American Idol: Lionel Richie praises Taylor Fagins for Black Lives Matter ballad on season premiere
dailymail.co.ukLionel Richie told Taylor Fagins on Sunday night's season premiere of American Idol that his original song 'We Need More' about Black Lives Matter was powerful.Taylor, 26, a songwriter from New York, was the last contestant during the two-hour season 20 premiere and told the judges that he would be singing his own work.'This is for you,' he whispered before he started performing on a white piano.
Season premiere:Lionel Richie told Taylor Fagins on Sunday night's season premiere of American Idol that his original song 'We Need More' about Black Lives Matter was powerfulHe opened with lyrics about Ahmaud Arbery who was murdered in Georgia in 2020 withlyrics such as 'little black boys don't run outside or play with water guns at night.
They run away from red and white and blue lights.''And little black boys don't go to stores or use their pockets anymore,' he sang. 'Can someone tell them what they are living for.
They want more.' Taylor continued his BLM ballad singing about Breonna Taylor who was shot and killed in March 2020 by police in Louisville, Kentucky executing a search warrant after midnight at her apartment home.'Oh, Breonna Taylor.
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