Kris Allen has had a busy year and a half. After defeating Adam Lambert on American Idol , the aspiring star went right into the studio to lay tracks for his debut album. The first single from his self-titled album, “Live Like We’re Dying,” was deemed was deemed a success and Allen proved himself as an artist.

The second single, “The Truth” was released in November 2009 . For the music video, the pop superstar traveled to the desert with a piano, an old dusty chest, a lumpy mattress and his buddy and lead singer of Train, Pat Monahan.

Ping-ponging across the country while on tour, PopStar caught up with Allen, who was in transit to a new venue where we can only imagine a plethora of screaming fans awaited him. In our exclusive interview, we talked to the star about life on the road, filming the music video for “The Truth” and his plans to record a second album.

Hey, Kris! You’ve been out on the road touring all summer, so can you tell us how things are going?
It’s really good. We’ve been out since forever, so it’s almost like this is the way life is for now. We are really used to it and I think things are going really well.

Practically every day, you and the Kris Allen Band are in a new city playing a new venue. Are you enjoying yourself?
I like traveling, going to different places every day and getting to see the country is pretty cool. The nice thing about going on the road is that every show is different, so that is always fun and the bus is always entertaining. The things I don’t like are the usual, like not being able to hang out with family and friends. It’s been really good so far.

In your new music video “The Truth” you tweeted about doing your own stunts. Can you tell us about that?
It was really fun. The only thing I did was fall off the piano onto some mattresses; it wasn’t the softest mattresses either. They worked!

So how many takes did you have to do?
I had to do it twice, so it wasn’t that horrible. But, it was a long fall! You would think that falling off a piano isn’t that far, but it’s pretty far.

When you were filming the video, we hear that production was put on pause while a rough storm rode through the desert.
The first day we had some pretty nasty weather, but it was actually a really cool storm. When we got up there the second day, we knocked it out.

When everyone was mapping out ideas for the music video, did You Get involved?
Yeah. I think it was a collaboration of me, the director and some people from management and label. We were trying to find a way for it not to be about me and Pat [Monahan] singing to each other, which could have been really awkward. So I think we figured out a really cool way to do that.

What happens when you finish on the road?
Get back home and start working on the next album.

Do you have a message for your fans?
I really have the best fans in the world, they know a lot and they are very involved. You can’t do this without those guys, so thank you!

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Kris did a interview with 96.5 The Mountain. Check it out below. Thanks to overth3moon.

Kris performs at Calistoga Cafe for Your 106.3 in Lexington, KY. Thanks to Your 106.3.

96.5 The Mountain Radio Take Over and Meet & Greet. Thanks to 96.5.

Kris recently did a radio interview Q107.5 take a listen to the interview on their site.

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Kris did a interveiw with Fox 45 in Dayton, OH.

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Some called it an upset when Kris Allen’s name was read by Ryan Seacrest as the winner of American Idol – Season 8 on May 20th of last year beating out runner-up Adam Lambert. Since then, Allen has been recording and touring to promote his debut, self-titled release. Allen brings his tour to the State Theatre stage on Thursday night (September 2nd).

Kris Allen started playing music at a young age. “My dad was a musician, so I grew up listening to music, loving music and music being around my house. I started playing the viola when I was about 8 years old. And then, picked up the guitar around 13 (years old) and never put it down.”

Songwriting for Allen began around the age of 17. He began working on his craft as he played in bar bands playing cover songs for about three hours every night and “making about 50 bucks” (per night.) He released a CD in 2007 entitled “Brand New Shoes” featuring 11 tracks written by Allen himself. At one point, Allen says he was ready to give it up, “It got to the point where it was really slowing down, so I stopped going out to the bars and playing and I was headed back to school and then the rest is history.”

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Kris Allen says that when he won Season 8 of “American Idol” over perceived-favorite Adam Lambert in 2009, he wasn’t guaranteed a career.

So don’t feel bad for the 25-year-old former Arkansas church music director that he’s spending much of his first solo summer tour opening for big names such as Keith Urban, Maroon 5 or Barenaked Ladies.

Not that Allen hasn’t had success of his own. His self-titled debut album hit No. 11 on Billboard’s albums chart, and its debut single, “Live Like We’re Dying,’ hit the Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The disc has sold more than 300,000 copies.

In a recent phone call from Miami, where he was opening for Maroon 5, Allen discussed his career so far, as well as his future.

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Kris appeared at Mix 107.7 in Dayton, OH and did a interview as well as performed some songs for Wendy’s Lounge. Thanks to Mix 107.7.

“The Truth” music video is now available to purchase on itunes!

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