Kelly Clarkson has never been in love. She’s not even sure she has been close. This will come as a shock to many people, particularly the millions of fans who have been belting the Grammy-winning megahit “Since U Been Gone” out of their car windows for the past three years.”I know people probably think I’ve been heartbroken, because of the stuff I’ve sung and written,” Clarkson acknowledges of her preferred milieu, the artful kiss-off song. It is an early spring afternoon in Los Angeles, and Clarkson is waiting in her dressing room at the 2007 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards, where she is winning Song of the Year for “Because of You,” a tune she penned when she was just 16.Kelly in Elle





































