Why Reba McEntire picked Beyoncé’s gender-flipping battle song for ‘The Voice’: ‘God gave me this body, and you respect it.’
The country music trailblazer and card-carrying Beyhive member recorded her own version of "If I Were a Boy" in 2010.
As The Voice Season 25 Battle Rounds wrapped Tuesday, Reba McEntire had only two apple/oranges contestants remaining: quiet-stormy R&B diva Elyscia Jefferson, and spunky pop-country belter Ashley Bryant. Finding music that would work for both women was not going to be easy, but Reba came up with the perfect cover song — one from her own discography, with personal meaning.
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