Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Lots of new post-Voice music is out again this week, including new takes on some current and past hits.

Those include new covers from Megan Lee, Madilyn Paige and Maiya Sykes, as well as Bad Wolf and Citizen Queen, both of which feature former Voice contestants.

The links below take you to the songs on Apple Music. Or you can check out the snippets in the Spotify playlist below.

Citizen Queen, featuring Hannah Mrozak of Season 13, has dropped a cover of Lizzo’s “Good as Hell.” Why? “The song’s a bop, we love the message behind it, and @lizzo is a QUEEN!” the group writes on social media. Hannah is joined in the a cappella quintet by
Cora Isabel, Nina Nelson, Kaylah Sharve, and Kaedi Dalley. Oh, and they’re signed to RCA Records and have already toured with Pentatonix. And their “Good As Hell” music video has already racked up more than 160,000 views.

Kota Wade, Top 20 from Season 14, promised “something verrrry different” on the Instagram page of alternative rockers Bad Wolf, then delivered. She and husband Tommy O. dropped an enchanting version of The Cure’s “Love Song” on Friday. It’s the third release this year from Bad Wolf, following originals “Shooting Star” and “Breathing Underwater.”

Megan Lee from Season 14 has teamed up with producer Kurt Hugo Schneider for another impressive cover. This time, they take on “Despacito” by Luis Fonzi. If you don’t remember Megan, you’re forgiven. The Voice montaged both of her performances though she auditioned with a large fan base already in place from her role on the Nickelodeon “Make It Pop” TV series. Megan, 23, released her debut EP earlier this year. She and Schneider teamed up to cover Blackprint’s “Kiss This” earlier this year.

Madilyn Paige, Top 20 on Season 6, has been releasing covers on a regular basis and just made another available. This time she lends her vocals to Sam Smith’s “How Do You Sleep?” It’s at least the fifth cover this year from Madilyn (you can check the others out here), who has more than 19 million views on her YouTube channel and just did a Hi Five Live video on confidence and overcoming hurdles in life.

Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox fame has once again enlisted the vocals of Maiya Sykes to reinvent a classic. This time, they take on “California Dreamin'” by The Mamas and The Papas. Maiya’s another of the under-appreciated R&B / soul singers who appeared on the show. She turned four chairs back in Season 7 and has since teamed up with Postmodern Jukebox on more than a dozen cover songs. She’s currently part of the group’s A Very Postmodern Christmas Tour.