David Archuleta Says Making New Music Feels ‘Cleaning’ (Unique)

David Archuleta is gearing up for a metamorphosis.

On the purple carpet for the premiere of Megan Thee Stallion‘s documentary, In Her Phrases, the American Idol alum discovered phrases to explain the brand new music he is been placing out.

“I am cleaning myself proper now from the place I used to be,” Archuleta admitted to PEOPLE. “It was place the place I used to be, however I really feel prefer it’s like a metamorphosis, you are shedding your pores and skin. That was my caterpillar stage, and it is now time to bloom. And I really feel like ‘Hell Collectively’ was sort of like my cocoon, the place it is altering, and now it is like ‘Hey, this was my outdated pores and skin and it is time to take it off.'”

Archuleta additionally gave a touch concerning the path of his forthcoming album, telling PEOPLE he’ll “channel the pop girlies, channel somewhat little bit of my Latin roots as nicely.”

The 33-year-old launched his cathartic single, “Hell Collectively,” in April and premiered it completely through PEOPLE. The track was impressed by a textual content he acquired from his mom, Lupe Bartholemew, a couple of days after he defined he was leaving the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The textual content learn: “I don’t need to be someplace the place my kids don’t really feel welcomed, liked, and accepted … when you’re going to hell, we’re all going to hell with you.”

In 2021, Archuleta got here out as a part of the LGBTQ+ group in an Instagram submit. “I got here out in 2014 as homosexual to my household. However then I had comparable emotions for each genders so possibly a spectrum of bisexual,” the “Crush” singer mentioned on the time. “Then I even have realized I haven’t got an excessive amount of sexual wishes and urges as most individuals, which works I suppose as a result of I’ve a dedication to avoid wasting myself till marriage. Which individuals name asexual after they do not expertise sexual urges.”

The singer, who was a religious Mormon, started to wrestle with the contradictions between his identification and the beliefs of the church. After breaking off three engagements with three completely different ladies, Archuleta realized he was suppressing his sexuality.

“I am certain different individuals who’ve been in that scenario can relate,” he instructed PEOPLE in 2022. “People who find themselves queer, who’ve tried to get married simply to do the ‘proper’ factor, it finally ends up not being an excellent factor, and it is not very wholesome for both participant of the connection.”

He finally stepped away from the church, saying, “When you step away, you are lastly capable of see the fuller image. It is complicated as a result of, actually, the images on my wall are all Christian-based footage of Jesus and of scriptures and issues. Now I am like, ‘This was my world, however now it is not. Now what do I do?’ I do not know.”