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Beya of The Voice Season 26

The Voice returns Monday night with the coaching quartet of Snoop Dog, Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani and Michael Buble.

Here’s more about Beya:

* She’s a 25-year-old bilingual singer, a native of Hawaii, raised between there and the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

* Beya released her first single, the excellent “Brighter Than the Sun” in May. It’s a song about the influence of family on her and her music.

* The song has racked up 32,000 streams on Spotify so far. Beya also released an accompanying music video, which you can check out below.

* In her Spotify bio, Beya says she discovered her love for music at a young age, inspired by watching her mother and 92-year-old grandmother sing and play the ukelele.

* Beya says she began playing piano at age 10, began performing in public two years later and picked up the guitar when she was 16.

* She describes her music as “a mix of Kauai vibes, Salvadorian roots, and diverse rhythms” influenced by the places she’s visited.

* And a glance at her Instagram shows Beya has traveled a good deal. One 2022 post includes video from her stay with the Kichwa tribe in the Sacha Wasi community of Ecuador.

* Wrote Beya: “I’ve been sharing the wonders of music through singing and guitar with the families of the community. This place has brought me so much more than just musical inspiration.”

* Speaking of which, Beya says her musical inspirations include the lyrics of Jack Johnson and the voices of Amy Winehouse and Etta James.

* Beya turned 25 in August, writing: “I don’t know exactly where I’m going, but it’s full of flowers and beautiful opportunities.”

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