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While praising his The Voice play 22 advisor Jazmine Sullivan, John Legend dished each astir his past with the vocalist successful an exclusive interrogation with E! News.
John Legend Reveals How "The Voice" Contestants Inspire Him
John Legend and Jazmine Sullivan knew each different agelong earlier teaming up connected the latest play of The Voice.
"We spell mode backmost from the Philly days," Legend exclusively told E! News astir his play 22 advisor connected the NBC contention series. "She's inactive successful Philly, but I went to assemblage successful Philly and spent a batch of clip connected the euphony country there."
The "All of Me" vocalist shared that helium would often watch a young Sullivan execute astatine unfastened mic nights successful the metropolis and was amazed by her endowment from the start, saying, "We were like, 'Who is this 15-year-old sounding similar this?'"
Having precocious collaborated with the two-time Grammy victor for the opus "Love" disconnected his caller medium LEGEND, the vocalist knew his Team Legend contestants would beryllium conscionable arsenic excited arsenic helium was to enactment alongside Sullivan.
"I emotion erstwhile we person 'singer singers,'" the 43-year-old shared. "Her and Brandy are 2 of those artists wherever I cognize different singers emotion them arsenic singers, and I conscionable cognize each of them are gonna flip erstwhile they spot her arsenic their advisor."
Taking connected the relation of advisor brought on respective challenges for Sullivan, the biggest of which she revealed is having to give "constructive criticism."
"You don't privation to wounded anybody's feelings, particularly if they look up to you, truthful that was decidedly hard to do," she told E! News. "Once you propulsion past that and say, 'Whatever I springiness them is meant to marque them grow,' past you cognize you conscionable got to bash it."
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Luckily, Sullivan said Legend is "such a natural" erstwhile it comes to sharing proposal with contestants, joking that helium goes into "choir manager mode" erstwhile giving critiques connected performances.
Hear much from the duo—including however Legend finds himself inspired by the show's euphony manufacture hopefuls—in the afloat clip above.
The Voice Blind Auditions conclude tonight, Oct. 10, astatine 8 p.m. connected NBC, followed by the archetypal of this season's Battle Rounds connected Tuesday, Oct. 11.
New episodes of The Voice premiere Mondays and Tuesdays astatine 8 p.m. connected NBC.
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