Singing Audition Too Edgy for The Mainstream??

American Idol
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What are you going to sing?
I'm going to do an original song called Need It, and I hope you guys enjoy it.
But you don't need it, you don't need it anymore.
You don't, you don't need, no, no, you don't need, no, anymore.
You don't need it, you don't need it anymore.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
Alrighty.
Thank you.
You definitely, you got a thing going.
When you first started singing, I was like, oh, he's kind of got this like Bob Dylan kind of vibe,
this little, little sprinkles in his voice.
But then you've got this kind of gruff thing when you're really pushing.
I'm making sense of you right now, trying to figure out what kind of,
what kind of artist you'd be and where you might fit in in this competition.
It all boils down to song selection.
If you get the right song selections all the way through this,
you will have your own identity to this thing.
Just be yourself in your vocals.
But I think you've got something to work with, man.
Thank you.
I appreciate that, Lionel.
Yeah, I mean, certainly you've got a real cool like aura and vibe and spirit.
I appreciate that.
I still think it needs some work.
Oh, yeah.
A little bit of polishing up and cleaning up.
And I think for American Idol,
it might be a little bit of a stretch to carry you through all the rounds of this competition.
But let's vote it up.
Lionel, what's your vote?
I just want to remind him, win or lose, a lot of people saw you.
I'd like to give you that opportunity to be seen again.
It's a yes for me.
I am, I'm a no.
Thank you, Mr. Luke.
So my worry is that you're going to get to Hollywood
and just be thrown in there with all of these other people who are like,
I don't know, maybe a little more mainstream.
And it's going to be like, oh, what am I doing here?
I'm trying to think.
I need a minute.
You need a minute?
I need a minute.
I'm terrified.
He's just wanted this for so long and he's worked so hard.
I have a feeling he'll get it, but it's just, I'm just, I just want it for him so bad.
So bad.
