A well-known pop singer is sharing his rendition of a classic Katy Perry tune. Wide Awake was a song on Katy’s Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection album from 2012. The power ballad, which reached as high as #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 years ago, is trending again online.
David Archuleta sang his version of that huge song, which addresses the realities of break-ups and moving forward. David’s voice has many people buzzing once again.
The Katy Perry Wide Awake challenge has taken social media by storm
Making a song your own is something David Archuleta knows well. The Crush singer rose to fame on the seventh season of American Idol, finishing as the runner-up. On Instagram, he says many people tagged him for the Wide Awake challenge. David showed that he was up to the task, impressing fans with his rendition of that tune. Katy’s challenge has become a massive social media trend, with plenty of people taking part.
Over the past few years, David has been relatively low key from the music scene. His last album, Therapy Sessions, came out in 2020. Last year, however, he announced the release of a new EP and North American tour called Earthly Delights. That was preceded by the single Crème Brulée and Can I Call You.
During time on the famed Idol stage, David redid popular songs like John Lennon’s Imagine and We Can Work It Out. His audition song, which got him through to Hollywood, was John Mayer’s Waiting on the World to Change.
Katy previously said that her Wide Awake song was inspired in part by her divorce from Russell Brand. In November, she released a song titled Bandaids. That song reportedly alludes to her engagement to Orlando Bloom, which ended this past summer. She says that she “struggled for months” before releasing that song. Nowadays, the pop star is said to be dating former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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