“The Voice” Alum Finally Feels Confident After a Difficult Year

After finishing in fourth place on Season 24 of “The Voice,” Jacquie Roar was feeling pretty confident. However, when she began having difficulty booking gigs outside her home state, she started to get frustrated.

“I was thinking more people in the industry would come to me, email me, contact me,” she told the Portland Tribune. “I can’t get anybody outside of Oregon to book a gig. I’ve contacted hundreds of people and I’ve got like five emails back. Texas has not responded to me, not one place.”

With half of 2025 under her belt and a feeling of acceptance in the country music community, that confidence is returning.

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“Things are going great, we’re gigging and we’ve really gotten tight as a band,” Roar told the Forest Grove News Times. Roar’s newest music is even getting radio airplay. “That’s The Spirit” can be heard on around 70 radio stations. She also recently released the single “Boots in the Sand,” along with a video. A third single will be released on June 28.

“I’ve written the whole album out, and we’re releasing one by one until they’re all out,” she said. She admitted that she’d like to release the whole album, “but it’s not the market for that.”

While she previously covered more popular songs, like Lainey Wilson’s “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” and Moody Blues’ “Night in White Satin” on “The Voice,” this album is all songs she’s written or collaborated on. “I didn’t want to be a cover band, I wanted to be original if we’re going to make it and do something serious,” Roar said.

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Roar went to a Joshua Tree retreat with producer Jason Mater, writers Steve Fee, Jordan Gray, and Jesse Slack, and guitarist Christian Pond. There, the group focused on writing songs. “We were done in four days,” Roar said.

“We did it the Nashville way,” she added, noting that the predominantly finished album used Nashville session players. “It’s been such a cool experience making this album. We really did it the right way.”

The singer feels like this is a marked difference from last year. She also hopes to be invited to return to the Nashville songwriter’s group, The Writer’s Round at Chief’s. “For one moment I felt accepted in Nashville after putting in all the work,” she remarked about being invited last year. “I felt so good.”

“It’s cool realizing that I do have support and the music is building, I’m doing it the slow way, it’s not like I’m going viral and will be at the CMAs (Country Music Awards) next month. The slow roll is the way for me. Big things are finally developing. There are a couple labels watching my album.”

And her old coach? They still keep in touch. “Reba has kept an eye on me,” she said.