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Cynthia Erivo Musician

GIVES CALLERS FULL MUSICAL AT THIRD STROKE

Available for time announcements between pips, Tuesday to Saturday, except when a note goes up

Existence confidence provisional
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Cynthia Erivo waits at a kiosk in Istanbul, holding a long note while a cat ignores her.
Location
Beside the speaking clock exchange, a few streets from RADA in Bloomsbury
Currently
Understudy speaking clock, belting the seconds when unsupervised
Last confirmed sighting
Holding a long note through the 8:42 pips, Bloomsbury
Observations
Can hold a note long enough to make Thursday arrive on Wednesday.

Cynthia Erivo has taken a post as understudy to the speaking clock, covering the hours when the lead is unavailable. Unfortunately, each announcement of 'at the third stroke' swells into a full key change. Callers asking for 7:15 now receive 'Defying Gravity' in a 7:15 arrangement.

Engineers have tried lowering the volume, fitting a metronome and asking her politely to stay on the minute. She complies for nine seconds, then lifts the word 'precisely' by an octave and the exchange rattles. A cardigan has been placed over the microphone, but she sings through it.

Camden Council has logged 212 complaints, mostly from people late for trains because the minute was held for forty seconds. It has also received 340 compliments, including one from a man who says his boiled egg has never been so well timed. A resident of Gordon Street asks that the 3 a.m. slot be sung quietly.

Guidance for the public

Please check your watch, then stay on the line for the key change.

Actual status (not satire) No death recorded as of 25 October 2026. Born 8 January 1987. Source: Wikidata

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