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Sep 2023
30m 29s

Kelly Clarkson on Writing About Divorce

WNYC STUDIOS AND THE NEW YORKER
About this episode
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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