Then the singer will hit the road for two months on a 19-stop tour starting in Arizona and ending in Pennsylvania.
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Archuleta was only 17 years old when he won American Idol, which was 17 years ago. He came out of the closet about four years ago and this month attended his first Utah Pride Festival event in his home state.
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“You may have been told all your life who you're not supposed to be and I what I've learned is it is OK for me to be who I am,” Archuleta continues. “It's not something I'm supposed to fix. I spent since I was like 11-12 years old trying to fix and keep it down and it just starts bubbling like a volcano. Resentment and bitterness and self-hatred start boiling up. When you say it's OK for me to just love myself, embrace who I am and allow myself to love who I may fall in love with even if they are the same sex, I realized it's a beautiful experience.”
“I want people to be loose and lighthearted and have fun with music,” Archuleta says.
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