UK boy releases heartbreaking climate change song World in Danger

An eight-year-old boy from the United Kingdom could have a Christmas number one with his song about the climate crisis.

Frankie Morland, from Hampshire, wrote the song 'World in Danger' with his dad and hopes it will bring attention to climate change and saving the Earth.

The track was picked up by record company BMG, and now there's a single, an illustrated music video and a book.

He even received a letter of support from his hero, Sir David Attenborough.

"I thought it would be a song that everyone would listen to and like, but getting a single is quite surprising for me as I'm only eight," Frankie said.

The music video is set in a post-apocalyptic world and shows a polar bear stranded on a floating ice block in a polluted sea.

It also shows fish struggling to survive because their reefs have been destroyed.

Frankie said the lyrics were inspired by what he does at school each day, including enjoying the world and climbing trees.

"It is quite a lot when you're walking around the woods and looking at the sky, it goes grey and you think what will happen if all those ice caps melt.

"If this song makes the climate at least better, I'll be much more happier," he said.

Frankie has been raising money for wildlife charities since he was four

His dad, Charlie, is a music teacher, and he helped him record the song at their family home.

"It was obvious it was quite a powerful message, and I could see the reaction from others that it was quite powerful," Charlie said.

The song is available for pre-order ahead of its December release.

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