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Sep 2023
30m 29s

Kelly Clarkson on Writing About Divorce

WNYC STUDIOS AND THE NEW YORKER
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Twenty years after her breakout on “American Idol,” Kelly Clarkson released an album called “Chemistry” that deals with the long arc of a relationship and her recent divorce. She sat down to talk with Hanif Abdurraqib, a music writer passionate about the craft of songwriting. “This literally was written in real time,” Clarkson reflects. “That was me being in ... Show More
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