Kelly Clarkson To Release New Album In June, If World Still Around

Kelly Clarkson has been putting together her soul-leaning eighth album. And in a new interview with People she reveals that the first single is slated for April, with the album to follow in June.

“It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever done. It’s the first time I got to pick my label, because I just got out of my Idol contract. I’ve been dying to make this record since Idol,” she said. “We’re still working on it, but we have a good batch of songs already and I can’t wait to sing them live. They’re amazing. After having a career for so long, it’s so weird that nobody knows [my sound] yet, so it’s going to be so good. It’s definitely a different chapter.”

In describing the “soulful urban pop” of the project, she explains that it will display the true style of music she was inspired by in her early teens, citing Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston as the main influences.

Of course, this all well and good but it rests on the rather large assumption that the country is still intact in June and that the orange windbag hasn’t unleashed roving hordes of culture enforcers. But hey yeah everything is fine be happy about your new Kelly music.