Kelly Clarkson’s Katy Perry Cover Made Katy ‘Never’ Sing It Again

Kelly Clarkson's "Kellyoke" covers are so good they sometimes sound better than the original. For Katy Perry, when she heard Clarkson's cover of "Wide Awake," she laid down her arms.

Clarkson, who is known for her powerful vocal chops, posted a new video on the Kelly Clarkson Show's Instagram covering the 2012 Perry hit in a slower way. Perry acknowledged Clarkson's beautiful rendition and commented on the post, "Ok dang I can never sing that again." One fan hilariously offered Perry their condolences: "so sorry my sister Katy. what’s done is done." Calling it back to Clarkson's American Idol days as a contestant, one fan wrote: "After ever cover, I think of how worth it was being grounded for 3 months for skyrocketing my family's cellphone bill during American Idol."

Katy Perry has been a judge on American Idol for seven seasons. Perry joined Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie as judges in 2018 for the revival of the show on ABC after it ran for 15 seasons on Fox. Clarkson was a contestant on the singing competition's very first season in 2002. With judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson, Clarkson was just 20 years old when she won.

Following the Katy Perry cover, Clarkson covered "Beggin'," the Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons song made popular after Måneskin covered it on Eurovision in 2021. As one fan hilariously put it in the comments section, "So glad I’m not a singer. So I don’t have to worry about Kelly Clarkson covering one of my songs…." It seems as though Katy Perry isn't the only one Clarkson's covers that threatens to sound better than the original versions. Another fan wrote, "We need an album filled with these amazing covers ASAP." (There is a Kellyoke EP of covers available.) A third fan stated: "There’s nobody in the world that has that cry in their voice like Kelly does. She is absolutely sublime [fire emoji]."

Kelly Clarkson keeps cranking out amazing covers in her Kellyoke series. The singer and talk show host never fails to entertain with her genre-spanning covers. From Destiny's Child to Lenny Kravitz to Chris Stapleton, you don't know what song she will put her own spin on next.

Clarkson previously released an album of six of her covers from 2022 after "singing over 500" on The Kelly Clarkson Show, which she said was "near-impossible" to choose. The Kellyoke album was released in June of 2022 and features the following songs:

Announcing her upcoming 10th studio album, Chemistry, the singer said she didn’t want “everybody” to think that her emotions could just be simplified as angry or sad. She explained in a video, “This album is definitely the arc of an entire relationship, and a whole relationship shouldn’t be just brought down to one thing. So there’s the good, the bad, the ugly thing kinda going on in it.”

In addition to new music, Clarkson will also be heading to Las Vegas, singing fan favorites and new songs, for a 10-show residency starting July 28.

See our favorite Kellyoke performances of 2023 so far below:

Kelly playfully made Taylor's version her own, as she notes in the caption.

Kelly's rendition of "Do I Wanna Know?" is so powerful and we might like it even better than the original!

Kelly kicked off Black History Month with this powerhouse cover of Destiny Child's 2001 hit song.

Clarkson shows the softness of her voice in this beautiful ballad by emerging artist, Joy Oladokun.

Though it is impossible to out-sing Cher, Clarkson's rendition of 1998's "Strong Enough" is fun and high energy.

Clarkson gives CeCe Peniston a run for her money in this groovy dance cover.

Clarkson blew us away with her version of rock band Spacehog's 1994 song.

Kelly lets us know it ain't over till it's over in this Lenny Kravitz cover of "It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over."

The talk show host covered one of our favorite Janet Jackson songs: "When I Think of You."

Starting off the song slow, Kelly ups the energy in this classic dance pop song, "Gotta Get Thru This."

Kelly kicked off Spring with another Florence + the Machine cover, belting out "Free."

We are loving this soulful cover of Jazmine Sullivan's Grammy-award-winning song.

Kelly and Shazam!'s Zachary Levi harmonized beautifully in this cover of 'Something Stupid' by Nancy and Frank Sinatra.

We love how effortless and natural Kelly sounds in her cover of Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack."

Clarkson breathes new life into Death Cab for Cutie's "You Are a Tourist."

Kelly has the vocal power to make this Mazzy Star cover both dreamy and calming, yet powerful and commanding.

Kelly gave the Pixies a run for their money when she covered "Where Is My Mind?" in February.

Clarkson evoked her inner Stapleton when she covered this smooth cover of "Tennessee Whiskey."

Adele who? Clarkson blew her fellow powerhouse singer away in her rendition of this Adele classic.

These two powerhouse singers might be the most iconic pairing of all time! Kelly harmonizes beautifully with P!nk, allowing her to take the spotlight.

Her performance of Chris De Burgh's signature song from 1986 is simply beautiful.