NBC has been filling some of the last weeks before the fall lineup of the 2025 TV schedule picks up with Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson, but I definitely wouldn't describe the four-part series as "filler." The first three episodes featured the daytime talk show host interviewing fellow music legends about their lives and careers, starting with The Jonas Brothers, moving on with Gloria Estefan, and most recently continuing with Teddy Swims. Swims and Clarkson dueted on several of his songs, and those performances leave me wanting one thing by the end of Songs & Stories. I need an album of all these duets!
I enjoyed seeing Clarkson singing with The Jonas Brothers even more than their story of Nick's "brutal" injury, and fell in love with how her voice melded with Gloria Estefan's. I wasn't as familiar with Teddy Swims prior to the latest episode of Songs & Stories (which will be available streaming with a Peacock subscription), so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Suffice it to say that I was very happy with the finished product! The pair dueted on "The Door," "Some Things I'll Never Know," "Rock With You," and "God Went Crazy."
