2014: Early career Rayvon has his own music video, "Sweatshirt" which premiered in November 2014. He also has a debut EP
Cycles.
2015: American Idol He auditioned for the
fourteenth season of
American Idol with "
Wide Awake" by Katy Perry and was chosen for Top 24 and eventually Top 12. After being in the bottom three in the top 11 (which guaranteed two people would be eliminated), Owen was deemed safe. Owen was in the bottom two for five consecutive weeks, but emerged victorious, thanks to the Idol Twitter Fan Save, where the bottom two perform and fans vote on Twitter for who should advance. Owen was the only recipient of the fan save in the entire season earning him the nicknames "Twitter King" and "Comeback Kid". Owen finished in fourth place and was included on the
Idols Live Tour. Performances and results • When
Ryan Seacrest announced the results in the particular night, Owen was in the bottom 3, but was the only contestant declared safe as both Adanna Duru and
Maddie Walker were eliminated. • When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Owen was in the bottom 2, but was declared safe by Twitter vote as
Daniel Seavey was eliminated. • When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Owen was in the bottom 2, but was declared safe by Twitter vote as
Qaasim Middleton was eliminated. • When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Owen was in the bottom 2, but was declared safe by Twitter vote as
Joey Cook was eliminated. • When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Owen was in the bottom 2, but was declared safe by Twitter vote as
Quentin Alexander was eliminated. • When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Owen was in the bottom 2, but was declared safe as
Tyanna Jones was eliminated.
2016-present: New music On the Valentine's Day weekend of 2016, Owen debuted a new single, "Can't Fight It" written with Mylen, Nate Merchant, and Isaiah Tejada. The accompanying music video acts as his official "
coming out" as
gay, sharing a kiss at the end with LGBT activist
Shane Bitney Crone. Owen told
Billboard: "You'd be surprised at the amount of times I tried to pray the gay away from me or tried to tell God to take this away from me. No kid should have to do what I did and pray to not be who they are. That's why I think it's important even in 2016 to say this." In January 2018, Owen was picked as
Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month. He was featured on the
Today where he performed his single "Gold." ==Personal life==