Singing Nun From 'The Voice of Italy' Releases 'Like a Virgin' Cover

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Neha Prakash
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Singing Nun From 'The Voice of Italy' Releases 'Like a Virgin' Cover
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Well, this is what we'd call a conflict of interest.

Sister Cristina Scuccia, the nun who won Italy's version of The Voice with a powerful and shocking rendition of Alicia Keys' "No One" back in March, has released her first single: a slowed-down, impressive cover of Madonna's "Like a Virgin."

Scuccia also debuted a music video Monday, featuring black and white sweeping shots of Venice while her habit billows in the wind. The video does not contain any pointy bras, lions or voguing.

The 26-year-old singing nun defended her song choice to Italian newspaper Avvenire, saying, "Reading the text, without being influenced by previous interpretations, you discover that it is a song about the power of love to renew people [and] rescue them from their past.”

And, it seems, Scuccia is excited to get Madonna's reaction to the buttoned-up interpretation of 1984 hit song.

“I’d like to see her face when they tell her it’s a nun singing," Scuccia said.

Scuccia's first album will drop on Nov. 11.

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