{"id":2454,"date":"2025-04-19T22:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2025-04-19T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:26:07","slug":"mky-just-lit-up-the-american-idol-2025-stage-with-a-buttery-smooth-cover-of-miguels-adorn-and-its-got-people-losing-their-minds-this-isnt-just-good-this-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2454","title":{"rendered":"MKY just lit up the American Idol 2025 stage with a buttery-smooth cover of Miguel\u2019s Adorn, and it\u2019s got people losing their minds. This isn\u2019t just good\u2014this is \u201csecond-coming-of-Adam-Lambert\u201d good. His falsetto? Absolutely unreal\u2014like, \u201cwhere-did-that-note-even-come-from\u201d unreal. You can\u2019t take your eyes off him, and your ears? 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