Kris Allen Talks Album Collaborations, Dines Out With Wife

Reigning American Idol champion, Kris Allen, has revealed that he will be working with some great talents on his debut album.  Along with songwriter, Claude Kelly (who penned Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” and Britney Spears’ “Circus”), producer Salaam Remi (Amy Winehouse, Nas) and former Evanescence keyboardist David Hodges and Joe King of the Fray. 

In an interview with Billboard, he said: “I’ve been writing a lot with a lot of different people, and it’s going well.  Each writing session has been a learning experience. I think that we are trying to figure it out and that it’s going the right way and I’m really excited about it. I can’t wait.”

I love that he refers to it as a “learning experience” because too many people go into the studio with the attitude that they already know it all.  The whole benefit of working with others is to get as much from the collaboration as you possibly can and it sounds like he’s doing that.

It hasn’t been all work and no play for the Idol winner, though.  He was recently spotted taking his wife, Katy, out to dinner at Madeo in Beverly Hills.  The photographers asked him how he felt when runner-up, Adam Lambert, revealed that he had a crush on Kris during the competition.  Kris retorted by saying Katy had a crush on Lambert!  What a good sport.  Some people would be so freaked out.