Kelly Clarkson Brings Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Please Please Please’ Down to Texas in New Cover

“Please Please Please,” the chart-topping and now Grammy-nominated single from Sabrina Carpenter, took a trip down South on the latest episode of the Kelly Clarkson Show. During the Kellyoke segment, Clarkson performed the song with an edge of southern twang, using her Texas roots to lean further into the pre-existing country structure of the record.

Carpenter also appeared as a guest on the show back in 2020, where she revealed that her first-ever concert was when she attended Clarkson’s Breakaway tour in the early 2000s. “I still have the poster from your concert,” she said. “It was the ‘Breakaway’ days, which I still listen to when I’m on airplanes, and I cry. You’re just such an inspiration to me.”

It’s not the first time Carpenter’s music has made its way onto the Kellyoke queue, either. In February, Clarkson put a spin on “Feather,” the final single Carpenter shared from her album Emails I Can’t Send, before launching into the Short n’ Sweet era with “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.”

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“There’s like an Olivia Newton [John] feeling, there’s a Dolly feeling, there’s an incredibly super modern pop feeling,” producer Jack Antonoff told Rolling Stone about “Please Please Please” earlier this year. “The little vocal runs she does are so bizarre and unique — they’re doing this really odd, classic, almost yodel-y country thing. She’s becoming one of the biggest young pop stars, and that song is such a statement of ­expressing yourself, not just lyrically, but sonically.”

Last week, it was announced that “Please Please Please” would compete for Song of the Year at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Carpenter also scored nominations for Record and Album of the Year, as well as Best New Artist and three additional genre-specific categories.