Adam Levine Says 'The Voice' 'Really Changed' His Career, Making Him a 'Household Name'

Adam Levinewas a huge star beforeThe Voice,but the popular singing competition show took things to a new level for him.While promotingMaroon 5’snew single “Memories”on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music’s Beats 1 show, the 40-year-old frontman reflected on how much had changed for him as an artist over the years.“I think when the band made [first albumSongs About Jane] and had that all going on in the early 2000s, I think I was really young and also, it was a different time,” he said, noting that “not everyone had a camera on them at all times and you enjoyed a certain kind of privacy.

Adam Levine Says He Helps Curate Wife Behati Prinsloo's Impressive Sneaker Collection

If you’ve ever seen photos ofAdam Levinesitting courtside to cheer on the Los Angeles Lakers, you can probably tell that theMaroon 5front man takes his shoe collectionveryseriously. And during a new episode ofComplex’sYouTube seriesSneaker Shopping with Joe La Puma, Levine said wifeBehati Prinslooalso owns some pretty cool kicks. “You said that she has a carefully curated collection. Not that many [pairs] as you, but they’re all bangers,” La Puma told the Grammy winner, 42, at SoleStage shoe store in Los Angeles.

Adam Levine Says He Loves the 'Chaos' That Comes with Being a Dad of 3: 'I Embrace' It

Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Adam Levineis embracing being a father of three. TheMaroon 5frontman, 43, appeared on iHeartRadio’sOn-Air with Ryan Seacrestthis week, where he gave an update on his life after welcoming athird daughterwith wifeBehati Prinslooin late January. “It’s zone defense as they say,” Levine told hostRyan Seacrestof parenting three children, which, alongside their newborn, includes daughters Dusty Rose, 6, and Gio Grace, 5. “It goes from man to man to zone.

Adam Levine Says He Put a Lot of 'Thought' Into His Decision to Perform at Super Bowl

ForAdam Levine, agreeing to headline the2019 Super Bowl halftime showwith his bandMaroon 5was not an easy decision.While the gig has been considered a big honor in past years, it has now been highly criticized in wake of the NFL’s treatment ofColin Kaepernickand other football players, who havedecided to take a kneein protest of police brutality and inequality.“No one thought about it more than I did,” Levine said during aninterviewwithEntertainment TonightThursday ahead of the big game.

Adam Levine Says He's 'Still Formulating a Lot of Things' Regarding Maroon 5's Super Bowl Show

Two months after a sourceconfirmed to PEOPLEthatMaroon 5is set to perform at theSuper Bowl,Adam Levineis remaining cryptic about his band’s plans amid a storm of controversy.“I’m still formulating a lot of things,” Levine, 39,toldVarietyin a wide-ranging interview for their hitmakers issue.More than 63,500 people have signed aChange.org petitionasking the band to back out of the high-profile performance to supportColin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who started the#TakeAKnee movementto protest racial injustices.Levinepreviously spoke only in hypothetical terms— joking that “whoever is lucky enough to get that gig probably is gonna crush it” — whenEllen DeGeneresasked him about the Super Bowl on her show in November.