-♪ Oh, yeah ♪
-♪ Many say ♪ -Whoa.
-♪ That I'm too young ♪
-♪ To let you know ♪ -Whoo.
-♪ Where I'm coming from ♪
♪ But you will see ♪
♪ It's just a matter of time ♪
♪ My love will surely make you mine ♪
♪ Well, I'm ♪ -Oh, my God!
-♪ Livin' in a world of ghetto life ♪
♪ Everyone is so uptight but ♪
♪ Nothing's wrong ♪
♪ It's alright ♪
♪ With my man ♪
♪ I like the way we carry on ♪
♪ His love is sending me on and on ♪
♪ With my man ♪
-Come on, woman! -Thank you! Thank you!
-♪ Hey ♪
♪ I'm giving him something he can feel ♪
♪ Oh, to let him know this love is real ♪
♪ This love is real ♪
♪ I'm giving him, I'm giving him ♪
-Whoo! -♪ Something he can feel, yeah ♪
♪ To let him know this love is real ♪
♪ This love is so real, real, real ♪
-Whoo!
-♪ So real ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] Whew!
-Yeah! Yeah!
-Thank you.
-Yes!
-What is your name, and where are you from?
-My name is Valarie Harding, and I am from Tulsa, Oklahoma...
-What? -...and I'm 41 years old.
-Alright, Valerie.
Tulsa. -Ohhh.
-Got an Okie in the house.
This should be an interesting conversation.
I thought I knew where this may go
until you threw out the Oklahoma thing.
[ Laughter ]
-Um, you have an incredible voice.
The reason I didn't turn around
was because there's a better coach for you than me.
Those riffs and runs were crazy.
But what I'm looking for is, if you have this kind of voice,
a song choice that is, like, completely different,
if that makes sense,
the juxtaposition of those things.
-Thank you. Thank you.
-You know, I've been on the show now six times.
I'm so grateful.
It never gets old for me to -- to hear the talent.
And there's a lot of voices in your lane.
But what I liked about yours was your timing.
It was kind of lazy in a good way.
Like, it was unexpected.
It was your nature coming through,
and I really like that.
But people want to know, what is your story?
How are you connecting?
And I think that's something
that I've been able to do through my career,
and I can help you with that.
And I'm an Okie now, too.
-I've been to Oklahoma before. [ Laughter ]
-Welcome. -Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much.
I feel so welcome. Thank you. -[ Chuckles ]
-Damn, girl. I loved everything you said.
-Valarie. -Thank you.
-Hey, John. -You notice I was
the first person who turned for you?
[ Laughter ]
One of my favorite things about your voice is your vibrato.
I haven't heard a voice quite like yours.
And like Gwen said, there were certain things you would do
that were kind of unexpected.
You know, Aretha sang it, En Vogue sang it,
two of my singers sang in the battles
with it last year. -I was there.
-And, yes, she was my guest adviser on that team.
I've heard many versions of this song,
but you managed to make it feel fresh.
I especially loved the way I thought the song
was about to end, but you, like, kind of seized it
and did this beautiful run and then came back.
It was like, "Wow, I did not expect that."
You have such great energy coming from you,
and I would love to have you on the team.
-Thank you. Thank you. Whoo!
-John forgot to mention that I won
the last time that I was here.
So I just wanted to just remind you.
-She did, she did.
-There's only one thing left to say.
Who do you pick as your coach?
-All of you are amazing.
[ Audience shouting ]
-Come on, Valarie!
-I love all of you. All of you.
♪♪
But I do pick John.
-Aw! -Yeah!
-I knew it!
-Welcome to Team Legend!
-Whoo! -Valarie did a magnificent
performance of that song. I love her voice.