Though she was seeded as a favorite early on in the competition, Lil Rounds soon lost her luster and started plummeting in popularity this season on American Idol. On Wednesday night she was finally sent home, but it was no surprise to her (or to us). Simon Cowell told her after her performance on Tuesday of Chaka Kahn‘s I’m Every Woman that it would be her last performance on the show… and as usual, he was right. Here’s what Lil had to say following her departure:
“I actually had a good feeling that it might’ve been about time right there for me to be ready to go,” the 24-year-old from Memphis, TN told reporters in a Thursday media conference call. “I kinda stared coping with the idea that I might be leaving before the show.”
“I just felt like [when the judges] would give me their critiques… it seemed to me like it started going back and forth,” Rounds said. “One week they would tell me one thing and the next week the same thing they had told me the week before, they would flip it and tell me to do the opposite of that. So I was kinda like ‘I don’t know which way to go.’”
“But I had to make it clear, not just trying to go toe-to-toe with Simon or the judges,” Rounds added. “I just wanted America to really know that I really, really am an artist and if in any way I gave the vibe that I didn’t know who I was or what I was trying to do as an artist, I was trying to let everybody know that I’m definitely an artist and I love to do the R&B and soul vibe.”
Rounds also said that she had disagreed with the judges’ frequent comments that she had needed to make more adjustments to her performances to “make them your own.”
“When I would here that I automatically would think… well I would first of all think that I did make it my own, especially vocally. But I guess they wanted me to do more of a change as far as music-wise because when I would do a song I always stay true to the way that the music went with the song,” she explained to reporters. “But I felt vocally that I did do some changing there because I always wanted it to fit who I am as an artist and of course there would me being the R&B, soulful type singer.”
Of course we wish Lil the best of luck, but there’s nothing really special about her. Yes, she can sing, but she never did anything but imitate other artists while she was on American Idol. She wasn’t creative, she never stepped outside the box, and throwing a riff in a song every now and again isn’t artistry or making it your own. At least now she gets to be with her man and her kids. That’s the best place to be, anyway.
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