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Divorce-driven ditties take centre stage on Kelly Clarkson’s 10th studio album – her first non-holiday-themed album in six years.
Chemistry, released last Friday, illustrates ‘the arc of an entire relationship, showing every emotion you experience from the beginning to the end’, according to Kelly.
Much of the material for the 45-minute album came from Kelly’s divorce in 2020 from her husband Brandon Blackstock.
Featuring 14 tracks, the release for the album was teased with several singles.
The album’s lead single is a double-A-side single with Mine and Me.
According to Kelly, the team “decided to release Mine and Me at the same time because I didn’t want to release just one song to represent an entire album, or relationship”. It was released on April 14.
Favourite Kind of High was released as the album’s second single on May 19.
I Hate Love featuring Steve Martin playing the banjo and Red Flag Collector were released as promotional singles on June 2 and 9, respectively.
Kelly worked with Jesse Shatkin and Carly Rae Jepsen to write Favourite Kind of High. Before it was given to Kelly, Carly Rae wrote the track to it, with Kelly adding the lyrics and melody when she was given it.
One of the few happier songs on the album, it is described by Kelly as a “sexy song” about the first moment of attraction.
