Let's talk about Kelly Clarkson

More than a few people are discussing Kelly Clarkson's new image. Remember the Kelly Clarkson who won the original (and best) American Idol? Well, first off, Ms. Clarkson doesn't look much like this photo. It takes a special Photoshop artist to retouch a photo to this extent but I want to read beyond the photo. Think about the music.

Based on the photo, Clarkson's new music would sound like something akin to that atrocious Nelly Furtado album from a couple years ago which was just another throw-away piece of booty-shaking shit.

I'm hoping that Clarkson's photo doesn't match up to the music. Maybe there's one ultra-glossy, ultra-annoying bubble gum pop song that will get a ton of radio exposure and get what is hopefully another poppy rock album widely played. I'm thinking something like the hook-laden Since You've Been Gone which was the pop rock song from 2004 that truly put her on the map. She became more than a karoake star. She became a true rockstar.

I only hope that she can straddle the fence because I actually like the real Kelly Clarkson. There's things I'd do to her that would make a stripper blush. But judging this book by its cover, this Kelly Clarkson will be writhing around on stage and looking painfully awkward doing it. Not that there's anything wrong with a good looking lady rolling around, scantily clothed, while singing sexually suggestive lyrics but this isn't who Kelly Clarkson is.

Judge away, what do you think this CD will sound like?

While MinnPics is full of great photos from across Minnesota, it's strangely devoid of a sexually suggestive Kelly Clarkson ready to fellate a lollipop.