Kelly Clarkson: 'Stronger is first album my label have agreed on'

Kelly Clarkson has admitted that her new album is the first record she has agreed with her label over.

The singer revealed that all the decisions made when creating Stronger were agreed on without any of the previous "drama" she had experienced.

Clarkson told The Guardian: "This is the first record that my label and I have agreed on everything. There's one song that I was kinda, uh… but it's not a bad song. I'm crossing my fingers that there's no more drama."

The star admitted that she has grown a thick skin since working in the music industry and likes to use her "ballsy" attitude to retaliate to bad press, including comments made by gossip blogger Perez Hilton.

She added: "I come from a very hardcore sarcastic family, and if you can't hold your ground you need to shut up.

"And Perez had been dishing it out left and right - to people's children, 13-year-old-girls, putting stuff on their mouths in pictures.

"That's crass and gross. Recently, I heard he's changed. I don't know, I've never gone [to his site]. I don't believe in violence, but he was hateful."

Clarkson's new album Stronger is released in the UK and US on October 24.

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Watch the music video for Kelly Clarkson's new single 'Mr Know It All' below: