{"id":47626,"date":"2026-11-08T01:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=47626"},"modified":"2026-11-08T01:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:24:25","slug":"musicflow-28bd96a0eee826a9f5ab74e67a17873c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=47626","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Gives Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cVampire\u201d a Gothic Halloween Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Clarkson marked Halloween on October 31, 2023, with a Kellyoke performance of Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cVampire,\u201d built around a stark piano arrangement and a full vampire-inspired look. The staging leaned into the song\u2019s gothic imagery, while Clarkson\u2019s vocal interpretation gave the familiar track a more theatrical feel.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson wore a floor-length black gown with flowing sleeves, a black choker and makeup designed to look like bloody tears. Instead of performing with her usual backing band, Y\u2019all, she was accompanied by a pianist. His eerie arrangement stripped the song back, and his costume added another Halloween touch to the segment.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kelly-Clarkson-Vampire-Olivia-Rodrigo.jpg?w=1581&amp;h=1054&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson Olivia Rodrigo Vampire\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"><figcaption>Kelly Clarkson Olivia Rodrigo Vampire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A piano-led take on \u201cVampire\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The performance kept the song\u2019s emotional intensity but shifted its musical setting. Clarkson sang Rodrigo\u2019s lyrics over the piano, building the arrangement around her voice rather than a full band. She added high notes and sweeping vocal runs, bringing a dramatic edge to a song already shaped by images of betrayal and bloodsucking.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kelly-Clarkson-Covers-vampire-By-Olivia-Rodrigo-_-Kellyoke-screenshot-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson Sinks Her Teeth Into Olivia Rodrigo&#39;s &#39;Vampire&#39;: Kellyoke\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"><figcaption>Kelly Clarkson Sinks Her Teeth Into Olivia Rodrigo&#39;s &#39;Vampire&#39;: Kellyoke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The result was a Halloween Kellyoke that connected the song\u2019s subject matter to its staging without abandoning its emotional core. The contrast between the spare accompaniment and Clarkson\u2019s powerful delivery was central to the cover\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo released \u201cVampire\u201d in June 2023 as the lead single from her second album, <em>GUTS<\/em>. She discussed the track\u2019s origins in a June interview with <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, recalling that piano chords she played gave her a gothic feeling. Rodrigo said the vampire imagery grew from that atmosphere and that the song drew on a personal experience, including the anger that can follow a painful situation.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-60.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson Covers Olivia Rodrigo&#39;s &#39;Vampire&#39; Dressed as a Vampire\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"><figcaption>Kelly Clarkson Covers Olivia Rodrigo&#39;s &#39;Vampire&#39; Dressed as a Vampire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The song behind the performance<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelly Clarkson - vampire (Cover Olivia Rodrigo) (Live on The Kelly Clarkson Show)\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvHn92kZlHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVampire\u201d quickly became a major chart success: it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the chart dated November 4, 2023, it was at No. 11 and had spent 17 weeks on the ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson\u2019s Halloween cover arrived soon after <em>The Kelly Clarkson Show<\/em> began its fifth season. She had opened the season with a Kellyoke rendition of Christina Aguilera\u2019s \u201cFighter.\u201d For the October Halloween installment, she instead turned to Rodrigo\u2019s recent hit, matching its dark imagery with a pared-back musical arrangement and a vivid stage look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KELLY CLARKSON TOOK OLIVIA RODRIGO\u2019S \u201cVAMPIRE\u201d INTO GOTHIC HALLOWEEN TERRITORY!<\/p>\n<p>For a Halloween edition of *The Kelly Clarkson Show* on October 31, 2023, Clarkson embraced the vampire theme in a dramatic black gown, with makeup designed to look like bloody tears.<\/p>\n<p>Her Kellyoke cover of Rodrigo\u2019s hit was accompanied by a pianist rather than Clarkson\u2019s usual backing band, giving the song a spare, haunting musical setting.<\/p>\n<p>The track\u2019s dark imagery made it a natural fit for the holiday performance. Clarkson brought her own vocal approach to the song, adding high notes and sweeping runs to the arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo had spoken about the gothic feeling behind \u201cVampire\u201d in 2023. See how that atmosphere carried into Clarkson\u2019s Halloween take on the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f Enjoy the song in the first comment \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musicflow-soulful-tunes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kelly Clarkson Gives Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cVampire\u201d a Gothic Halloween Treatment - 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=47626\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kelly Clarkson Gives Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cVampire\u201d a Gothic Halloween Treatment - New50\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KELLY CLARKSON TOOK OLIVIA RODRIGO\u2019S \u201cVAMPIRE\u201d INTO GOTHIC HALLOWEEN TERRITORY! 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