Does anyone else think Kelly Clarkson needs to stick a cork in her yap already about this "Already Gone" vs. "Halo" business—the two songs Ryan Tedder wrote for her and Beyonce, respectively?If you missed it, here's what Kelly had to say last week to Canada's CBC news about "Already Gone," her third single off All I Ever Wanted —which she apparently "fought" to get axed from her album once she heard "Halo":
"No-one's going to be sitting at home, thinking 'Man, Ryan Tedder gave Beyonce and Kelly the same track to write to'. No, they're just going to be saying I ripped someone off. I called Ryan and said, 'I don't understand. Why would you do that?'"Has Kelly lost her marbles? That's like saying all Max Martin songs—or RedOne songs, or Stock Aitken Waterman songs, or Timbaland songs—sound the same. Ok, they do, but that's the nature of a producer creating their trademark sound. It comes with the territory. And it's also a given when you work with a trendy producer!
Gotta love how it doesn't bother her when two of her own songs sound exactly the same. "My Life Would Suck Without You" and "Since U Been Gone," for instance?
Anyway, here's what Ryan Tedder is now saying to the press:
"'Already Gone' is one of the best songs I've written or produced since [Leona Lewis'] 'Bleeding Love' and stands tall on its own merits apart from 'Halo'. I think when people hear 'Already Gone' they will hear what I hear—one of the greatest female vocalists on earth giving her most haunting and heart-breaking performance on a song she helped write. I challenge people to listen and form their own opinions."Careful, Kelly—Ryan Tedder and Max Martin are major songwriter/producers. Your life would suck without them.
That said, lest anyone think I'm a huge Ryan Tedder fan, that's not the case. Enough of the tripe. Set the drum machine to up-tempo, already.