before your love was the kelly clarkson song when she won american idol.
before your love was the kelly clarkson song when she won american idol.
kelly clarkson song when she won american idol?
before your love
"miss independent" received mixed to positive reviews from music critics, who lauded clarkson for distancing herself from her "american idol" persona, but criticized the song's resemblance to some of the songs on "stripped"— particularly "dirrty" and "fighter" (2002). on its release, brian hiatt of "entertainment weekly" noted that "its hard r&b sound may shock fans who embraced the mellow "a moment like this." "miss independent" begins with clarkson singing in a throaty moan over a bangin' hip-hop beat, then bursts into a power-chord-propelled, disco-diva chorus that's not unlike britney spears' "stronger"." "rolling stone" wrote, ""a moment like this" was exactly the sort of treacly by-the-numbers ballad critics expected of a tv-contest winner; that's probably why its assertive follow-up, "miss independent," was such a surprise." allmusic's senior editor stephen thomas erlewine wrote that it "managed to make kelly clarkson seem younger and hipper without slutting her up like christina aguilera (who, ironically, co-wrote "miss independent," the first single from thankful) while retaining a strong sense of melodic songcraft." sal cinquemani of "slant magazine" wrote that the song "gives clarkson the youthful edge she desperately needs to balance out the adult contemporary goo of songs like "anytime" and "a moment like this." cinquemani also added, ""miss independent" is no "dirrty," but it proves that if anyone can out-sing aguilera, it's clarkson." on march 5, 2013, "billboard" ranked the it the number sixteen in its list of "top 100 "american idol" hits of all time".
miss independent (kelly clarkson song)
the song's accompanying music video was filmed in los angeles by liz friedlander, who didn't know clarkson at the time. friedlander remarked, "honestly, i never watched "american idol", so i didn't have a preconceived notion of her." she said about the video, "the song is explosive and young and has some cool electronic beats, so we took the visual style from the music." clarkson added "it's gonna be more kelly clarkson the artist, not [kelly clarkson] from "'american idol"." the video features clarkson performing at a house party in reverse, starting from the morning after and working its way back to the previous night, where she appears attracted to a "surfer" whom she keeps seeing in mirrors. friedlander adds, "and in the end — maybe — they get together." it premiered on mtv on june 2, 2003. the video received three nominations at the 2003 mtv video music awards—best new artist in a video, best pop video, and viewer's choice award.
miss independent (kelly clarkson song)