Iam Tongi, period 21 victor of American Idol, has actually been hard at the office considering that being crowned the program’s champ in May. The 18-year-old Hawaii indigenous has actually been launching solo songs and uploading covers of his preferred tracks, the most up to date of that includes a cover of Morgan Wallen‘s “Sand in My Boots.”
The vocalist’s acoustic take of the track shows up along with a video clip, which includes him playing the guitar setup, with the assistance of an additional artist functioning to expand the country track’s twangier areas.
“Yeah, but now I’m dodging potholes in my sunburnt Silverado/ Like a heart-broke Desperado, headed right back to my roots/ Somethin’ bout the way she kissed me tells me she’d love Eastern Tennessee/ Yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots,” Tongi sleepily sings on the carolers, infusing his very own panache right into the track.
In a news release for the cover, Tongi shared, “I have immense respect for Morgan Wallen, and ‘Sand in My Boots’ is a song that truly touches my heart. The raw emotion in the lyrics and the soulful melody resonate with me on a profound level.”
“Sand in My Boots” functioned as the 3rd solitary from Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album. The track came to a head at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and invested a total amount of 41 weeks on the all-genre tally.
Up next for Tongi is tiny excursion of North America that’s readied to begin on Oct. 25 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. The expedition will certainly make drop in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, D.C. and North Carolina prior to ending on Dec. 13 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, Hawaii.
Watch Tongi cover Wallen’s “Sand in my Boots” in the video clip over.
