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Kelly Clarkson’s new music is causing quite a stir! The Grammy winner took to social media on Thursday to reveal the complete lyrics of her upcoming singles me and mine, which are set to drop on Friday ahead of her next album, Chemistry. The songs’ lyrics discuss a breakup, with Clarkson standing up for herself and reflecting on a romance after its end.
Empowering Lyrics of ‘me’
Kelly’s upcoming single me seems to look back on the relationship with an empowering lens. “Loved you so much / Took an army to pull me up / But now I’m on the other side / I remembered I could fly,” she sings. The song’s second verse reveals how the relationship ended due to the other person’s insecurity: “I told you I wanted you / But you needed me to need you / Your insecurity / Was the death of you and me.”
Clarkson then goes on to reveal how the other person questioned her intentions too many times, which led to the ultimate downfall of the relationship: “Too many times you questioned / What were my intentions / I never gave you reasons / You’re the one with secrets.”
The song’s bridge is perhaps the most scathing part of the song as she sings: “I bet you feel the absence of my love every night / There’s no one else, you are the reason I said goodbye.”
The Emotional Pitfalls of ‘mine’
On the other hand, mine finds Clarkson in the emotional pits of the breakup. The opening lyrics read: “You know I question every motive, every thing you say / Thought with you maybe my heart wasn’t meant to break / Can’t believe I let you in, I can’t believe I stayed / As long as I stayed.”
Later in the song, Clarkson sings about karma coming back to get the other person, and how they are the ones making themselves look bad: “And you keep talking it’ll come back / Karma is the truth / I don’t make you look bad, you do darlin’ / Sabotage / Your choice of art / Who the hell do you think you are?”
Call Back to ‘Piece by Piece’
Earlier this month, Clarkson teased the chorus of me on Instagram, which seems to directly respond to her 2015 love song Piece by Piece, written about ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.
The confident lyrics appear to call back to the chorus of Piece by Piece, a song that praised then-husband Blackstock, 46, for providing affection and care to Clarkson and their children that the American Idol alum didn’t receive from her own father.
Album Title and Description
Clarkson announced her upcoming album Chemistry last month, stating that she chose the title because it describes the whole thing, not just one or two emotions.
“This album is definitely the arc of an entire relationship, and a whole relationship shouldn’t be just brought down to one thing. So there’s the good, the bad, the ugly thing kinda going on in it,” she explained.
Clarkson also shared that chemistry can be a really amazing sexy, cool, fun thing, but it can also be very bad for you, making it the perfect title to describe the entire album.
Fans are eagerly anticipating the release of me and mine, which promise to be a scorching look into the ups and downs of a relationship, as well as the rest of the album, Chemistry.
