There’s new music out from Kelly Clarkson! The singer and television host just dropped “I Dare You,” written by Natalie Hemby, Laua Veltz and Ben West, and has a message that is especially timely right now, especially as the world deals with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Kelly also recorded a version of “I Dare You” with singers in five different languages: French, German, Arabic, Spanish and Hebrew.
“This is my favorite/hardest project that I’ve ever worked on” Kelly said (via Variety). “It has always been a dream of mine, as I grew up singing in different languages, to find that perfect song, with the perfect message, to connect us all globally and then record that song with several other artists around the world in their native languages.
“We have put a lot of work into this as a team and decided to continue with our release date of this project because we feel like we all couldn’t be more connected right now across the world, and maybe this message will bring a little hope in this sometimes dark, and isolating time,” she added. “Thank you so much to all the artists that worked on this with me. We hope everyone out there connects with this message and chooses love instead of fear. I dare you.”
Singing in five different languages wasn’t that much of a stretch for Kelly, who grew up singing in a couple different languages before deciding on a career in pop music.
“I grew up singing opera and I got to sing in like French and Italian –– the Latin based languages,” Kelly revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I thought it’d be cool one day if in my career there was a song that kind of lent itself to that.”
Download or stream “I Dare You” via Kelly’s website.