The Kelly Clarkson Show’s new “Song and Stories” This Time with Babyface.

                                 By Laura Medina 

In an all-new edition of "Songs & Stories," Babyface and Kelly perform a duet of his hit single "When Can I See You," and Babyface reveals that the song led him to collaborate with Eric Clapton and Madonna. Babyface recalls being nervous singing "Take A Bow" with Madonna at the American Music Awards, and he performs the ballad on piano with Kelly. Babyface also shares the story behind writing his first songs about love and heartbreak while in middle school. 

"Don't apologize”...you launched the kid that wrote a thousand songs." Babyface shares the story about writing his first songs about love and heartbreak for his 6th-grade crush. He dishes on tapping into that feeling of young love  Don't apologize”, throughout his career, and he reveals that he even tracked down his crush years later. Tune in today , February 20, 2023, for more Songs & Stories with Babyface.

Babyface dishes on working with Whitney Houston and Forest Whitaker to create the music and score for Forest's film "Waiting to Exhale," and reveals that Forest originally asked Quincy Jones to do it, but Quincy thought Babyface was the right person for the job. Babyface and Kelly perform the hit songs "Not Gon' Cry" and "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" from the soundtrack. Babyface also humbly reacts to recently earning his 80th GRAMMY nomination. Babyface dishes on working with the next generation of female R&B artists on his latest album "Girls Night Out," and reveals that each song on the record was written and recorded in one day. He also reflects on working with Boyz II Men, and performs with Kelly two of the classic songs he wrote and produced for them, "Water Runs Dry" and "I'll Make Love To You." Babyface also dishes on going back to his roots with his new single "As A Matter of Fact," and how he approaches writing songs for himself as opposed to writing for others. Babyface shares how Boyz II Men's classic song "I'll Make Love To You" was almost taken off the album, and he and Kelly perform a duet of the hit single

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