This is a documentary about Dalton Harris, a singer from Jamaica. He won a rising star competition in his teens, but his big break was winning The X Factor UK in 2018. The show was so popular that it was broadcast in Jamaica, and he was invited to perform at Reggae Sunsplash, Jamaica's biggest music festival. The performance went well, but the airwaves were full of accusations that he was a "Batty Boy", the epithet for homosexual. With Dalton separately estranged from each of his parents, it was a quick trip home before he went into exile.
The win came with a recording contract (and presumably the documentary film team). While Dalton dreamed of filling big arenas, he did not want to do the typical songs written for contest winners. When he finally released a self-written single, it flopped. Outside the singing contest bubble, he was in danger of being forgotten. It seemed that he might, like lesser contestants, be relegated to the cruise ship circuit, singing covers rather than original material.
The lack of success led to mental health challenges. It was not until 2020, when he came out as pansexual, that he finally discovered his voice, and his role in life.
The documentary is well-made, covering the major aspects of his career, including flashbacks where the material was available. He is shown in performance, working with his team, his self-doubts, and one scene where his boyfriend suggested that, if Dalton joined a cruise ship, he could try to get a job as a bartender on it.
