Kelly Clarkson Covers "Happier" By Marshmello & Bastille during 'Kellyoke.'
Courtesy PhotoKelly Clarkson opened her Wednesday (Feb. 16) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show with her take on Marshmello and Bastille‘s 2018 collab “Happier.”
“Then only for a minute/ I want to change my mind/ ‘Cause this just don’t feel right to me/ I wanna raise your spirits/ I want to see you smile but/ Know that means I’ll have to leave/ Lately, I’ve been, I’ve been thinking/ I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier,” she belted out with help from her backing band Y’All.
During the episode, she bonded with Adam Scott over parenting — including his 15-year-old son’s hilariously creepy prank in a Michaels store — and talked to Ryan Michelle Bathé about her upcoming crime thriller series The Endgame, which premieres Feb. 21 on NBC.
Other recent Kellyoke numbers from Clarkson have included Kacey Musgraves’ “Breadwinner,” Eagles’ “Heartache Tonight,” Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over” and a stunning rendition of Céline Dion’s “I Drove All Night,” — that is, when she hasn’t been stuck at home quarantining with COVID and leaving her show in the hands of guest hosts like Jay Leno, Taraji P. Henson, Simu Liu and Derek Hough.
In fact, just Tuesday, she called into the show via Zoom to update fans on how many times she’s watched Encanto with her kids at home (hint: it’s a lot). The American Idol winner also teased her upcoming gig hosting NBC’s new Eurovision-inspired musical competition series American Song Contest with Snoop Dogg, which premieres March 21 at 8 p.m. ET.
Watch Clarkson take on Marshmello’s hit with Bastille below.
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There’s a high probability that Jorja Smith has new music coming this summer. The British singer revealed plans for her What Are the Odds LP on Thursday (July 2), with the album set to arrive on Aug. 21 via FAMM.
Smith reunites with producer P2J — who served as a primary collaborator on her 2023 album Falling or Flying — for the entirety of the project. J Money and P2J will continue to build on the inventive U.K. garage sound Smith has been exploring, alongside a mix of grime and house.
“This album came together really naturally. There was never a big plan; it was just me making music that felt right in the moment,” Smith tells Billboard. “Working with P2J, we started experimenting with different sounds, pulling from U.K. garage, grime and house (funky house, Afro house) and it all grew from there.”
She continues: “The music feels uplifting, but the lyrics can be a bit sad at times. They’re about growing up, love, loss, friendships and figuring things out as I go. I trusted my instincts with this one, and I think you can hear that throughout the record.”
Smith kicked off the album’s rollout in May with the self-assuring “What’s Done Is Done,” and it continues on Thursday (July 2) with a second single, “Alive,” which finds the R&B singer joining forces with Afrobeats pioneer WizKid. The duo basks in the love-drunk euphoria of the honeymoon phase of a bubbling relationship and heads to Paris for the visual.
“Making this with P2J and WizKid felt really easy,” Smith adds of the collab. “We wrote and recorded it together in London. I think we captured that feeling when you’re at the beginning of something with someone and everything feels exciting. I’ve always loved WizKid’s music and the way he’s opened so many doors for Afrobeats around the world, so it feels really special and a big honor to have a song with him.”
What Are the Odds serves as Jorja Smith’s third studio album and contains 12 tracks. Outside of WizKid, the only other feature comes from grime artist Devlin.
When the project lands on Aug. 21, Smith will hit the stage later that night at London’s All Points East, as she’ll be co-headlining the Victoria Park show with Tems. 2026 has already been a busy year for J Money, who served as a musical guest on the debut season of Saturday Night Live UK in April.
The 29-year-old also collaborated with Mobb Deep’s Havoc for a remix of her “Blue Lights” classic and lent “Price of It All” to Amazon MGM Studios’ Bait soundtrack.
Find the What Are the Odds cover art and tracklist below.
What Are the Odds tracklist:
