Christian singer Jordan Smith has just won the ninth season of the singing competition "The Voice," but admitted that his victory hasn't quite sunk in yet and he feels really giddy about pursuing his lifelong dream to share music to the world.
"I'm still in the middle of that processing phase – just kind of letting it settle in, realising that my experience on the show has come to an end and just how impactful it was," he said during an interview with Yahoo! Music. "It meant so much to me to even be on the show at all, but to be the winner means a lot. It's a dream I've had for such a long time and looked forward to for so long. Now I have to find a new dream, something else to look forward to and work on."
For now, Smith plans to create songs that would inspire people. He learned while being in "The Voice" just how impactful certain music can be and how it provoke emotions, and he intends to promote positive ones.
"I want to make music that people connect with. I think there are songs out there that when you hear them, they bring you back to a certain place. I want to make music like that. I think I've learned on the show just how powerful music can be when it comes from your heart and means something to you," he said.
Smith admitted that he never really considered himself as a performer, only a singer. He initially thought that he would have zero chances of making it onto the show, but life has a way of surprising people.
"When I sang 'Halo' in the Live Playoffs, (coach) Adam (Levine) and I changed up the arrangement and decided to do something different with the song. That's the first time I really saw that I had something to say as an artist," he reflected. "I saw myself as an artist from that point on. Then I tried to cultivate that good attitude and keep that momentum going for the rest of the show and build up my self-confidence as a performer."
