2009 Lookback | Kris Allen signs with Jive and does Idol-related appearances and tour rehearsals, June 2009

So much to cover in this post! In June 2009, Kris signed with his first record label and continued his press and appearances as the newly crowned Season 8 winner. This post will have the highlights, and for those of you who have never watched some of these, maybe some new things! Included: an appearance with Smokey Robinson at the big 2009 Walmart shareholders meeting, the NBA Finals anthem, the Huckabee show and the 5-part Idolatry interview. Lots of videos and some mp3s for the completists! Read on after the break...

2009 Lookback | Kris Allen Does Post-Idol Winner's Press, May 2009

So it's May 21, 2009, and Kris Allen just won American Idol.



Now it's time for him to do a TON of press. Back in 2009, American Idol was still a BIG thing and the finale, with its "upset" winner, got a lot of attention. In this post, we'll look back at some of those interviews... Full disclosure. May 2009 was a busy time in my life, and while I made time to watch Idol, in a lot of cases, writing this post will be the first time I watch most of these interviews! Hopefully for those of you who have seen them before, you'll enjoy some fond memories or pick up on some new items. I also have a lot of mp3s of live Heartless and No Boundaries in this post. So sit back, and check out all the media from May 2009 after the break. And if I missed anything from May of 2009, please comment and I'll add to this post!

Promo | Kris Allen does a Reddit AMA, guest appears on a parenting podcast and gets his own Spotify playlist

Kris Allen has done a few interesting interviews recently and FINALLY got his own Spotify playlist. This post will help you catch up on some recent random things Kris!

Last week, he did his first Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and revealed that he is indeed working on tour plans and new music! Great news! You can read the Reddit here or, if you prefer to not read people begging him to play Heartless or No Boundaries or asking him if he's still friends with the Idols, Ang did you a solid and typed up the good questions and answers. Lots of good stuff here!

He also was a guest on a parenting podcast, Don't Make Me Come Back There. Due to the nature of the podcast, we didn't get much news on a new tour or album. But we did get a lot of interesting insights into his personal life and the craziness that was the two years after he won Idol. You can access the podcast episode on Apple or Spotify.

Speaking of Spotify, it FINALLY made a "This is" playlist for Kris like it had done for every other recording artist! Years of my tweeting them about this finally paid off. So go to Spotify, hit the heart to like it and save to your Spotify account! While these aren't all my "essential" tracks - They are a really good representation of his catalog.