OlderKelly Clarkson: “I’m Afraid of Mouth Herpes”
Kelly Clarkson gives a very candid and hilarious interview in the August 2007 issue of Blender.
On what she does in her free time: “You know, I never go out. If I’m in L.A., I’m usually at my house playing Guitar Hero.”
On her lying music label, BMG: “Everyone keeps saying how hard this record because be because of all the crap surrounding it, but that last one was really hard to make. I literally got told to my face that it wouldn’t sell more than 600,000 copies. And I got lied to. One reason I don’t like working with people at the label is that they like. They told me, ‘We really want you to go to Sweden. These people really want to write with you.’ So I flew to Sweden with lyrics I’d written to this track I’d been sent, ‘Since U Been Gone.’ I get there, and the writers are like, ‘Oh, we already have lyrics. We just want you to sing it.’ It was really awkward. It was mean. That’s why there’s no relationship with them. Because I don’t like to be lied to.
On ex-boyfriend David Hodges, former Evanescence keyboardist: “I didn’t even really like the guy. I’m more mad at myself for being so blding. Why would I pick someone like him to date? What’s wrong with me? … It’s fine in the end. Maybe I had to go through that and learn more about myself. Maybe that’s why I don’t date much, either.”
On how many boys she’s made out with: “Four? No, wait. Oh my God, five! I have major trust issues. [laughs] I just don’t make out with people. That’s a waste of my kisses and time. And it’s so personal. It’s like, my face. Plus, I’m afraid of mouth herpes.”
On her face-to-face meeting with music exec Clive Davis: “It was nice. IT was just the two of us, and his dog. I was like, I don’t know you very well, and I am not a bulls******. I get you don’t like the album. You’re 80; you’re not supposed to like my album. I said, ‘Clive, I’m going to make tons of albums. It doesn’t have to be mainstream every time. Then he kept bringing up people he’s worked with. ‘You’re a Whitney! You’re a Mariah!’ ‘First of all, Mariah writes a lot of her stuff. Secondly, I dont’ want a career like either of those singers. That’s why it’s hard for us to make an album. You don’t know me! You don’t know what I like, and you don’t know what my fans like.”
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Well then, I’m really hoping she’ll be able to do more “experimenting” in the future. We will see then.
BTW, metacritic is not just one opinion. They just compile all reviews from all publications/websites. =)
And I also happen to like this album, but NOT because of Kelly’s reasons.
And I don’t think peaking at #8 is a “real” hit by Kelly’s standards. First week sales are also not indicative of long-term sales. Nearly all albums by high-profile acts debut high because of hard-core-fan sales. We will have to see if this album has “legs”, which by most indications, it isn’t predicted to have.
she has high ego…i hate her…
It’s ridiculous that some people are holding Kelly to this unrealistic “standard”. What artist hasn’t had ups and downs in their career? For the amount of negative buzz and lack of label support that went on for months and months prior to her album’s release, I think these sales numbers are great. For me, high sales (while nice) is not always a true indicator of good music.
And you can bet that she will be making more records. If RCA is so stupid as to cut her loose, there are other labels who will be running to snap her up.
I’m interpreting the Mariah/Whitney comment as Kelly just wants to establish her own style and music. Good on her.
Is anyone tired about her bitching about her label in every interview?
Ha! Some of you are confusing confidence and maybe a little cynicism on her part with conceit. She is far from full of herself. She’s just not inclined to believe the same people that told her her last CD Breakaway wouldn’t sell more than 600,000 copies. I think I would think twice about listening to the advice of those who were so incredibly wrong before. Also Clive Davis hated one of Kelly’s biggest hits to date, “Because Of You” a song she originally wrote when she was 16 and had to literally cry so they would even put it on her last record. Whether or not you are a fan of that song, it touched a lot of people. And I think that is what matters to her the most. Impacting people on an emotional level and sharing her own personal demons so people going through the same/similar situations know they are not alone. She sees this as almost a mission in her life, if you will only care enough to listen.
she ******* about her label because the interviewer asks her about it in every interview.
god kelly is sooo hott!!
when does this mag..come out??
i wanna buy it
she dont ***** about her label
they ask her the same question in every interview.
tucker u beat me to it.. haha
omg i really luv kelly!!
she looks adorable
Kelly Clarkson has a great body. Stop calling her fat. I hope the best for her in the future.
um….who typed that article? it looks like a 5th grader did.
what a conceited bit*h. f*ck you kelly you no talent ho.
