@woodshedart Cool shot of @LesterEstelle @risendrums kit for the @kelly_clarkson Christmas Special! #woodshed #kellyclarkson pic.twitter.com/vkXgcYsN5C
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Coming up....
OCTOBER
29 - Wrapped In Red
30 - Taping Holiday Special (Las Vegas)
31 - Surprise?
@woodshedart Cool shot of @LesterEstelle @risendrums kit for the @kelly_clarkson Christmas Special! #woodshed #kellyclarkson pic.twitter.com/vkXgcYsN5C
See that! Sold out, bitches. Where's the thread? jk
They probably won't have that cut-out here in the Netherlands
It's available on iTunes here today, but I checked some stores in a big city, and they don't have it yet. According to some webshops it's available the 28th
On top of that, KC.com delivers my vinyl/cd/etc after the 5th of November
Still haven't listened to WIR and probably won't today cause I don't have enough time to listen to it in full. Wrapped In Red Saturday's coming tho! The CD (like the whole physical copy) is so flawless.
This is definitely a promo for Kelly and WIR. Thanks Katie, stan for the Kween!
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4 Carats is going to be a single! Check out the single cover.
Wasn't a few days ago posted that half of the seats for the show is still available? And someone replied that RCA would buy the rest and give them for free. I think that someone might be a fortune teller in this Base.
Kelly Clarkson gets ‘Wrapped In Red’ for debut Christmas album
There are two types of people in this world: those who love Kelly Clarkson and those who haven’t been blessed enough to see her light yet.
But thanks to the release of Clarkson’s first Christmas album, the number of unfortunate souls in the latter category is about to shrink rapidly. Hitting stores on Tuesday, Wrapped In Red is that rare record that you know is an instant classic before your first listen is even over.
“I’ve been dying to make a Christmas album,” Clarkson told Billboard for the magazine’s current cover story. “The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn’t matter what mood you’re in or what kind of a year you’ve had—it’s a fresh start. I’m going to clear the air and take stock of the good that’s happened.”
That feel-good sentiment dominates Clarkson’s sixth studio album. Wrapped In Red also perfectly celebrates the artistic versatility that has made Clarkson one of today’s greatest pop stars. The record finds Clarkson belting out her signature pop/rock sound while also highlighting her country and musical theater talents. Then, of course, there are her unstoppable takes on American standards – something that lent itself heavily to her winning the inaugural season of American Idol eleven years ago.
A collection of brand new songs (all co-written by Clarkson), a breathtaking contemporary cover and an array of gorgeous renditions of Christmas classics, Wrapped In Red has all the makings to be an evergreen holiday season essential. And if your inner Grinch needs a little more convincing, you can tune into Clarkson’s upcoming Christmas special on NBC this December to melt your icy heart. Titled “Kelly Clarkson’s (Cautionary) Christmas Tale,” this one-night (but forever on my DVR) event will feature the singer performing selections from the new album, and will tell a full narrative story—while simultaneously continuing to demonstrate why Clarkson is the gift that keeps on giving.
Wrapped In Red reunites Clarkson with songwriter and producer Greg Kurstin, the man behind some of the singer’s finest tracks on her album, Stronger, and recent single, “People Like Us,” from Greatest Hits – Chapter One. In addition to producing the entire record, Kurstin also co-wrote its lead single, “Underneath the Tree.”
One of the album’s five original offerings, “Underneath The Tree” is that type of smash that comes around once every 10-15 years and immediately becomes a timeless holiday anthem. Not since Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has a new Christmas song been so explosive, unforgettably catchy and radio-friendly. The sugary, up-tempo track not only guarantees Wrapped In Red’s addition into the holiday album hall of fame, but will also keep the paychecks coming to Clarkson year round for decades to come. I mean, those infectious vocals mixed with sleigh bells, a soaring chorus and a saxophone solo?! You couldn’t go wrong with that formula if you tried.
But while “Underneath The Tree” may be the album’s golden ticket, the other four original songs don’t exactly pale in comparison. “4 Carats” is a cheeky “Material Girl”-esque jewelry wish list that Tiffany’s would be remiss to not use in their next holiday ad campaign. Clarkson’s lyrics are seldom this playful, and the song’s glittery chorus is sure to imprint itself into your shower setlist. “Every Christmas,” a bluesy throwback to the big band era, goes down like a full-bodied glass of red wine by the fireplace. The album’s title and opening track is an adorable ode to new love, and smoothly sets the warm and festive tone for the remainder of the record. And “Winter Dreams (Brandon’s Song),” featuring a 50-piece orchestra and written for Clarkson’s new husband (as of last weekend! Mazel tov!), serves as that fuzzy, romantic fairytale ending to the tumultuous love life that the singer’s been writing about for the past ten years.
Another standout from Wrapped In Red is “Just For Now,” a stunning rendition of a track from Imogen Heap’s immaculate 2005 album, Speak For Yourself. In typical Clarkson fashion, the songstress makes the song completely her own, and the result is the most somber and hauntingly beautiful track on the album. While the lyrics, “it’s that time of year,” are the only blatant qualifying markers for the song’s inclusion on a Christmas record, Clarkson’s equally vulnerable and powerful vocal delivery make it clear that to her, the song is about putting aside differences with loved ones in the spirit of the holidays.
