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Jobless Law Graduate Releases YouTube Ballad

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By Alex Aldridge on

How tragic unemployment is. And what terrible things it can do to people, especially the young…

“I got bored looking for jobs. This is set to Rod Stewart’s ‘What Becomes of the Brokenhearted’,” wrote law student Madeline Antonia when she posted this video on YouTube earlier in the week, adding the lawyerly double caveat: “No copyright infringement intended. And beware, I’m not singer.”

It’s true, she’s not a singer. But her lyrics aren’t bad.

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