Maiya Sykes sings 'Stay With Me' on The Voice 2014 (VIDEO)
Maiya Sykes sang 'Stay With Me' on The Voice 2014 Season 7 Blind Auditions on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.
Maiya talks about her parents' musical background, working with such acts as Earth, Wind, and Fire. However, education was important to her parents, and so they encouraged her to go to school. She eventually went to Yale, and triple majored in Music composition, political science, and African-American Studies! She had planned on being a lawyer, but her mother talked her into giving music another shot. Maiya already wins me over with her great sense of humor, saying that if you're Armenian and have gotten married in California, she's probably sang at your wedding over the past few years.
Maiya sings 'Stay With Me', and gets all four coaches to turn their chairs within the first ten seconds. This is a performance that's exactly the kind of modern soul vocal that coaches tend to love on this show, even though I often find them shouty and over-the-top. However, Maiya is different because of her emotional engagement with the song. She has such soul that I just don't care if it gets shouty or not. Maiya has a killer voice.
Watch the audition video below:
Gwen talks about Maiya as if she's already a part of Team Gwen, whereas Adam insists that they won't take her talent for granted on Team Adam. Pharrell, meanwhile, rises to his feet to address Maiya. "I promise to only push your ambitions, not mine," earning an "ooo!" from Blake. Gwen, hwoever, tries to ply Maiya with promises of clothes and shoes. Pharrell then says that he doesn't need to sell her on his brand because Maiya is her own brand. Maiya thinks the coaches are hilarious, and is shocked they've come out swinging. Adam says he has two Voice trophies while Blake argues he has three trophies and a credit card for clothes, if that's what she wants. Pharrell, meanwhile, says she can win her own trophy if she joins his team. Maiya says that while she'd be honored to work with any of the coaches, Pharrell stood up for her so...
MAIYA SYKES chooses PHARRELL WILLIAMS!
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Download MP3: Stay With Me