Trent Harmon opens up about his emerging music career in the August 2016 issue of NKD mag.
The 25-year-old final American Idol champion dished about his audition, making an investment and more. Check it:
On winning the last American Idol season: “Music is such an investment – your time, your money, the lack of money, your family. You put everything on hold, and it’s an investment with no guarantee of a return, and that’s like the number one rule that everyone tells you going into it. When they called my name, it was like, a big return on that investment.”
On his first single, “There’s A Girl’: “It was actually a really sad story. We tried to write that, and we were just having so much fun that it wouldn’t stay sad. We flipped it, and we wrote a happy story….I think we all have [done something stupid for someone]. You just do it. Why, we don’t really know.”
On the Idol auditions: “I don’t care what anybody says, you can interview the Top 7000 from Idol or whatever, but at some point, everyone wanted to quit…I wasn’t upset or anything, I just decided that I didn’t want to do this anymore. I would have to consciously remind myself, ‘Okay, everything you’re doing is on borrowed time. You can quit, but as long as you still have the opportunity, make the most of it.’ When it’s over, technically you’ll get what you want.”
Maddie & Tae bring their guitars backstage at the 2016 Starkey Hearing Foundation “So the World May Hear” Awards Gala held at the St Paul RiverCentre on Sunday (July 17) in St Paul, Minn.
Trent Harmon just dropped his debut single, “There’s A Girl”!
The 25-year-old final American Idol winner teamed up with director Roman White for the video, which chronicles his wild adventure to find his “Girl.” Trent wrote the track with Laura Veltz and Jimmy Robbins.
“‘There’s A Girl’ is my favorite song I’ve written to date,” Trent shared about the track. “I came in with this almost sad story about how I actually drove hundreds of miles only to find out I’d lost my chance with her. We crafted a positive outcome because it’s truly crazy what a man will do when he’s in love.”
Trent Harmon soundchecks for the 2016 National Memorial Day Concert in rehearsals on Saturday afternoon (May 28) in Washington, D.C.
The 25-year-old singer, and last American Idol champ, will be performing at the annual concert, set to take place on Sunday, May 29th airing @ 8PM ET/PT on PBS.
“Man, I don’t think there’s going to be any more moving of a ceremony than being able to look out over that crowd,” Trent shared with local press. “I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to hold it all together, but I really can’t wait.”
He added, “I hope I have time to get there early or even maybe afterward and just walk through Arlington, just kind of soak it all in. It’s going to mean a lot to me. � This is a big deal to me.”
Also at the big event were American Idol‘s Scotty McCreery and Trent Harmon! The show just started up a few minutes ago. Tune in to Fox now!
FYI: Maddie is wearing a Haley Paige top and pants. Tae is wearing a Georges Hobeika dress and shoes by Alejandra G. Kelsea is wearing a Georges Hobeika dress, Stuart Weitzman shoes, Lee Savage clutch, and jewelry by Swarovski and Drukker Designs.
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Trent Harmon takes the mic while attending the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TOYOTA OWNERS 400 held at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday (April 24) in Richmond, Va.
The 25-year-old American Idol winner performed the National Anthem right before the race.
