This is how beautifully crafted pop music should sound.
It's no secret that I love me some Kelly Clarkson. The moment she opened her mouth on American Idol I knew she would have a very successful career ahead of her. Her third album, My December, is due out at the end of this month and I cannot wait. I've heard an early release with some demo versions of the songs and they're wonderful. She's just now releasing the second single, "Sober" and it's brilliant. If "Never Again" was the initial fury after a breakup, "Sober" is the mourning and eventual acceptance of getting over someone. It builds a steady crescendo of emotional uncertainty before proudly exclaiming with great assuredness that it will eventually be ok again. Having co-written every song on the album, my hat is off to Kelly for baring so much of herself to the rest of the world all without taking off her clothes. And so I say again, this is how you do it, ladies. See you in rehab.
