JMarie Sings "Before He Cheats" And Says It's A Hood Anthem - American Idol 2025

What are you going to sing for us? Well, this is a hood anthem, Carrie. I'm sorry. It is. All my girls in the middle of the song. A hood anthem. Yes, honey, it is. And it's before he cheats. Hey! It definitely is. Have you ever had it called a hood? I don't think so. Hey, I love it. All my girls on the block, we know that song word for word. It speaks to us, Carrie. It speaks to us. Have y'all actually been keying cars? That's not great. Don't do that. That's not, no, you can't ask that. Or baseball bats to the windows. It's a secret. Well, let's hear this. Just don't ask him. Right now, he's probably slow dancing with some bleach blonde trap and she's probably getting frisky. Right now, he's probably buying her some fruity little drink and she can't shoot a whiskey. Right now, he's probably up behind her with a pool stick showing how to shoot a combo. But he don't know how I dug my keys into the side of his pretty little swooped up four-wheel drive. I carved my name into his leather seat. I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights. Smashed a hole in all four tires. Maybe next time we'll thank. Before he cheats. All right, all right. I might have saved a little trouble for the next girl. Because the next time that he cheats, oh, you know it won't be on me. Wow. No, no, no, no, no, no, not on me. Oh, because I dug my keys into the side of his pretty little swooped up four-wheel drive. I carved my name into those leather seats. I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights. Shot a hole in all four tires. Maybe next time we'll thank. Before he cheats. Before he cheats, before he cheats, before he cheats, before he cheats, before he cheats. You know. Oh, before he cheats. Because he ain't that dumb. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, way to do it. What a way to kick things off. Hell, yeah, I felt it in my bones. That was just real, honey. I'm going to be real honest. I was a little worried, like coming into sitting here, that people would sing my songs to me. But you made it your own. I forgot about myself ever having sung that song. And it was like I'd heard it for the first time. And that was, it was effortless. Thank you. Amazing. But I'm mad at you for not trying out sooner. I know, thank you guys. I just want to tell people tell me that I wasn't pretty enough. I wasn't slim enough. Come on. And I just psyched myself out. And I was scared. I'm sorry. Don't be sorry. We're glad you're here. Yeah. Thank you. You made it yours. And you came with attitude. Forget about the times you missed. This is the right time. OK, and you slayed it. Thank you, thank you so much. What'd you say at the end? I know he ain't that dumb. Yeah, Kari was probably like, I should have put that in there. We'll steal it. You know, from here on out, I think you take all your worries of stuff that people have done to hold you back. Just shed all that, because that was a very great job. I mean, I can't believe this is like right off the bat. Right off the top. Off the bat. Right off the bat. There you go. Louisville Slugger, baby. Right off the bat onto the headlights. Right out of the box. It's a yes for me. So much yes-ness. From here. Yes, baby. It's a big old yes for me. And you're going to Hollywood. Congratulations. Oh my God, y'all come get it. All right, Kari, you hand it out. There you go. Thank you, my queen.