Kelly Clarkson talk about her New Album: Kelly Clarkson may have some big surprises when she releases her fifth studio album. Her writer Claude Kelly revealed that Clarkson's album may be her best yet. The music, according to Kelly, is more uptempo and fun and brings her back to "true Kelly Clarkson form. "[It's] always up-tempo for me when it comes to Kelly," [Claude] Kelly told MTV. "I like to hear her in kick-butt mode. She has an edge to her voice that you want to hear her sing high and get in your face."
Clarkson agrees and has been updating fans on the progress of her album -- the first since her 2009 release 'All I Ever Wanted' -- on her Facebook and Twitter pages. Most recently, Clarkson broke that news that her album was being pushed to a fall release. "I recently found out that my album won't be coming out until September," she tweeted. "The album has been recorded, but I can't release it until then. I realize that is a long time but that's the best time to release it, apparently, so I'm sorry for the wait but I promise you it sounds great.
Clarkson recently said that the album was heavily influenced by Radiohead, Prince, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. "The album is gonna be a great pop record! said Clarkson. "I can't wait for ya'll to hear it!"
Kelly believes that the current state of pop is congested, so the delay in release will only work in Clarkson's favor, giving her more time to perfect the album and break through it all.
"They want to make sure that the arena is clean for Kelly Clarkson's return, [be]cause when she comes back, she always comes back pretty big," he said. "They want to make sure when her first single comes out, there's nothing out there that's competing with it. I don't know for sure, but Kelly always does it big, so when it comes out, the fans will be happy and she'll sing her butt off and it'll be good times."
Most of the tracks have been under wraps, but Clarkson recently debuted one song, a cover of Eric Hutchinson-penned ballad 'Why Don't You Try,' at Muhammad Ali's 17th Annual Celebrity Fight Night.