LOL nice typing skills for whoever typed that up but thanks for the snips of the article. Kelly looks HOT and to those who said nice airbrushing wtf are you talking about? that’s exactly what Kelly looks like with make-up on… I get so tired of people acting like Kelly is the only celebrity whose photos get touched up… newsflash they ALL do. I love how candid Kelly is…she never holds back which is what makes her so interesting to follow LOL.. no censor AT ALL!
She’s right Clive hasn’t found any artist in recent years that I’d be interested in that’s for sure! and he thought Avril’s latest CD was the best music he’d heard all year…gag… he tries to turn almost every female artist with a big voice into Mariah or Whitney not realizing it’s not 1980 anymore…dude step into the 21st century…it’s not that bad here! I do see way he’s scared…Breakaway made 100million dollars for the label… they want and need a repeat but it’s not Kelly’s responsibility to single handedly save the label. She should be able to make the music she wants. and wow at the label lying to her..that’s ******…and LMAO at them saying Breakaway would only sell 600K how stupid do they look for that? no wonder Kelly doesn’t really trust their judgment.
GO KELLY! fight the good fight girl! at least she’s fighting for her artistic integrity….
Go Kell!! prove Clive wrong…he’s dumb anyways…the rock music is probably to loud and it herts his ears so thats why he didn’t like it…hia losaa
Kelly is so immature and conceited. Same ***** fest, new article. Bad label, bad Clive, poor widdle me. As far as the cover goes, airbrushing into submission is the way to go for new Kelly photos apparently. Hardly recognizable.
LOL, love how Kelly speaks her mind to her boss. Not many artists have the balls like her to say what she said to him, haha!
Love the pics and the article!
The second pic looks weird, but love the others :)
I think Clive does have some good intuition for an old man. Remember a couple of years back Clive, picked three songs for the last 3 runner up girls on American Idol. Clive picked some hard one’s man. The only one who had the singing chops for a “Whitney” song and, sang it well was, FANTASIA! Diana DeGarmo or whatever the **** her last name was. Well,it mut have been bad because, I don’t remember what she sang. Diana hang on by a thread. Then, their was this troll like Hawaiian girl. Can’t remember her name. We’ll, as we all can recollect, the gal from Hawaii was all cutsy but, couldn’t sing all that well but, she got to be the third runner up for some odd reason. I think because, she cried. Clive picked, “Can’t Live” for the girl from Hawaii. “Can’t Live” song is a very challanging song. Even, Celine Dion starts her chest thumping thing while, singing this so, I imagine this song is even Challanging for Celine. Of course, with the gal from Hawaii it, was either suck it up and sing well or totally butcher the whole song. We’ll, she tried and sang her little hart out but, did not have the singing capability or vocal stamina and octive range for this song. Some parts she sang well but, for the high notes. Holy ****! She sounded awful. So, she was eliminated. Their was the proof in the pudding she, did not have the talent. Mabye, music writing. Oh well. So, Clive knows what he’s doing. Kelly should know that.
Kelly does have the vocal chops. A lot of the new stuff she does, sound like she is shouting. She needs to stick with the soul & blues stuff. Like, she sang on American Idol this year. She’s got the talent of a Janis Joplin minus, the drugs man. Drop, the hard rock. She sounds like she is shouting. She wasting her talent. Stick with the blues. When, she sings the blues I, almost cry. It gives you goosebumps. That saying a lot for me because, I don’t cry easily. I’m just a *****!
She talks to much. I believe the chick is crazy.
I LOVE THAT GIRL! LOL She has such a great personality.
I want to see Kelly treated like the billion dollar
star that she is.
I want her to have a private chef that is also
a nutritionist.
A body trainner.
A private life coach.
A private hair sylist and make-up artist.
A driver, that is a bodyguard, and mental health coach.
A personal assistant, that is also a person that knows where to go,
when to go, and how to present herself.
A public relations specialist.
The more money that she spends to aquire these professionals,
I think, the better her career will become.
(Oh, and someone that understands what the public is interested in
hearing, so that all of her songs do not sound like all of Pink’s
monotomous songs….screeching, yelling, hollering, inaudible,
hippie music!!!)
Clive is a huge jerk. He should have some faith in his artists.
i hate her ego so much… she talks sh!ts about clive davis all the time..can she even give some respect to the person who actually funds her to produce this album…look at what she said about her ex too..omg kelly i have lost my respect to you seriously..
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