‘American Idol’ Winner Samantha ‘Just Sam’ Diaz Reveals She’s Back to Busking in NYC Subways: ‘It Wasn’t Optional’
usmagazine.comBack to her roots. American Idol winner Samantha Diaz — who goes by the stage name Just Sam — revealed she’s returned to performing on the subways in New York City.The musician, 24, shared a clip of herself singing Ariana Grande’s “Almost Is Never Enough” in a train station during the beginning of May.
In a now-deleted caption Just Sam confessed that she had to return to busking to make a living after winning the singing competition back in 2020.“Back in 2021, I was super embarrassed to be going back to the trains.
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,” she wrote, per The Sun. “I was disappointed in myself for allowing myself to fall so low after winning Idol, but then I had to take it easy on me and remember that I started my journey with Idol at 20 years old.
Not even knowing anything about Hollywood or the music industry.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesShe continued: “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.”Just Sam wowed the judges and viewers on season 18 of American Idol and beat competitor Arthur Gunn to take home the prize.
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