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Kelly Clarkson saddles up to the ‘Pink Pony Club’ with Chappell Roan Cover
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Kelly Clarkson saddles up to the ‘Pink Pony Club’ with Chappell Roan Cover

Kelly Clarkson and My Band You cover Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club'. -Credit: Bryan Bedder/NBCUniversal

Kelly Clarkson and My Band You cover Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’. -Credit: Bryan Bedder/NBCUniversal

Kelly Clarkson continued to show Chappell Roan lots of love with a “Kellioke” cover of “Pink Pony Club” on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Clarkson and her band – the wonderfully named My Band Y’all – delivered a faithful take on the The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess favorite, by injecting some extra live rock energy into it. It all came through, especially on the drums, the frantic guitar solo and Clarkson’s always great vocals.

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After the performance, Clarkson took a moment to celebrate Roan’s recent success, saying, “I’m so excited for Chappell, who was nominated for six Grammys a few weeks ago. So great.”

“Pink Pony Club” is the second Roan song that Clarkson has covered on her show in recent months. In September, she and guest Miranda Lambert delivered a stripped-down duet of “Good Luck, Babe!” accompanied only by an acoustic guitar.

Clarkson and Lambert are far from the only artists to cover Roan during her breakthrough year. Country musicians in particular have paid close attention to her music, with Kacey Musgraves covering “Pink Pony Club” on her tour this summer, while artists like Caylee Hammack, Kaitlin Butts, Silverado and Josiah and the Bonnevilles have all shared renditions. from “Good luck, honey!”

Sabrina Carpenter also covered “Good Luck, Babe!” during a visit to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge in June. And just a few weeks ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Will Forte performed “Hot to Go!” at Jason Sudeikis’ annual Thundergong! benefit concert in Kansas City.

As for Roan, her (albeit sometimes tumultuous) year ended with the six aforementioned Grammy nominations. Most notably, she will compete in four major categories: Album of the Year (The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess), Record and Song of the Year (“Good Luck, Babe!”) and Best New Artist.

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