American Idol season 14 is getting ready to declare its winner on Wednesday night (May 13) when top three contestants Jax, Nick Fradiani and Clark Beckham battle to follow up Caleb Johnson as the show's latest winner. In anticipation of the big night, today (May 11) snippets of the top three's coronation songs have arrived on SoundCloud.
The three songs, which will officially be released as the first single from whoever may be crowned this year's Idol, give a showcase of exactly what kind of artist the contestants will be post-show.
Seemingly dubbed as this year's white guy with a guitar, Fradiani's coronation single brings his heavy Rob Thomas/Matchbox 20 influence with an acoustic guitar led mid-tempo ballad entitled "Beautiful Life." The singsong melody is almost something out of Phillip Phillips' playbook but the song seems to lack the emotional weight of the season 11 winner's coronation song "Home."
As for Clark Beckham, he also found himself in the mid-tempo world with the potentially fittingly titled song "Champion." The song takes on an inspirational vibe with the boost of Imagine Dragons-like energy in the verses. And, on record, Beckham sounds quite a lot like Dan Reynolds.
This season's musical wild horse has always been fan-favorite Jax, who has taken on everything from punk rock to pop to the Beatles. When it comes to her own music on "Force Field," she seems to pull from her ethereal voiced sister Ellie Goulding by bringing the EDM into pop. In her rebellious spirit, the song has a strong haunting vibe, with Jax crawling through the production and blending into the music.
Listen to the Idol top three coronation snippets below:
The top three on American Idol will perform tomorrow, May 12, on FOX. The winner will be crowned on Wednesday, May 13 in a finale set to feature Steven Tyler, Chris Brown and more.
