Carrie Underwood may have found the next Taylor Swift on American Idol season 23. When 18-year-old Zaylie Windsor auditioned during the Sunday, March 30, episode of the singing competition, she performed an original song titled "The Used" that she wrote several years prior.

Carrie Underwood is officially back on American Idol 20 years after she won the show. Of course, now — as Season 23 airs on the 2025 TV schedule — she’s on the other side of things, judging up-and-comers alongside Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.

During a recent taping of American Idol, 17-year-old Zaylie Windsor took the stage with her original song The Used, a tear-dropping track about finding yourself after heartbreak.