Luke eventually agreed and invited Kelly to travel to Sweden to record the songs. ' Max was looking to move on from what he had done with Backstreet Boys, and I really spent time convincing them that an American Idol winner could bring all the feeling and passion that was required to the song.' Martin insisted that the songs should given to rock acts, wanting to stray from his reputation for producing pop singles for the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears in the 1990s. They would push Kelly in a promising direction for her, while maintaining and even growing her audience.' Luke which included 'Since U Been Gone' and a demo version of what would have been 'Behind These Hazel Eyes.'ĭavis wanted Kelly to record the songs, describing them having ' a sharp rock edge but were still capable of being pop hits. Upon their meeting, Martin presented songs he wrote with Dr. (There's no getting away from it) so why even try?' ' I'm the first one, so it's going to be on my grave, I'm aware of that. Kelly revealed that she expected that she'll always be labeled as an 'American Idol' winner, she remarked: Worried of Kelly being continually typecast as a talent show winner, Davis met with various producers, primarily Max Martin and encouraged them to produce records for her in a pop rock direction. It's just a really, really cool process for me, because everybody is a new experience. ' It's cool because she wants to do some branching out, and I'm doing nothing but branching out, We got together and she had all these songs in mind of what she wanted to do. So I just randomly asked people I work with, 'Hey, do you think that he'd work with me?' And then I found out that he kind of split and that's what he's doing. I just really liked their vibe and I thought it might be cool to work with one of them. ' I didn't know that he (Moody) wasn't with Evanescence anymore. In February of 2004, Kelly met with musicians Ben Moody and David Hodges, who had just departed from their band Evanescence in late 2003. ' I just think it's funny that all these middle-age guys told me, 'You don't know how a pop song needs to sound.' I'm a 23-year-old girl! But I was fighting those battles alone.' Kelly reiterates that she's been writing songs since her teenage years, but rather than argue over labels or abilities, the two reached a détente: she would co-write half the album with the other half being penned by other songwriters and producers. Artists with great voices like Melissa Manchester and Taylor Dayne could have had much longer careers if they didn't insist on writing their own material.' ' I always encourage people to write their own songs, but in the pop arena, where the career is totally dependent on hits, you get skeptical. (I'll sing it) as long as I can relate to it.'ĭuring the album's development, Davis revealed that he was reluctant to let Kelly write material for the album. I'm not one of those people who thinks you have to write everything. ' I've written most of (the songs) so far, but there's some people who have some stuff for me. In April of 2004, Kelly entered the studio immediately after the Independent Tour She said in an interview: Initially reluctant, Kelly agreed to record the song 'Breakaway' was first released on April of 2004 by Walt Disney Records as a single from the soundtrack, acting as an interim record until her second album's lead single was released.Īfter debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 60, it peaked at number six, a week before the album's release. The song (written by Avril Lavigne, Matthew Gerrard and Bridget Benenate) was initially written for Avril's 2002 debut album 'Let Go,' but it was deemed unsuitable for the album's themes at the time. She had also expressed intentions to record with Fantasia Barrino (who had then just won the series' third season) and they were expected to release their albums in the same month.Īs she began to work for the album with music executive Clive Davis, Kelly was invited by Whitney Houston to record the song ' Breakaway' which would be included for the soundtrack of the 2004 Walt Disney Pictures feature film 'The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement' (which Houston had co-produced.

Independent Tour with Clay Aiken (the runner-up from the second season of 'American Idol').

In early 2003, Kelly began working on new material for her second studio album which followed her successful debut album Thankful while co-headlining the

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