Music crooner Kris Allen, who won the eighth season of 'American Idol', has premiered the official music video for "Waves", the first single from his fourth studio album 'Letting You In', which was released last month via DogBear Records.

While the album stands as his weakest release to date (See: Album Review: Kris Allen - 'Letting You In'), "Waves" is a beautiful song that highlights the best parts of his mesmerizing voice and the accompanying video is a strong complement. Watch it beneath:

On Thursday (April 7th), 'American Idol' went out in grand fashion with an epic finale that celebrated past winners and memorable contestants, and crowned its final winner when Trent Harmon beat out early favorite La’Porsha Renae for the title.

Former co-host Brian Dunkleman and the original judges - Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson - all returned, but it Carrie Underwood, the most successful alum, that stole the spotlight and simply looked like a superstar in the midst of a bunch of finalists.



The 7x-Grammy winner walked the red carpet in a stunning Yanina Couture gown and hit the stage for a rocking duet of "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" with Keith Urban and a vocally soaring performance of "Something In the Water". Watch all of the performances below:



President Barack Obama Congratulates 'American Idol'



Idols Past & Present - "One Voice"



Ryan Seacrest & Brian Dunkleman Reunite



Trent & La’Porsha - "It Takes Two"



Pop Medley



Kelly Clarkson Medley



Rock Medley



Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood - "Stop Dragging My Heart Around"



Harry Connick, Jr. with Marley Fletcher - "What A Wonderful World"



Acoustic Medley



Jennifer Lopez - "Ain't Your Mama" & "Let's Get Loud"



The Three Divas



Soul Medley



David Bowie Tribute



William Hung - "She Bangs"



Carrie Underwood - "Something In The Water"



Crowning Moment

While 'American Idol' has played a key role in the birth of many of today's artists including platinum-selling superstars Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, not every winner has been able to duplicate even a fraction of their success.

Take Kris Allen, for example. With his boy next door good looks and his unmatched ability to break your heart and make you smile through his interpretation of song, the winner of the show's eighth season seemed to be on the right path, but unfortunately, that has not been the case.

TIME magazine doesn't rank him among the show's 20 Most Successful Alumni (he comes in at No.21) and his album sales since winning the competition have failed to pass the half a million mark. A tally that runner-up Adam Lambert has more than tripled.

Instead, Allen has remained content with a healthy touring schedule and a small, but extremely dedicated fan base that remain as loyal today as they were when they propelled him to what many consider to be an upset victory in 2009. With his fourth post-Idol album, 'Letting You In', the 30-year-old offers up very little that will take him from the background into the main spotlight.


On the opening track, “Love Will Find You”, he sings about the unpredictability of love and how little control we actually have on how and when we experience it.

While the track itself falls into the forgettable category, it does serve its purpose and set up the album’s rampant theme of love and its different stages. In fact, as you breeze through the ten tracks, it begins to feel like a musical love letter to his wife Katy, who will welcome the couple’s second child later this year, and while that is lovely in theory, the results are rarely as rewarding as the first single and title track, “Waves” and “Letting You In”.

On the former, his voice is more confident than it has ever been and it results in a perfectly crafted tune that is reflective of its title and moves you in more ways than one, while the latter sees him at his most vulnerable. Honestly, it is a side that you wish shined through more and even here, you don’t feel like he is completely laying all of his cards on the table.


He is far more comfortable and in the zone on the album’s best track “Faster Shoes”, the airy “Way Up High” and the infectious “Move”, but it is his struggle to completely let go and allow his audience to fully embrace his insecurities and fears that keep ‘Letting You In’ from reaching its full potential.

He makes admirable strides on “If We Keep Doing Nothing”, which was inspired by the 2015 high school shooting in Roseburg, Oregon that resulted in the death of eight students and an assistant professor at Umpqua Community College, and the closer “I Remember You”, but both of those feel anticlimactic, which can also be said about the album as a whole.

Final Verdict
With ‘Letting You In’, Kris Allen delivers what feels like his most personal release to date, but you often wish it was darker, more revealing and frankly, more honest. Instead, it feels like Allen is only presenting you with half-truths and the album’s most glaring deficit is that you don’t feel like you know anything more about him than when you started.

Still, despite failing to reach the heights of his best album, 2012’s near-perfect ‘Thank You Camellia’, there are some enjoyable tracks here and his core fan base will probably levitate towards the album as a whole, but for the masses, it only suggests that his “Time Will Come” at a later date and with a better album.


