Adam Levine slams record labels for mismanaging ‘The Voice’ winners: ‘No one knows what they’re doing.’
It started when Stern, a fellow NBC star on “America’s Got Talent,” asked Levine why “American Idol” was able to launch winners to legitimate stardom, yet no other singing show has been able to “really capture that lightning in a bottle.”
“The rollout of all that is still such a mess,” Levine said. “And by the way, just to clarify, this has nothing to do with what happens on NBC or with the people. In that time, we do so much great s— for these singers, and then they go to a record label that I won’t mention. But they go to a record label that f—s it up.”
“Most of them don’t even do that! You’d be shocked to see it. The show ends, and they’re like, ‘Okay, they don’t matter to me anymore.’ This is how they feel on the other end,” Levine said. “I don’t understand why they don’t care. That’s what drives me absolutely bonkers. And then it makes me feel defeated on my end because there’s really not much I can do.”
Levine echoed his frustration of being on the sidelines when the mentees are locked into contracts with labels, and he can’t do anything to help, even if it appears their career is going downhill fast. “We get so attached and so passionate about helping these guys. And now it’s become this thing where I feel like after I want to be part of it, too, to whatever capacity I can. And I’m glad I’m saying this on air so maybe the label will get angry and f— off, so we can get somebody else to do it,” Levine said.
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However, it seems like he can do more than he's doing.