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For a minute there, it seemed like we were thisclose to seeing Kelly Clarkson sink her teeth into the Twilight saga—”Did You,” from the My December sessions, was briefly rumored to be an addition to the soundtrack for sequel New Moon. It didn’t happen, but now it turns out the self-proclaimed “nerd Twilight fan” actually wrote a song specifically with New Moon in mind, and not because she was hired to, but because she’s obsessed with Stephenie Meyer’s books. You’ve got to love a girl who’s willing to own up to her guilty pleasures. Check out the sweet-but-sad track “Empty As I Am” behind the jump, along with Kelly waxing poetic about the Twi books:
Kelly talked with MYX about being a vamp geek and writing the song with her backup singers:
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“I’m a nerd Twilight fan. I wrote it, it was about New Moon, and it was before they were actually looking for songs… we were nerds and loved the book so much and wrote the song. It’s a really sad book… its the one where she gets left behind, a Romeo and Juliet tragic kind of thing.”
We imagine that if Clarkson was totally into the Harry Potter series, instead of Twilight, we’d probably be listening to a tune about Quiddich and battling the Voldemort within. But as it stands, she’s totally Team Edward, so let’s have a listen to her song, written from the perspective of the lovesick Bella:
Kelly Clarkson – “Empty As I Am”
Since this is a rough recording of “Empty As I Am” (which appears to be grabbed from a soundcheck) it’s tough to really know how a studio-produced track would sound. But the simple melodies in the acoustic version definitely capture the bummed-out, longing mood of New Moon, so it’s too bad it didn’t wind up on the equally gloomy—but rock-critic-friendly— soundtrack. If we’re lucky, Kelly will still cut a studio version sooner or later. And hey, there’s always the Eclipse soundtrack to set her sights on (which we dearly hope also includes these guys).
I hope Kelly puts this out officially. It's a great song and her voice sounds so pure. My December was an amazing, highly under-rated CD, too.
Wow. Beautiful.
So the New Moon soundtrack probably would have doubled in sales if they had either this or Did You or Haunted (all by Kelly Clarkson) on it — possibly more if they had more than one of these three songs. Makes you wonder what the primary motivation is in picking the tracks for the New Moon soundtrack since gawd knows it obviously can't be money. The primary motivation in this case must be jealousy and hatred toward outspoken, smart, talented, hot young female singers, which makes a lot of sense since the Twilight movie series seems to be pretty much under the control of the Hollywood JAGMA (Jealous and Angry Gay Man Army) — the same group who shafted Kelly out of a Grammy nomination for “Best Performance by a Female Pop Singer” for My Life Would Suck Without You. So be it.
Hm, well, technically her label jipped her of a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal…. since they didn't even submit MLWSWY for nominations.
The song is absolutely beautiful, by the way. Would love to hear a recording.
I don't know the details, but JAGMA (or JAGMA influenced holes) and Kelly Clarkson's label are not mutually exclusive sets of people.
This is great! Well done Kelly Clarkson! Maybe i would have bought the soundtrack if it had any decent music on it like this. The soundtrack sucked. Who does pick the songs, because I think titwihey need a new job!
Kelly Clarkson is so amazing. It is a shame she is so unappreciated. She has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard.
That song is amazing! I hope she records it and releases it!!
I love her, and this is a fantastic song. God, I really wish the Twilight people would consider this for the Eclipse sound track, at least. I mean, YEAH, the New Moon sound track music really did suck, sorry to say!! But wow, love her AND this song!