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"&amp;quot;This is the first record that my label and I have agreed on everything,&amp;quot; Kelly Clarkson recently said about her new album Stronger. While this claim should sound entirely normal for an artist on their fifth outing, it comes with a Texan ranch-sized dollop of resonance for the original American Idol champ following a decade of heated exchanges and artistic differences with her label. So, could this be Kelly&amp;#039;s most rebellious offering to date? Trailer single &amp;#039;Mr Know It All&amp;#039; proves she still has plenty to say about controlling personalities in the parts of her life that don&amp;#039;t involve her investors. &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t know a thing about me,&amp;quot; she asserts over an urban-country mix of fluttering piano and growling guitars; safely sliding back into her anthemic soft-rock sound like a comfy pair of slippers in winter. &amp;#039;What Doesn&amp;#039;t Kill You (Stronger)&amp;#039; continues to tread familiar ground, fusing pounding beats with fist-pumping choruses as she belts out a manifesto of independence with her flawless spinto soprano range. Meanwhile, &amp;#039;Einstein&amp;#039; compounds mathematical equations with lashings of ballsy attitude over a backdrop of revved-up guitars and camp ad-libbing that could easily fill the next Coyote Ugly soundtrack. Clarkson&amp;#039;s hit-back mentality reaches its peak in &amp;#039;You Can&amp;#039;t Win&amp;#039;, where she shoots: &amp;quot;If you&amp;#039;re straight, why aren&amp;#039;t you married yet?/ If you&amp;#039;re gay, why don&amp;#039;t you wave out a flag?&amp;quot;. While it serves as a cool correction of media speculation surrounding her personal life, it&amp;#039;s about as defiant as she gets here; leaving us suspecting that the lack of label infighting was because, on this occasion, there was little worth disputing.  Tracks to download: &amp;#039;Mr Know It All&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;What Doesn&amp;#039;t Kill You (Stronger)&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Einstein&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;You Can&amp;#039;t Win&amp;#039; If you like this, you&amp;#039;ll like: Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Pink Watch the music video for &amp;#039;Mr Know It All&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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