Ryan Tedder Responds to the Kelly Clarkson “Already Gone”/”Halo” controversy

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Update: Tedder deleted the blog entry…Hm… I’ll bet somebody asked him to take it down. Neither Kelly nor her label have commented. Perhaps TPTB are attempting to keep a lid on this so it dies a quick death on the news cycle…

Since I helped start the brouhaha, I guess I better follow up on it!

Ryan Tedder responds on his Myspace to the Kelly Clarkson “Already Gone”/Halo controversy from Europe, where he is vacationing:

Hey everyone, Ryan here. So…..i’m in Europe on vacation with my wife yesterday when I get a flurry of emails with links to gossip sites and media outlets saying “Kelly clarkson throws producer Ryan Tedder under the bus re: Already Gone” etc etc etc… Alleging that I copied myself or “pulled a fast one” on Kelly Clarkson. This couldn’t be farther from the truth and the whole thing is absurd….however, I need to actually read what the hell is going on, make a call or 2, and be fully informed of it, then I assure you I will have a proper, respectful response. I don’t take allegations of this nature lightly- ESPECIALLY when it’s in regards to artists I respect and admire. Nor do I let things like this go unaddressed. So, give me a minute, and I’ll tell u whatsup and what really happened, or in this case, “didn’t” happen.

More will be revealed, I’m sure…

 
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  • yeahyeahsure

    This was added at Perez’ post:

    Update: A rep for Kelly’s label tells us, “Kelly Clarkson is a valued member of the RCA Records family, we are very proud of her album “All I Ever Wanted” and happily continue to promote the record and support Kelly and her music.

  • Michelle

    Beyonce could have gotten a writing credit for supplying lyrics, tweaking a melody given to her by Tedder/Bogart, or even adding her personal melisma touches (Haloo-oo-oo). It doesn’t rule out the apparently strong possibility that majority of the song was provided by Tedder, and that Tedder provided a very similar melody to Kelly for AG.

    I don’t know how any of this is Kelly’s fault, beyond her “daring” to speak up about it now that the label has made the decision to make AG her next single. Maybe if more artists spoke up about things like this instead of submitting to their labels then we’d have less crappy corporate-driven music. I mean, sure every song Stargate made sounded the same, and I guess it was good for the labels that could save money and effort by churning out those songs and reaping the profit, but that wasn’t a good thing for the state of music, was it?

  • noctem seizure

    Hmm. I’m not following the numbers closely, but the new record has sold around 600,000 after 3 months out, and the first two singles did about 2.5 million combined, IIR (just over gold for Hook, 2x platinum for Suck? And both made the Top40 top 10. The videos got good play. Already Gone is wait and see.

    She’s only selling about 6,000 albums a week now (and steadily falling). At that rate it will take her until Christmas to hit 700,000.

    Come on! This is Kelly Freaking Clarkson we’re talking about. The last album I understand was a special case, so she gets a pass for its results. But, this record was supposed to be her Britney-like comeback, when she like the phoenix rose from the ashes. It’s been promoted out the wazoo, and it still is highly unlikely to even get close to platinum.

    Try to spin it any way you want, but for a star of Kelly Clarkson’s (former) wattage, this is a massive letdown. It shows her star has been eclipsed by new, up-and-coming ladies of pop. She’s just another name in the crowded landscape of pop music, and that name will have even less lustre two years (or whenever) down the road when she puts out her next record.

  • yeahyeahsure

    Ryan’s answer:

    http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/29/clarksons-producer-i-would-never-dupe-kelly/

    “Already Gone” is one of the best song I’ve written or produced since “Bleeding Love” and stands tall on it’s own merits apart from “Halo”.

    They are two entirely different songs conceptually, melodically, & lyrically and I would never try to dupe an artist such as Kelly Clarkson or Beyonc into recording over the same musical track, the idea is both hurtful & absurd.

    I think when people hear “Already Gone” they will hear what I hear-one of the greatest female vocalists on earth giving her most haunting and heart-breaking performance on a song she helped write.

    I challenge people to listen and form their own opinions.”

  • crazednoney

    noctem seizure
    “She’s only selling about 6,000 albums a week now (and steadily falling). At that rate it will take her until Christmas to hit 700,000.”

    She’s still on the Billboard top 200 at number 75. And more so, no artists is selling very much right now as the industry is in a slump. The number 1 spot for this week was a debut and only sold a little over 100,000. Kelly sold over 200,000 in her AIW debut. She’s right on track with everyone else. Jordin Sparks debut this week only sold 48,000. Kelly sold more than that in her 3rd week. And she hasn’t been steadily falling either. She’s remained around that number for the past few months. There have so far only been 1 or 2 albums reach the million mark this year.

  • crazednoney

    MJ – “I know Kelly said this but it’s not ringing true for me. Beyonce’s album came out in November. In December Kelly blogged that her album was still in the mixing stages so it’s not possible that it had already gone to print. I guess it’s possible Kelly didn’t hear Halo but it was certainly out there before her album went to print.”

    Kelly was done recording by Oct. 24. The album was originally supposed to be released in November. However the due date was pushed back and the mixing took a bit longer as Kelly wanted to get it right by not rushing it.

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