Thunderstorm Artis of Hawaii sang a stunning version of Blackbird by the English rock band The Beatles during the Blind Auditions of The Voice 2020 (Season 18).
“Blackbird” is from the 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as “the White Album”). It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, and performed as a solo piece by McCartney.
All of The Voice coaches/judges Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, John Legend, and Blake Shelton pressed their red buttons, giving Thunderstorm a 4-chair-turn. Kelly, Nick, and John turned their chairs almost simultaneously, less than 30 seconds after Thunderstorm started singing.
Episode: 3 (March 3, 2020)
Coach: John Legend
Song: “Blackbird” by The Beatles
Nick Jonas said Thunderstorm’s performance was unbelievable. He said Thunderstorm has a great name and said Thunderstorm’ vocal control was perfect.
Kelly said “When a voice like yours come along, and we turn around that quickly, that’s because we’re all very aware of what is standing onstage right now, which is someone who could win this competition.” Kelly said the coaches can’t do anything for Thunderstorm vocally since God has gifted it to him naturally. She thinks it would be cool if Thunderstorm take songs and totally twist it since that hits people and vote for it.
She thinks Thunderstorm will always do that in the show and that the coaches will only be his cheerleaders, and to help him navigate the competition aspect of The Voice. Kelly said she has navigated the competition as a singer before, and ended up winning. “So I can do that with you, I promise”
Blake congratulaed Thunderstorm for being “ridiculously talented.” He said Thunderstorm is so connected with his guitar, and seem to give it importance more than anything going on. Blake said it comes across like it’s pre-recorded. He said he would be honored to have Thunderstorm in his team because he wants the young man to win.
John said that Thunderstorm’ tone was magical. One second in and they know that he belongs on The Voice.
Thunderstorm Artis is a singer/songwriter born on the North Shore of Oahu. He learned at a very young age to play piano, guitar, and other instruments from his father Ron Artis and mother Victoria. His father was a Motown session player who played keyboards on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” while his mother Victoria was also a member of the Motown family, touring as a vocalist with Lena Horne, and many other Motown greats.
Thunderstorm has gone on a solo tour of the West Coast and has toured for many years with his brother Ron Artis II. He has also played with Jack Johnson, Mick Fleetwood, Booker T, and opened recent tours with G Love, and Mike Love.
The Voice is an American singing competition TV series which premiered during the spring television cycle on April 26, 2011 on NBC, and expanded into the fall cycle with the premiere of the third season on September 10, 2012. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, and part of The Voice franchise it has aired seventeen seasons and aims to find currently unsigned singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, age 13 or over, drawn from public auditions.
Season 18 of The Voice premiered at 8PM on February 24, 2020 on NBC and it will air Mondays at 8 PM. John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton returned as coaches for their third, fifth and eighteenth seasons, respectively. Nick Jonas joined the panel as a new coach, replacing Gwen Stefani. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned for his eighteenth season as host.
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