David Cook & Kimberly Caldwell: Still Going Strong!
American Idol couple David Cook and Kimberly Caldwell hold hands after sharing a romantic lunch together on Thursday afternoon in Santa Monica, Calif.
David, 25, recently sat down with EW.com to talk about his self-titled debut CD that hits stores on Tuesday, November 18th.
On his ‘rivalry’ with Idol runner-up David Archuleta: “Hopefully, because that means Archie and I are hopefully still doing well! In a sense, it’s fun that that whole rivalry thing got created. If you put me in the same sentence with David Archuleta, I’ll be fine.
On his single “Light On”: “”Light On” is an interesting song. It encompasses almost all of my range. It’s all over the place. That’s Chris Cornell at his finest. It’s got some Zeppelin influence in it; it’s got some ’80s hair-metal influence; it’s got some grunge influence. To me it’s like a rock history lesson put into about a four-minute lecture. It’s fun to play, but it is definitely an intimidating song.”
On his comparison to Daughtry: “I didn’t let it get to me on the show, and I see no reason to let it get to me afterward. I just think this record is me, and if people want to compare it to Daughtry, awesome.”
To read the full article, check it out at EW.com.
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He knows darn well how valet parking works … they have been out to nice restaurants before!! Not sure what your logic is regarding being out on a date with his girlfriend before the cd comes out. I think that’s detrimental to his CD sales; hence, the negative body language on his part. It’s a turn off to many many fan girls … especially since the gf is specifically Skankwell, whom so many people dislike since Season 2.
Low Light On sales … I think many fan girls have abandoned him. I’m still hanging in, but slowly dwindling away as a fan girl (my friends too!!).
you say: most “famous” people … She’s not famous! an Attention-Wh**re, yes; but not famous. Agree w/ previous poster, your logic doesn’t make sense. Being caught during this outing HURTS HIS CAREER, as opposed to helping him. He knows it! It just makes fan girls think he’s singing to her … makes them puke in their mouth … so they don’t buy his music.
I just don’t like the woman for him. There are so many gfs he could have picked …. why her?? And I’m not a jealous fan girl, so the pro-Kim fanatics better not go after me (I have a sexy bf too!!).
Obviously, something about those two works to last this long. If it’s meant to be, it will be. I don’t get wasting time tearing the girl down, though. I don’t think that’s going to speed anything up. And anyone who doesn’t buy someone’s music because of who they are dating has the mentality of a fifth grader. And that’s probably overshooting their maturity just a bit. If you like the music, who the f cares? He’s probably better off without the crazy tweens (or their IQ/maturity level equivalents) in his fanbase that feel like they should be able to have some input over other aspects of his life, anyway. If his CD is good, it will do fine because 99.8% of the music buying population is not influenced that much by who he’s dating.
So why are the music buying population not actually buying his music then? People vote with their purchasing dollars, now don’t they?
Light On is tanking (in comparative/expectation terms), and it’s really a good song. Unfortunately, when I listen to it, I get the CRINGE FACTOR. Skankwell pops up in my head … barf ! Not just me … my friends too get the cringe factor, i.e. that he is singing the songs to her! Sorry, that’s just reality = lower sales.
I actually disagree and think Light On isn’t that great of a song. David’s vocals are good but it’s not a strong song. Way better material was on Analog Heart. I get the cringe factor from it, as well. Because he’s capable of so much better. TOML did amazing on the charts and still gets decent play and this relationship has been public since its release so blaming bad sales on Kimberly doesn’t really make sense across the board, IMO. I think the sales are due to people just not gravitating towards this song unfortunately. And I think he may be in trouble with his album for not releasing a stronger single first. I sure hope there’s better material than LO on his album. If there’s more songs on there closer to what he’s capable of bringing, I think it will be a huge success and there’s no way who he’s dating can stop that from happening.
I think there are a number of reasons why people are feeling less supportive (in terms of sales) of David Cook than back in May. Partly skankwell, partly cringe factors, partly arrogance, partly Light On isn’t good and video is cheesy/high schoolish. No one is wrong here … everyone has their reasons, and they should be respected as legitimate reasons. I just think that he would encounter more support if this particular gf wasn’t in the picture, since she is such a disliked person from the AI bunch. Example: Archie hasn’t put out his best, but he’s getting massive support from the fan base anyway.
It may be turning his fangirl fanbase off, but he’s going to get loads of male fans because of his “hot girlfriend”. Sure, some men might like his music first, but once they see that an average Midwesterner has some good music and a trophy girlfriend, they might think he’s cool and support everything he does.
