There have been some very loud whispers about the similarity between Kelly Clarkson‘s latest single, the very pretty Already Gone, and the ballad Halo by Beyonce.
Kelly is stating for the record that she is not a music thief – in fact, quite the opposite. The first Idol wrote Already Gone before Halo was even being produced. And the similarity, well we can thank songwriter/producer Ryan Tedder of One Republicfor that.
Kelly explains:
“Ryan and I met each other at the record label, before he was working with anyone else. He’s from Oklahoma, I’m from Texas; we got along really well and had some of the same influences. We wrote about six songs together, four or five of them made the album. It was all fine and dandy. I’d never heard of a song called Halo..Her album came out when my album was already being printed. No one’s gonna be sittin’ at home, thinkin’ ‘Man, Ryan Tedder gave Beyonce and Kelly the same track to write to.’ No, they’re just gonna be sayin I ripped someone off. I called Ryan and said ‘I don’t understand. Why would you do that?'”
We hope Tedder has a good explanation for the mishap!!!!
The Since U Been Gone lady said she “fought and fought,” to prevent her record lable from releasing Already Gone as a single, but she says “in the end, they’re releasing it without my consent. It sucks, but it’s one of those things I have no control over. I already made my album. At this point, the record company can do whatever they want with it. It’s kind of a shitty situation, but…You know, you learn.”
And even worse, rumor has it that Beowulf heard Kelly’s demo of Already Gone and supposedly demanded that Tedder produce a similar tune for her and that they release her version quickly before Kelly could release Already Gone.
Yikes!
Hope the armpit mama wouldn’t go that far, especially since Kelly tried to be considerate of her after the release of Halo.
Click here to listen to Kelly’s Already Gone.
And, click here to listen Beyonce’s Halo.
Do U hear the similarity??
Team Beyonce!
[Image via WENN.]
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