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    Watch Kelly Clarkson's Gospel-Style Cover of Taylor Swift's 'Shake it Off'

    Jesus took the wheel.

    By Lauren Valenti
    Published 27 October 2014 In News

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    Over the weekend, Kelly Clarkson put a gospel twist on a song we didn't see coming: Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off." Clarkson re-imagined Swift's chart-climbing pop anthem at a concert in Buffalo, New York.

    Before launching into the number, Clarkson invited the audience to guess what she'd be covering.

    "This is a church song, this is a soulful song, this is one of my favorite songs out right now," she teased. "And you think you know it but you don't. It's not Sam Smith."

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    "I'm going to bring it in," she added. "Bring in a little Jesus."

    Clarkson not only wowed the audience with her soulful rendition, but even Swift herself, who tweeted the following:

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    Now we just need Swift to cover Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone." That'd be fitting, no? Swift's new album 1989 dropped at 12 midnight and is currently curing our case of the Mondays.

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    Lauren Valenti is Vogue’s former senior beauty editor. Her work has also appeared on ELLE.com, MarieClaire.com, and in In Style. She graduated with a liberal arts degree from Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts, with a concentration on Culture and Media Studies and a minor in Journalism.

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