Katy Perry Cries After School Shooting Survivor’s Emotional ‘Idol’ Performance: Our Country Has ‘Failed Us’

Trey Louis’s performance volition spell down arsenic 1 of the astir affectional and important American Idol auditions. The 21-year-old mattress salesman revealed to the judges during the February 26 episode that helium is simply a Sante Fe High School shooting survivor. When asked wherefore helium wanted to bash the show, Trey said helium wanted to “bring immoderate positivity” backmost to his hometown.

Katy Perry started to outcry upon proceeding Trey’s devastating communicative and show of “Stone” by Whiskey Myers. She enactment her caput successful her hands and yelled, “Our state has f—ing failed us!” Trey responded, “Facts.” The “Firework” vocalist continued, “This is not okay. You should beryllium singing present due to the fact that you emotion music.”

Trey said helium “lost a batch of friends” successful the schoolhouse shooting that took spot connected May 18, 2018. The vocalist was successful the 2nd creation country erstwhile the gunman archetypal opened fire. The gunman yet changeable up his creation room. Ten radical mislaid their lives that day, including 8 students.

“I anticipation that you punctual radical that we person to change. Because you cognize what, I’m scared, too,” Katy said arsenic she cried. Lionel Richie wiped distant a tear. Luke Bryan enactment his manus connected Katy’s enarthrosis to comfortableness her.

Lionel decided to enactment Trey’s show to a vote. Lionel gave Trey his archetypal “yes” and said helium “can’t hold to see” him successful Hollywood. Luke got choked up earlier telling Trey, “You’re perfect.” Katy thanked Trey and gave him his 3rd and last “yes.”

Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan connected ‘American Idol.’ (ABC)

All the judges hugged Trey aft this affectional moment. After they told Trey that helium was going to Hollywood, the judges took a infinitesimal to decompress. Luke hugged some Katy and Lionel.

At the time, the 2018 Sante Fe High School shooting was the deadliest schoolhouse shooting successful Texas. Unfortunately, successful May 2022, the devastating Robb Elementary School shooting that took spot successful Uvalde surpassed Sante Fe with 22 deaths. In the aftermath of the Uvalde schoolhouse shooting, President Biden signed a bipartisan weapon information measure into law. The measure became 1 of the astir important pieces of weapon information authorities successful decades.

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