"Flame"
Single by Laine Hardy
ReleasedMay 19, 2019
Recorded2019
GenrePop rock[1]
LabelHollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Laine Hardy singles chronology
"Blue Christmas"
(2018)		 "Flame"
(2019)

"Flame" is a single and coronation song from the American Idol seventeenth season winner Laine Hardy. The song was written by Jon Levine and Ester Dean.[3] Hardy performed the song after he was announced the winner in the finale.[4] The song was released following his win on May 19, 2019.[5][6]

Background

"Flame" was written by Jon Levine and Ester Dean, and it was chosen for him as the coronation song for the seventeenth season of American Idol.[7] The song however is written in the pop rock genre,[1] and Hardy said that the song is not fully who he is since he is a country singer, but he was doing it to try something new to him.[8][9] He performed the song on the American Idol finale, later also performing in the Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[10] As the song is not in the country genre, it received only limited airplay on country stations.[11]

Commercial performance

In its first full tracking week, the song sold 18,000 downloads in the United States.[12] "Flame" debuted and peaked at number eight on the US Digital Songs chart.[13]

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales)[14] 29
US Billboard Digital Songs[13] 8

References

  1. 1 2 Duke, Billy (May 20, 2019). "Laine Hardy Drops 'Flame' After 'American Idol'". Taste of Country.
  2. ↑ "Laine Hardy wins American Idol 2019 final, here's winner's single". All Around New Music. May 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Laine Hardy: Flame". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Sheehan, Paul (May 20, 2019). "'American Idol' winner Laine Hardy has red-hot winner's single: Watch him sing 'Flame'". Gold Derby.
  5. ↑ Hudak, Joseph (May 20, 2019). "See 'American Idol' Winner Laine Hardy Duet With Jon Pardi on Season Finale". Rolling Stone.
  6. ↑ Liptak, Carena (May 20, 2019). "'American Idol' Champ Laine Hardy Takes Victory Lap With 'Flame'". The Boot.
  7. ↑ "Laine Hardy After American Idol Win Video". Country Fancast. June 16, 2019.
  8. ↑ McIntyre, Hugh (June 4, 2019). "'American Idol' Winner Laine Hardy On His New Single: 'That's Not Fully Who I Am". Forbes.
  9. ↑ Bergeron, Judy (June 5, 2017). "American Idol Laine Hardy ready to move on from Hollywood, get to work on album: 'I can't wait'". The Advocate.
  10. ↑ Krol, Jacklyn (June 2, 2019). "Laine Hardy Performs 'Flame' on Jimmy Kimmel [Watch]". Taste of Country.
  11. ↑ Ho, Rodney (June 6, 2019). "'American Idol' notes: auditions, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia, Adam Lambert". AJC.
  12. ↑ Zellner, Xander (May 29, 2019). "'Voice' Winner Maelyn Jarmon & 'Idol' Champ Laine Hardy Hold Top 2 Spots on Emerging Artists Chart". Billboard.
  13. 1 2 "Digital Song Sales". Billboard. June 1, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales". Billboard. June 1, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
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