Corridor & Oates member John Oates was unmasked through the December 13 episode of The Masked Singer. The “Maneater” musician sang “Johnny B Goode” by Chuck Berry earlier than his elimination. John, 75, was a part of a double elimination, with Keyshia Cole being revealed because the Candelabra. Hollywood Life spoke completely with John about how he ended up on The Masked Singer.

“I used to be requested to do it, and I had a spot in my tour schedule,” John mentioned. “I appreciated going to LA. I believed it was an excuse to hang around with a few of my associates and do an fascinating present. I actually didn’t know what to anticipate, so I needed to search out out. We took some conferences, and the individuals have been cool. To be trustworthy with you. I didn’t just like the Anteater costume once I first noticed the drawings of it, however then I form of put collectively that possibly it was a refined clue to ‘Maneater.’ I believed, what the hell, I’ll simply do it.”

The guitarist identified that he was truly a clue just a few seasons again when Hayley Orrantia competed on The Masked Singer because the Ringmaster. “She requested me to be one in every of her clues, so I began watching the present when she requested me to try this,” he added. “I believed it was a tremendous present. I imply, any present that’s on TV for 10 seasons with the quantity of viewership it has is extremely large. I believed, if I do a present like this, I can get an opportunity to speak about loads of different issues that I’m doing, get an opportunity to let individuals know that I’ve a complete different life. I do loads of charity work, I’m releasing new music, all that form of stuff. There was just a little little bit of an ulterior motive concerned.”

John has been performing for many years, however he wasn’t completely ready for The Masked Singer expertise. He admitted that he didn’t notice “how onerous it was to sing in that costume and do choreography once I couldn’t see out of the costume. It was loopy as a result of I needed to depend my steps to stroll across the stage. I truly couldn’t see the place I used to be going. I believed I used to be going to fall off the stage at just a few factors. That was form of the onerous half.”

The musician defined rehearsals have been completely completely different than when he carried out for the cameras. “There are flashing strobe lights and confetti popping out of the ceiling, individuals screaming,” he mentioned. “The viewers is loopy loud. After which I couldn’t see, so I needed to depend my steps. I used to be actually afraid I used to be going to stroll off the stage.”

He continued, “The nice half was that the manufacturing and the individuals concerned have been so nice and so wonderful. Everybody was tremendous skilled. They’d their act collectively. Every part labored like clockwork. There wasn’t loads of downtime. You went there, did your bit, and it was nice.”

Throughout his run on The Masked Singer, John sang a rendition of “I Need It That Approach” by Backstreet Boys. John admitted that the track wasn’t actually in his “wheelhouse as a singer. Nonetheless, it was an excellent problem for me to determine how I might form of make it my very own, however not form of spoil the unique good vibe of that track.”

The Pennsylvania native has a brand new single popping out known as “Get Your Smile On,” and he revealed the inspiration behind the monitor. “It’s a track I wrote throughout COVID once I actually was attempting to jot down one thing constructive,” he advised Hollywood Life. “I wasn’t leaving the home, so I wasn’t going to the recording studio. I did the entire track on my laptop computer. I recorded all of the devices and sang all of the vocals. I used to be excited about it like, nicely, it’s a cool demo that I did at dwelling that someday possibly I’ll go right into a recording studio and make an actual report out of it. However the extra I listened to it, it sounded actually good. Recordings are a second in time. They seize a second in time. You keep in mind the place you have been, the individuals you labored with the studio. For this track, I believed, this is sort of a second in time. That is once I was caught in the home. It’s COVID. However but, it’s tremendous constructive.

He added, “We teamed up with Teen Most cancers America, and we’re going to donate all of the proceeds from the downloads of the track will go to Teen Most cancers America. It’s a fantastic group with Roger Daltrey. I’m glad to have the ability to launch a track like this that’s tremendous constructive.” For John, charity work is extremely essential to him on this stage of his life. “I believe that’s one thing if you attain a sure place in your profession it’s essential to concentrate on that and to try this. I’m all for it,” he mentioned. The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays on FOX.