VIDEO: Where’s Casey Abrams? Singing Like a Bum On Streets (Twitter Fun) (UPDATED)

By On 02/13/2013 · 29 Comments · In American Idol, Casey Abrams, Haley Reinhart, Jacob Lusk, James Durbin, Pia Toscano, Scotty McCreery

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The folks at TMZ were super-confused when they found American Idol 10 alum, Casey Abrams, playing guitar by the side of road with a giant stuffed gorilla. They wondered why the American Idol 10 alum had turned into a “dirty, singing, hippie person” and thought maybe Casey was pulling a stunt in an attempt to promote something.

Well, yes he was. Casey Abrams and his fellow Idol, Haley Reinhart, will be performing at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on Friday.  It was also Casey’s 22nd birthday yesterday. What better way to celebrate a birthday and an upcoming gig than by behaving like a bum on the side of the road, waving to tourists on a TMZ bus?

Hells yeah!

Part of the plot, several  season 10 Idols played a fun game of #wherescasey on twitter yesterday:

  • Haley Reinhart: If @IAmCaseyAbrams can get his act together in time, he’ll be joining me Friday @ the HOB. He’s been busy bein’ a #bumonthestreets #iseenit!
  • Pia Toscano: I could’ve sworn I just saw @IAmCaseyAbrams picking his nose on Hollywood Blvd.. Dude, was that you? #wherescasey pic.twitter.com/A8WANgSR
  • James Durbin: @IAmCaseyAbrams, you’re not answering your phone, Im worried! Where are you!?!? #wherescasey
  • Jacob Lusk: #WheresCasey
  • Scotty McCreery: Been texting and calling @IAmCaseyAbrams all day… somebody said they saw him climbing through dumpsters in downtown hollywood?! #WheresCasey
  • Paul McDonald: I’m pretty sure I saw @IAmCaseyAbrams passed out under a “Live Nudes” sign on Sunset Blvd-he was all goo’ed up on the goo balls #WheresCasey
  • Haley Reinhart: Where’s Casey?? …WHERE’S CASEY?!??! I’ll tell you where he is, on Sunset and La Cienega! Being a bum.
  • Jacob Lusk: It’s my friend @IAmCaseyAbrams bday today, and I still haven’t talked to him. #WheresCasey

So, there you go TMZ. MYSTERY SOLVED.

Via: TMZ

ETA:  HA HA! And here is the culmination of yesterday’s “twitter fun” with Casey Abrams. A video titled “Casey Abrams is Homeless” starring Casey, Jack Black, Haley Reinhart, Blake Lewis and Paul McDonald.  The video closes with Jack “tipping off” TMZ

Well played, Casey!

 
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  • DragonFly

    S10 was magically off-the-bean in a really good way!  Just even seeing Casey & Jack Black together is going to make me revisit their bit on Idol–& then James/J.Priest….Scotty & James doing a Ctry duet… lots of fun stuff w/all of them.  Loved it when they all gave it to James for his tail & rock scream.  Fun group!  And, if that blue monkey suddenly shows up again….we’ll know this was all just a fabricated publicity stunt Casey!

  • zjzr

    Wow! OT, Maligayang Bati (Happy Birthday) Thia! Dalaga ka na (you’re now a woman)!

  • richhahn

    Casey’s video reminded me of my plan for Casey and Haley.  They need to look for inspiration and I think they can find it in New Orleans.

    I’ve been thinking that Casey and Haley should move to New Orleans for a year – playing gigs, listening to all types of music, and putting together  an album.  Create a new sound based on blues, jazz, southern rock, soul, swamp pop, etc.  A virtual gumbo of musical influences!

    There’s some great new music (Alabama Shakes, Carolina Chocolate Drops, etc) coming out of the South right now and Casey and Haley should get involved.  Bring 60′s music into the new century.   

    Casey and Haley are definitely an example of the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

  • standtotheright

    This is an impressive use of media to get promotion.

    Still, I’ve realized that I feel the way about Abrams that a lot of people feel about Kellie Pickler: He’s so willing to make himself look the goof that it makes him a better all-around entertainer than a conventional musician. (I don’t necessarily agree about Pickler, who received a few “best of year” mentions for her last album and can still carve out some tour support slots even if traditional country is not in favor at radio.)

    I think some kind of Tenacious D gig, where he pens a lot of hilarious/self-referential songs, would allow him to explore the various kinds of instrumentation he likes and get away from the breezy pop-jazz space where some other artists have already staked claims.

    I still think that Reinhart would do better to lead her own band and the two of them shouldn’t rely on each other too much in the future.

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