Kelly Clarkson begins work on fifth studio album / Due fall 2010

During a new interview on Chicago’s KISSFM, pop/rock diva Kelly Clarkson revealed that she’s already begun working on her fifth studio album, which will be due out Fall 2010.
“We’re already working on it. [The songs] are really different. The next record is going to be really different”.
She also revealed that she may not write the whole record either, which she blames on constant touring and releasing albums so close together (Clarksons current tour does not wrap up until March 2010).
“If I end up liking stuff that I’ve done then I’ll include it, but if I like other stuff better I’ll use that. Sometimes you’re just more inspired I guess, and sometimes if you have records that come out really close together it might be more other peoples songs. Because there’s not enough time to write and sing and perform and do everything.”
Despite penning all the songs from her 2007 album My December, Kelly only wrote on six of the fourteen tracks from her latest effort All I Ever Wanted.
In other news, Kelly’s latest single “Already Gone” continues to rise on the Billboard charts after reaching a new peak of #17 this week. Rumour has it that “Don’t Let Me Stop You” will serve as the fourth single from All I Ever Wanted, which is now close to being certified Platinum. [Source]

I think it’s too soon for Kelly to release another album. She already seems overworked and it will get worse if she has to go on a big tour until March next year, then head straight to the studio to finish off her album, then release and promote it before the year is up.
She needs time to relax and live life so she’ll actually have something to talk about on the new album. I don’t think that All I Ever Wanted is as bad as I have made it out to be in the past, but it just didn’t feel real to me and it was a hard pill to swallow after the raw emotion of My December.
I’m actually worried about Kelly and her freedom as an artist. Fair enough if she just enjoys working all the time and constantly doing albums, but a lot of the angst of My December came from her stress after breaking down from mental exhaustion after being overworked during the post-Idol and Breakaway eras.
Anyways I’m happy to see “Already Gone” doing so well. It’s an amazing record and it deserves a lot of success.
