Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Her audition: Bri Fletcher, 29, Haslet, Texas, performed “I’m With You” by Avril Lavigne. The Voice aired only about 15 seconds of Bri’s performance. Chance was the only coach to turn and did so near the end of the performance. He complimented Bri on her talent and poise and said she has amazing belting ability.

Here’s more about Bri:

* She’s from the Forth Worth, Texas, area, but moved to Nashville in 2019 and has been working as a full-time musician there.

* On Instagram, she calls making The Voice a “lifelong dream come true.” After all, she started auditioning for a spot on the show at age 16 and told The Fort Worth Star Telegram that she’s auditioned for the show about a dozen times since then.

* As for what we missed on the show … well, you can check out Bri’s full and quite impressive cover of “I’m With You” because she’s released it to streaming sites. “I spent a lot of time and energy making the song unique, into making it a vocal showcase,” she says on Instagram. It’s a special song to her, one she estimates she’s performed 1,000 times.

* In a 2022 interview with Authority.com, Bri explained that her father was a pastor, her mother was a worship leader “so I literally grew up on stage.” She knew at an early age that she wanted to become a singer.

* That said, she also dealt with lots of bullying in school and began writing songs to cope with that experience. She estimates that she’d written 200 songs by age 15.

* She later became co-founder of the Teen Guidance Foundation and began traveling to schools to present “Debully” assemblies. Her mantra, according to her Spotify bio: “kindness and worthiness for worthiness for all.”

* And since moving to Nashville, Bri’s also released lots of music, including a debut album calls “Chapter One” in 2022. A song called “Everything I’m Not” from that album has been streamed 1.8 million times on Spotify alone.

* Her “I’m With You” cover isn’t even her first release this year. In January, she released a song called “Sink” that’s already been streamed 440,000 times on Spotify. It’s a song about dealing with anxiety that she wrote with Madison Wolfe. Check out the accompanying music video below.

* Bri also has some Voice connections. In 2022, she released a song called “There’s Still Tomorrow” featuring former Voice champ Jake Hoot.

* And she hosts an all-female performance night at Blake Shelton’s Ole Red in Nashville called Let’s Glow Girls Live.

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