Dad Sobs Hearing Daughter's Original Song For Him At American Idol Audition - Inspirational Videos

Check out this American Idol audition where one dad hears his daughter sing an original song for him for the first time, and he just can’t hold back the tears.

Ash Ruder is a talented, young woman who has had a somewhat complicated relationship with her father growing up.

“I would definitely say my dad is the source of my inspiration for music. I always really looked up to him, and so badly wanted to be a ‘daddy’s little girl.’ But my dad struggled with addiction since I was little,” Ash shares in her interview. “So, he wasn’t really there. I wish that things could have been different. By the time I got older, I was super angry with my dad. But the few times that my dad would show up, it meant the world to me. And I know he felt ashamed and felt guilt. Two years ago, he made the choice to become sober. And that’s why I’m doing this. There is a part of him that is there now that I never saw before.”

When Ash enters the audition room, Luke Bryan asks her if her dad even know that she wrote a song for him. She says he does not, so the judges tell her to go get him and bring him in to see her performance.

While she is singing, there is not a dry eye in the room. Ash’s father is especially getting choked up during the touching moment.

“Dad, congrats,” says Luke Bryan after Ash finishes singing. “Through all this you raised a very talented young lady.”

“You have found the only subject that does not go out of style. Love,” says Lionel Richie. “And your dad was holding on to every fiber he could to stand up straight and not fall over. I saw you struggling but, to be able to make mistakes, your daughter witnessed your mistakes, and she writes a song that says I forgive you for your mistakes. I think it was a great performance and you did well.”

“It was so beautiful to witness this almost healing that went on,” Katy Perry says after the audition. “And if you can continue to bring that same connectedness and feelings, it’s a yes for me.”

Ash got a yes from the other judges as well and she is off to Hollywood!