Kelly Clarkson
Sings By way of Tears Onstage …
Days Earlier than Ex-Husband’s Demise
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Kelly Clarkson obtained actual emotional whereas belting out her reworked model of “Piece by Piece” simply 12 days earlier than her ex, Brandon Blackstock, died — and the clip is gut-wrenching.
Verify this resurfaced TikTok from Kelly’s July 26 present in Vegas — Kelly was choking up as she intro’d the track — saying she wrote it again when her marriage to Brandon was stuffed with hope and goals for the long run. However now? It is had a number of emotional tweaks over time, to say the least.
Kelly revealed she’d really modified the lyrics to the track again in ’23, three years after her cut up from Blackstock. However after some remedy and reflection, she realized they got here off a bit offended. So, she tweaked them once more, making the brand new model really feel extra grown-up.

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So within the up to date model, she sang, “I’m learning every day how to love me. I let go of the shame that you taught me. Piece by piece, I restored the faith that a heart can still beat even if it breaks.”
After all, her emotional second makes far more sense now — ‘trigger not lengthy after, Kelly paused her Vegas residency to be by Brandon’s facet.
TMZ reported final week Brandon misplaced his battle with melanoma, after a 3.5-year combat, at simply 48.