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Alexa Cappelli went from seeing Kelly Clarkson as her biggest vocal inspiration - to joining Team Kelly on The Voice at the age of 18. After finishing in the top 24, Cappelli left the show with a commitment to developing her style and artistic voice in a way she’d never considered before. Four years later, Cappelli has a project "Confused @ 22", marking a new chapter for the rising artist. Her pop sensibilities and a spark for songwriting were first cultivated by attending the Orange County School of the Arts, specializing in commercial music. There, she was able to take songwriting classes and reinvent pop hits with her peers. The additional training and opportunities to perform further cemented her love for the craft that started when she was little at church, and the school being a long drive from her hometown was an early lesson that she would have to make certain sacrifices to pursue singing as a career. “It showed me just how hard it is. I gotta work to do what I love,” she says of her time at the school. Cappelli was later able to secure a spot on The Voice, which had a profound effect on her outlook on her career going forward. “Before I was on the show, I was a singer, and I liked singing. I liked performing. But after being on the show, I realized, ‘Oh, I want to be an artist.’ I want to have something to say. I want to have a style and a voice. That just propelled me to figure out those questions.” Her first step towards that came in the form of a 3 song collect