Kelly Clarkson: 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)' - Single review

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger/ Stand a little taller/ Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone," Kelly Clarkson belts on her latest chart assault. The message behind her song may already be a well-worn, almost cliched lesson, but as she continues to prove, there's little shame in coming out with the expected.

As sure as eggs, the drums are stadium sized, the guitars suitably rousing and the production glossier than her perfectly straightened locks; but that's no reason to disparage her. In fact, we commend anyone who, now five albums into their career, can still churn out a blazing power anthem and sound the very opposite of fed up while doing so. As another old saying goes - and it pains us to say it - if it ain't broke...

Watch the 'Stronger' (What Doesn't Kill You)' music video below: