Adam Levine has a simple message for Blake Shelton.
The Maroon 5 frontman hilariously reacted to news that his BFF and former costar will be returning to The Voice to perform during the NBC singing competition series’ upcoming season 27 finale on May 20.
“Boo!” Adam exclusively told E! News backstage May 12. “You hear me, Blake Shelton? Right now, you hear me at home? I’m not excited that you’re coming back and I don’t like you.”
Of course, the “One More Night” singer was only giving his longtime pal a hard time, as the rivalrous duo is known to do.
But as for whether or not Adam, who himself returned as coach this season after departing the series in 2019, would return for another season as coach?
“Perhaps,” he stated coyly. “Maybe…if they ask me.”
When it comes to his team’s chances of taking home the season 27 Voice trophy, Adam knows he and fellow coaches John Legend, Kelsea Ballerini and Michael Bublé all have a good chance of winning.
“I feel good,” the 46-year-old admitted. “It’s gonna be tough. There’s some worthy competitors over there. But I feel good. I think my team is super amazing and I hope for nothing but the best for them. That’s all we can really do at this point. It’s kind of out of our hands. You have to just kind of cheer them on.”
While Adam noted he’s gone “from coach to cheerleader” ahead of the May 20 finale, he also teased of Team Adam, “We still got some tricks up our sleeves.”
While fans will have to tune in to see Adam’s reunion with fellow The Voice O.G. Blake, the rocker recently shared insight into their friendly rivalry over the past 14 years.
“They threw these four people in these four turning chairs,” he recounted of the series’ 2011 premiere with fellow coaches Blake, CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera last month on Late Night With Seth Meyers. “Back then, we were like, ‘This is weird.’ We all felt like part of this team.”
“We started dissing each other casually,” he continued. “And then we had a really specific moment where we were like, I was like, ‘Is there a too far for you? Is there an over the line for you?’ He was like, ‘Buddy, you hit me as hard as you want. You will never go too hard.’ And he stayed pretty true to that. I got more sensitive than he did.”
