Exclusive Interview: Kris Allen

Kris Allen has had a busy year and a half. After defeating Adam Lambert on American Idol (TV) , 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!