-Thank you for playing "Beat Battle" with me.
You are amazing. Oh, my gosh.
Every time you come on, we always have fun.
-No, now I know how much work you put in, like,
behind the scenes.
-Oh, because now you have a talk show.
-Because I have all these fun ideas,
and they're like, "Let's do it."
And then you're like, "Oh, you have to do it every time."
-Yeah, exactly. That's exhausting.
-Yes. I'm so short. Sorry I'm sitting up.
-No, that's great. You can sit up, too.
-I have lots of pillows on my show 'cause I'm short.
-You're saying our show -- -We have pillows on our show.
I guess yours isn't as cool.
-Um, I guess your show doesn't have pillows,
so I'm just saying, I guess my show is better than your show.
I want to talk to you about the show,
but I also want to say, here's why I think it's going to work.
People like you. The people really like you.
-Sometimes.
-And you love to talk,
but you're also -- You're very nice to talk to,
but you also -- When I watch you on "The Voice,"
you're very nice to other artists
and you care about other artists
and you care about people and you listen to people.
And I think that's what's going to make this show work.
You just did a thing on Twitter that I really thought was cool,
'cause Taylor Swift was going through this whole thing
where Scooter Braun bought her rights to all of her albums,
and she was like, "I had no say in that."
And you put out a tweet, and I thought this was pretty nice.
You said, "Hey, Taylor, just a thought --
you should go in and re-record all the songs
that you don't own the masters on.
Exactly how you did them, but put brand-new art
and some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy
the old versions.
I'd buy all the new versions just to prove a point."
And -- [ Cheers and applause ]
You don't have to do that.
And I heard that Taylor Swift is actually doing that.
-Yeah, no, she ended up doing -- We saw each other, actually,
after I did that.
And everybody thinks I was trying --
I wasn't really trying to defend or offend anyone.
It was more of, like, Reba told me she did that.
Like, that was it. -Oh, really?
-That was all. She told me she did that.
She wanted to own her masters, and I was like,
"Well, if it's that important to you, like, find a way."
And she re-cut all her music
and did the same musicians, same everything.
-Reba did this.
-That's where I got the idea. Yeah.
-Well, she heard you.
-But, I mean, she's -- Taylor is, like, the artist --
She's been writing since she was a little girl, right?
So it's, like, kind of her diary,
so I get why she'd want to --
I don't really care about owning my masters.
I'm just like, "Whatever.
I'm going to sing until I'm dead.
It's fine. It will be fine.
And then somebody can make money off of it.
I don't care."
But hers is more -- Like, I write like half,
you know, a little more than half my stuff,
and hers is 100% of it, so it's hers.
So I can see how it would matter.
-Well, good for you for sticking up to her.
That's pretty cool.
-Yeah, no, I stick up for everybody.
Hopefully they'll be there for me when I need it.
-Yeah.
"The Voice" -- really quickly, how is our pal Blake doing?
-Oh, he's great.
Honestly, he's fun to work with, y'all,
'cause I've never worked with Gwen on this show,
and she really ropes the cowboy in.
Like, he's nice. -What?
-It is funny to watch he and -- Like, she'll like,
"Blakey, I want this one," and he'll not fight as hard.
-What?! -It's so fun!
-Oh, my gosh. "Blakey." -I know.
She says "Blakey," and I'm dying.
-That's hilarious. -Yeah.
Let's talk about the show, "The Kelly Clarkson Show."
-Yes.
-Last time we were here, we were talking about --
Because the idea was in the air.
-Works, yeah.
-And now it's actually -- It's happening tomorrow.
-Yeah, and I love it. -And you have your band there?
-My band from the road, yep.
-So your band is your house band.
-Yeah. Yes. -And you sing a song every show?
-Yes. It was like -- Well, it started out --
'Cause we've been doing it on tour for years.
Like, I mean, over a decade.
And I thought, "Well, we'll just incorporate it in the show,
and it will make me more comfortable, like,
right when the show starts.
-And does the band know everything?
'Cause, I mean, I have a superhuman group.
-I do, too.
-I've never met any people like these.
-And you know what I think? [ Cheers and applause ]
I mean, obviously. Obviously.
And my band also knows every song in like three keys,
'cause it depends on the time of month.
-Okay. All right. All right. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
-My voice gets lower every once in a while.
-Let's talk about -- -You're welcome.
That's what you're going to get on "The Kelly Clarkson Show."
-You're going to get a lot of -- Yeah.
-PMS. Let's talk about our menstrual cycles, yeah.
-Your first guest -- one of our favorites, Dwayne Johnson.
-Saved the day.
-Now, what do you mean he saved the day?
-Literally, like in the movies that he's in, he saved the day.
I was -- Kevin got in an accident,
and Kevin was actually my first guest.
-Kevin Hart. -Kevin Hart, yeah.
-Yeah. -And he got in an accident.
Obviously, humans matter more than our show,
and so we were all worried about that at first.
And then we started freaking out.
'cause it was like literally hours
before the show.
Like, we were taping, and he literally --
Dwayne Johnson came from his honeymoon a day early
to do me a favor.
And we don't even -- We're friends now for life,
whether he likes it or not.
But, like, we didn't know each other before,
and I thought that is the kindest thing to do,
'cause I'm going to be real with y'all --
on my honeymoon -- I mean, I didn't meet my man until 30.
I definitely was not going to be hanging out with
other people on my honeymoon.
-Yeah, no, yeah. I want to show a clip.
This is exclusive. -Okay.
-A clip from your show.
-And it was a surprise for us, too!
Yay, Dwayne!