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"Everything that a 30-year-old woman can do, I'm still doing it," the latest celebrity eliminated from the Fox singing competition tells The Hollywood Reporter.

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00:00Show us all who you are. Take it off!

00:04Take it off! Take it off!

00:07If you've been watching The Masked Singer, you know The Flower has been captivating the judges,

00:12with many convinced they could recognize her iconic voice.

00:15Well, on Wednesday's episode, The Flower was officially unmasked, and she turned out to be, spoiler alert,

00:20exactly who everyone thought, legendary singer Patti LaBelle.

00:30The godmother of Soul opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about her time on the Fox series,

00:36and why she decided to lend her voice to the show.

00:38LaBelle revealed,

00:39Every time my son would ask me about The Masked Singer, I was hesitant.

00:42I said, I'm not sure I could be in those costumes like that.

00:45And we kept going back and forth, and I finally said, okay, I'll do it.

00:49You know, I did Dancing with the Stars at 71, so I said to myself, I might as well do this at 75.

01:00She also opened up about the state of the music industry today, saying,

01:06I've been in it for how long? 60 years performing, and I see changes all the time.

01:10I never know if we're going to ever go back to when real music was real music.

01:15Because a lot of things today, they're very, if a song the title is Get It Now or something,

01:19you're going to hear Get It Now the whole record, no substance.

01:22So there's still some growth, and I hope that it goes back to substance in the songwriting.

01:27As for what's next for her, LaBelle told THR,

01:29recording, touring, and everything that a 30-year-old woman can do, I'm still doing it.

01:33I'm blessed, honey. That's what it is. I'm blessed.

01:35For the full interview with Patti LaBelle, head to THR.com.

01:38Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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