Kelly Clarkson is the queen of the breakup song, having penned the incomparable “Since U Been Gone” years before devoting an entire album to her divorce from Brandon Blackstock. Now the artist is proving that her ex isn’t even safe from her previously released material. After altering the lyrics to hits by Billie Eilish and Gayle to take jabs at Blackstock during her popular Kellyoke performances, the artist just leveled up by rewriting the words to one of her own tunes, erasing her ex-husband’s presence from “Piece by Piece” and turning the song into an anthem of empowerment.
In promotion of her 10th studio album Chemistry, Kelly Clarkson has begun her Las Vegas residency, opening up her catalog for a more intimate experience with fans in lieu of going on a whole tour. During her shows, she’s continued to cover other artists’ songs — a well-known fixture of The Kelly Clarkson Show — singing Harry Styles’ “As It Was” and Gayle’s “abcdefu,” to which she added her own topical, post-divorce twist. At her recent show she debuted a new version of the title track off her 2015 album Piece by Piece. Introducing the song, Clarkson told the audience (per ET):
