Utah 'Finance Bro' Cade Mower Turns All 4 'Voice' Chairs

Deseret News reports Utah wealth adviser Cade Mower won all four 'Voice' coaches in seconds, then chose rookie Riley Green as his coach.

According to the Deseret News, 35-year-old Cade Mower of Bluffdale, Utah needed only a few notes of Zach Bryan's "Something In the Orange" to get Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah and Riley Green all fighting over him during this season's Blind Auditions. Levine turned first, and the Deseret News notes he reminded Mower that he coached last season's winner, Alexia Jayy. First-time coach Queen Latifah went further, telling him, "You can take this whole thing. You own that stage."

The twist fans are talking about is who Mower is offstage. The Deseret News reports Clarkson was visibly stunned to learn he works in finance, exclaiming, "You're a finance bro with that voice?" Mower told the show he has been juggling "three different hats" — finance guy, musician, father and husband — and has pursued music for nearly 15 years while keeping a full-time career as a wealth adviser. Before singing, he got emotional thanking his wife Lindsey, saying he had felt guilt over doing "something selfish" and that her support "means everything."

In the end, Mower picked first-time coach Riley Green, who answered, "Cheers Team Riley, and we'll go win this thing." American Songwriter reports that earlier in the same week of Blind Auditions, Green had lost Alabama-born country singer Anna McElroy to Kelly Clarkson despite what the outlet calls Clarkson's "impossible" upset — making Mower's choice a redemptive win for the rookie coach. Clarkson's reaction to Mower's day job aside, the Deseret News frames him as an early front-runner this season.

The audition is already landing as one of the season's biggest. Per the Deseret News, Mower's performance has drawn more than 3 million views on "The Voice's" official YouTube channel, and the outlet calls him one of three Utah singers finding success this cycle — alongside Cal Cook, whose Dijon cover won over only Levine, and Johnnie Kapua, who earned Clarkson's chair with "Die With a Smile." The Deseret News also notes Mower has thousands of shows behind him, from his uncle's Salt Lake City bar to stints in Austin and Nashville.

Mower told the show before auditioning, "I'm always going to do music. I need a chair to turn so I can be a full-time artist" — and per the Deseret News, that chair has now turned, putting him one step closer to leaving wealth advising behind. New episodes air Monday nights on NBC, so fans will see how Team Riley develops. For singers watching, Grammy-winning opera singer Janai Brugger tells the Chicago Tribune that career longevity rests on unglamorous habits: Throat Coat tea, honey with lemon, resting her voice for days before shows, and wearing masks on planes to keep her vocal cords hydrated.