As the Knockouts continued on Monday’s (November 18) episode, Gwen Stefani revealed that a member of her team had decided to leave the competition. The bombshell came during rehearsals when Stefani told her team’s Mega Mentor, Sting, that Mor Ilderton “had to go home.” No further explanation was given. But last week he shared on social media that he has a new single coming out on November 22.

This comes a week after country singer Tanner Frick left Michael Bublé’s team after rehearsals for the Knockouts. While the show didn’t provide a reason for Frick’s exit, the singer shared a cryptic message on social media, which included a snippet of a new song, captioned, “Ain’t nobody want me anyway.”

Ilderton is from Charleston, West Virginia, and began pursuing music five years ago. According to his NBC bio, he went to college to study biology and is balancing a path toward a career in medicine and his ultimate dream of a full-time music career. He also shares his songs on TikTok, including the track “Welcome Sign,” which recently surpassed 125,000 streams.

On Monday, Ilderton took to Instagram to share a clip from a new song called “Stranger,” which includes the lyrics, “Where were you through all my anger, and all my days in pain.” The single is set to be released on November 22.

Fans jumped into Ilderton’s Instagram comments section to ask about his exit from The Voice, with one fan writing, “Sure miss you!! I was sad to learn you dropped from the voice. It makes me wonder what’s going on behind the scenes with both you and Tanner dropping out. I will be watching for your awesome talent though.”

“I was looking forward to hearing what song you would sing your heart out to on the knockouts. Excited for the release of this song though, still love your voice!” said another.

“I’m so sad you left the voice! You are amazing!! Can’t wait for the single!” added another.

Another wrote, “Literally so sad cause you left.”

Despite his passion for music, Mor went to college to pursue a biology degree. His paternal uncle and grandmother raised him since he was 2 years old, as his parents were unable to care for him. With his uncle being a Marine Corps veteran, living with him has provided Mor with structure and discipline, for which he is eternally grateful. His grandmother, uncle and aunt are all incredibly supportive of him, whether he wants to advance a career in music or biology.

In the past couple of years, Mor began sharing his songs on TikTok and even released a track, “Welcome Sign.” It recently surpassed 125,000 streams on all platforms and more than 80,000 streams on Spotify alone.

Mor is balancing his path toward a career in medicine and his ultimate dream of pursuing music full-time.