BURBANK, Calif. -- Michelle
Chamuel is one of the final five artists on NBC’s “The Voice,” and
while things are hectic preparing for the semi-final round, she’s
enjoying the ride.
“It’s been a
whirlwind. I feel crazy, but very excited to be here, doing all this,
learning all of these things and still representing Team Usher,”
Michelle told a small group of journalists on Friday as she took a break
from doing some studio recordings.
Michelle is proud to be on Team Usher, and when AccessHollywood.com
asked during the roundtable about his hands-on approach as a coach, she
said they have a very collaborative working relationship.
“Yeah,
he’s very hands on, but in a way that’s not overbearing,” she said.
“It’s very much like, ‘OK, we’re gonna assess the crap out of this and
pick the best possible way to step forward. So he’s sitting there going
through all the variables… and I don’t have to go through all that with
him, so it doesn’t overwhelm me. He’ll come up with the best couple of
things and be like, ‘How ‘bout this?’ And I’ll… counter with something
else. And he’ll be like, ‘OK, cool. I hear that.’ So he does all this
computing in his own genius head and then, it’s like a compromise in
what we end up doing.”
There’s no doubt that she has confidence in the recording studio, and when Access asked
where that came from – the ability to speak up and address her own
ideas with her coach — Michelle said it came from years of not knowing
how to speak up for herself properly.
“I’ve
been in a band for five years; it was a democratic band at one point
with seven people. So there was a time where I did not speak up, and I
did not know what I wanted… but I’ve always been someone who has really
visceral reactions, so I’d be in rehearsal and I’d start to feel myself
like shaking and I didn’t know what was happening,” Michelle explained
of what would happen when she didn’t speak her mind in previous
situations.
“All of a sudden I’d snap or it’d just be really not good communication on my part,” she continued.
Michelle said there used to be times where she didn’t speak up, and it took the joy out of music for her.
“It
got to that point where someone [would] be like, ‘Do it this way.’ … [I
would] be like, ‘Cool. Yeah.’ But later on [I would wonder], ‘Why do I
not wanna sing this song anymore? Why is the joy gone?’” Michelle said.
“So now, I’m trying to take more responsibility for my own happiness,
and if someone says, ‘Hey! We think you should wear these boots with
heels on the…,’ and I’m like, ‘Well… I would not like to do that.’”
Michelle added that she’s happy that Usher totally gets her.
“In
his coaching style, he has the insight with what works best for me
because he’s taken that time to like, evaluate the situation and figure
out who I am,” she said. “It’s a testament to him, as well, to be able
to partner up or, let me have that space. You know?”
Catch Michelle and the rest of the Top 5 on “The Voice,” airing Monday night at 8/7c on NBC.
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