Wow, I was there watching this live at the JTF when I was 12; oh my Gods, how the time flies

There is a newer version of this song now out and it is even better!

The way hearing a kid sing this made me cry. All that emotion. Oh my god. You are a good kid, Luca. I hope you don’t relate to this, you’re amazing

YO ITS MAHITO MAKI FROM THE BOY AND THE HERON!!!!

And now he’s voicing the main character on a ghibli movie🥹🥹

Words cannot express how much I love hearing this kid sing this song

...so is anyone else back here remembering how hard age accurate good kid was after being devastated by age accurate percy in the tv show?

Percy jackson has the potential to be better than harry potter but people aren't utilizing the amazing source material but kudos to this kid who delivered.

Rudy was the best character in the book. PERIOD.

I can't stop listening to it! It's SOOOO good😍😍

Luca broke my heart with this! omg!

The song itself was already heartbreaking, and now this kid made it even worse coz I just remembered Percy is this little when it all started. He's not a teen, but a little kid. 😢 ... This is sad.

He was on the verge of crying at that point at the end

Really puts into perspective how much was put on the children in this story. The musical and movies really did it a disservice by aging them up so much.

It is WILD how talented this kid is And it’s mind blowing to think that he was the age Percy is when he sang this Like we all know “oh yeah Percy’s 12” but I don’t think anyone realizes how young that is until there’s a 12 year old in front of us

Did you notice the little guy clapped at the end there, so adorable!

Luca Padovan is so talented…I hope they cast him in the new Percy Jackson series. Perhaps as a certain son of Apollo?

I love how everyone in the comments is agreeing that yeah, the original actors are great, but seeing an actual child performing this makes it hit harder. Like, yeah Percy is a CHILD. Twelve seemed old enough when you read the books at age ten, but then you realize how vulnerable he actually was.

this makes me wanna LIVE!

He has the voice of an angel. So cute!

H-E-E-E-E HAS THE P-O-O-O-O-WERR-R-R!!!😀😀😀

This song and performance is excellent wow.🙂

Woah, this kid is good!

This kid is better then the kid on Disney+

I never knew he could sing am i dumb?

that smile at the end, made my day!

dam

To everyone in the comments who's saying that the cast should be composed of twelve year-olds, and that the original cast was bad because they were "too old", please stop. Yes, Luca was absolutely amazing, and it was really cool to have someone that young embody Percy. But having an entire cast of people with the range, acting ability, and who fit the character who are twelve year-olds is just not going to happen. It's a full time job. If the musical were adapted to film, it might make a bit more sense to have people who are the same age as the characters playing them. But it's a musical, and theater works a bit differently. So please just be happy with what there is. P.S. Sorry if I came off as abrasive, I'm sorta terrible at that lol.

his parents must be so proud like omg i'm crying rn that is TALENT.

I didn’t wanna cry today but, oh well

This is great 👍

Just horrible talent...

I cannot believe how talented this kid is.

Does anyone one else hear a lot of auto tune in some spots? Besides that this is great!! I hate it when kids get a lot of auto tune because they need a chance to improve. I actually think he doesn’t need any, Luca sounds amazing here

i feel like we forget how young Percy was when he went through all that trauma but it’s honestly heartbreaking hearing an actual twelve year old sing about losing the only person who’s ever really cared about him a child just like him was fighting monsters and almost dying THAT HITS HARD MY DUDES

Such a beautiful voice

watching this is my daily ritual, and it's especially because of those last three "i'm good enough for someone" runs. always makes me ache for percy and feel nostalgic for the books.

listening to the cast recording: this is a bop Listening to a kid sing it: crying

I’m addicted to this song, I really want to animate it.

That was sung so well I literally have a teary eyes

I rlly wish I could be Percy on Broadway. Also this kid is pretty good I love this song so much

Yep. I'm crying....sad song. Fantastic singer

its too good!!!!

damn he's good. he's acting too, that's impressive

It's Paco from You, Netflix Series. Cute kid

I can’t believe that’s the kid that got the part in “You” poor kid😫

How old is Luca now? I'd love to see someone like him to play Percy

I love this performance so much! His voice, in addition, warms and breaks my heart at the same time.

This is so damn good. You can actually check out his progress on his youtube channel, he keeps getting better

WHY AM I CRYING SO HARD