

Kelly said “The Masked Singer” changed her in ways she wasn’t expecting.

“They knew, there’s no getting around that.” “I just thought it was so hilarious, like I can’t hide from my fans at all,” she said. Kelly said she checked online and saw that her fans immediately figured out that it was her. That was kind of the main challenge, making sure I was coordinated and didn’t fall over or anything like that.” “It’s very subconscious so I did not realize I’m doing it until I put this mask on and I’m a little more restricted in moving my head around. “I do certain movements with my head and when I’m hitting a certain note,” she said. Kelly said the costume was a bit of a challenge - and it also revealed something she hadn’t realized about her performance style. “I’m kind of known for having a guitar in front of me so maybe this is my opportunity to do some choreo and be a little bit bigger of a character and so that that was exactly what I tried to do with the Seahorse.” “I realized this could be kind of a fun opportunity to show an alter ego, and do things that I wouldn’t normally do within my own music,” Kelly told Variety.

Having previously tackled “Only Girl (In the World),” by Rihanna “My Heart Will Go On,” by Celine Dion and “…Baby One More Time,” by Britney Spears, Kelly said she was eager to use “The Masked Singer” to do something different. In her final performance as Seahorse, Kelly sang “That’s What I Like,” by Bruno Mars. Jeong thought it was Christina Aguilera, while McCarthy Wahlberg named Halsey. Thicke and Scherzinger knew that Seahorse was Kelly, and Robinson also took that pick.
