“Hey y’all, this is gonna be a bit of a surprise, but I am no longer gonna be on ‘American Idol.’ There was a video that surfaced on the internet and it displayed actions that were not meant to be taken in that way,” Kennedy wrote.
“This video was taken after Caleb had watched the movie ‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’ and they were imitating those characters.
They’ll each sing an original song, the performances for which were pre-recorded — Kennedy’s was called “Raised on Dirt.” Finneas, the Grammy-winning producer and brother of Billie Eilish, is scheduled to mentor the hopefuls.