Kelly Clarkson released a powerful music video for her new single I Don't Think About You.
The video tracks a young Kelly as she struggles to overcome toxic relationships and the challenges of working in the music industry.
The 35-year-old pop sensation looked classically elegant in a black floor-length gown for the emotional montage.
Troubled times: The video tracks a young Kelly as she struggles to overcome toxic relationships and the challenges of working in the music industry
Clarkson revisits her past from a circular platform that she climbs in sky-high heels.
The video cuts back and forth between past and present as the story moves through pivotal moments of her life.
She sings of feeling 'proud' of the woman she has become and grateful of what she 'learned along the way.'
Strong sound: The 35-year-old pop sensation looked classically elegant in a black floor-length gown for the emotional montage
Looking back: Clarkson revisits her past from a circular platform that she climbs in sky-high black heels and dripping with jewels
Old memories: Kelly sings about her first loves and the difficulty of walking away from men she wasn't meant to be with
All grown up: The video cuts back and forth between present and past as the story moves through pivotal moments of her life
Eventually the 'ghosts of her past' join her on the platform to unite as one in a chilling yet symbolic moment.
At that point, the song heightens and Kelly belts the chorus out once again.
'It used to bother me,' she said. 'Thought I could never leave. After all that I've been through, nothin’ left to prove. No, no, no, I don't think about you.'
The meaning of life: She sings of feeling 'proud' of the woman she has become and grateful of what she 'learned along the way'
Past, present, and future: Eventually the 'ghosts of her past' join her on the platform to unite as one in a chilling yet symbolic moment
'It used to bother me,' she sings during the chorus. 'Thought I could never leave. After all that I've been through, nothin’ left to prove. No, no, no, I don't think about you'
The song comes from her eighth studio album Meaning Of Life that dropped in October.
In an interview with Daily Blast LIVE, Clarkson talked about the meaning behind her soulful new single.
'I think it's a beautiful thing when it's a negative situation and all of a sudden you wake up one day and it has zero power over you,' she said. 'For men and women it's an amazing experience to feel that and that's what this song is about.'
New tunes! The song comes from her eighth studio album Meaning Of Life that dropped in October and was released by Atlantic Records
'I think it's a beautiful thing when it's a negative situation and all of a sudden you wake up one day and it has zero power over you,' she told Daily Blast LIVE. 'For men and women it's an amazing experience to feel that and that's what this song is about'
