Haley's vocal coach had this to say when elaborating about HOTRS:
Quote: Jimmy Iovine said in one of the sessions — I don’t know if it aired — but he said, ‘People don’t understand what a good singer you are.’ It just bothered him. ‘People really don’t understand you’re an amazing singer here.’ I was so happy he said that.
Another comment from her AI vocal coach:
Quote:(What is and What Shall Never Be) The music supervisor, Robin Kaye, sent Robert Plant and Jimmy Page a clip of Haley singing and they said, ‘Yes, absolutely, we’d love for her to sing our song.’ And that meant a lot to her. She was very honored because she really wanted that song.” …”(Rhiannon) It was an interesting choice for her. It was one of the songs that was on her list a while ago. The fact that it became a choice from Jimmy, it was like easy peasy. I applaud Jimmy because it gave us a chance to pull it down. I’ve heard people say they don’t like her growling all the time. I think it showcased her very well — she has a softer side and she doesn’t have to rip every single song she sings.”…”Alanis has a lot of yodeling. It’s very deliberate, Alanis’s vocal. In rehearsal Haley can sing all that stuff because she did sing ‘Blue,’ where she yodeled earlier on. And I said, ‘You don’t have to bring as much yodel as Alanis does. They want to see how you hear yourself as an artist, so bring that.’ A little sidebar: Carrie Underwood was always looking for a week where she could yodel. It makes me smile when I hear Haley do it because I remember Carrie looking every week, and she just didn’t get around to it.
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A different AI vocal coach after she sang
Blue:
Quote:I loved her; the judges, not so much. I think it’s really hard to do that with your voice, just to switch between that falsetto voice and your chest voice like that. That’s such a talent; not everybody can do that. For her to sing it so perfectly every time, I thought she was great. I felt bad that the judges did not appreciate it as much...I remember my favorite thing, we did the sing-for-your-life performance after Hollywood week and after Vegas, and she did ‘Lady Marmalade’ with a bass player. I just love her.
