Blake Shelton is not about to let the latest winner of The Voice become a casualty of mismanagement from Universal Records.
Blake mentored Sundance Head throughout the competition and played a huge part in why his act managed to win the crown.
Sundance Head was already a contestant on American Idol Season 6, so Blake no doubt wants to make sure he does not slip into oblivion again.
Speaking to reporters after Tuesday’s season finale, Blake had much to say on the matter.
“I want to say one more thing here, because it’s important. I want to personally issue a challenge to Universal Records. This is Season 11 of ‘The Voice,’ and I’m sitting here right now next to a guy who has won over America’s hearts,” Blake said.
“He’s so popular. He has proven that he sells tons of music… I hope that we can all come together — meaning us and Universal Records-[because] this is the guy that I think can break the mold and become a star out of this show.”
There’s no denying that Universal Records has a terrible track record of making any of the winners of the show have much in the way of longevity.
It sucks because people expect to have their career carved out for them after winning the show, but few of the winners have actually released an album.
“I give my word that I’ll put my work in, and I know [Sundance] will,” Blake said.
“This guy deserves to be a star, and there’s no excuses anymore. We need to make the record and put the work behind it that he deserves, to have this success that he deserves. And that has to start with Universal Records getting involved and behind him.”
“We do so much great s**t for these singers, and then they go to a record label that I won’t mention. But they go to a record label that f**ks it up,” he said.
There’s nothing like telling it how it is. Right?
Universal Records have yet to respond to Blake’s comments, but they certainly won’t be happy about them.
How would you feel if someone was trashing your record label?
Maybe this will be the thing that leads to Blake parting ways with the show.
There has been rumblings that he and Adam Levine are close to being finished with the show.
Maybe they’re just sick of nurturing these artists to just disappear.
It’s a tiring process enough without watching people lose their chances.
Either way, we’ll need to stay tuned to find out whether Sundance Head goes the way of the flip phone.
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