You have to think like you work in PR. The restaurant they’re at isn’t known for having a lot of paps hanging out there. Kim is also about to do that show for Diddy in January. In other words, I’m saying this date was a set up.
if you take a look at the video on the tube, I don’t think they’ve had a romantic lunch … I think he’s being whipped. Oy, she looks miserable and cranky, and he looks even more unhappy. She’s using him for publicity and probably tipped off the papparazzi of their whereabouts. Just think, she got to go to the SNL after-party and other events with him, where she can network to enhance her own career. ICK ICK ICK ICK … she conjures up images of ska*k cooties. He needs to grow up and stop being so trusting.
HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it doesnt ******* MATTER ON WHO DAVID IS DATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just read his lyrics and listen to his music if you like it then buy it ok……and i just want to say i think david’s preorder probably is doing better than archies cause cooks was #2 on itunes and i think archies just went to #8….and who cares if his singels dont do as well the record is more important! you people have to grow up david is NEVER going to date you so let him date who he wants even if it isnt your fav. person
we can still support cancer research and hate kim for him.
Perhaps if some of you knew of Kim’s reputation you wouldn’t think so highly of her. Everyone has their good points, but she craves the spotlight and she wants to live a rich fancy life, Do you think she could afford to go to restaurants like Geoffrey’s? Hell No.
David Cook couldn’t get a pretty hot girl to take him seriously.
I’m telling she will hurt him. She is getting free publicity being with him. He is not all that, but he does have a good voice.
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what i was saying you guys shouldnt be b-i-t-c-h-i-n on who david is dating because there is WAY more important issues that david helps with and we cant really say how kim is cause we never met her so since david seems to really like her im trusting his judgement cause he actually knows her for who she is now unlike you guys…alot of you are acting worse then most of the girls in my class with the badmouthing which it gets extreamly old cause the way that i see it you guys are just jealous which is really sad! GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!
People have said in the past: “Why do you call her an attention wh*re when they’ve maintained a low profile since he won the contest?” I say it’s because the payoff (for her not him) is going on right now and in future if he does well with the CD. Examples: SNL and after-party; hard rock cafe NY; etc etc. She gets herself some exposure, networking with executives; it enhances her career. So she was very patient for 5 months, put out a little … but now’s the big payoff!
Trust his judgment you say ??? He’s 25 … the judgment coming from which head, I ask?
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Caldwell is going to kill Cook’s career. He could have sold 600,000 with the initial buzz, just like Clay Aiken did, but now he will be lucky if he sells 300,000. It’s ok, but not great. No one is impressed that he is dating a loser like Caldwell. She is only arm candy…and he is an idiot.
you guys make me sick
stop bashing his girlfriend he seems really happy and if you were true fans of him you wouldnt be saying crap about her
cook seems like a smart guy i think he can take care of himself and i think if there was something up with her davids family or friends would tell him but it looks like they like her
and so what if she had a bad past people change and havent you ever heared take someones words and actions in the kindest possible way and to not try to ruin peoples name
you guys really need to grow up you seem like a bunch of girls in my class that the only thing they have to do is make fun of people so they feel better about themselves
Alli23 … you sound like one of skankwell’s illiterate trailer trash friends or relatives. I agree with the previous poster, Sandra.
Cook’s album sales are way lower than expected for a guy who rec’d 56 mil votes (yeah yeah yeah … we all know it’s not 56 mil people). The album is already dropping on i-tunes and it’s week #1 only … the songs that are thought to be about the ***** didn’t even make it on the charts … our boy is in big trouble with this cd … and I attribute it to the big turnoff … David dating a *****.
first off, let me make one thing clear: like a lot of the people posting here, i do not like kim caldwell. she is nothing but trash, & i feel it’s only a matter of time before she is out of david’s life for good. now on to what i’m about to say: did you people ever think that the reason david’s cd sold as much as it did is because there were other artists releasing albums that day? think about it. beyonce released her album “i am…..sasha firece” & nickelback released their album “dark horse” on that day as well. also after talking to some people who know more then i do on stuff like this, david’s cd was projected to sell between 280,000-300,000 which considering the state of the music industry these days is pretty good IMO. his cd did sell(and i’m only estimating here)283,000+ so IMO he did great considering the stiff competetion he had. that is all.
David may have had a good 1st week, but keep in mind that a lot of it had to do with pre-sales before many fan girls were keenly aware of skankwell. Many of my friends will NOT buy his cd. His problem is that he’s losing momentum right now. Beyonce and Nickelback have the ability to keep the momentum going … David doesn’t. It may go gold … but I would be surprised about platinum, which is embarassing for a guy who got 56 mil votes. He needs to kick that woman to the curb … stop acting like a married man … stop acting boring. Fan girls don’t like boring married men.
