Matt McAndrew may have placed second on The Voice Season 7, but he’s come out a winner, as one of the most popular contestants to ever compete on the show. His official Voice single, “Wasted Love,” skyrocketed to a then-record-setting #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 (with opening sales of 209,000), and he has returned to the show again and again, most recently serving as the host of the Voice‘s Amazon Echo-cast series and touring with his Season 7 friend Luke Wade.

But Matt is making a name for himself outside the show, too, with his wonderful self-released EP, Rush in Slowly. Matt recently stopped by Yahoo Music to play acoustic versions of two of the EP’s tracks, “Bones” and “Cahuenga Blvd.,” as well as a world premiere of a lovely unreleased tune, “Just a Boy.”

He also sat down to talk about life after The Voice (and after Republic Records), his childhood aspirations of being a talk show host, his diehard fans, what happened behind the scenes of his Fight Club-themed “Counting on Love” music video, and that infamous night when he dislocated his shoulder only 20 minutes before his big headlining show at L.A.’s Roxy — and played the gig anyway, in a hospital gown.

McFandrews, catch up with Matt here!

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Matt McAndrew may have placed runner-up (to the also-worthy Craig Wayne Boyd) last season on The Voice, but he’s already shaping up to be one of the biggest stars to come out of the series. His debut single “Wasted Love,” which went to No. 1 on iTunes last year and sold Taylor Swift-sized numbers, was so popular that Season 8 contestant Sarah Potenza even covered it this year. And now Matt, newly signed to Republic Records, is back with another great tune, “Counting on Love,” which he recently performed on The Voice with Maroon 5’s James Valentine accompanying him on guitar.

While “Counting on Love” boasts a hard-rawkin’ sound that surprises some fans of the singer-songwriter, when Matt came by Yahoo Music to perform a very different acoustic version, he showcased his softer side. He also crooned “Wasted Love,” and talked about his post-Voice ambitions, which include selling a million albums (that would be a Voice first, of course).

The man already has a checkbox tattoo on his arm, which he filled in once he accomplished his original goal of landing a record deal. Matt better leave some space on his arm for a few more goal-oriented tats, because this guy is just getting started.

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