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“HEARTBEAT SONG”: KELLY CLARKSON DOESN’T MISS A BEAT (SINGLE REVIEW)
Grab your stethoscopes and hang tight to your defibrillator paddles, because Kelly Clarkson, born Kellegendary Clarkslay-Blackstopulent, is bringing our pulses up, up, up, up all night long.
It’s been one long and painful week o’ teasers leading up to this moment (a moment like this, if you will), but Mrs. Clarkson-Blackstock’s long-awaited lead single from her as-of-yet untitled seventh studio album has arrived.
“Heartbeat Song” sees Kelly returning from her festive Wrapped In Red moment back into her signature Top 40 radio sound with a synth-peppered pop-rock stadium jam, written alongside Kara DioGuardi (of “Gone” Breakaway legacy), Audra Mae and Jason Evigan.
In Clarksonography, it sits somewhere between Breakaway and candy-coated pop sheen of All I Ever Wanted. And, unlike Stronger‘s “Mr. Know It All,” she’s kicking things off with a bang — err, beat — again.
The theme? Kelly’s feeling the love. She’s got plenty of reason to be too, from her recent marriage to the birth of future Queen Of Pop, River Rose. As a result, the Idol Queen’s provided us with a tune that bursts with a sort of love-at-first-sight giddiness while still managing to stay true to her usual arena-ready, rock-tinged goodness. (It’s not a Pop Mom heartfelt ballad dedicated to the baby, so breathe easy.)
But while the punchy verses and pre-choruses come at us at a heart-racing (eh heh) pace, the chorus drops out and slows for a full on, lighters (iPhones) aloft chant: “This is my heartbeat song and I’m gonna play it/Been so long, I forgot how to turn it up, up, up, up all night long!” Raise hands in praise emoji!
The vocals, obviously, are on point. Key Yelly Clarkson moments include but are not limited to:
“Nu-u-uh-uhhhhmb!”
“Gu-u-uh-uhhhhhn!”
“One more taahhhhhhme!”
“Yea-a-uhhh-oohh! Ooh-ah-ah-ohh!”
Oh, and did you catch that one line during the bridge? “I can’t believe I ever breathed without you!” See what she did there? A clear and obvious REFERENCE to “Since U Been Gone.” (“I can breathe for the first time.“) Miss Independent no longer.
“Heartbeat Song” does the job required of a lead single by an established pop star: It’s both a solid, catchy reintroduction and a spot-on representation of Kelly’s sound, given a fresh gloss for 2015.
“Now I got pins and needles on my tongue anticipating what’s to come.” Same, Kelly.
Guess we’ll find out in March.
And if you enjoy it, be sure to support the song’s producer, an exciting new emerging artist:
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