Kaibrienne

S22 · Eliminated (8th)

Latest documented update, February 26, 2025

Kaibrienne Richins, from Henefer, Utah, finished in the top 8 on American Idol season 22. Her first single, girl i am now, came out on Groundwork Records. By February 26, 2025 she had completed a 21-city tour, and Walk Away was her latest single.⁠[1][2]

Career

During or around the show

  1. February 2024In February 2024 she wrote her first single, girl i am now, a song she calls a love letter to her younger self. She sang it on American Idol.⁠[1][5]
  2. March 29, 2024girl i am now came out on March 29, 2024, on Groundwork Records.⁠[2][6]

After the show

  1. July 10, 2024By July 10, 2024, girl i am now had more than a million streams. By February 26, 2025 it had millions of streams.⁠[1][6]
  2. July 19, 2024Teach You How To Love Me came out on July 19, 2024, on Groundwork Records.⁠[2][6]
  3. July 30, 2024On July 30, 2024 she performed at Franklin Summer Bash in Franklin, Tennessee, with Kayko and other season 22 contestants.⁠[6]
  4. October 29, 2024Young & Out of Love kicked off on October 29, 2024 in Portland and was scheduled to wrap on November 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, across 21 cities, with Kayko, Blake Proehl, and Haven Madison.⁠[6]
  5. November 1, 2024She is the featured singer on KAYKO's Feel the Same, which came out on November 1, 2024, on YBFFB TUNES.⁠[6][7][8]
  6. February 26, 2025On February 26, 2025 she said she had completed a 21-city tour with friends the previous fall.⁠[1]

Date not documented

  1. As of February 26, 2025, her latest single was Walk Away.⁠[1]

Discography

No releases are documented yet.

Awards

Checked October 8, 2026; none found.

Sources

8 sources

  1. Conversations with Kaibrienne Richins — Voyage Utah, published February 26, 2025. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Home: “I’m from a super small town in Utah called Henefer.”
    • Finish: “finishing in top 8”
    • Song: “my first single “girl i am now,””
    • Tour: “a 21 city tour I completed with a few of my friends this past fall”
    • Single: “my latest single “Walk Away””
    • Song: “until last February when I wrote my first single “girl i am now,””
    • Song: “It’s a love letter to my younger self”
    • Streams: “That song now has millions of streams”
  2. Apple album search for Kaibrienne — Apple. Release database. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (6)
    • Girl I Am Now - Single: "copyright":"℗ 2024 Groundwork Records"
    • Girl I Am Now - Single: "releaseDate":"2024-03-29T07:00:00Z"
    • Thick as Blood - Single: "releaseDate":"2026-05-22T07:00:00Z"
    • Thick as Blood - Single: "copyright":"℗ 2026 Kaibrienne"
    • teach you how to love me - Single: "releaseDate":"2024-07-19T07:00:00Z"
    • teach you how to love me - Single: "copyright":"℗ 2024 Groundwork Records"
  3. List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, updated June 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Contestants table, row Kaibrienne: Season 22, Place finish 8th
  4. American Idol season 22 — Wikipedia, updated August 31, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Top 8 – Judges' Song Contest (April 29) table (Eliminated); Elimination chart, row Kaibrienne: Pl. 8, 4/29 column
  5. Did KB Richins make the top 14? — Deseret News, published April 16, 2024, updated April 16, 2024. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • Song: “singing an original song she wrote titled “girl i am now.””
    • Song: ““a love letter to (her) younger self.””
  6. What Happened To Kaibrienne After American Idol Season 22 — ScreenRant, published November 2, 2024, updated November 2, 2024. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Single: “After Kaibrienne released "girl i am now" as her first single”
    • Streams: “In a July 10 Instagram post”
    • Streams: “this song has over a million streams”
    • Single: “Kaibrienne announced the July 19, 2024, release of the song”
    • Single: “"Teach You How To Love Me."”
    • Show: “On July 30, 2024, Kaibrienne performed at Franklin Summer Bash in Franklin, Tennessee”
    • Show: “They included Kayko, Mia Matthews, McKenna Faith Breinholt, Jack Blocker, and Quintavious Johnson.”
    • Tour: “Kaibrienne will be part of the "Young & Out of Love" tour, which will play in 21 cities.”
  7. What Happened To Kayko After American Idol Season 22 — ScreenRant, published October 25, 2024. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Single: “Kayko released a song called "Feel the Same," featuring his fellow American Idol season 22 finalist Kaibrienne.”
  8. Apple album search for KAYKO — Apple. Release database. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (3)
    • FEEL THE SAME (feat. Kaibrienne) - Single: "releaseDate":"2024-11-01T07:00:00Z"
    • FEEL THE SAME (feat. Kaibrienne) - Single: "copyright":"℗ 2024 YBFFB TUNES"
    • FEEL THE SAME (feat. Kaibrienne) - Single: "artistName":"KAYKO"

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