Throwback jam sesh with American Idol's 2023 Winner... Iam Tongi! 

Just heads up before anymore people come for my neck.. hahahaha this post wasn't for clout or anything of that sort.. it was to show how proud I am.. Proud i am to know him, proud i to see his success that he deserves.. Yall just know him cause of Idol and is fine.. I actually know him and shared stages with this kid.. THATS MY BOY!! so say what you want.. its not gonna take away how proud I am of willIAM Tongi!! God bless!!

Don't let the comments get to you friend. This is an amazing moment you get to look back on for a lifetime. Thank you for sharing with us. It's very cool to see Iam's roots. I never would of imagined him playing back up guitar for someone in the middle of a mall. It takes courage to put yourself out their like this. I don't think the camera's mic that recorded this was able to really pick up properly, but my wife and I think you have a beautiful voice. Much love friend 💚 💜

At 13:40 when the person recording said "both of you sing it" and Iam didn't even attempt to go for the mic and sing.....instead, he just kept in the background playing guitar....truly shows that he's not just about himself and supports others and their talent. Good on you Iam...God bless!❤

Thanks for sharing! Awesome that you gave the youngster a chance. A significant thread in the tapestry of Iam's career. These are the type of performances which keep our communities strong and provide opportunities for young people to build their confidence. Love this!

Little that he knew, his quitarist would be a star singer! 3 yrs later!

FROM zero TO HERO … THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY of IAM TONGI. YESSAAH BLESSAAH BRADDAH and SUCCESSAAH. ❤my respect and love to you IAM TONGI ❤ People will always take advantage of your SUCCESS !!! But remember you’re the one who made it to THE TOP ! And everyone is trying to get benefits from your success.

wonderful voice and I voted for Iam ever since day one...congrats to him n his family...

God bless you IAM; so very humble and beautiful soul. Nice music and great island Vibes. This singer has an awesome voice as well.

Sad part, there will always be haters, these kids look like there just having fun. Congratulations to Iam

Iam a young and innocent kid 🙌🏼

Love it….this was just pure gold🎉❤😊

Shows what a good person Iam is, you did good too❤

if you two go back to that same spot to do jam session it will cause mass hysteria.

Iam you are very humble,we want you to sing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ you Iam yessaaaaaaaah.

Hey this is the Mall in auburn! 😊 aw wish you guys got to sing together would of been really nice too👍 . You have a great voice bro 😎 heard you sing a few times .🤙🏽

awsome jams n to see where Iam came from.. great link up n singing bro time for you to share that voice Dyna. God Bless n thanks for sharing.

Thank's for sharing, Iam T... is a nice young man, for playing.... you guys did well, never mind the other critics....

Great voice . Go participate in Idol and put your talent out there.

Wow you have a beautiful voice Sorry i only came across it looking for anything to do with our polynesian brother Iam. Hes not screaming the acoustics are bad... Treasure this video, it would be a rare occurance he not travel with an entourage now. An probably have people tell him not to just partake in anything fun or spontanious. Take care of Iam people. Hes a treasure ❤ You have an amazing voice. Try for idol next year

❤❤❤TEAM IAM TONGI ALLL THE WAYYYYY CHHHEEE WWWHHHHOOOOO ❤❤❤❤

Look at Iam now ..

Thank you for sharing! Kudos to both you🤙🌈

Iam in slippahs neva change😂

Bro that uso cam sing!! Chehooo keep singing bro

Whoo Hoo... throwback. IAM!! 🤙🍍

😮😮... that's seatac mall in federal way.. its gotta be i grew skipping school and hanging out there😂😂.. if iam goes back that place would be jammed packed now...

Bruh all these lil kids needa chill with them hate comments, its the fact that the person singing is such a good singer yet is receiving hate for not knowing the future of that boy, known as Iam Tongi. Keep your head up cs you are an amazing singer bruh.

Iam Tongan 💯🔥🔥

Yes, I have vocal training. He didn't do bad at all. Little did we know the talent behind that guitar 🥰🌹

Imagine people walking passed this circus 🎪 not knowing that the real superstar is the one who’s playing guitar, he will be known all over the world🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

If you get anything from this video, it belongs to Iam. He has a beautiful voice, heart & soul. Please don't use him. Too many will now come out of the woodwork to take advantage. Whomever decides to do that will have an entire nation down their throat. I hope you meant well but its not likely.

niiiiiiice😎🙌🏽

You have a beautiful voice. ❤️

Some rude people here. You’d post this to show you had ties with Iam. Why not? Free country here and they can post if they want to.🙄

❤from Korea to Beautiful Iam

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Great voice

Yessah❤️👍🤙

This was so good to see. Because he was just as amazing but the bandwagon effect didn’t kick in yet. Thanks for posting.

