Taylor John Williams sings 'Royals' (VIDEO)

Taylor John Williams sang 'Royals' by Lorde on The Voice Season 7 Top 8 on Monday, December 1, 2014 for Team Gwen Stefani.

This was terrific. Taylor has grown leaps and bounds in stage presence, to the point where I didn't even notice until the end of the performance that he didn't have his guitar. He works the stage once the track leaves the smokey, bluesy tempo behind, and his vocals never suffer for it. I was genuinely impressed with this, and consider it one of the best performances of the night. Taylor has to be one of the frontrunners to go all the way to the end.

Blake says that no matter what Taylor does, he always makes each performance his own. He respects Taylor for that, and says he's "150% pure artist". Pharrell calls Taylor an old soul, and notes he can't wait for his record. He normally doesn't like when people go away from what a song is, but Pharrell felt Taylor made the song his own. Gwen, meanwhile, is glad Taylor picked her, because she gets to work with him, an artist who has a clear vision of himself. She recalls warning him against changing the melody in rehearsals, since he'd run the risk of angering people, to which Taylor responded that this is exactly what he wanted to do with the new arrangement, suggesting a certain intent with his artistry that, in my opinion, makes him way more interesting. I'm really digging this guy, and hope he sticks around.

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