All I Ever Wanted has us crawling back to Kelly, in Bigger Than the Sound.
Kelly Clarkson is not over you, but she’s moved on. This much is clear on her new album All I Ever Wanted, a breakup record that isn’t so much about breaking up with anyone in particular as it is about breaking up with everyone in the entire world.
This is because, in some way, we’re all her exes. We have all kicked her to the curb in favor of someone new (Katy Perry?), moved on with our lives and convinced ourselves we are happier without her. This may or may not actually be the case — we still haven’t deleted her from our cell phones, still see her name lurking there on our IM list and sometimes, when it is very late at night and we are very drunk, we have to try very hard not to send her a text message. These things are complicated. (more…)



















