Kelly Clarkson lost millions taking a stance against Dr. Luke

[manicholic 3,694]

Kelly Clarkson was willing to lose out on millions to break away from Dr. Luke. 

As the record producer was embroiled in a legal battle with Kesha, Clarkson also made headlines last year when she said she was blackmailed into working with the songwriter, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald. 

Revisiting the story more than a year later during an interview with  Z100's Mo' Bounce, the Grammy winner explained how everything transpired—and how she allegedly ultimately lost out on "millions" to make a statement. 

"There's a lot of times in my career where you don't see my name on a song," she began. "Sometimes I don't write them, but a lot of times I do change the song in a way that probably you should ask for credit, but I don't because the song was already great. I just made it more me and I think a lot of artists steal credit a lot from writers, which I think is super crappy because that's their livelihood."

 

However, there was one unnamed song in particular that the songstress thought warranted a writing credit. "I did deserve it on that song just because I changed it a bit, but I really just didn't—especially at that time, I was so frustrated that I was forced to work...basically, they were going to sit on my record unless I did what they wanted and I was so frustrated because I literally said, 'Anyone in the world but this one person. I will work with anyone you want to put in my path,'" she recalled, speaking of Dr. Luke. 

According to the star, she did not have a good experience with Gottwald and had asked not to work with him. "I just had a negative experience. The guy is super talented. I'm not negating that. That's a fact, obviously."

Ultimately, though she says she changed the song, Clarkson rejected writing credit. "I don't want my name near his. I don't even want—I want to pretend this didn't happen in my life and I want to forget it," the "Love So Soft" singer continued.  

According to the songstress, she not only lost out on credit, but also cash. "There's hundreds of thousands of dollars gone because of that...or millions actually. That song was huge," she said. "I was making a point to the people working with me going, 'This is how much I didn't want to do this.' I don't care about the money. I don't care about, 'Oh, you're going to be the most famous person ever if you do this.' That's not what holds weight in my life."

While she clarified that she did not have similar experiences with Dr. Luke as the ones Kesha has accused him of, Clarkson did maintain that she is "not a fan" of him.  

http://www.eonline.com/news/880014/kelly-clarkson-claims-she-lost-out-on-millions-after-rejecting-writing-credit-with-dr-luke

[YeehawKylie 7,817]

Gross that the entertainment industry harbors and protects abusers of women for profit. This was likely a decade before Kesha's lawsuit was even filed. Insane that he got to prance around treating women like his property during that time and that the record labels essentially forced women to do it.

[Glamourpuss 29,062]

What song was it?

[ZiggyZiggs 30,063]

Kelly you're doing amazing sweetie 

[ZiggyZiggs 30,063]

2 minutes ago, Glamourpuss said:

What song was it?

My life would suck without you

[SlaeUrAnus 16,042]

5 minutes ago, Glamourpuss said:

What song was it?

Either 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' or 'My Life Would Suck Without You'.

I think anyway.

[NewUsername 11,486]

Kuddos to Kelly for doing the right thing!

[edgy 6,918]

I'm happy she decided to say Never Again, to Breakaway, to Walk Away, and become Miss Independent. 

[Killa 17,705]

The difinition of Music not the Bling

Beautiful, she has truly struggled, and this just proves everything she was able to get is due to her being true to herself.

 

[Killa 17,705]

4 minutes ago, edgy said:

I'm happy she decided to say Never Again, to Breakaway, to Walk Away, and become Miss Independent. 

edgy

[arrtpop 2,751]

1 hour ago, ZiggyZiggs said:

My life would suck without you

That was my bop as a kid tho 

[Guest]

Gotta love her. She is one of the realest and most kind hearted artists out there. 

[Fish 6,161]

I dont understand. She says she doesnt want to be near the song, but from what i understand, the songt was still released and she was the singer. Writing credit or not, she is pretty much at the heart of the song lol 

[Laceface 2,964]

2 hours ago, SlaeUrAnus said:

Either 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' or 'My Life Would Suck Without You'.

I think anyway.

The second as it was 2009 and she already worked with him in '04 on Behind these hazel eyes & Since u been gone.

Does anyone else find it interesting how Max Martin is always his left hand man 

[Whispering 18,865]

Kelly has always been a no BS type of girl and I love that! Also, she is one of the strongest and most capable vocalists we have around right now. Love her!