Kelly Clarkson obtained into her rock bag on Monday’s (April 8) episode of the Kelly Clarkson Present, taking the stage for her each day Kellyoke phase in a black leather-based skirt and classic Billy Joel live performance tee for a rousing run by way of the remix model of Miley Cyrus‘ 2020 hit “Midnight Sky.”
The smoldering lead single from Miley’s seventh studio album, Plastic Hearts, is an mash-up/homage to Stevie Nicks’ 1981 solo hit “Fringe of Seventeen,” and in Clarkson’s palms it misplaced not one of the authentic’s slow-burn vitality. “Yeah, it’s been a protracted evening and the mirror’s tellin’ me to go dwelling/ However it’s been a very long time since I felt this good alone/ Lotta years glided by with my palms tied up in your ropes/ Endlessly and ever, no extra,” Clarkson sang earlier than busting into the confident refrain.
“I used to be born to run, I don’t belong to anybody, oh no/ I don’t must be cherished by you,” she belted as her backup singers supplied soulful help. “Fireplace in my lungs, can’t chew the satan on my tongue, oh no/ I don’t must be cherished by you.”
Miley’s tune hit No. 14 on the Billboard Scorching 100 in Dec. 2020 and Monday’s cowl was the third time Clarkson has dipped into the Cyrus oeuvre throughout the present season of her daytime talker, following on the heels of her takes on “Jaded” and “Used to Be Younger“; again in 2000 she additionally took on Miley’s OG hit “The Climb.” On Tuesday’s (April 9) present, Clarkson obtained meta and did a Kellyoke cowl of her personal tune, “Me,” from her 2023 Chemistry album.
Watch Clarkson cowl “Midnight Solar” under.