David Cook actually had a connection to the Indiana family he helped in the episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that airs Sunday (8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT) on ABC.
"I have family in a town very close to Bunker Hill, and they had brought the family to one of my shows, I got a chance to see them, and Kori [Brown] kind of gave me the meat and potatoes version of her story, and I was really moved by it," David tells Amrie Cunningham for her My Take on TV blog. "We tried to work something out to get involved. Lo and behold, Extreme Makeover comes into play, and they reached out to us. They somehow found out about the connection and asked if I wanted to be involved. I really jumped at the chance."
David also talks with Amrie about writing songs for his next album.
"Right now, I'm actually in Vancouver, and I'm writing with Brian Howes," David says. "Brian was one of the co-writers on my first single Light On. I've been really excited with what we've come up with. I've gotten write with Sam and Sluggo again; we wrote Breathe Tonight together. I'm writing with Gregg Wattenberg again, and Johnny Rzeznick. It's great. Kind of getting back into a different pocket, just trying to write from an honest perspective."
David says he's not to the point of choosing a producer for his next album, but "if somebody called tomorrow, and said Brian Eno wants to [produce] your record, I'd be like, yeah, okay!"
