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Abi Carter, winner of American Idol Season 22, will release her debut album next week.

And she just announced an album release party that evening near her home in Indio, Calif.

It’s going to be a free admission show open to the first 125 fans in the door.

The only qualification is that you must have pre-saved the album and submitted proof of the same.

Follow this link to Abi’s Instagram for details on how to sign up for the show.

Meanwhile, kudos to the latest American Idol on getting music to fans so quickly after her victory.

Long-time fans of the show will recall that this is how it used to be. Fans could expect a debut album from the new winner by November of the same year.

This will be the first time that’s happened since the show moved to ABC, and Abi is accomplishing it as an independent artist.

That’s usually a plus from an artistic standpoint.

And with five singles out this year — three of which have more than 250,000 streams on Spotify — Abi’s already proven she can release high-qualify music as an independent artist.

The new album will feature 10 tracks, including three of those already released singles — the superb “Peppermint Sky” and “Some People Need Drugs” and her most recent release “Comfortably Numb.”

Here’s a link to the links for saving “Ghosts in the Backyard” on your favorite streaming platform.