Carrie Underwood he was brought to tears during a particularly poignant moment American Idol audition
During the Monday, Feb. 2, episode of the reality singing competition, Underwood and her fellow judges, Lionel Richie i Luke Bryanlistened to season 24 with hope Hannah Harper performs his original song “String Cheese”.
After explaining that the song was written as a reflection of her experience with postpartum depression, Harper elicited an emotional response from Underwood, 42.
“It’s the most relatable song I think I’ve ever heard,” he said American Idol season 4 winner, who shares sons Isaiah, 10, and Jacob, 7 husband Mike Fisherhe said “You might be my favorite person to ever walk through these doors.”
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Underwood continued, “You’re someone I’ll be thinking about when we leave here. I’ll be rooting for you. I loved everything you just did.”
The trio of judges then approved Harper’s progression to the next round of auditions.
The lyrics to Harper’s song read, “Hot wheels and little people under my feet / Crying babies, it’s pure chaos, but I don’t miss a beat / I always knew that nine to five wouldn’t be very good for me / But my schedules expand, that’s just motherhood.”
About her lyricism, Harper, a mother of three, told Underwood, Richie, 76, and Bryan, 49, that her words flowed after sharing a touching moment at home with one of her children. “I was sitting on my couch wallowing … and you have guys, you know, everybody wants to touch you,” she explained. “I didn’t want it to touch me. I was just having a pity party, praying that the Lord would calm my spirit.”
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Harper continued, “My son kept coming to me, ‘Mommy, open this.’ Mom, open my cheese.” I say, “Leave me alone with the dadgum cheese.”
Harper added that once she opened her son’s string cheese, she felt a significant maternal responsibility. “I realized that God had put me in that place,” he told the judges. “Where I was in my house was the greatest ministry I could have.”
Underwood said during a 2016 interview with red book magazine — when the country singer was addressing the lives of young children — that working moms should “ask for help.” At the time, she told the outlet, “Accepting help is hard for me, but I’m learning. Sometimes I feel guilty because this is my son’s life: we live on a bus and we’re in a hotel room and sometimes we’re in the middle of nowhere and it’s not so great. It’s not all glamorous. We have a nanny who helps, especially when we see him on the road. At home while I run to the grocery store.”
Three years later, Underwood did Instagram to share a more honest view of her parenting journey, admitting she can be “hard” on herself. A gym selfie from 2019 included the caption: “I walk into the gym and I can’t run as fast or as far. I can’t lift as much weight or do as many reps as I could a year ago. I just want to feel like myself again… so that my body feels like I know it can.”
After realizing she needed to be easier on herself, Underwood concluded at the time, “I’m going to take it day by day, smile at the girl in the mirror and work out because I love this body and everything it’s done and will continue to do.”