We met up with the insanely talented Amanda Barise right after she finished up her time on American Idol to talk all about her journey!

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🌟 Her first memories of falling in love with music

🌟 Loving jazz from a young age

🌟 Winning the John and Alice Coltrane Award of Excellence at the New School

🌟 How she came to be on the recent season of American Idol + her experience being on the show

🌟 The Idol glam team + her iconic looks from the show

🌟 Performing “How Deep Is Your Love” with PJ Morton

🌟 Connections she made while on American Idol

🌟 Aspects of the show that fans may not know about

🌟 The importance of showing love to alternative R&B and jazz on the show

🌟 Her new EP “Cute & Deadly”

🌟 What she’s been listening to recently