Kelly Clarkson's ongoing Kellyoke project -- the thing where Clarkson covers a different song every day on her daytime talk show -- has recently been digging into '90s alt-rock: Gin Blossoms, Garbage, Soundgarden. But other than the odd My Chemical Romance cover, Kelly Clarkson has mostly stayed away from the whole pop-punk realm. There's a reason for that. Pop-punk tends to rely on whiny, nasal delivery -- MCR are a kind of exception -- and a power-belter like Clarkson might sound truly lost if she was singing, like, NOFX. I will tell you what, though: I could listen to Kelly Clarkson singing Blink-182 all day long.
On today's episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Clarkson sings "All The Small Things," the shimmering Blink banger that became a crossover top-10 hit right around the turn of the millennium. She only sings a verse and a couple of choruses, and she sadly skips the "work sucks, I know" bit. She also smartly avoids anything resembling a Tom DeLonge impression, which is hard to do when you're singing one of these songs. Not everyone is going to like this. I bet one of you motherfuckers is crafting a snarky comments-section response right this minute. From where I'm sitting, though, this shit goes hard.
When Kelly Clarkson hits that second hook? When she's like "carry me hooo-aaaawwwwm"? Fucking forget about it. Goosebumps. It's awesome. Below, watch the cover and the original video.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9IAu11_9gCs&ab_channel=TheKellyClarksonShow
If Tom DeLonge ever leaves Blink again, they shouldn't bring in Matt Skiba as their ringer. They should bring in Kelly Clarkson.
