Kelly Clarksonis finding more “Magic” within herself these days.
Instead, the Grammy winner switched the mentions of “he” to “I,” singing “I collected me up” and “I filled the holes,” turning the song into a post-heartbreak, self-empowering anthem.
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ACM
The lyric change seems to point at one of the main points of contention within Blackstock and Clarkson’s divorce — money.
The couple, who tied the knot in 2013 and split in 2020, divorced in 2022.
Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
In July 2021,PEOPLE learned thata Los Angeles County judge ordered Clarkson to give Blackstock $150,000 per month in spousal support, as well as $45,601 per month in child support.
The arrangement meant that Blackstock, 43, would receive $195,601 in total from Clarkson each month, or roughly $2.4 million per year. The order also required the singer to pay $1.25 million towards her estranged husband’s attorney fees and costs for their ongoing divorce at the time.
A source told PEOPLE in November 2020 that Blackstock had beenaiming for more than double the amount in child support, requesting that Clarkson pay him $436,000 per month ($301,000 in spousal support and $135,000 in child support).
She continued, “Here’s where I landed, because I went from hardcore pass to, you know what, for a moment in my life — I was pregnant with my first child and we were in a different place — it was very different.”
“So, I’m going to respect that chapter, and I’m going to respect what happened there. And what I was feeling there is not lost — I did feel that, and that was real at one point,” reflected theAmerican Idolalum.
Clarkson ultimately revealed that she planned to perform the track during her residency “not only for fans, but for that girl that did believe wholeheartedly that that’s what was happening, and that’s what I saw.”
She concluded, “I know that that’s incredibly sad to think about. But, you know, it’s real.”
source: people.com
