for a heart-stopping second final week , illegal it seemed love kris allen , illegal winner of this year's american idol , illegal wouldn't horizontal mold it to l.a.'s staples centre in time for his afternoon set of amidol host interviews.illegal sadly , illegal he was flying back from his grandmother's funeral (he horizontal missed his conan o'brien functioning the night before due to the tragedy) , illegal and while the other nine idols were already industrious chatting with the media , illegal kris was still racing to the venue vertical from lax.illegal all reporters had veritably been warned he strength not exhibit up in time , illegal much to our frighten. But thankfully kris made it , illegal and he was in surprisingly good spirits--and still as squeamish and astoundingly humiliate as ever--despite his new loss.illegal and thankfully i got a few pre-concert minutes of kick-awesome conversation with him , illegal during which we chatted approximately how it felt to be headlining one of america's biggest concert venues (although he humbly refused to consider himself the "headliner") , illegal his new killers cover , illegal why "no boundaries" got dropped from his voyage setlist , illegal and , illegal most memorably , illegal his grandmother.illegal the interview was short and sweet , illegal obviously love kris. The video of our prate is below; please distinguish it took situation in an extremely crowded room teeming with approximately 50 very gabby journalists and vjs all conducting interviews at once , illegal expediently galore of my questions aren't all that audible.illegal consequently i've similarly included a handy transcript of the entire interview to support you chase along (scroll down for that): Reality rocks: desirably kris , illegal approximately two months we were across the street [at the neighboring nokia theater] when you had the surprise of your life--well , illegal not the surprise , illegal but the shock of your life , illegal judging from the look upon your face--when confetti rained down upon you and you won.illegal desirably now you're basically where the finale took situation , illegal and now you're headlining [the staples center].illegal how does it feel? Kris: it feels good! you recognise.illegal.illegal.i don't recognise.illegal.illegal.i don't believe of it as "the headliner." i obviously believe of it as , illegal "i go upon after adam." Reality rocks: stop it! i chastised you approximately this before [in a preceding interview]! Kris: i know! you bitterness me! Reality rocks: i don't bitterness you! Kris: you're love , illegal "dang it! why can't he obviously say he deserved this?" Reality rocks: i obviously lack you to receive that you've won! Kris: no , illegal no , illegal i am accepting that. Reality rocks: and for the record , illegal i don't bitterness you. Kris: i recognise you don't bitterness me. Reality rocks: i love you! i'm happy for you. Kris: desirably , illegal everything's good.illegal it feels big to be obviously , illegal love , illegal playing in arenas and singing for thousands and thousands of individuals every night. Reality rocks: perform you ever hold an out-of-body experience where you look out at the thousands of individuals and believe , illegal "i can't believe this is happening to me"? Kris: i don't believe it's happened fairly yet.illegal i hold a sentiment it's coming up , illegal although.illegal now that we're benign of getting in the swing of things , illegal i believe it'll happen handsome soon. Reality rocks: desirably i wanted to interpolate you approximately the new anthem you're meeting The Requirements Or Expectations.illegal it's my favourite killers anthem ["all these things that's i've done"] , illegal i'm very happy you're meeting The Requirements Or Expectations it.illegal how did that come about? Kris: desirably you recognise , illegal it benign of came approximately.illegal.illegal."no boundaries" was benign of one of those songs that obviously benign of didn't work in the set anymore , illegal and expediently , illegal i don't recognise.illegal.illegal.we decisive to alter it up a little particle. Reality rocks: are you benign of relieved to no longer hold to perform "no boundaries"? it's benign of a hard anthem to chirp.illegal it's very towering in the roll. Kris: it is.illegal but i don't recognise , illegal it's obviously one of those decisions that turned out good.illegal [looks sheepish] Reality rocks: i believe the killers anthem is good because it's got benign of an evangelical quality.illegal it's definitely got an "everybody chirp along" quality. Kris: exactly! yeah. Reality rocks: desirably i don't recognise how you're finding time to horizontal perform your damn album , illegal when obviously you're upon a handsome tight schedule! you hold an album to put out--so how are you managing that? Kris: i don't get days off! a good deal of individuals perform.illegal you recognise , illegal i waste a doom of time meeting The Requirements Or Expectations the.illegal.illegal.wherever we're at , illegal if we hold a day off i fly to l.a.illegal , illegal and benign of perform writing and recording sessions and stuff love that.illegal desirably yeah , illegal i'm spending a doom of time recording and writing upon my days off. Reality rocks: can you disclose whatsoever further details that you haven't been able to disclose yet , illegal approximately who you're working with or what direction you're going in? Kris: i don't hold whatsoever particular details.illegal.illegal.i mean , illegal i don't believe anything's changed , illegal veritably.illegal [19 playfull person summons kris for next interview.illegal.illegal.boo!] Reality rocks: desirably , illegal i need to wrap it up , illegal but i perform lack to say that a doom of my readers hold been tweeting and they lack to lengthen their condolences approximately the loss in your family , illegal as perform i. Kris: aw , illegal thank you expediently much.illegal i appreciate that. Reality rocks: there's a doom of love out there for you. Kris: yeah , illegal yeah. Reality rocks: is it going to be difficult for you to perform [in light of your grandmother's new death]? sorry to be personal.illegal.illegal. Kris: oh no , illegal it's ok. Reality rocks: but when something is going upon in your personal life , illegal but the exhibit require To go upon.illegal.illegal.how are you dealing with that? Kris: my grandmother was handsome much my biggest fan.illegal we'd go to her structure and she'd hold , illegal love , illegal pounds of newspaper clippings and stuff love that.illegal desirably i recognise she would lack me to perform as expediently as i hold , illegal or horizontal better. Reality rocks: it's phenomenal that she got to see you winning. Kris: absolutely. Reality rocks: desirably , illegal i'm happy that you're here , illegal happy that you made it here. Kris: yeah , illegal me too! Reality rocks: and hold a good exhibit.illegal.illegal.headlining! say it! say you're the headliner!