Direct From Hollywood With Ryan Seacrest: This Show Inspired Kelly Clarkson's Music

Kelly Clarkson’s new single 'Where Have You Been' is inspired by a relationship very dear to her heart on her favorite TV 'Only Murders in the Building.' Find out which characters she has to thank here.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Artists often pulled from their own experiences for songs, and
occasionally from their lives or their friends or coworkers or producers.
That Kelly Clarkson found inspo for her new single where
have You Been from another kind of relationship, the one
of her favorite TV show, She confessed in a Kelly
Clarkson Show YouTube clip. The title is pulled directly from
a Martin short line and only murders in the building
reacting to seeing love interest Meryl Streep in one particular

(00:25):
early scene with her. But it wasn't only the line
that inspired Kelly, She explains, it was about Martin's face.
He was in such awe. It was a pure moment
when he said those words looking at her and said
where have you been? I kept going back to it
because so much was said in his expression. I was like,
that's a song. I was so moved. The whole song
came out of those words from Martin short. Kelly Clarkson's

(00:45):
Where have You Been is out now.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
That's direct from Hollywood.