Kelly Clarkson Reimagines Sabrina Carpenter's 'Please Please Please' as a Crooning Country Song for Kellyoke

Mar. 15, 2025

Please, please, please officially release this cover,Kelly Clarkson!

Kelly Clarkson in October 2024; Sabrina Carpenter in October 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty; John Nacion/Variety via Getty

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“For some reason, it lends itself to country to me, so I asked my band if we could make more of a country version of it, ‘cause we have the amazing pop version already,” added Clarkson.

“But I love that song, and I love when a song is so good that you can kind of go into different genres with it,” she said. “But thank you, Sabrina, for that song, and thank you for letting me sing it.”

Released in June as the second single offShort n' Sweet, Carpenter’s latest album, “Please Please Please” quickly reached No. 1 on theBillboardHot 100. The song followed “Espresso,” which peaked at No. 3 on the chart.

Earlier this month, “Please Please Please” earned a Grammy Award nomination for song of the year.

Shortly after its initial release, Carpenter’s longtime friendJoey Kingspoke to PEOPLE about her love for the song. “I’m so happy for her and I just can’t stop singing ‘Please Please Please’ … get out of my head,” said the actress.

“It’s so rude of her to make a hit like that. It’s also so rude to make such an addicting music video,” she continues, referring to themusic videostarring Carpenter’s boyfriend, actorBarry Keoghan. ”It’s really rude to make me watch it six times at 2:00 a.m. when I want to go to bed.”

source: people.com