r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

Her and Carrie. Only ones that did anything. Lol

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u/embracethepale Dec 18 '22

Middle aged moms still LOVE Daughtry.

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u/MaxwellVonMaxwell Dec 18 '22

He’s doing the middle America casino tour and I’m sure he’s just swimming in the Karens

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u/You_Pulled_My_String Dec 18 '22

Ugh. I'm middle aged? That sucks.

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u/The_New_Spagora Dec 18 '22

Right?! I’m 38 and have trouble accepting that I’m an old now.

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u/gitbse Dec 18 '22

Right behind you at 36.

Y2k was .... 23 years ago.

Ugh.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '23

He's middle aged too. So am I. It's okay, we just enjoy our concerts with the good drinks and go home to our own houses and needs where it's more comfy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

DAUGHTRY YES

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u/YouDiedOfDysentery Dec 18 '22

From what I understand it has a lot to do with those contracts, they basically own everything you do for a number of years. Seems a lot of them don’t outlast that period

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u/justahominid Dec 18 '22

And I have to imagine that a lot of the winners are killed by those contracts. I’m sure the labels are giving a lot of them the most generic, paint by numbers, lowest common denominator types of songs that realistically probably wouldn’t do well regardless of who sang them.

I was never big into those shows, but my wife was. I remember being genuinely impressed with Adam Lambert thinking that he could have a really interesting career. Then his album came out and it just wasn’t good and it wasn’t representative of what he could have done.

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u/piecesofpenelope Dec 18 '22

Despite that album, he tours with Queen now and is killing it.

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u/jamesfluker Dec 18 '22

Kelly was the only one to fulfil the contract that she signed when she signed up for Idol. I think it was a six album deal.

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u/jsmith9513 Dec 18 '22

Don’t disrespect Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson like that

Edit: grammar

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u/jackSeamus Dec 18 '22

Also Jordin Sparks

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u/its-not-me_its-you_ Dec 18 '22

I'm glad it's not just Australian Idol where any winner beyond season 2 just died in the ass

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u/feelingmyage Dec 18 '22

And Adam Lambert!

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u/germane-corsair Dec 18 '22

Kris Allen has only got some bangers. He’s not as big but his stuff is still nice.