Kelly Clarkson.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
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Kelly Clarkson’s latest single is here, and it features an unexpected guest!
TheAmerican Idolwinner and Emmy-winning talk show host has teamed up withSteve Martinfor her new song “I Hate Love."
Martin, 77, plays the banjos on the latest single off of Clarkson’s upcoming albumChemistry, which will be released on June 23.
Speaking toBillboard, big-time fan Clarkson, 41, shared that the idea for the collaboration came about after seeing Martin’s banjo-playing skills in livestream videos during the early days of the pandemic.
“I was like, ‘I know that sounds crazy,’” Clarkson recalled. “[My producer] Jesse Shatkin was like, ‘I think it sounds rad.’ "
Steve Martin plays the banjos on Kelly Clarkson’s new song.Skip Bolen/WireImage
Before she knew it, Martin agreed to work with Clarkson.
“I generally don’t ask because I get very nervous about bothering people,” Clarkson said. “But literally, within hours, [my producer Jesse Shatkin] got an answer: ‘Oh my God, he’d love to, when are you recording it?’ "
As well as playing on the track, Clarkson references Martin in “I Hate Love” as she refers to two movies featuring theOnly Murders in the Buildingstar andRyan Gosling.
“I just love the idea of things happening organically,”The Kelly Clarkson Showhost continued.
Despite technically working together, Clarkson has yet to actually meet Martin — though the Grammy-winning singer is hoping this will change soon. “My ideal moment is him coming on my show and then us performing it — but I’ll take just him coming on my show so we can talk and hang out so I can, like,meethim,” Clarkson added.
As for “I Hate Love,” the song features Clarkson expressing her frustrations around love after a breakup.
Clarkson’s single drop came with a video of her performing the song in her one-night-only performance ofChemistryin April at Los Angeles’ Belasco Theatre.
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Last month, Clarkson announced she istaking her talk show to the Big Apple.
Discussing the big move inan interviewwithNancy O’DellonTalkShopLive, Clarkson stated that it was a change that came out of a necessity for herself and her sonRemington “Remy” Alexander, 7, and daughterRiver Rose, 8½.
“I talked to my crew back in January … I was like, ‘You guys’ — and it was through tears, cuz I have built such an amazing group of people,” Clarkson explained.
The Kelly Clarkson Showenters its fifth season this fall and has been renewed through 2025.
source: people.com
