Watch the video for Bars & Melody’s debut single Hopeful

After coming third in this year’s Britain’s Got Talent, Leondre Devries and Charlie Lenehan AKA Bars & Melody were snapped up by Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco, for a one-single deal.

The boys' debut single, Hopeful, which is set for release on July 27, samples Twista’s Hope FT Faith Evans and includes verses written by Leondre about his experience being bullied.

The video sees Bars & Melody performing in a school gym, before being joined by a host of dancing school kids.

Check out the video for Hopeful, below:

In related news, The 2014 Britain’s Got Talent winners, Collabro, are set to embark on a UK tour next year along with runner-up, Lucy Kay.

Chart Fact

2013 Britain’s Got Talent alumni Richard and Adam’s debut album, The Impossible Dream, spent an impressive four consecutive weeks at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart and even outsold Lady Gaga’s Artpop!