KELLY CLARKSON has slammed accusations that she ripped off a Beyonce song for her new single.
She said there was a similarity between her track Already Gone and the diva's Halo because both girls worked with songwriter-producer Ryan Tedder of One Republic.
Clarkson said: "Ryan and I met each other at the record label, before he was working with anyone else. We wrote about six songs together, four or five of them made the album.
"It was all fine and dandy. I'd never heard of a song called 'Halo'. Her album came out when my album was already being printed."
She added: "No-one's gonna be sittin' at home, thinking, 'Man, Ryan Tedder gave Beyoncé and Kelly the same track to write to'. No, they're just gonna be saying I ripped someone off. I called Ryan and said, 'I don't understand. Why would you do that?'"
The American Idol star added that she "fought and fought" to prevent her record label from releasing the track as a single, but they refused.
She said: "In the end, they're releasing it without my consent. It sucks, but it's one of those things I have no control over.
"I already made my album. At this point, the record company can do whatever they want with it. It's kind of a s**tty situation, but... you know, you learn."