Through her brassy twist on the showtune classic, “My Favorite Things,” Clarkson channels the inner jazz house sensation that she’s previously exposed on tracks like “Walking After Midnight” and “Lies” (from her flawless The Smoackstack Sessions EPs). This unique and masterful take on the Rogers & Hammerstein staple is sure to give fellow Idol Carrie Underwood a run for her money when she tackles the song in her upcoming starring role in NBC’s live Sound of Music telecast. It also serves as a nice preview of Clarkson’s rumored 2014 Broadway album.
With the exception of two tracks, Wrapped In Red is a largely secular release. The only exceptions come in the form of the chilling, almost mystical “Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel,” and the country-tinged rendition of “Silent Night,” featuring mother-in-law Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood.
As far as the classics go, Clarkson takes a fairly conventional approach. There’s of course some of her signature flair sprinkled into places—like a deliciously unexpected octave leap in “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”—but for the most part, the songstress knows that people like to sing along to these songs the way they know them. That being said, I dare you to try to find a more gorgeous version of “White Christmas” or a toastier take on “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.”
In fact, certain songs sound so authentic and timeless that it wouldn’t be difficult to believe that they were recorded back in the 1950’s and ‘60s alongside their original counterparts. Clarkson’s rendition of the immortal “Blue Christmas,” for example, breathes new life into the country holiday essential, while her energetic spin on Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run” effortlessly shows off just how rock-and-roll the singer can be.
Meanwhile, “Please Come Home For Christmas (Bells Will Be Ringing)” feels like you’re watching the heart-tugging climax of your favorite holiday movie. And even though Clarkson’s inevitably angelic vocals make for a nice distraction, the Ronnie Dunn-duet, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” unfortunately remains as date-rapey and uncomfortable as ever…so it, too, is just like you remember it!
While Christmas may still be two months and two other major holidays away, it’s not difficult to be instantly transported into the mistletoe mindset with Clarkson’s new seasonal masterpiece. What else will you find under your tree this year? The answer: it doesn’t matter. With the release of Wrapped In Red, Clarkson has bestowed the greatest possible gift upon all of us.
This unique and masterful take on the Rogers & Hammerstein staple is sure to give fellow Idol Carrie Underwood a run for her money when she tackles the song in her upcoming starring role in NBC’s live Sound of Music telecast. It also serves as a nice preview of Clarkson’s rumored 2014 Broadway album.
Carrie is cast as Maria? With that nasally accent of hers?
She's gonna butcher it, in my opinion.
Anyhoo, in the end I got myself enough time to listen to WIR. Overall the album is more or less flawless and I am very glad that I didn't listen to it when it leaked. The production is perfect and Kelly's vocals too.
The original tracks are all great although Every Christmas is very forgettable (I really liked it when I was listening to it but now I can't recall the tiniest bit of its melody ). Wrapped In Red is absolutely flawless and so is Winter Dreams (and UTT ofc). 4 Carats are amazing but the pre-chorus or how to call it ("you to bring me something shiny"). The intro and first verse and second half of the chorus are amazing.
About the classics: Blue Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas, Please Come Home For Christmas (why she sings "bells will be ringing the glad glad news" tho? What is glad about her being alone?) are all perfect. Silent Night is definitely great but I don't really like the acapella end. Some parts (mostly the verses) of My Favourite Things are a little wierd to me. God knows that I love Baby It's Cold Outside but this version sounds like a bad karaoke. Like a drunk uncle (Ronnie) singing with Kelly (who's drunk too). I don't know, maybe it will grow on me but after 1 listen I like it the least of the whole album. I still don't feel anything that's at least close to Christmas mood in Just For Now, so I don't really know how to feel about the song. It's good tho!
As I already said Kelly's vocals are amazing on WIR (album) but I think that sometimes they are too loud for a Xmas album, for example in My Favourite Things, Baby It's Cold Outside, the high note in Have Yourself..., some parts of Silent Night... Maybe only my opinion.
Bottom 3: My Favourite Things, Baby It's Cold Outside, Silent Night
Top: more or less all the rest.
I don't know that Suits series, what's it about? What are its ratings?
It's a really good show. It's about a ex-junkie college dropout Mike who is insanely smart because of his photographic memory. Harvey, the guy photoshopped in the picture who plays one of the best lawyers in NYC and only hires Harvard students, hires him as his associate lawyer (even though Mike never went to law school or finished college) because he has like every law memorized and can take down opponents easily and omg this is a huge run-on sentence but idgaf. And ofc there's other scandalous love drama. Watch!
Wrapped In Red Saturday's coming tho! The CD (like the whole physical copy) is so flawless. 
This is definitely a promo for Kelly and WIR. Thanks Katie, stan for the Kween! 
Slay with a promo Xmas single that's released in mid October! 
The official twitter for "Suits" tweeted this to Kelly. They're also following her on twitter now. 
