Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Caroline Pennell has released her first music video.

Even better news: She tells PopDust her debut album should be out later this year.

Caroline was 17 when she auditioned for The Voice in the fall of 2013 and advanced all the way to the Top 8 on Season 5.

After a long period of silence, she’s released a flurry of music in the past year.

That includes three singles — “Lovesick,” “Follow the Sun” and “Say It in Silence” — plus a three-track holiday EP.

She’s also the featured vocalist on Syn Cole’s excellent EDM cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Californication,” which was released in November.

The music video is for “Lovesick,” easily Caroline’s most popular track on Spotify with more than 12 million plays.

The song “is about me finding my way through the beginning of my career, wanting to have everything at once but also knowing good things take time,” she told PopDust.

Here’s the video. Don’t forget to check out the other music Caroline has released as well. All of the singles have remixes, and she’s also released acoustic versions of “Follow the Sun” and “Say It in Silence,” my personal favorite among the three singles.