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(In December of that year, theNew YorkTimesreferred to her as thoroughly generic.)
Instead, Clarksons early career would be defined by creative conflict.
Meanwhile, her sophomore effort, 2004sBreakaway, arrived through a series of power struggles.
He also forced her to work with Max Martin and his then-protege Dr. Luke despite her protests.
But I have never said the wordsI love youto anyone in a romantic relationship.
Part of a string of recent high-profile divorce records,Chemistryrepresents Clarksonat her most venturesome and liberated.
The albums journey from anguished bereavement to the joy of self-sufficiency is split into three acts.
The first details the teething pains of post-breakup life.
Im always pleasin someone, honestly, now Im done.
On the Jepsen-assisted favorite kind of high, Clarkson sings with breathless desire, desperate to be taken home.
When we arrive at Act Three, Clarkson is fully focused on vengeance.
Yet Clarkson slots easily into the role.
The Wild Westthemed red flag collector appropriately cribs from outlaw country as Clarkson sings cuttingly about her former partner.
Clarkson successfully bolsters this tale of heartbreak by flipping through a Rolodex of recent pop trends.
But in blending recent musical flourishes with a gleeful postdivorce energy, she never sounds derivative.
Clarkson isbuilding on the intimate relationship she already started establishing with the public.
