Ward said in the interview that he picked the Robyn song (which was a huge dance hit in 2010) because he felt it was “more true to me as an artist. Ward said he “blacked out” after the chairs turned and doesn’t even recall the rest of his performance: “I had to ask someone, ‘Did I even finish the song?’”Ĭlarkson, after his performance, said, “I love a passionate performer, and that you are, my friend.” The way his voice broke with the words “I can” impacted both Legend and Clarkson, who both pressed their red buttons almost at the same time.
Those last words of those two lines, I remember those needed to feel painful and exhausted. You can be a great performer, but there is still something missing. He said he focused on not letting his nerves get to him this time and to “feel the words. This time, he chose Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own,” a song packed with longing and sadness. That was weighing on his mind when he auditioned, picking Kaleo’s “Way Down We Go.” It didn’t quite work for the coaches, and he left empty-handed. Just before the audition, his mom was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage 4 cancer. His family convinced him to try out for “The Voice” in 2019. (He said he takes a lot of the blame there.)Īfter a break from music, he joined a hardcore Christian rock band, Sent By Ravens, then segued into doing music at churches. He formed a Christian acoustic rock band Room 222 at age 17 that was almost signed by a label, but they broke up. He later learned guitar and wrote songs as a teenager. Ward, now 34, began playing drums as a young child, inspired by his dad, also a drummer.
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