It’s formally 2023, and you understand what which means: One other yr of Kellyoke covers. On the Tuesday (Jan. 3) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Present — her second since New 12 months’s — Kelly Clarkson handled followers to a surprising, stripped again efficiency of Katy Perry‘s 2010 hit “The One That Bought Away,” that includes guitarist Jaco Caraco.
Although the “Stronger” singer is normally accompanied by her full backup band Y’all, Caraco was the one musician to affix her onstage for this efficiency. He strummed delicate patterns on an acoustic guitar as Clarkson, lit by the tender yellow glow of her stage lights, sang Perry’s emotional lyrics with a particular mix of softness and energy solely she will be able to ship.
“In one other life, I’d be your woman / We maintain all our guarantees, be us towards the world,” belted the three-time Grammy winner. “In one other life, I’d make you keep / So I don’t should say you had been the one which bought away.”
The observe was initially launched on Perry’s critically-acclaimed third studio report Teenage Dream, which successfully served as a blueprint for 2010s pop music and have become the second album in historical past to supply 5 No. 1 singles: “California Gurls,” “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” “E.T.” and “Final Friday Night time (T.G.I.F.).” “The One That Bought Away,” in the meantime, peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
Clarkson’s cowl marks the second Kellyoke of the brand new yr, following Monday’s (Jan. 2) efficiency of Scandal’s “The Warrior.” Earlier than the Dec. 31 ball drop, she stuffed the every day stay efficiency time slots main as much as Christmas with vacation covers of songs like “Sisters” from the movie White Christmas and “I’ll Be Residence For Christmas,” together with a solo rendition of her personal festive duet with Ariana Grande, “Santa Can’t You Hear Me?”
Watch Kelly Clarkson carry out Katy Perry’s “The One That Bought Away” on The Kelly Clarkson Present under.
