Jennifer Hudson feels like a “proud mother” after reuniting with Remember Monday.
The ‘Dreamgirls’ star mentored the trio – Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele – on the 2019 season of ‘The Voice UK’ so she was delighted to welcome them onto her talk show on Wednesday (09.01.24) and has predicted the ‘Drive’ hitmakers will “blow completely up” in the US.
She said: “I feel like a proud mother – I’m so proud of them.
“I think y’all are going to blow completely up over here in the States – that’s what I predict, that’s what I felt back then and that is why back doing the UK ‘Voice’ y’all caught one of my shoes that I threw at you – which is a compliment, by the way.
“I’m so proud of you ladies – keep up the good work; I know we’re going to see their names in lights”
The country-pop trio performed Alanis Morissette’s ‘Hand in My Pocket’ on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ because they know it always goes down well with fans.
They explained: “We sang ‘Hand in My Pocket’ by Alanis Morissette on the show, as we’ve covered it on our Tik Tok and Instagram multiple times, and every time we post it, it goes viral – the first time we posted it we received over 7.3M views and since then it has received an additional 4/5M across our different socials on other videos.”
Although they have been performing together since 2011, it is only after a successful 2023 – which included supporting Billy Joel at BST Hyde Park and a gig at the C2C Festival in London – that the trio have decided to focus on the band full time.
They said: “The decision to leave the careers we had all individually built for ourselves was a pretty tricky one to make – we were all just reaching the top of our game, and had worked extremely hard to get there.
“But we have always loved the band; it makes us so happy, and we were getting to the point where we realised if we didn’t fully commit to it we would really regret it. “
And the group – who have just released their single ‘Laugh About It’ – are grateful for the boost Jennifer’s support offers them.
They said: ““We are so grateful for the support Jennifer has shown us over the years. She really championed us on The Voice in 2019, encouraging us to sing an original song rather than a cover, which has rarely been done on the show.
“Her interest in our band career has never wavered since – we’re so grateful for this opportunity to showcase ourselves as a band on US national TV, especially now, so soon after we’ve decided to give it a go full time.”
The trio plan to release a single every five weeks this year, with their ‘Hand in My Pocket’ cover set to come out on 12 January.