Kristie, I respect what you are saying, but David could have done better. Caldwell killed the buzz. Idol anticipated him to be the best Idol winner yet. Caldwell was never popular…
Cook could never get a girl that looked like Caldwell before which is why he ignoring her faults and obnoxious behavior. She is also on her best behavior because he is spending money left and right on her.
Fool.
Looks like I was on target with Cook’s sales, and that was before I saw the prediction. Sorry no excuse, with all the excitement of him winning, he should have sold more. Him dating Caldwell has taken the focus off him…..and his music.
Kristie, I respect what you are saying, but David could have done better. Caldwell killed the buzz. Idol anticipated him to be the best Idol winner yet. Caldwell was never popular…
Cook could never get a girl that looked like Caldwell before which is why he ignoring her faults and obnoxious behavior. She is also on her best behavior because he is spending money left and right on her.
Fool.
Looks like I was on target with Cook’s sales, and that was before I saw the prediction. Sorry no excuse, with all the excitement of him winning, he should have sold more. Him dating Caldwell has taken the focus off him…..and his music.
There are more people in this thread that despise Caldwell than like her.
Cook is being seen as insecure and that is a poor trait to have in the industry.
this bashing of the girl its just afew people who go around to every site and post and double post. not one of you know the girl personnaly.David does not need your advise. Do you people know the music industry? Do you know that this girl has a job and can take care of her self. Even if they break up he wont be with not one of you.ACT LIKE ADULTS.
Contrary to some of your beliefs, I am not basing my opinions on jealously or thinking I could date him. Please. I am also basing my opinion of KC on what I knew and saw of her before David Cook even knew what Idol was. He needs to see that he can have lots of girls now and not naively date the first ***** that came after him. Of course she’s on her best behavior now but you know she would love to be seen and gloating like she did on the finale night. Maybe she has changed but he can still do so much better. She still looks raunchy and trashy. I am still a big fan of his and hope he has a great career, but I don’t want to see pics of her or hear her loud ,obnoxious , illiterate mouth.
I have met David Cook, he is AMAZINGLY NICE and SUPER HOT. Kim is just, uck, and EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION SO I CAN SAY WHAT I WANT AS AN AMERICAN I HAVE THAT RIGHT and my opinion is Skankwell is white trash and a gold digger
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# 34 jennifer @ 11/07/2008 at 9:06 am In response to Terry, how old are you? 13?
I’ll tell you what the problem is here. I am in my late 20’s, engaged and don’t give a hoot about David Cook as boyfriend material. I think he is grungy looking, is a dork, and is fat and on his way to going bald.
Do you really think this chick wills stick around, hell no.
I see many of you make up names here to repeat yourselves, trust me it has had an effect on his sales, and the buzz of him winning the show. You should hear some of the morning DJ’s, they think it’s laughable that he is dating a season 2 D List contestant. He should have stepped outside of Idol and immersed himself with young hollywood just to get his image out there first.
Kim Caldwell is a tramp and a money hungry w h ore.
When Idol goes off the air, she will have no job…she is not getting any gigs even now…just look at her calendar on her myspace…nothing.
You don’t think she is worried about that? Of course she is..so she is going to latch on the latest winner of Idol who is a major fool, for wasting his time with this chick.
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# 35 Carly @ 11/07/2008 at 9:20 am no one has ever wasted thier time in 5 years with Caldwell. I wonder why? Her Cd has been shelved for 5 years, hmm, I wonder why? (no talent) so now she is going to try and put it out thinking Cook will back her… Trust me it won’t sell. She doesn’t come across likeable, but annoying. She is fake, and she longs to be rich and famous, her own words.
Yeah, she is a cute bleached blond that blends in with every other Hollywood s k a n k….but she is arm candy, and that is it. No brains.
She is street smart, and that is it and has only Idol experience.
I read a comment where someone said, Justin Timberlake had class to date a classy girl like Jessica Biel, Mayer dating Aniston, she is liked, Tony dating Carrie and now Jessica…but for David Cook dating a former contestant who went no where…. spells Loser. He continues to associate himself with Idol by dating her…and he is losing credibility.
Also, in 5 years, just look at Caldwell’s myspace, she only has like what 16,000 friends, in those years… doesn’t speak highly of her at all.
David Cook gave the perception that he had brains, well, his brains sure are not in the right head…
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