-How many seasons have you guys done?
-This is my seventh season. -My sixth.
-I believe this is 122. [ Laughter ]
-Maybe 223.
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So, guys, this is my first season.
I want to know everything.
What is something that you weren't expecting
that you found out from being on "The Voice"?
Like, "Oh, the blinds are the hardest part,"
or, "Oh, the battles --
like, sometimes people sneak up on you"?
-I think the blinds are really fun.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yes! Come on!
You're the kind of artist that can ruin "The Voice."
-Get the Mute button ready.
-You'll start to, like, calibrate what you like.
So you start out like, "Am I being too picky?
Am I being too easy on people?" -Yeah.
-And then you'll figure out what your zone is.
But then you think you know the artist...
-Right. -...and then they'll
go to Battles and you have no idea.
-For me, most of the time,
they're more talented than you think.
-♪ Ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Carolina ♪
-A lot of times, it's about the right song.
It's about the right combination, the right context.
And I would like to think we're good coaches, too,
so we actually help them get better, too.
-Right. -I think they get
better from coaching, too, because I feel like they --
it's actually a coach, in the sense
that they get the confidence.
That's my favorite part about the show
is to watch them grow... -Yeah.
-...and that you had anything to do with it at all,
even it was just, like, helping them have confidence,
it's pretty awesome. -And, like, look at themselves
differently. Look at themselves like,
"Oh, they believe in me, I believe me."
I really, really believe in you.
and I really, really want you on my team.
So, what do you guys love about being on the show?
-You're always happy when it gets to the lives
and it's out of your hands at that point.
-The hardest part is definitely sending people home,
because you went through all of that to get them on your team.
-I have no doubt in my mind that I would be
a great coach for you. No, John! John, no!
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-And when we turn for them,
we don't know any of their backstories either.
So there's so much we don't know about them.
And then, once you start to get to know them
and you know about their families
and what obstacles they've overcome to be on the show...
-Just the concept of the show is the power exchange,
because, first of all, you're the star
and then they're there to kind of be chosen, right?
But then immediately they get the power right there again.
-This is way harder.
-This is way harder than you thought?
And it just keeps going back and forth,
this power thing between... -That's beautiful.
-And then also they're gaining their own fans
instantly, like, that they never had, right then.
I had no idea, when I came to the show,
how complex emotionally. That's pretty cool.
I think that's why people love the show so much.
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-How do you pick your advisers when you get to battles?
-I made a great decision... -Yeah, you did. Yeah.
-...last time I picked an adviser.
-Holy legendary behavior! -Legendary behavior.
I picked a superstar who I knew would be a great coach.
And look what happened. -That was a fun day.
-I sealed my own demise by picking my new opponent.
[ Laughs ] -That's funny.
-You got me this gig. -[ Laughs ]
-I'm wondering, is it somebody that you're like,
"Oh, it's somebody that I like, and I listen to their music
and I respect their craft"?
But also, how can you judge
whether, like, you like this person
and, "I think they would give good advice"?
How can you even tell? -Part of it, honestly,
You're like, "Well, will they mean something to the public?
Well, they mean something to our artists?
Will our artists get excited? Will the public get excited?"
-Yeah. -And so a lot of it...
-Is that. -...is that.
-I think, for me, at some point, I ran out of influences.
-You've been on this show 53 times.
-And then I ran out of just friends that were artists.
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And so I started just swinging for the fans.
I remember, at one point, one of the producers of the show
came and asked who I wanted. I remember saying, "Get Cher."
And they got Cher. -No.
-And then, the next season, I swung again
and I got Bette Midler.
-Those are all so sick.
-I'm killing it. Come home, buddy.
-Blake is trying to tell you that he's the GOAT
of "The Voice." [ Goat bleats ]
-Your team mascot doesn't even want to be here.
Have you ever advised people to not check social media?
-It's hard because you want them to engage,
because that's how they gain fans.
-Right. That's true. -That's how they
cultivate their fan base is by engaging.
But you can start to see what we see all the time.
We all see it, is negativity online, too,
and people feel empowered to be negative,
especially because of anonymity.
-I remember checking my Twitter
'cause like one person called me annoying.
Then, for every interview I did, it was like,
"Oh, my God, she's so annoying."
And I was like, "Okay, I'm never checking it again."
And I literally have never checked.
-I'm sorry. I wrote that. First time I'd ever seen you.
-You changed her life. -[ Laughs ]
And the account was actually -- it was Blake Shelton.
[ Laughter ]
-That's weird. -Blake can be a bully.
-It's okay. I forgive you.
-In No Doubt, we used to have to -- like, we got our own,
like, P.O. Box in the -- like, the post office.
And we'd drive down, "Oh, my gosh,
let's go get our fan mail." -Fan mail.
We would, like, drive down there and open a thing
and pull it out and read them,
and then they would all be so nice.
And then you'd get that one. -No!
-It would, like, be the subject of the next two weeks
of our, like, conversation with the band.
Like, "Can you believe in we'd be the joke --
the ongoing joke? They called us whatever."
And if you wanted to, you could just write them back.
-Okay, so, what do you guys think is the number-one thing
that you need to be a good coach?
-I think you have to love music.
You still have to have, like, inspiration and joy in music.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -I feel like this show
helps me keep that going. -It's a lot of creativity.
-Yeah, because I feel like you meet all these young artists
that are hungry and really want to make it in our business
that we've been in for a long time.
And it, like, renews my inspiration.
-Me too. -Mm-hmm.
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-I think the willingness to be real
with those contestants or artists on your team,
because it's real easy to just play to the camera
and say what you think is good for the show.
But it's hard to look someone in the eye
and say, "Man, I'm just telling you right now,
whatever the bad news is. You know what I mean?"
And not worry about coming across
how you're gonna come across on TV.
-This is gonna be a really fun season.
-We're excited. -I'm really excited.
-You're so cute, you're so smart, you're witty.
You are really good at beating up Blake and --
-Funny. -Yeah.
-[ Laughs ] -Yay! This is so fun.
-Go, team! Not really, but for now.
-Go, team. -Go, team.
That's the first time somebody sang
one of my songs in the blind.
So that was really, really cool. -How cool is that?
-That was also the first time Blake has heard any of my songs.
-I looked over, and I thought,
"She knows every word of this song."
I said, "Do you know this song?" She goes, "It's my song."
-I was just happy he wasn't like, "This song sucks."