Celebrity Bug’s Key Tracks
“Waves”, “Faster Shoes”, “Way Up High” and “Letting You In”

With his fourth studio album 'Letting You In' available for pre-order online and scheduled for release on March 18th, alternative crooner and 'American Idol' winner Kris Allen releases another new song from the upcoming set in the form of "I Remember You". Listen below:

With his fourth studio album 'Letting You In' available for pre-order online and scheduled for release on March 18th, 'American Idol' winner Kris Allen releases another new song from the forthcoming disc in the form of "If We Keep Doing Nothing".

The song was inspired by the 2015 high school shooting in which a gunman killed eight students and an assistant professor at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Listen below:

With 'Letting You In', his fourth studio album, due in stores on March 18th, Kris Allen earns the honor of becoming Celebrity Bug's Featured Artist of the Month for March 2016.

The disc has already produced the single, "Waves", and the buzz track, "Love Will Find You", and the 'American Idol' winner, who will become a father for the second time later this year, has already announced a tour in support of the album, which was recorded in Nashville.

With his fourth studio album 'Letting You In' available for pre-order online and scheduled for release on March 18th, alternative crooner and 'American Idol' winner Kris Allen releases another new song from the upcoming set in the form of "Love Will Find You". Listen below:

Kris Allen, the eighth winner of 'American Idol', makes "Waves" on the first single from his fifth full-length album, 'Letting You In', which will be released on March 18th.

With a captivating melody and catchy hook, the 30-year-old crooner, who will become a father for the second time later this year, recently told PEOPLE, that the brand new single is "actually the first song I wrote for this record, and it definitely inspired the rest of the album". One can only hope that the rest of the album sounds just as good. Listen to the new single beneath:

'American Idol' winner Kris Allen has set a March 18th release date for his fourth studio album, 'Letting You In', and revealed the official album artwork and tour dates to support the upcoming set, which serves as the follow-up to his 2014 effort 'Horizons'. See the tour dates beneath:

Official 'Letting You In' Tour Dates

Mar 31: WorkPlay Theatre - Birmingham, AL

Apr 01: Eddie's Attic - Decatur, GA
Apr 02: Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC
Apr 03: Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
Apr 05: The Hamilton - Washington, DC
Apr 06: World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
Apr 08: Daryl's House Club - Pawling, NY
Apr 09: Cafe 939 (The Red Room) - Boston, MA
Apr 10: Tupelo Music Hall - Londonderry, NH
Apr 12: Lovin Cup - Rochester, NY
Apr 13: Pittsburgh Winery - Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 14: The Ark - Ann Arbor, MI
Apr 15: Seven Steps Up - Spring Lake, MI
Apr 16: Watseka Theatre - Watseka, IL
Apr 18: The Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
Apr 29: CITY WINERY - Nashville, TN

May 04: Meteor Guitar Gallery - Bentonville, AR
May 05: One World Theatre - Austin, TX
May 06: Dosey Doe - Conroe, TX
May 07: Iron Horse Pub - Wichita Falls, TX
May 08: The Kessler - Dallas, TX
May 11: Soiled Dove - Denver, CO
May 13: Valley Bar - Phoenix, AZ
May 14: Music Box Theater - San Diego, CA
May 17: The Mint - Los Angeles, CA
May 18: Bakersfield Music Hall of Fame - Bakersfield, CA

May 19: Black Oak Casino - Tuolumne City, CA
May 20: Harlow's - Sacramento, CA
May 21: The Chapel - San Francisco, CA
May 24: Alberta Rose Theatre - Portland, OR
May 25: Triple Door - Seattle, WA
May 31: Old Rock House - Saint Louis, MO

Jun 01: CSPS - Cedar Rapids, IA
Jun 02: Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
Jun 03: SHANK HALL - Milwaukee, WI
Jun 04: City Winery - Chicago, IL

Kris Allen, who is possibly the most underrated winner in 'American Idol' history, continues to dazzle with his performances from Gnome Studio Sessions. Watch his performances of "Beautiful & Wild", the captivating "Lost" and "Mrs. Robinson" beneath:


"Beautiful & Wild"



"Lost"



"Mrs. Robinson"

With his band and a cute puppy in tow, 'American Idol' champion Kris Allen performed "Better With You", from his criminally-unrated 'Thank You Camellia' album, as part of his bi-weekly series for Gnome Studio Sessions. Watch the ridiculous cute performance beneath:

Kris Allen delivered his share of memorable covers during his 'American Idol' run ("Falling Slowly" and "Ain't No Sunshine" are two of my favorites), and for his latest stop by Gnome Studios, he delivered an acoustic mash-up of three Grammy-nominated hits.

