You might not hear him performing the opening song for Sunday Night Football like Carrie Underwood, but the Season 9 winner of “American Idol” hasn’t faded into obscurity. Lee DeWyze, who beat fellow contestant Crystal Bowersox to win the season, was selling paint in Illinois when he made it on the show (via Billboard). He’s no longer selling paint, though, and has traded it for selling albums.
In 2021, he released his eighth album, “Ghost Stories,” which American Songwriter called “folk-driven.” On the title track, DeWyze commented, “I’m sure [‘Ghost Stories’] will be one of the songs of mine that everyone will interpret differently. It’s funny how sometimes I don’t fully realize what my songs are about until they’re finished. So many things reveal themselves in the process, and even after.”
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People Magazine also reports that DeWyze’s song “Weight” can be heard in Season 4 of the CW television series “All-American.” The same song was also featured in an episode of Freeform’s “The Fosters,” according to a post from the show’s official page on Facebook.
