Kelly Clarkson’s voice was always wasted on saccharine ballads such as “A Moment Like This,” the début single that she released, in 2002, after winning the inaugural season of “American Idol.” In the two decades since, Clarkson has proved to be a chameleonic singer, capable of working her way around a wide range of musical genres and production styles.
Perhaps the defining song of Clarkson’s career thus far, “Since U Been Gone,” is a breakup anthem, but a joyful one—an ode to the liberation found in an ex’s exit. The effectiveness of that track, which appears on Clarkson’s second studio album, “Breakaway,” hinged on the fluidity of that “U.” Both heartbreak and the relief at having survived it were offered up as universal feelings. The ex in question was vague and malleable; a love-scarred listener could affix her own target to it.
The most tender space that the album occupies rests somewhere between sadness and yearning, between grief for what was and excitement for what could come next. If you have been in love with a person for a long time and then have fallen catastrophically out of love with that person, it can be hard to make sense of the possibility of moving on. The very idea might prompt feelings of denial, refusal, a type of disbelief. The title track on the album is a trepidatious love song.
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