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Kelly Clarkson Famous tweeted the words to “Piece by Piece” after divorce Brandon Blackstock – And now she offers insight into her creative process.
“I wrote it (when) I felt a kind of way, and hope more than (anything),” Clarkson, 43, told concerts in her Friday, July 11, Studio sessions demonstrate In Las Vegas. “And then I changed it a couple of summers ago. I had to sing it. I was like, ‘I gotta sing it’ because people were still asking for it. ‘But, it didn’t feel right.”
Clarkson wrote and released “Piece by Piece” in 2015 as a love song for Blackstock, 48, contrasting the music manager with her own absent father. She and Blackstock were married for seven years, going on to welcome two children before Clarkson filed for a divorce In 2020. A year after settling their divorce, the singer infused the words during the August 2023 show.
Instead of singing “He collected me up” Clarkson girded, “I gathered me up,” among other subtle changes.
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock have settled their divorce – and the musician gets her feelings about the split through a song. US Weekly in June 2020 confirmed that Clarkson filed for a divorce of Blackstock after nearly seven years of marriage. The pair’s legal battle turned quickly as they fought for custody (…)
“I was like, ‘I’m kinda like the way I’m taking it,’ so I changed it a little more,” explained Clarkson on Friday. “He became aware of me, man, this is a lot to put on one person anyway. Like, therapy, hey! I finished as more of a powerful thing, like, ‘cool, it didn’t happen to me, but that doesn’t mean you’re not worthy (or) valuable.’” ”
Clarkson added the new version of “Piece by Piece” to its list of residential vegas sets.
“It’s more powerful for me now, and I love it,” he quoted.
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock.
Jeff Kravitz/Filmmagic)The first American Idol Initially, Champion no longer wanted to sing “Piece by Piece” after she and Blackstock separated.
“Look, I found a hard time singing it), like, I was like, ‘I don’t know if I really want to sing about that?’” He said on The Tonight Show stars Jimmy Fallon in October 2023. “I was in a very different place when I wrote him.”
Kelly Clarkson has often changed words as a result of her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, and her latest changes turned tribute to her former self-empowerment anthem. “I wrote this song initially very hopeful, right? And well, sometimes hopeful turns hopelessly, so here we go, ‘Piece by Piece,'” Clarkson, 41, told (…)
He added, “It was a kind of perspective put on me too. It was, ‘That was a lot of pressure to put someone, you know, to pick up something of your past.’ There was a lot happening to me that day, but he finally worked out.
According to Clarkson, she first rewritten the tune “literally an hour” before her concert earlier that year.
