Hannah Harper Sings ‘Mean’ by Taylor Swift on American Idol
Hannah Harper’s Idol era takes her to Taylor Swift’s Speak Now for a reimagined cover of ‘Mean’.
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I am sad that Miss Swift was honored, she is a musician idolized by many but not a good role model in any way shape or form
❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏 Great job, Hannah.
Pitchy too…not her best
I like her voice and her look but she has a boring stage presence imo. Every performance she seems uncomfortable.
Your going to win .your beautiful singer good luck Hannah.❤
Hannah
She did a great job with mean by taylor swift as always so good 👍
She should win if it isn't fixed already.
Who is that sitting in Carrie's place?
Well done dear Chris! You interpreted the song so beautifully and with such sweet emotion! ❤
Of course I liked it, she's my favorite. But I wanted her to sing Teardrops on my guitar SO bad 🙁
Better than taylor swift ever could do
She does it better then Taylor!
She did very good, but her strong suit.Singing is faith based songs
❤❤🎉🎉 top 2, hoping!!
Agreed
Im getting sick of AI because of the programming, Disney eeek and now Taylor! Pretty boring stuff!
I love her so much, but this wasn't her best performance imho. It needed more punch, like TS gives it. She should have sung Teardrops on My Guitar.
Love her!
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Good Lord I can’t stand Taylor Swift. This was the worst Idol night I can remember uuuuuugh.😢
Hannah HANAH
Alison Krauss
Good luck Hannah!
Some terrible songs. Of all the singers in the world they picked Taylor Swift bad night.
Hannah really did good. 😊😊😊😊😊
You did so good Hannah Harper you won my Votes!!!! 🏆
Another good rendition!🌹👍
Honey, you could sing the dictionary && I'd vote for you!
🎉🎉❤❤🎤🪕Absolutely Awesome “Hanna”
I DIDN'T watch American Idol Tonight Because I Don't Listen to or Watch TSwift… but i Did vote for HANNAH and Brooks. 🙏🏻
Nice job, Hannah!!!
Top 5 lets goooooo!!!!! I was sitting in my little shack at work shouting like a pre teen fan girl hahahahahaha 😂
She sang the hell out of this song, even though the song is garbage.