I can’t hold a tune to save my life, so I don’t know for sure, but I imagine there are a few things that strike fear into the heart of singers. Losing their precious voice, for one. Not getting enough attention (can’t relate). And then there is … Kelly Clarkson covering your song.

A practice that began when she was touring, taking cover requests from fans, Kelly Clarkson now has a daytime talkshow in which every episode she does Kellyoke and covers a song she loves. Why, you might ask? It’s simple – because she can, and also she should. She’s amazing at it. I’m not saying every time she does a cover she makes it her own, but she definitely shows everyone what your song sounds like when it’s belted by one of our greatest living singers.

I have been a fan of Kelly for a long time, since the original 2002 American Idol days, back when we used to vote via homing pigeons. I think songs like Breakaway and Since U Been Gone are some of the greatest bangers of all time. But I became more personally invested in her in 2016 when she returned to American Idol to perform – while heavily pregnant – her song Piece by Piece.

The song is about her being abandoned by her father when she was little, how he only tried to return when she had money, and about how her husband is good........

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