is all about

Callum, can you tell us any more about the charity? Everybody knows what a food bank is, but not many people have heard of like a bedding bank or a toiletry bank or, you know, and you forget that there are many other essentials that people need

One of the families had said that their little boy had been given a Lynx deodorant and shower gel set

And he was like, oh, my God, this feels like I only ever get this at Christmas. This feels like Christmas every day

And I was just like, it should, deodorant should not be a luxury item

and to collaborate with, you know, one of my best mates in the business on this track

and to hear our beautiful voice again and for us to work on something together

that you know positively impacting people is just an honour it really is That is incredible Thank you very much Callum Leona it been a year since we celebrated your album Christmas with Love turning 10 years old which is an incredible achievement

I've got a new one for you, a new amazing milestone. I don't know if you've heard this one, right

But in 2024, One More Sleep has been recognised as the most played modern Christmas song of the 21st century

How does that make you feel? It's amazing. I mean, yeah, every year I'm so blown away

in a way by how much like people like integrating it into their Christmas and want to hear it still

so yeah blessings is so beautiful incredible and Callum we're very excited to see you touring with

Take That must have been an incredible experience were there any standout moments like on any of the

nights or just on tour with the lads I mean you know there's one night in particular I sang for

very chill, His Majesty for the coronation. That was pretty incredible. And then

since then, I've talked with Ed Sheeran. Where does it stop? I mean

maybe I'm with the king. I'm doing the king. Sounds very medieval for some reason. I performed for

the king. Very game of thrower. And I'm a northern, so I'm basically Jon Snow, so this works

Just before we let you guys go, Leona, last time we had you on, we ask the question we ask all of our guests it's called please stop asking me and just to

refresh your memory this is a question people ask you all the time you not saying it a good or a bad question this is a question you get quite a lot hi i Leona Lewis Please stop asking me what Simon Cowell is like in real life It been a year since you told

us that. Leona, has that decreased the amount of times you get

asked that question at all? It's actually increased. Oh no! Because I was literally

I thought you was going to ask me it again. I was going to say the same thing. It's even worse

now. Thank you. well canon we'd love to know from you is there a question that you would like people to maybe

please stop asking you i mean i am definitely on that vibe with simon it's like the same thing

what's he like in real life but one question that i get asked a lot that i kind of have to like

just kind of bite my tongue a little bit is like oh what was it like on x factor

um obviously his brain's got talent for me But yeah, I always get asked about my X Factor audition

and I just have to breeze past it. The thing is, it makes people feel stupid

It's not nice. So I've just got to carry on. Just let them blissfully be unaware

How many people are listening to this right now going, I did ask Callum that

I was on X Factor. I stopped him in an airport once and asked him about X Factor

Oh no. well guys thank you so much for talking to us today thank you and have a merry christmas of

course have a lovely christmas thank you very much guys have a good one take care