{"id":1995940,"date":"2023-08-09T20:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-clarkson-changes-lyrics-in-her-song-piece-by-piece-after-divorce-from-husband\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:05:42","slug":"kelly-clarkson-changes-lyrics-in-her-song-piece-by-piece-after-divorce-from-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-clarkson-changes-lyrics-in-her-song-piece-by-piece-after-divorce-from-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson alters &#8216;Piece by Piece&#8217; lyrics post-divorce."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkelly-clarkson-changes-lyrics-in-her-song-piece-by-piece-after-divorce-from-husband%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Kelly Clarkson Changes Lyrics in Her Song &#8216;Piece \u2062by Piece&#8217; After Divorce from Husband<\/h2>\n<p>When a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-war-please-russian-tennis-star-writes-message-for-whole-world-to-see\/\" title=\"\u2018No War Please\u2019: Russian Tennis Star Writes Message For Whole World To See\">star writes<\/a> an autobiographical \u2062song, there\u2019s often\u200b a risk that some of the lyrics may become awkward when their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-clarkson-changes-lyrics-in-her-song-piece-by-piece-after-divorce-from-husband\/\" title=\"Kelly Clarkson alters 'Piece by Piece' lyrics post-divorce.\">life circumstances change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what happened to Kelly\u2063 Clarkson in the wake of her divorce \u200bfrom Brandon Blackstock, which became final in 2022,\u2063 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/music\/kelly-clarkson-piece-piece-lyrics-rcna98661?fbclid=IwAR0FthiaLARJO1XFDntBpo1Bz0nkjCiaR06l-i_cr5Ch2ZcspteLCujpy_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, the split necessitated some \u200cchanges\u200b in the lyrics \u200cto Clarkson\u2019s song \u201cPiece by Piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 version of the song is a rather\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-c-mccarthy-how-the-fbis-nod-and-a-wink-got-social-media-to-censor-the-posts-hunter-biden-reporting\/\" title=\"Andrew C. McCarthy: How the FBI\u2019s Nod and a Wink Got Social Media to Censor the Post\u2019s Hunter Biden Reporting\">accusatory message<\/a> to \u2063the star\u2019s father, who \u200dwalked\u2062 out on the family when she was a little girl. It credited Blackstock with helping her recover from the trauma of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/broke-hearts-strangers-help-dog-owner-reunite-family-member-secretly-dumps-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abandonment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>When\u2062 it was first recorded, the song lyrics said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cPiece by piece, he collected me up \/ Off the ground, where you abandoned things, yeah \/ Piece by piece, he filled the holes that \u2062you burned in me \/ At 6 years old and you know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that she \u200band Blackstock are no longer together, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jay-leno-shows-off-brand-new-face-kelly-clarkson-show-horrific-burn-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clarkson<\/a> has revised\u2063 the lyrics to edit out the references\u200b to her \u200cformer husband and give\u200c herself credit for \u2063her own healing.<\/p>\n<p>She sang the \u2063revised version \u2064of the song\u2062 Saturday in \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-major-twist-string-casino-heists-las-vegas-police-officers-brother-testifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas<\/a>, Today reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cPiece by piece, I \u2064collected me up \/\u200d Off the \u200cground where you abandoned things, yeah \/ And piece by piece, I \u2062filled the holes \u200bthat you burned in\u2064 me at 6 years old.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The song\u2019s chorus\u2064 also\u2064 underwent\u2064 some changes. Originally, it said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cHe never walks away \/ He never asks for money \/ He takes care of me \/ \u2063He loves me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But on Saturday, Clarkson sang: <em>\u201cI \u200djust walk away \/ When they ask for money \/ \u2064I take care of\u2064 me \/ \u2019Cause I love me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a conversation with fellow musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rob-schneider-garth-brooks-bud-light-controversy-just-shut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garth Brooks<\/a> two years\u200c ago\u200c on \u200d\u201cThe Kelly Clarkson Show,\u201d she remarked how her relationship with the song and its lyrics have evolved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI wrote the song for, like, my daughter and my husband at the time,\u201d she said.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd little did\u200d I\u2062 know it was only a\u200b piece of this puzzle \u200d\u2014 \u2064this full puzzle \u2014 \u2019cause like, now \u2026 I have this whole, \u2064full puzzle sitting in front \u200bof me. Well, what I\u200d think is \u2014 you never know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, literally, there\u2019s a lyric on \u2064my\u200c new album \u2026 and \u2064it\u2019s like, \u2018By the way, piece by piece, \u2064I found out my hero is me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd not, like, in a negative sense \u2026 it\u2019s almost too much\u200d to put on someone to do that for you. You \u200cknow, \u200cyou have to do that, like,\u2062 kind of\u2064 yourself, piece\u2062 by\u200d piece. You\u200b have to get there yourself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s so funny, \u2019cause\u2063 \u2026\u00a0 I\u2019m the writer. And I was, like, I\u200d was a little off \u2026\u2064 but I got there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kelly-clarkson-changes-lyrics-song-piece-piece-divorce-husband\/\">Kelly \u2064Clarkson\u200d Changes Lyrics in Her Song &#8216;Piece by Piece&#8217;\u200c After Divorce from Husband<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200c Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson faced the challenge of her autobiographical song lyrics becoming awkward after her divorce from Brandon Blackstock, finalized in 2022. Life circumstances change, and this risk is common for stars. Today reported that the split required Kelly to make necessary alterations, highlighting the impact of personal experiences on artistic expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":1995941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}