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- Fans React To Luke Bryan’s ‘Beautiful’ Performance Of ‘Jesus ‘Bout My Kids’ On ‘American Idol’: ‘This Wrecked Me’ (shefinds.com)
Country music star Luke Bryan offered a moving Easter performance on American Idol, singing his poignant song “Jesus ‘Bout My Kids” from his latest album, Mind of a Country Boy.
As Bryan delivered a stripped-down rendition of the song, images of children appeared on the screen behind him, adding a touching visual element to the performance. The lyrics, particularly lines like “I used to talk to my kids about Jesus / Pray they’d find Him sooner than I did / I used to talk to my kids about Jesus / Now I talk to Jesus ’bout my kids,” resonated deeply with viewers celebrating the holiday.
A video of the performance, posted on American Idol’s YouTube channel, quickly went viral, garnering over 300,000 views in just two weeks. Fans flooded the comments section with emotional responses.
“This had us all crying at home,” one viewer shared, while another simply commented, “BAWLING!” One fan admitted being caught off guard by the performance’s emotional impact: “I had no idea the emotional journey I was about to go on when I saw Luke sitting on that stool!”
Many viewers connected personally with the song’s message, with one commenting, “This song made me cry. It’s like he is singing about me and my kids!”
Another fan summed up the overall reaction: “This wrecked me! What a beautiful performance.”