Kaylin Hedges’ Nashville audition for this year’s season of turned into an emotional family reunion.
Appearing before the judges for the first time this week, the 15-year-old aspiring singer explained that her father, Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Hedges, is currently stationed overseas in the Army. Kaylin dedicated her audition song, "I'm Already There" by Lonestar, to her dad.
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"It's just a song that sort of explains everything that has happened with us being so far away,” she said. “I just relate to it a lot."
After wowing the judges with her age-defying ability to navigate between her chest voice and her falsetto, Katy Perry queued up a surprise video message for Kaylin from her dad.
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