{"id":47131,"date":"2026-11-03T06:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=47131"},"modified":"2026-11-03T06:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:03:11","slug":"musicflow-48917f181314649ed1647b3408e4bcb6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=47131","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Gave \u2018Monster Mash\u2019 a Haunting Rock Reworking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelly Clarkson brought a darker sound to \u201cMonster Mash\u201d during a Halloween performance on The Kelly Clarkson Show<\/em> in 2022, turning the familiar novelty hit into a dramatic rock arrangement for the show\u2019s \u201cKellyoke\u201d segment.<\/p>\n

The song, recorded by Bobby \u201cBoris\u201d Pickett and released in 1962, has long been a fixture of Halloween playlists. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and its seasonal appeal endured: in 2021, nearly six decades after its debut, it returned to the chart at No. 37.<\/p>\n

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That familiarity gave Clarkson a well-known starting point. Instead of following the original\u2019s playful, quirky style, she recast the tune as a haunting rock ballad, shifting its mood toward something more theatrical and ominous.<\/p>\n

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Kelly Clarkson covers the Halloween song <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A different kind of Halloween performance<\/h2>\n
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Kelly Clarkson sings Monster Mash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The staging supported the change in tone. The \u201cKellyoke\u201d set was dressed as an eerie forest, while Clarkson wore an elaborate Halloween costume. Once the music began, the arrangement moved away from the jaunty feel associated with the original and made room for a more forceful vocal performance.<\/p>\n

Clarkson drove the rock version with intensity, including soaring high notes. The reworking offered a chance to hear the well-known melody in a different musical setting, while keeping the song\u2019s Halloween identity intact. Rather than treating \u201cMonster Mash\u201d as a straightforward seasonal singalong, the performance leaned into its monster-themed subject matter with a darker atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The unusual shift drew attention from viewers who commented on the original performance video on YouTube, which has since been deleted. Some praised the arrangement and the contrast with the original; others described it as a standout version of the song. Those comments reflected how dramatically the new sound departed from the familiar novelty recording.<\/p>\n

A seasonal classic, reimagined<\/h2>\n

Clarkson\u2019s cover became one of the memorable performances from the show\u2019s Halloween celebrations. Its appeal rested on the contrast: a song closely associated with playful monsters and Halloween parties, presented instead with rock instrumentation, theatrical staging and a more ominous mood.<\/p>\n

\u201cMonster Mash\u201d had already proved its staying power by returning to the charts decades after its release. Clarkson\u2019s performance offered another way to revisit the classic\u2014not by changing its recognizable identity, but by exploring how differently it could sound when its musical tone was transformed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WHAT WOULD KELLY CLARKSON DO WITH HALLOWEEN\u2019S \u201cMONSTER MASH\u201d?<\/p>\n

Bobby \u201cBoris\u201d Pickett\u2019s 1962 hit has been part of Halloween for generations, and it even returned to the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 37 in 2021.<\/p>\n

For a 2022 Halloween edition of *The Kelly Clarkson Show*, Clarkson brought the classic to the \u201cKellyoke\u201d stage. The song\u2019s familiar, playful sound offered a clear contrast with the eerie seasonal setting.<\/p>\n

With a spooky forest set and an elaborate costume, the performance looked ready for Halloween. But the real question was how Clarkson would approach a tune so closely tied to goofy monsters and dance-party fun.<\/p>\n

Her version took the song in a distinctly different direction\u2014find out how in the full story.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcd6 Read the full story in the first comment \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musicflow-soulful-tunes"],"yoast_head":"\nKelly Clarkson Gave \u2018Monster Mash\u2019 a Haunting Rock Reworking - New50<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=47131\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kelly Clarkson Gave \u2018Monster Mash\u2019 a Haunting Rock Reworking - New50\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WHAT WOULD KELLY CLARKSON DO WITH HALLOWEEN\u2019S \u201cMONSTER MASH\u201d? 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