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Had he auditioned, he would have received a bicycle ticket to go home

That guy should let Iam sing. Ua makua'i fia pese kele laga susuga. I can't even hear or understand, well I can hear now barely. Oh oh, 😅😅😅

Cheeeh 🔥

How can I buy his ģet Taps

Just a heads up.. Iam commented on this here video.. check the pinned comment!! Wish he could tell yall to chill the hell out.. lol yall are honestly overreacting.. hahaha this is a PROUD post for him @IamTongi

Word of advice young Uso. When you about to sing loud & hard on the mic, pull that mic away further from your mouth. The mic is already amplifying your great instrument. Love seeing Iam accompanying you. #KeepOn

Cool

Give Iam the mic...PLEASR😅

where you guys when film this? is it on the neighbor island? look kinda like kaahumanu center in kahului

Pretty dope seeing this. Don't listen to these fools, you got talent and sing real good. Most just came to see Iam though lol.

Is this Iam & his Dad???? If it is... I can see where Iam got his story telling talent from. Wow! RIP Rodney. Nothing but love & respect. ❤❤

Nah because I know damn well these are american kids talking their stuff thinking they cool. All this hate for what? Complaining for posting when Iam is famous I mean who wouldn't. It should be good sign showing people being proud they knew who he was before he became anything. Everyone telling him 'Give the mic to Tongi' he was 13, had hardly any confidence to sing and enjoyed playing the guitar anyways. The person singing is one hell of a singer and was payed to do this, not to read the future and randomly giving up his sesh saying 'oh here take my job and my pay, youre gonna be a star soon' like wtf yall on. Anyway stay quiet cause most of yall probably aint even polynesian, js palagis.

I love this songs!

19:20 the audience 😮

Can I ask how old is this video? Because he looks very young in this video..

I want my Full 22:53 minutes back please 😂🤣😆

What’s with all the hostility in the comments ???

Which mall is this? Is it south town in Utah?

You have a decent voice but, you should probably let people know that Iam does not sing in this video.

oh wow what a small world yea dyna XD haha.

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You are a great singer

For the whole 23 mins you made him be your backup guitarist? You didn’t make him sing a backup or anything? LOL..😅 I like how you ended with More than Words..Katy Perry said WHEN Iam wins American Idol she wants him to sing that song… now hand him over the mic!! 🎤 😂🤣🤣

It’s funny all your video has 90 views the most, this is the only one that hit 8k views hahahah only because of Iam.

There no audience, that means only one thing,, 😅😅

Very nice!!!

I'm out!!' 😂

I wonder why they posted this just because his in the video just put his name in the video and you know you will have a lot of views Because right now he's the hottest thing going hes on fire on all social platforms

Wow you waiting this long to post your sesh with Iam only because he win!!!! You should’ve been post this long time you also have a good talent my friend. And maybe let him sing hahahahaha 😅😂😂

free loader

Iam on a different level. This guy sings sound like everyone else who try to hit every note but Iam voice cut through the soul. This guy seems all about him. If he wasn't he would of sang couple songs with Iam. I hope Iam never sing with this guy now that he made it

I wonder what’s on Iam’s head hearing how he sing? He probably thinks he is the male version of Mariah Carrie😂

When was this recorded? Iam looks a little younger

I don’t know why all the hate for the singer? I think he’s pretty good but the acoustics are terrible. But you have to understand that he’s singing in a mall with inferior sound quality. I’ve listened to it several times, and even though the acoustics are bad, he never sounded flat to me. Which is more than I can say for some of the American Idol singers this season. I couldn’t get over how flat some of them sounded even though they were in the top and had the benefit of all the money and coaches American Idol could provide.

Dont go making money off Iam

lmao if you posted this before then understandable ! but you didn’t … don’t use this young man for clout please

he was prob 13

My wife can scream like that haha

He didn't even sing that's messed up

I really wanna know what was going on in poor Iam’s head at the time. For someone who sings so humbly and to have to play for show off cousin 😂 and he didn’t even let poor Iam sing??? 😮 self serving - just like posting this vid under Iam’s name 😢

I hope they don’t play together again. IAM is the star here no piggy backing.

This should be taken down, no piggybacking

# IAM TONGI Should be SINGING.....Not that guy!! : (

Sorry he's killing the song, Badly. Iam should sing instead!

Its not gud forvthe ear drum ...only iam has that great voice

Can’t believe our beloved American Idol is performing in a freaking mall!! He’s so much better than playing for that screeching!! Good grief!! Thumbs down!!!

sux singing

Singer is bad

Iam looking around like wtf where tf is everybody. Im here telling this guy to just give the mic to Iam 😂😂

Lmfaoooo tryna make like iam was a nobody and u was the star ah 😂