{"id":279074,"date":"2025-10-05T08:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279074\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T08:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:09:24","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-joins-kelly-clarkson-for-impromptu-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279074\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey Joins Kelly Clarkson for Impromptu Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

This performance is more than just alright, alright, alright.<\/p>\n

Kelly Clarkson and Matthew McConaughey joined forces on her talk show Sept. 30 to sing a poem<\/a> the actor wrote set to the tune of ZZ Top\u2019s 1972 track \u201cJust Got Paid\u201d<\/a> that he came up with while on a road trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know that little chorus in ZZ Top\u2019s \u2018I just got paid today and got myself a pocketful of change?\u2019\u201d he said before humming the music. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat meter \u2014 all of a sudden, lyrics and couplets started fitting into it. And on this road trip, I recorded them, got back and there was, like, 120 lines. And I was like, \u2018Let\u2019s look at this and see if any of it\u2019s worth a damn.\u2019 That one\u2019s called \u2018Changing Lanes.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cChanging Lanes\u201d is one of the pieces included in his new book, \u201cPoems & Prayers.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lost Bus\u201d<\/a> star then asked if Clarkson wanted to perform the song with him, prompting her to admit she knew about it, while pointing out her band on the set. The pair then walked over toward the band, which began playing.<\/p>\n

\"KellyKelly Clarkson (left) applauds Matthew McConaughey (right) on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”Weiss Eubanks \/ NBC<\/p>\n

The Oscar winner grabbed a microphone, while Clarkson stood to his right and worked as his backup singer as he performed his modified take on \u201cJust Got Paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI said I just got paid today, I got myself a pocket full of change,\u201d he began while Clarkson provided some soulful background help as he altered the lyrics of the original song. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no need to use my blinker now, no, when I\u2019m changing lanes \/ Be best at what you\u2019re good at, not better at what you\u2019re not \/ So you can win again at what you want at before you go on fighting with what you fought.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"KellyKelly Clarkson (left) helped Matthew McConaughey (right) sing a ZZ Top-inspired song on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”Weiss Eubanks \/ NBC<\/p>\n

\u2018Cause if you shoot for an A and end up with a B it\u2019s worth more than an F when you try to make a C,\u201d he continued before a rocking guitar solo.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when more than you can imagine goes on and exceeds your expectation \/ well, go on, bet on it, believe that it is much more than just a vacation,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhen none of it matters no, and nothing, nothing is in vain \/ There\u2019s no need to use your blinker then, not when you\u2019re changing lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarkson then bowed toward McConaughey and clapped as the song wrapped up.<\/p>\n

\u201cGive it up for Matthew McConaughey, everybody!\u201d she cheered as the audience howled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This performance is more than just alright, alright, alright. Kelly Clarkson and Matthew McConaughey joined forces on her…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":279075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[171,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-279074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115320544707839755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}