The former champion mashed together "Chandlier" by Sia, "Take Me To Church" by Hozier and "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith, and it results in one of the best set of covers he has ever done. Emotional, stunning and brilliant are just a few of the words that come to mind. Watch below:

Over the weekend, Kris Allen performed a couple of shows in California and on Friday (July, 19th), the 'American Idol' winner brought out his duet partner Lenachka for the very first live performance of his brand new single, "Prove It To You".

The single is lifted from his forthcoming third studio album 'Horizons', which will be released on August 12th, and during his showcase at he also performed new album cuts, "Young Love (Paul Simon)" and "In Time". Watch all of the performances and sound off beneath:

"Prove It To You"



"Young Love (Paul Simon)"



"In Time"

A couple weeks ago, 'American Idol' champion Kris Allen announced the August 12th release of his third studio album 'Horizons', and now, the first single from the forthcoming disc has arrived in the form of the Lenachka-assisted "Prove It To You".

The single, like most of the snippets alluded to, does not boast the upbeat and pop nature that plagued his first two albums and while there is very little chance that radio will go anywhere near this, his voice remains as intoxicating as ever and Lenachka compliments him well.

Pop crooner Kris Allen will release his third studio album, 'Horizons', on August 12th and today, more details from the independently released set have emerged via the official album artwork, track listing and 30-second snippets of its ten tracks.

Produced by Charlie Peacock, the disc is preceded by the first single, "Prove It To You", and although it doesn't seems as loaded with soaring hooks and catchy melodies as his previous releases, "In Time" certainly sounds like a winner. Preview all the new details beneath:

Official 'Horizons' Track List

01. Young Love ("Paul Simon")
02. Prove It To You (featuring Lenachka)
03. Beautiful & Wild
04. In Time
05. Lost
06. Don't Set Me Free
07. Everybody Just Wants to Dance
08. Parachute
09. It's Always You
10. Girl Across the Room

Good news for Kris Allen fans!!! The season eight winner of 'American Idol' took to Instagram On Thursday, June 26th to reveal the title and release date of his third studio album, which serves as the follow-up to 2012's 'Thank You Camilla'.

The 29-year-old singer recorded the forthcoming disc, which is entitled 'Horizons' and will be released independently, in Nashville with producer Charlie Peacock and with a August 12th release date scheduled, the first single should be released very soon.

Earlier this year, Allen detailed his experience recording the album in a candid blog post to his supporters, writing: "While we were making the record, I decided I needed to listen more intently to the music I love and find out exactly what it was that made me love particular songs. I really dove into the details of the lyrics and melodies, the production and instrumentation, the way that certain artists use their voices. It’s amazing the things you can find in a song when you actually search. When you really listen." As a fan of his first two major studio releases, I certainly cannot wait to see what he will be serving up the third time around. Bring on 'Horizons'!!!

Kris Allen, who won the eighth season of 'American Idol', has wrapped recording sessions for his third album with Charlie Peacock in Nashville and as fans anxiously await details of its release, the singer has shared a performance video.

Sitting atop a roof, Allen puts his golden tone to work on "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor, one of the songs that he says inspired his forthcoming album, and as expected, he handles the tune well. Watch his rooftop performance and share your thoughts beneath:

For the follow-up to his 'Thank You Camellia' album, Kris Allen has been working with producer Charlie Peacock and while touring the road, the singer has been giving fans a glimpse of what his third release will offer.

On Valentine's Day, the fans in attendance at The Natick Center of the Arts in Massachusetts was among the venues to hear some of his new material, which included the standout "In Time". The guy's tone is simply mesmerizing, his personality is charming and all of the new material sounds promising. Watch and share your thoughts beneath:

Showcasing that golden tone of his, Kris Allen, the winner of the eighth season of 'American Idol', premiered a brand new untitled Christmas song during a special holiday concert for Stageit, which took place on Thursday, December 12th.

The enjoyable tune is not his first foray into holiday music, given he released an EP entitled 'Waiting For Christmas' in 2012 on the heels of his stellar sophomore album. Hopefully, a label picks him up and a third studio album follows soon. Watch beneath:

Label issues and poor management have been the downfall of many of the 'American Idol' finalists, and despite his heartwarming voice and boy next door good looks, such has been the case for Kris Allen, the winner of the show's eighth season.

Luckily as fans await the new dad's follow-up to the criminally-underrated 'Thank You Camellia' album, a brand new recording for the singer has arrived in the form of "We Are", a demo taken from the disc's recording sessions. Listen to the upbeat cut beneath: