Last night, Kelly Clarkson debuted her newest series, Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson. At her side were The Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Kevin Jonas, who sang and chatted with Kelly like old friends (which they are). This lovely, short special airs on NBC, with four episodes in total. Each episode contains entertaining musicians, all ready to engage in intimate conversations with Kelly about their shared and personal journeys in the music industry.
During each sit-down, Kelly offers her viewers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the music that shaped each artist’s career. As likely expected, each artist will also perform unplugged musical arrangements. Additionally, Kelly and her band will also perform acoustic performances in between each storytelling session.
After seeing the musicians scheduled to appear, alongside the ones that already aired in Episode 1, you can consider us seated for her remaining three drops on NBC. Here is everything you can expect to see on these episodes of Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson, alongside everything that happened in Episode 1.
Where to watch and stream Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson
Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson airs on NBC every Tuesday for the next three weeks. Episode 1 already premiered, as mentioned, on Tuesday, August 19. Moving forward, all remaining episodes of this series air on August 26, September 2, and September 9. Regarding the timeslot, viewers can tune in live at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
As Songs & Stories broadcasts on NBC, spectators will need either a satellite, cable, or live TV streaming service that airs this chosen network. However, should any of these live broadcasts fall at a time inconvenient to your schedule, each episode will also be available to stream on Peacock the day after it airs on NBC. Peacock is no longer offering a free trial period. Instead, you would need to buy one of their plans, which start at $7.99 per month.
In the first look reel posted by NBC, Kelly explains that “there is a story behind every song,” which is the entire point of this storytelling series. As her fans know, Kelly has many stories that may come up in this series. But, to note, the passing of her ex-husband happened after this series wrapped. So, minus any last-minute additions from her production team, this tragic event will likely not be a topic she details on Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson.
The Jonas Brothers joined Kelly Clarkson on Songs & Stories Episode 1
The Jonas Brothers appeared in Episode 1, marking them as the first musical guests on Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson. During their conversations, Nick reminded Kelly that he and his brothers opened for her in 2005. Kelly had forgotten this detail from her past, joking, “I feel like I just got really cool.”
In response, Nick revealed that “No one cared about us in 2005. We were just coming up,” he explained. So, “to get other gigs, we listed the other acts that we’d opened up for,” he noted, revealing that her name “helped us get a lot of gigs after that.”
But in 2013, the band parted ways. “I think we kind of mutually wanted to go do our own thing,” Joe said. “We individually wanted to do that at separate times. But I think, ultimately, it was the best decision we could have made,” he clarified, as Nick and Kevin agreed.
Then, Kelly joined the brothers in an acoustic set of their hit song, Year 3000, blurting her name out in the part that says, well, her name. Between her perfect harmonizing (as always) and the fun, light conversations, the entire first episode of Songs & Stories felt like a fever dream from our childhoods. And we loved every second.
Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson continues with more great guests
Three episodes of Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson now remain. And in each of these episodes, the following musical icons will appear.
On the August 26th episode, Gloria Estefan will take the stage with Kelly. These ladies have shared a stage before, as Gloria once appeared as a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show. Likewise, Kelly often covers Gloria’s songs as part of her Kellyoke segment on this series, so we know their acoustic sets will be off the charts in this second episode of Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson.
Then, on the September 2nd episode, Teddy Swims will guest star alongside Kelly. Like Gloria, Teddy has also visited Kelly on The Kelly Clarkson Show. When they harmonized his hit song, Lose Control, their powerful voices combined, fans loved it. I can only imagine how well Kelly and Teddy will fare during this third episode of her new series.
Finally, on the last episode of Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson, airing during the September 2nd episode, Lizzo will do her hair toss and check her nails before emerging onstage alongside her peer, Kelly. Again, like every other star appearing on this series, Lizzo has also guest-starred on The Kelly Clarkson Show. Their powerful duet of Lizzo’s hit song, Still Bad, left me wanting more collabs between Lizzo and Kelly. Now, I will soon get my wish via this final episode of Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson.
If you cannot tune in live, Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson is streaming on Peacock.
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