I changed my song at 3 am and had to be ready 5 am and I never heard that song before. I did that song last season during Hollywood Week. I wanted to choose a song that I could deliver with emotion that could tell my story and what I’m going through, so I chose ‘Cry Baby’ by Janis Joplin. I wanted to choose a song that had those elements, but I also wanted to keep my soulful New Orleans style and mix them both. I immediately went into the studio and picked songs to sing so I could hear my voice crystal clear with no distractions and work on those beautiful pretty long note tones that I’m not really comfortable with. I can sing pretty, beautiful, held out long emotional notes instead of just New Orleans blues style music. But I learned last season that I need to show I can sing different things. I’m from Louisiana and that’s just what I’ve been doing my whole life in this industry in New Orleans. “Last season I chose songs that represented the areas of my voice that I was good in – very soulful, bluesy sounds. The next step was for Becnel to choose which song she was going to perform for her one shot to join the season 19 top 10.
I got really into God and I just truly dug deep and found out exactly what I need to change and how to do it to become a better version of myself for the show.”
“I couldn’t have been more excited because it sped up my process of growth, knowing I was going to California on this date.
I started a YouTube channel after the show to really get comfortable talking to a camera and opening up and showing my true self as an artist and as a human.”īecnel was in a car heading to a friend’s house when she got the call inviting her back to Idol. I wanted to show my vulnerable side as an artist. “If it wasn’t for this show, I wouldn’t have learned how much work I needed to do. But I knew that when was over, I had a lot of work to do and I was eager to grow,” Becnel tells Billboard. “When the judges critiqued me and certain parts of my voice, it was hard to grasp in the moment.