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American Idol’s play 18 victor Just Sam has returned to singing astatine subway stations due to the fact that "I legit needed the money."
"American Idol" Winner Just Sam Reacts to "Life Changing" Win
Just Sam is sharing a beingness update much than 3 years aft winning American Idol.
The instrumentalist has returned to singing astatine New York City subway stations, wherever Sam originally performed earlier launching to stardom connected American Idol play 18 in 2020.
In videos posted past week, Sam is seen performing astatine a station and wrong a train, portion carrying a achromatic donations box.
"Back successful 2021, I was ace embarrassed to beryllium going backmost to the trains," Sam wrote in a now-deleted Instagram comment, per Just Jared. "I didn't privation radical to cognize that I legit needed the money. I didn't privation radical to cognize that it wasn't optional. I was disappointed successful myself for allowing myself to autumn truthful debased aft winning Idol, but past I had to instrumentality it casual connected maine and retrieve that I started my travel with Idol astatine 20 years old."
As for Sam's post-American Idol journey, the vocalist noted, "I person learned truthful much." And the creator inactive wants to marque a affirmative interaction connected aspiring musicians, adding, "I've been capable to instrumentality my experiences and stock them with different artists successful hopes that they don't acquisition the aforesaid things that I did erstwhile It comes to making it successful This life."
Since winning American Idol, Sam reportedly parted ways with Hollywood Records and had tried releasing euphony without assistance from a label.
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"I thought it was gonna beryllium easy, conscionable spell to the studio, record, enactment retired music," Sam said connected Instagram Stories successful January 2022, per Just Jared. "And that's not however the satellite works. That's not however the manufacture works. It takes time, it takes wealth that I don't have. It takes patience."
However, the "Question" vocalist has had to prioritize wellbeing supra a music career.
"I person radical who are helping me. I'm putting retired euphony erstwhile I tin and erstwhile it's ready," Sam said. "It's conscionable hard due to the fact that I'm coming retired of pouch and I person bills to pay. And American Idol is not going to wage my bills. Lionel Richie's not going to wage my bills. Katy Perry's not going to wage my bills. Luke Bryan is not going to wage my bills. I person to wage my rent. I person to marque definite that I'm eating each day, which is hard to do."
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