Kelly Clarkson Turns ‘Piece By Piece’ From ‘Hopeful’ To ‘Hopeless’ With Publish-Divorce Lyrics Change

Kelly Clarkson is placing a brand new spin on a basic.

At her Las Vegas residency over the weekend, the “American Idol” winner carried out a rendition of her 2015 tune “Piece by Piece”, which newly up to date lyrics.

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“This tune I initially wrote, simply, tremendous hopeful, proper? And effectively, generally hopeful turns into hopeless. So right here we go, ‘Piece by Piece’,” she mentioned, introducing the tune.

Initially impressed by her rocky relationship along with her father, Clarkson’s new model appeared to deal with her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, which was finalized in 2021.

In one of many unique verses of the son, Clarkson mentioned, “However piece by piece / he collected me up / Off the bottom, the place you deserted issues, yeah / Piece by piece, he crammed the holes that you just burned in me / At six years outdated and you already know.”

In her new model, she modified “he” to “I,” giving the tune’s lyrics new which means: “Piece by piece, I collected me up / Off the bottom the place you deserted issues, yeah / And piece by piece, I crammed the holes that you just burned in me / At 6 years outdated.”

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Clarkson made an identical change to the character, which initially went, “He by no means walks away / He by no means asks for cash / He takes care of me / He loves me / Piece by piece, he restored my religion / {That a} man might be sort and a father might keep.”

The brand new model options the lyrics, “I simply stroll away / after they ask for cash / I maintain me / ’trigger I like me / Piece by piece, I restored my religion / {That a} coronary heart can nonetheless beat, even when it breaks.”

In a video of the efficiency, the gang cheered and clapped to the brand new lyrics of the tune.

Clarkson and Blackstock obtained married in 2013, and have two youngsters collectively. They break up in 2020.