Flame (Laine Hardy song)

"Flame"
Single by Laine Hardy
Released	May 19, 2019
Recorded	2019
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Label	Hollywood
Songwriter(s)	Jon Levine Ester Dean
Producer(s)	Mike Daly Jon Levine[2]
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. 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. "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.

External links

• Performance on American Idol on YouTube