Kelly Clarkson

Looks like there’s a winner in the Kelly Clarkson vs. Clive Davis bitch fight. And the trophy goes to the old white guy with all the power. Despite all of Miss Independant’s public bravado, the original American Idol is back tracking on her “serious artist” stance and is ready to play ball wth her boss.

Kelly has publicly apologized to Clive for her part in their very public spat over her latest album My December (like when she called him old and out of touch) and has agreed to make a new pop album. This time Kelly won’t be writing her own songs, but will record songs picked out by Clive himself. So Kelly, how does that humble pie taste?

I bet right now Clive is paying a whole pack of songwriters to create songs with titles like “MY Boss is So Smart”, “He’s Right and I’m Wrong” and “Eighty is Sexy.”

Apparently the Kelly Clarkson/Clive Davis bitch fight is turning into the music industry’s version of the backwoods feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys. Everyone who wants to be anyone is taking sides (and how’s that for clever?).

The latest loud mouth to offer his totally unsolicited opinion is American Idol mean judge Simon Cowell. And I’m sure Kelly is just thrilled to be hearing from His Crankiness again.

From TMZ:

Crabby Simon Cowell weighed in on the ongoing feud between Kelly Clarkson and Sony/BMG boss Clive Davis — and he’s firmly in the Davis camp. Clarkson and Davis butted heads over Clarkson’s newest album — with a catty Kelly saying to Davis, “You’re 80, you’re not supposed to like my album.”

Cowell fired back in Davis’ defense, reports Page Six. “Clive Davis at 80 is better than 99 percent of the people in the music business in their 20s, 30s and 40s … and he’s not 80 … [Davis] is the boss of the record company, and it’s his job to advise.”

Of course Clive Davis just happens to be the money behind the contract promised to the winner of AI, the show that pays Simon’s tight fitting t-shirt bills. So I don’t think Kelly’s too shocked. I, however, am totally blown away and bewildered by this stunning turn of events.

Kelly Clarkson is living up to her Miss Independant rep. The first American Idol is still ready to throw down with record producer Clive Davis over her new album.

From TMZ:

Kelly Clarkson hasn’t lashed out publicly about her feud with music legend Clive Davis, but in a new interview with Blender magazine (via Page Six), she says she told Clive that he’s just too much of a geezer to get her music: “I get [that] you don’t like the album. You’re 80; you’re not supposed to like my album.” Clarkson and Davis famously clashed over what songs should be on Kelly’s latest album; Clive wanted to bring in songwriters, while Kelly chose to write the songs herself.

You know Kelly might want to be a little nicer to her boss. Clive might be 80 but the man has gone rounds with Whitney Houston. Face it, the guy’s hardcore.

Just for the record, I’m on Kelly’s side. You go on girl and write your own pop tunes. That will show the world that you’re a serious artist. It’s not like you just won some annoying reality show. Oh, wait…sorry.

Kelly Clarkson isn’t talking about geting snubbed on national television by record label mega-mogul Clive Davis on the American Idol finale ratings fest. Kelly and Clive have reportedly been in a Rosie/Elizabeth style brawl over her new record. Clive hates it and Kelly won’t change it.

From TMZ:

The 75-year-old owlish music mogul was tasked with speaking to the huge TV audience about the health of the “A.I” franchise and appeared to go out of his way to avoid mentioning Kelly’s new single “Never Again” (which reached the Top 10 for heaven’s sake!) or her forthcoming CD, “My December.” Yet he somehow managed to find time to plug both Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee’s new singles! Clive did briefly allude to two-time Grammy winner Clarkson — but only to praise the talents of outside songwriters working with “Idols.”

And his praise was really a diss since Kelly wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on My December and Clive only gave props to outside songwriters. Clive’s camp reportedly tried to apologize to Miss Independant backstage, but Kelly wasn’t ready to forgive or forget. Can you blame her?

Kelly Clarkson may have won Americna Idol like 10 years ago, but the girl stil can’t believe her own hype. The still hanging on to fame singer was recently given the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)’s top honour (Song of the Year). Her song “Because of You” shared the award with Mary J. Blige’s song “Be Without You.”

Kelly’s reaction to the award was “”Honestly, I thought it was a joke. Song of the year? I can name a lot of songs that are better then my songs.”

No I didn’t make that up, that’s what the girl said. I like her honesty. You never see someone win an Oscar or an Emmy and when they hit the podium they say something like “You know, I wasn’t all that great. I spent most of the time in my trailer playing solitare on my Blackberry.”