Archuleta continued in the comments of his post, further detailing his own journey to self-acceptance and asking others to keep an open mind. A post shared by David Archuleta davidarchie. Home Music News. Jun 12, pm PT. By Ellise Shafer Plus Icon. View this post on Instagram. More From Our Brands. Expand the sub menu Film. Expand the sub menu TV. In , he starred in the Filipino mini-series, Nandito Ako, and around that time, took a break from show-biz to go on a two-year Mormon mission , per Entertainment Weekly.
But more recently, Archuleta returned to music. With seven studio albums under his belt since his well-selling debut, he still has 2 million monthly Spotify listeners. He put out his latest, titled Therapy Sessions, in According to Tampa Bay Times, the album was inspired by mental health and hope. And now everyone is going through that. Ever-earnest Archuleta added that he poured his feelings about the industry, and about resilience, into the album.
And I don't want to, but it was a lot of prayer," he recalled. But the reason I made it public, I guess, is so that I didn't feel like I had to hide something from people, like I want to be honest and real with people, as real as I can.
The response from various artist friends "I don't like to name drop" and his American Idol family, including season seven winner David Cook , who reached out to tell him he was proud, was "so kind, so supportive," Archuleta said.
It also meant a lot to hear from fellow contestant Brooke White , who is Mormon, as he is, and was "one of the first people I shared a few years back that I was struggling with figuring out my sexuality. To be clear, he added, he did not write that post for attention or with the expectation that anyone would reach out. Rather, one day he was simply doing yard work and he got the message from on high that it was time to share what he'd been going through. It was a message he resisted at first, Archuleta explained, thinking he wasn't ready, that he wasn't sure how his more religious fans would react, the singer having a big following among fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
But he ultimately sensed that it was time, regardless. I don't know. I just knew I needed to do it. Raised with his four siblings in a deeply religious household by mom Guadalupe , a salsa singer and dancer originally from Honduras, and his musician dad Jeff Archuleta , who's of Spanish, German and Irish descent, Archuleta admits that he felt his sexuality was at odds with his faith.
He struggled especially with the realization that his future might not include the traditional version of a family that he grew up assuming he would have. But I'm coming to terms with my own journey, and I've actually tried to get into relationships, I've tried to move forward with marriage in the past, and it just always ended up being really, really I don't know how to describe it.
Just, it turned out to be completely not how I would have hoped it would have gone. As far as his thoughts on having a family in the future, he admitted, "I don't know what it means for me anymore. Not that he isn't aware that he does have options, but, he explained, "I have to be more open to what that can mean.
And what those options would be. It's a new process for me. Overall, to Archuleta, having kids would mean the chance "to pass on everything that I've learned, to help them have a good life and to be kind, and to help just make a positive impact, wherever they are—and however they are. I still find that beautiful, because there's nothing more beautiful than to share. And I feel like family is such a great place to share and to find purpose and meaning for oneself, especially when we get older.
If the singer still sounds a little hesitant about becoming a dad one day, that's because he's still working on directing that kindness he speaks of inward. I've had to accept that, for example, I'm more attracted to guys.
And that's been hard for me, coming from a standpoint of my belief is I'm supposed to be married to a woman. He remembered the "devastation" he felt when he realized that wasn't what he wanted and no longer knew what was going to happen. But eventually, Archuleta continued, "It's like, okay, do I choose to be single then for the rest of my life? God always also said it's not good for man to be alone.
It's been "really hard" to wrap his mind around, he said. Needless to say, he's done a lot of praying, and he considers it a plus that this turning point has forced him to really see himself. Archuleta shared, "I feel like God is saying, 'David, you're a lot more judgmental towards yourself.
And the belief that you're created for who you are, you're a lot more judgmental than I am towards you, because I created you, I know what you're going through. And I know the turmoil that you're gonna have to face moving forward in your life from this point.
But do you trust me? Already a devoted uncle to his nieces and nephews, Archuleta was inspired to share some of the insight he's gleaned from his own prayer regimen in his debut children's book, My Little Prayer , inspired by his song of the same name, which acknowledges that having a relationship with God can feel pretty one-sided sometimes but, as with most things, it's a process. It's about "just being real with God," he said, and showing gratitude but also feeling free to admit you're disappointed or frustrated, or unsatisfied with the information at hand.
Archuleta has been praying his whole life, but he too is "still learning," he insisted. Nope, this is what I think God has already said, and it can't be anything else. When it comes to his faith and his sexuality, despite having heard otherwise growing up, "those two can exist" together, he said, trusting that it's all part of God's plan.
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