Kelly Clarkson Channels Her Country Roots With Chris Stapleton ‘White Horse’ Cover

Kelly Clarkson tapped into her country roots during The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (March 14), when she took on Chris Stapleton’s “White Horse” during her popular Kellyoke segment.

The Texas native performed the 2023 track backed by her instrumentalists, affectionately called My Band Y’All, dressed in tailored black pants, topped with a white button-down shirt and a silver vest. “If you want a cowboy on a white horse / Ridin’ off into the sunset / If that’s the kind of love you wanna wait for / Hold on tight, girl, I ain’t there yet,” she sings in the chorus.

“White Horse” appears on Stapleton’s 2023 fifth studio album, Higher, and was co-written with Semisonic’s Dan Wilson. The album was produced by Stapleton with Morgane Stapleton and Dave Cobb, and recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A. The 14-song album features work from Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine) and Lee Pardini (organ, piano). The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Stapleton will be heading to Saturday Night Live as musical guest on April 13, with Ryan Gosling as host, marking the third time he’s served as musical guest on the show.

Watch Kelly Clarkson perform Chris Stapleton’s “White Horse” for Kellyoke below.