{"id":5562,"date":"2025-09-30T01:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/kelly-clarkson-show-premiere-music-interview-kellyoke-weeknd-1236074055\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:40:22","slug":"kelly-clarkson-show-premiere-music-interview-kellyoke-weeknd-1236074055","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/kelly-clarkson-show-premiere-music-interview-kellyoke-weeknd-1236074055\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Kelly Clarkson Show\u2019 Is \u2018Looking for the Light\u2019 in Season 7, Kicks Off With Powerful Kellyoke Cover of The\u00a0Weeknd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s not unusual to get chills from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kelly-clarkson\/\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a>\u2018s powerful and emotive vocals, but the star takes things to the next level in the season 7 premiere of <em>The Kelly Clarkson Show<\/em>, which kicked off Monday (Sept. 29).<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/kelly-clarkson-las-vegas-residency-kellyoke-cover-list\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/kelly-clarkson-show-premiere-music-interview-kellyoke-weeknd-1236074055\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kelly-clarkson-las-vegas-studio-sessions-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt='Kelly Clarkson kicks off new Las Vegas residency \"Kelly Clarkson: Studio Sessions\" at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on July 11, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.' data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tEvery Kellyoke Cover at Kelly Clarkson\u2019s \u2018Studio Sessions\u2019 Las Vegas Residency\u00a0(Updating)\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div 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class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/kelly-clarkson-show-premiere-music-interview-kellyoke-weeknd-1236074055\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aaron-rodgers-pittsburgh-steelers-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers #8 of the Pittsburgh Steelers throws a pass during the first quarter against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on September 07, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tSteelers vs. Vikings: How to Watch the NFL Dublin Game Online With Sling TV\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn fact, go ahead and get some tissues. In her first episode back, Clarkson featured as her guests not only celebs Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, but also Kerville Independent School District Superintendent Brent Ringo and 12 of its bus drivers who helped rescue hundreds of children stranded at camp during the deadly July 4 floods in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe just wanted to reaffirm our initial mission statement, which was always about community connection, humor, heart,\u201d showrunner Alex Duda tells <em>Billboard<\/em> of the season premiere and emotional tales the heroic bus drivers shared of getting the kids to safety. \u201cFrom the beginning, [Clarkson\u2019s] been a connector. \u2026 Today, we wanted to just reaffirm that throughout the years, Kelly\u2019s always said one of the things she loves best about the show \u2014 she loves the celebrities, and she obviously loves the music \u2014 but she also just loves the non-celebrities who come up, and we can shine a light on them, people who are just trying to make their community a little bit better. They don\u2019t always get the shine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile it was a dark period for the Lone Star State in the aftermath of the deadly floods \u2014 which killed at least 135 people, more than 35 of those being children, according to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/04\/us\/texas-flood-survivors\">CNN<\/a> \u2014 the show\u2019s music director says the talk show is also looking to find the bright spots in life despite the horrors. \u201cEvery season has a theme \u2026 and this one, the theme is looking for the light,\u201d Jason Halbert tells <em>Billboard<\/em>, and that\u2019s where the team went with the first Kellyoke of the season \u2014 \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-weeknd\/\">The Weeknd<\/a>, a song that topped the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a> for four weeks. \u201cIt tied in good with the whole story with the Kerville bus drivers. The show\u2019s really good about highlighting really great, positive stories that are happening in the midst of all the chaos in the world today.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd | Kelly Clarkson Kellyoke Cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HbTC_XHPsyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHalbert says that with Clarkson\u2019s Las Vegas residency \u2014 which was paused in August due to her ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kelly-clarkson-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-death-obituary-1236038914\/\">Brandon Blackstock\u2019s death<\/a> after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/brandon-blackstock-cause-death-melanoma-kelly-clarkson-ex-1236040537\/\">battle with cancer<\/a> \u2014 the star and her band Y\u2019all didn\u2019t have all that much time to put the \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d Kellyoke together. For some artists, it might\u2019ve been an issue, but not for Clarkson and her team. \u201cI\u2019ve been with Kelly 20 years, and these guys have been with her 10 years plus, and so when I\u2019m arranging these songs, I can already hear her in my head,\u201d he shares. \u201cSo it doesn\u2019t feel like we\u2019re even consciously trying to \u2018Kellyize\u2019 it or whatever you would say anymore. It\u2019s just \u2026 what comes out when Kelly sings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnd of course, the widely popular Kellyoke segment that kicks off each episode is a bright spot. This season, Halbert teases, there\u2019s much to look forward to when it comes to the music. \u201cWe have some great duets coming up this season,\u201d Halbert teases. \u201cLast season we introduced a Cameo-oke and started giving to highlight some other artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOne pairing he\u2019s particularly excited about? Toni Braxton and Clarkson on the former\u2019s Hot 100 No. 3 hit \u201cBreathe Again.\u201d Gushes Halbert, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to hear those two voices together!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut there\u2019s more: The music director teases that a Kellyoke of Destiny\u2019s Child\u2019s \u201cSay My Name\u201d is in the works. \u201cWe actually had that slated for last season, and we just never got to it. And over the summer, I was listening back through some of the stuff we had, and like I say, we like to make things our own, and I felt like that one, we were just too on the nose with. It\u2019s hard when somebody grows up listening to somebody,\u201d he explains of the hit, which reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2000. \u201cSo I\u2019m glad we didn\u2019t do it, because when we came back, we spent a little bit of time reimagining it and making it more Kelly, and just a little more chills \u2014 sort of like what we did with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kelly-clarkson-prince-kiss-cover-video-9580653\/\">Prince\u2019s \u2018Kiss.\u2019<\/a> It\u2019s like a different feel to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOther Kellyokes on the docket? Halbert says viewers can expect \u201cI Hope I Never Fall in Love\u201d by Maren Morris and Katrina and the Waves\u2019 \u201cWalking on Sunshine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI think you\u2019re gonna feel a little bit of difference in the music because we\u2019re just coming off the Vegas residency where we did studio sessions, and it was all live musicians doing all of her hits again,\u201d Halbert tells <em>Billboard<\/em>. \u201cAnd I think that sort of reinvigorated some things musically for us that we\u2019re trying to incorporate into what we\u2019re doing in the show this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not unusual to get chills from Kelly Clarkson\u2018s powerful and emotive vocals, but the star takes things to the next level in the season 7 premiere of The Kelly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,274,3953,94,278],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-genre-pop","category-kelly-clarkson-show","category-music-news","category-tv-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}