Kelly Clarkson saddles up to ‘Pink Pony Club’ with Chappell Roan Cover

On November 28, 2024By Littum

Kelly Clarkson and My Band Y'all cover Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club'. - Credit: Bryan Bedder/NBCUniversal — Kelly Clarkson and My Band Y’all cover Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’. – Credit: Bryan Bedder/NBCUniversal

Kelly Clarkson continued to show Chappell Roan lots of love with a “Kellyoke” cover of “Pink Pony Club” on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Clarkson and her band – the wonderfully dubbed My Band Y’all – delivered a faithful offering The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess favourite, injects it with some extra live rock energy. It all came through, especially on the drums, the wild guitar solo and Clarkson’s always amazing vocals.

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After the performance, Clarkson took a moment to celebrate Roan’s recent success, saying, “I’m so excited for Chappell, who was nominated for six Grammys a few weeks ago. So amazing.”

“Pink Pony Club” marks the second Roan song Clarkson has covered on her show in recent months. Back in September, she and guest Miranda Lambert delivered a stripped down duet of “Good Luck, Babe!” accompanied only by an acoustic guitar.

Clarkson and Lambert are far from the only artists to have covered Roan during her break-out years. Country musicians in particular have really taken a shine to her music, with Kacey Musgraves covering “Pink Pony Club” during her tour this summer, while artists like Caylee Hammack, Kaitlin Butts, Silverado and Josiah and the Bonnevilles have all shared renditions of “Good Luck , honey!”

Sabrina Carpenter also covered “Good Luck, Babe!” during a visit to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge back in June. And just a few weeks ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Will Forte performed “Hot to Go!” at Jason Sudeikis’ annual Thundergong! benefit concert in Kansas City.

As for Roan, her banner (if sometimes tumultuous) year was capped off with the aforementioned six Grammy nominations. Most notably, she will compete in the four major categories: Album of the Year (The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess), Record and Song of the Year (“Good Luck, Babe!”) and Best New Artist.

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