American Idol’s Iam Tongi Honors Late Father with ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’

A recent American Idol winner has released a new song and video in which he honors his late father.

Iam Tongi has a ton of musical talent. He has a beautiful, melodic and soothing voice and a knack for song selection. After watching just one performance from the young man from Hawaii, it’s clear why America chose him as the latest winner of American Idol.

All throughout the competition - from his first audition to one of his last performances on the show – Iam was motivated by one thing: the memory of his late father. The young man made it clear that music was something Iam and his father bonded over. The love and memory of his father helped to drive many of Iam’s performances and song selections. 

A recent post to his YouTube channel shows how Iam is still putting his hurt and heartache over the loss of his father into his music. In the video, Iam sings, “I’ll Be Seeing You.” 

The video is short, sweet, and to the point. The 4:45-minute video consists of Iam on a chair in a darkened room while singing and strumming along on his guitar as he stares directly at the camera. It doesn’t get much simpler than that.

However, like with every other Iam performance, the words and his beautiful delivery of those lyrics will hit you in the heart. In the opening verse, Iam mentions that everything from his late father – his grin, laugh, and wit – will remain in his heart.

In the second verse, Iam admits that while he is doing OK right now, loneliness has started to creep in. Not even those feelings of loneliness will be enough to hurt him because the memory of his father is still alive in him. In fact, he will see his dad wherever he goes.

Iam is a marvelous singer and performer as he consistently showed on American Idol. He certainly has a bright future. 

O come, let us sing to the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation (Psalm 95:1).

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