Something I Need Faustini would record Whitney Houston's "I Didn't Know My Own Strength". On December 14, Haenow and eventual runner-up East both performed the song live on "The X Factor" final. This version of the song substitutes the words "die" and "killing" in the pre-chorus and chorus in favor of the words "here", "live" and "loving", presumably to make it more palatable for "The X Factor" audience, particularly younger viewers. Haenow performed "Something I Need" on "The X Factor" live final results show, just after being announced as the winner. He also sang it on "Text Santa" on December 19. On January
If All I Was Was Black "I’ve always thought of art as a political statement in and of itself—that it was enough to be on the side of creation and not destruction. But there is something that feels complicit at this moment in time about not facing what is happening in this country head on." "If All I Was Was Black" received generally favourable reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 18 reviews. If All I Was Was Black If All I Was Was Black