'American Idol' Alum Just Sam Is Back Singing at Subway Stations After Winning Virtual Season 3 Years Ago

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 during the height of the pandemic in 2020, is back to where she started — singing in subway stations.Just less than a week ago, the 24-year-old singer posted video of herself riding a New York City subway while belting out Beyonce's 2006 track, «Listen.» While wearing a white hoodie, white sweats, orange kicks and a backpack, Sam stood in the subway car trying to keep her balance and snapped her fingers.

She was also holding a box for donations.Prior to that, Sam posted an Instagram video on May 12 showing her in a New York City subway station.

She placed a donation box in front of her and a bottle of water. In that video, Sam belted out a Koryn Hawthorne tune, prompting the gospel singer to leave "❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️" in Sam's comments section.In a since-deleted lengthy caption, Sam explained how she felt about going back to her roots.«Back in 2021, I was super embarrassed to be going back to the trains,» wrote Sam (via ). «I didn’t want people to know that I legit needed the money.

I didn't want people to know that it wasn't optional. I was disappointed in myself for allowing myself to fall so low after winning, but then I had to take it easy on me and remember that I started my journey with at 20 years old.»A post shared by Samantha Diaz (@samanthadiaz)A post shared by Samantha Diaz (@samanthadiaz)She added, «Since then, I have learned so much and I've been able to take my experiences and share them with other artists in hopes that they don't experience the same things that I did when It comes to making it in This life.»Sam made news back in August when she revealed she had been hospitalized for an undisclosed illness.