“It’s always been a dream to audition forAmerican Idol,” she toldTeen Voguein 2016.
“But you have to be 15 or older.
And as you may know, [the 2016 season was] the last season.”
Just like that," the singer explained to the magazine.
“And then the next weekend I auditioned.”
Cowell said her stage presence reminded him of Carrie Underwood’sIdolaudition.
“There was just something about her when she came in,” he added.
That said, she almost didn’t perform “I Don’t Know My Name.”
But taking the risk to sing an original was the right choice for her.
She wrote it while working on her math homework, of all things.
“I still remember the date,” she toldTeen Vogue.
“And I just came up with the tune, and then I put words to it.
The song ended up on her debut albumPerfectly Imperfectalong with four other original tracks.
