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Jax, from American Idol Season 14, in her new music video.

Former American Idol standout Jax has released a ridiculously addictive new single called “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.”

She’s also celebrating having her face on a billboard in Times Square as one of AmazonMusic’s Artists to Watch in 2022.

Which she calls an “INSANELY cool, dreams-come-true moment.”

The single came out a week ago and has already amassed more than 500,000 streams on Spotify.

The accompanying music video, directed by Damian Fyffe and featuring Jax’s sense of humor, has been viewed more than a half million times on YouTube. You can check it out below.

Jax co-wrote the song, in which she celebrates past failures in love because they led her to Mr. Right.

She calls the song “an ode to my relationship history.

“Instead of being upset about the mistakes I’ve made or the guys I made them with, I wanted to write something about how much I can appreciate the wrong things because they led me to the right thing!”

As for that Artist to Watch designation … well, Jax has had a lot to celebrate recently.

Her song “Like My Father,” released last summer, has more than 25 million streams on Spotify.

Her TikTok has gone viral and she now has more than 8 million followers and 123 million likes.

All of which to a deal with Atlantic Records and a debut single, “90s Kid,” which has more than 14 million steams on Spotify.

Jax finished third — and I still think she should have won — Season 14 of American Idol in 2015.