“You actually sent a great tweet out to iHeartRadio the other day that said ‘I’m coming to your show, you better play my music’,” said Duran. The only allusion to any powers-that-be consisted of a reference to having been asked to do a tribute to Aretha Franklin, though her rendition of “Respect” - which she said was the first time she’d sung it since season 1 of “American Idol” - sounded gleeful and uncoerced.īackstage, though, the elephant in the room came up, as she sat for a iHeartRadio interview with Elvis Duran and Danielle Monaro. Would that tweet and the subsequent brouhaha come up? On stage, at the answer was no, as Clarkson introduced her latest single, “Heat,” without any commentary or subtweeting.

For Clarkson and iHeart, it’s been a crazy f-ing few days, ever since the singer tweeted her bemused distress, or distressed bemusement, about being invited to play the iHeartRadio Festival without getting enough actual airplay on iHeartRadio for her recent liking.

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