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I'm not that aware of Kelly Clarkson's stuff but I hate the recent Justin Timberlake song (the one with the long video featuring Scarlett Johanson).
It seems to be an attempt to make something of a pop symphony, without any real empathy with the pop form itself. It's an anti-pop record, ultimately - filled with broadsweeping empty gestures and pretentious bombast.
Compare it with Stars are Blind, which strips it down to perfection.
That said, I'm not a massive fan of most of the RnB influenced pop currently being produced in the States. I tend to pin my flag more on the European post House variety.
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