Blog: Idolator

Kelly Clarkson had her turn in the New York Times ' "Playlist" chair yesterday , and the results were, well, mixed. Weezer's red album got a shoutout, as did the Irish band The Script , who Clarkson described as-eek!-"OneRepublic meets rap." Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. Aw, Kelly. Listen. In honor of you being my favorite American Idol (and having one of my favorite albums of the year) (well, except for all those songs by the OneRepublic guy, which are just plodding and terrible and tuneless and ugh ), I decided to craft a mix CD [...]