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Taylor Swift Clearly Hasn’t Forgotten That Her Album Re-Records Were All Kelly Clarkson’s Idea

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With four of her classic albums now re-recorded, and only two more to go, what many music fans might forget is that Taylor Swift’s ongoing musical project was actually all Kelly Clarkson’s idea.

The Shake It Off singer first spoke out in 2019 to voice her upset that music manager Scooter Braun – with whom she’d previously had personal beef – had bought her old record label, and was therefore the owner of the masters to her first six albums.

At the time, Kelly publicly spoke out in support of Taylor, and suggested a possible solution to the problem.

“Just a thought,” the American Idol winner wrote on X (then known as Twitter), addressing Taylor directly. “[You] should go in and re-record all the songs that [you] don’t own the masters on exactly how [you] did them, but put brand new art and some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions.”

Kelly added: “I’d buy all of the new versions just to prove a point.”

As we now know, that’s exactly what she has been doing, releasing “Taylor’s Version” of Fearless, Red, Speak Now and 1989 in the past two years, complete with brand new “from the vault” tracks that didn’t make the albums first time around.

Following the release of “Taylor’s Version” of 1989, Kelly revealed that her fellow pop star gets in touch every time a re-recorded album goes on sale.

“You know what’s so funny? She just sent me flowers,” the US talk show host told E! News. “She’s so nice. She did. She was like, ‘Every time I release something’ – ’cause she just did 1989.”

Kelly added: “I love how kind she is… She’s a very smart businesswoman. So, she would have thought of that.”

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Taylor is currently in the middle of her Eras world tour, a three-and-a-half-hour how spanning her entire career and featuring hits from all of her albums.

Fans in the UK will get to see Taylor in 2024, although before that, many already got a taste of the Eras tour when its accompanying concert film hit cinemas last month.

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Kelly Clarkson Has A Lot To Say About Her Alleged ‘Beef’ With Carrie Underwood

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Kelly Clarkson is eager to prove she has “no beef” with fellow American Idol winner Carrie Underwood.

The talk show host accidentally jumped the gun on addressing reports of a feud with the country singer during an appearance on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live.

When a fan called in with a question and began to ask about Underwood, Clarkson jumped in and cut them off.

“Kelly, after years of everyone trying to pit you and Carrie Underwood against each other ― ” the fan said, as Clarkson responded, “I think I know where you’re going with this.”

“People always pit us together, and we don’t even know each other well enough to be pitted against each other,” she said. “Like, literally, we’ve run into each other a handful of times. There’s no beef between us. There’s nothing! We don’t know each other.”

Clarkson then got slightly embarrassed after Cohen stepped in to ask the fan, “What was the rest of your [question]?”

When the caller said, “…What was your favorite part of having her as a guest on your talk show?” Clarkson laughed at her quick answer and got up from her chair.

“Look, everybody always asks me the ‘pitted against each other’ question,” the Since U Been Gone singer said of her immediate reply, before saying it “was awesome” to have Underwood on the show.

“I think the thing that was cool about it is that everybody always pits us against each other, and I don’t know why they do that ― they don’t do that with dudes!” she said. “We don’t even know each other well enough to do that. But I think I’d love to have her [on the show] in person. It was during Covid, so it was over Zoom.”

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Clarkson has addressed the alleged feud between the two before, once taking to Twitter to shut down reports after Star magazine claimed the singers were engaged in an explosive fight and “TRASHING each other to friends.”

“Someone just sent me this & I’m like why does she get the good pic & I have the worst expression I’ve ever made w/zero muscles being used in my face ha!” Clarkson tweeted back in 2019, alongside a photo of the cover in question.

“I officially have a feud w/whoever used this pic! At least give me a good pic if y’all are gonna be lying is all I’m sayin,” she quipped.

The two also graciously responded to a poll on Twitter, which asked fans to choose the “most iconic” Idol winner ― Underwood or Clarkson.

“I think we’re both winning in life and pretty blessed! Singers, mamas, CEO’s….” Clarkson wrote.

“Whatever, girl, I voted for you!” Underwood responded. “But seriously, I do wish more publications would just celebrate women’s success without pitting them against each other… Just my thoughts…anyway… Love ya’! Hope you’re well!”

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