Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband was in the know about her new divorce album.
The Voicementor, 41, revealed onTODAYThursday that she had reached out to her exBrandon Blackstockto discuss her new albumchemistrywith him before its release on Friday.
“We didhave a little text exchangeabout it,” she told hostsHoda KotbandCarson Daly.
“I don’t even remember why or how it happened, but I was like, ‘Hey, I didn’t just diminish us down to one [thing],'” she explained. “You know what I’m saying? It’s all in there, the ride. The beauty is in there, as well. Now there’s a lot of pain, but that’s what happens for all of us.”
Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson in January 2018.Lester Cohen/Getty
Lester Cohen/Getty
Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in June 2020 after seven years of marriage, and the split was settled in March 2022. Theformer couple sharedaughter River Rose, 9, and son Remington Alexander, 7.
She told Kotb and Daly that the album is very “personal” and she was mindful of her children when creating the album.
“It’s very personal. And I’ve always released personal music — I think I’m that kind of writer in general, everybody knows that,” she said. “I think when you have kids — you both have kids, too — you kind of debate, ‘What am I going to do here?’ So I was very selective about the songs I picked for the album.”
Kelly Clarkson on TODAY.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Earlier this week, Clarkson told Apple Music’sZane Lowethat she knew it ‘wasn’t going to’ work with Blackstock after they went to marriage counseling.
“It was trying to make it work. ‘We’re trying to figure it out. I desperately want to make this happen,’ but I think I knew in my heart it just wasn’t going to."
The three-time Grammy winner will chronicle the demise of her marriage on her new albumChemistry, which she said in March lays bare"the arc of an entire relationship."
“It’s called chemistry… because I was trying to find a word that really described the whole thing cause, I didn’t want everybody to think I was just coming out with just like, ‘I’m angry, I’m sad, just one or two emotions, you know?” she said.
Carson Daly, Hoda Kotb and Kelly Clarkson on TODAY.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
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“And a whole relationship shouldn’t be just brought down to one thing. So there’s the good, the bad and the ugly kind of thing going on in it,” she added.
“I just feel like chemistry is a beautiful and amazing thing, but it’s powerful for the good and the bad. Makes you do stupid stuff,” shesaid in an interview last monthwith TalkShopLive.
source: people.com
