Nepo Baby Alert! 'American Idol' Contestant Kaya Stewart's Father Is an '80s New Wave Icon

Kaya Stewart was accompanied by her famous father during her viral 'American Idol' Season 21 audition. Details on the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Even in the realm of reality competition television, nepo babies are crawling into the limelight faster than we can say Lily-Rose Depp. In recent years, singing competition series American Idol

Kaya Stewart used to be accompanied by way of her well-known father all over her viral 'American Idol' Season 21 audition. Details at the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.

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Even within the realm of reality pageant tv, nepo babies are crawling into the limelight quicker than we will say Lily-Rose Depp. In contemporary years, making a song pageant sequence American Idol — which reentered the dialog by the use of ABC in 2018, simply two years after Fox axed it — has welcomed contestants with musical parents.

From Season 20's Ava Maybee (whose father is Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith) to Season 21's Haven Madison (whose father, Jason Roy, is the lead singer of Christian band Building 429), talented nepo small children come crying for golden tickets to Hollywood.

Season 21 also options 22-year-old singer Kaya Stewart. After belting out unique music "This Tattoo" (from her 2022 album If Things Go South) alongside her guitarist father, Kaya used to be awarded a golden ticket. She co-wrote the poignant observe with her old guy, whose marvel appearance stunned Idol judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie.

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Kaya Stewart entered the 'American Idol' audition room together with her Rock & Roll Hall of Famer father, Dave Stewart.

"Music has been a part of my life since before I was even born," Kaya instructed the camera during the March 26, 2023, episode. "My dad was in a group called the Eurythmics. When I was born, you know, my dad was on tour and I was going to shows when I was still in my mom's tummy."

For those that live under a popular culture rock, Eurythmics had been an '80s new wave (every now and then deemed synth pop) duo from the U.Okay. Featuring instrumentalist Dave Stewart and singer Annie Lennox — former contributors of '70s post-punk band the Tourists — the Grammy-winning duo is identified for songs like "Here Comes the Rain Again," "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)," and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," which is arguably the most famous of the bunch.

"Originally, the duo channeled the eerily detached sound of electronic synthesizer music into pop songs driven by robotic beats," as put through the duo's Spotify bio. Eventually, the two musicians experimented with their sound, leaning into soul and R&B. Their closing complete studio album, Peace, was once released in 1999. In 2005, they dropped the single “I’ve Got a Life,” which gave the impression on the Eurythmics compilation album Ultimate Collection.

Eurythmics joined the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, the same year Grammy winner Lionel Richie was inducted.

Additionally, Dave Stewart has put out a number of solo albums, together with 1994's Greetings From the Gutter and 2013's Lucky Numbers. As a music manufacturer, he is worked with business legends like Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Tom Petty, and Mick Jagger.

According to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dave is also a movie and TV producer (he executive-produced NBC’s Songland), an creator (he co-wrote The Business Playground: Where Creativity and Commerce Collide), a photographer, an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist.

Regarding his daughter, Dave sweetly claimed that accompanying Kaya on her Idol audition was “tougher than being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame." Though that's hard to imagine, the decorated musician's nerves were real.

After giving "props" to both Kaya and Dave, Lionel told Kaya that she "slayed it." Meanwhile, Luke Bryan said: "You can inform that you just’ve grown up across the degree, on the degree.”

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Katy Perry used to be, too, inspired with the budding singer-songwriter's vocals, even telling Kaya that the judges will "probably be a bit more nit-picky" with her because of her ability degree and data of the business. (Who mentioned being a nepo baby was easy?) We think she's up for the challenge.

"You're going to Hollywood!" the three judges unanimously introduced. For Kaya Stewart, sweet desires are fabricated from this, who're we to disagree?

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