Kelly Clarkson's Songwriter Row

3 months ago 31st Jul 13:15

Kelly Clarkson's songwriter has branded her recent criticism "hurtful".

The 'Breakaway' star revealed this week she had fought to prevent her upcoming single 'Already Gone' from being released after worrying people would think she had "ripped off" Beyonce Knowles' track 'Halo', which was also written by OneRepublic star Ryan Tedder.

In response, Ryan said: "'Already Gone' is one of the best songs I've written or produced since Leona Lewis' 'Bleeding Love' and stands tall on its own merits apart from 'Halo'.

"They are two entirely different songs conceptually, melodically and lyrically, and I would never try to dupe an artist such as Kelly Clarkson or Beyonce into recording over the same musical track. The idea is both hurtful and absurd.

hurtful.The 'Breakaway' star revealed this week she had fought to prevent her upcoming single 'Already Gone' from being released after worrying people would think she had ripped off

"I think when people hear 'Already Gone', they will hear what I hear - one of the greatest female vocalists on earth giving her most haunting and heartbreaking performances on a song she helped write. I challenge people to listen and form their own opinions."

Defending herself from accusations of copying Beyonce, Kelly said earlier this week: "Ryan and I met each other at the record label, before he was working with anyone else. We wrote about six songs together, four or five of them made the album.

"It was all fine and dandy. I'd never heard of a song called 'Halo'. Her album came out when my album was already being printed."

"No-one's gonna be sittin' at home, thinking, 'Man, Ryan Tedder gave Beyoncé and Kelly the same track to write to'. No, they're just gonna be saying I ripped someone off. I called Ryan and said, 'I don't understand. Why would you do that?'"