Troy Richie sings 'Hey Ya' (VIDEO)

Troy Richie sang 'Hey Ya' on The Voice 2014 Season 7 Knockout Round on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 for Team Gwen Stefani against Taylor John Williams.

Troy is already honored to be coached by Gwen, but is doubly honored to be coached by Taylor as well. He'll be singing "Hey Ya" by Outkast, which could either be perfect for him or a complete disaster. He sings a relatively straightforward version in the rehearsal, but Gwen wants to take it farther away from copycat territory. So Taylor helps rearrange it, mixing a low-key opening with a high-energy closing. Troy feels something like this has never been done before on The Voice, but I'm almost certain he's wrong.

Troy sounded pretty damn good vocally, but I thought this was kind of corny, actually. It doesn't help that he's dressed like an accountant of some kind. It felt too much like a drunk boyfriend deciding he's going to take the mic at the office Christmas party and get down. Again, it's a surprisingly good vocal performance for a guy who's never had any lessons whatsoever, and I actually wouldn't mind seeing him go forward. But everything about this just felt dated and corny. I like Troy as a person far more than I liked this performance.

Watch the full performance video of Troy Richie singing 'Hey Ya' here:

Knockout Round Results

Troy Richie is eliminated from The Voice

Note: Text written by Nick Roman

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