The Season 3 winner paused a concert last month to speak directly to American Idol Season 23 contestant Gabby Samone, urging her to stay true to herself as she warned her that the music industry can be both "a gift and a curse."
"In this game of music industry, it can sometimes be a gift and a curse. It's bitter," Barrino said . "Sing that song… You my dear, you're going to go far."
At the time she took the crown, Barrino was "just a little girl from High Point, North Carolina that liked to sing," she later told PEOPLE .
"She didn't know nothing about the industry. She didn't know anything about, 'Maybe you should look this way, dress this way, talk this way, smile for the cameras a certain way,'" she continued. "While I was singing for everybody else, I was actually singing my way through and to some things."
In the years that followed her American Idol win, Barrino experienced a number of personal struggles, including financial difficulties and being sued by her father. In 2010, she survived an overdose on aspirin and a sleep aid. The Grammy winner said her post- Idol years weren't "easy. I lost a lot. I lost everything," adding that much of her struggles stemmed from being "very, very green" when it came to navigating the music industry.
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