Scotty McCreery
Mar 19, 2012
Mercury Nashville/19 Recordings artist, and American Idol-Season 10 winner, Scotty McCcreery has been chosen to perform the "goodbye" song for Season 11 of Fox series.
"It's always a sad time whenever this song is played, but it's definitely a really big part of the show," said McCreery. "I never had to experience that feeling personally, but I always felt the pain because we became such a close family on the show. We were such a tight-knit group of people, so it was always sad to see people go. The send-off song was always a way to stay connected to the show. I'm glad they chose me to do it."
Scotty selected the Tim McGraw hit "Please Remember Me" as the "goodbye" song that will be played after a contestant is eliminated and video highlights of the contestant's experiences on Idol are shown. The song will debut on American Idol on Thursday.
"When you are eliminated, whether it's early on or down the road in the competition, you always want people to remember you. You want to get to work and put out some good music, and through that music, people will remember you," added McCreery. "This is one way this lyric can be interpreted for this goodbye song."
Scotty went on to add, "Tim did such a fantastic job with it when he cut it. Hopefully we will live up to his expectations and he will like it,' Scotty says. "I sent Tim a message and told him that we cut it and I hope that he liked it. He told me, 'Great man. I can't wait to hear it. I'm sure you nailed it.' It was cool hearing that feedback from a country superstar."
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By Jim Asker