David Cook will appear in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The June 26th issue features an interview with the American Idol Season Seven winner and gives some insight into his mindset going into the competition and now that he has captured the crown.
Cook received 55 million votes from his adoring fans – Hillary Clinton should have been so lucky! The AI winner wants you to know that he didn’t have a burning desire to be the next Idol. Rather, he appeared at an AI audition in Omaha, NE, as moral support for his brother, Andrew. Cook laughs at the news media’s insistence that he has become an instant success story. He said during an interview in NYC:
The overnight thing is nice and romantic, but in this particular instance, it’s not the case.”
Cook first sang in public as a second grader, and he played first the violin, and next, the guitar, during his childhood. He entered talent contests and formed his first band as a freshman in high school. He has been all about entertainment people since he was a elementary school kid.
The AI title earned Cook a record deal with 19 Recordings/RCA. Eleven of his Idol competition songs registered on Billboard‘s Hot 100 according to Rolling Stone – a record only once before bested by the Beatles in 1964.
David has been compared to AI alum Chris Daughtry. He told Rolling Stone: “I don’t want to make a Chris Daughtry record, I want to make a David Cook record. I feel like I know who I am.”
Do we detect a little bit of attitude? We get that you didn’t ask for it and now that you’ve gotten it you’ll chart your own course and be your own man. Kelly Clarkson had that same attitude when she won the title. She managed to short circuit a promising career that may never recover. Tread lightly David Cook.
Check out more photos below of other Idol winners, including Carrie Underwood‘s Carnival Ride cover.