2:57 pm - 02/06/2013
Kelly Clarkson is glowing -- and has good reason to be.
She recently got engaged to music manager boyfriend Brandon Blackstock, and their love has been a main reason for the singer's happiness.
"I didn't know life could be this happy," she tells this week's PEOPLE, where she appears on the cover.
Kelly is excitedly planning an "earthy outdoor all wedding," complete with yellow roses, the mag reports.
Recalling how Blackstock popped the question, Kelly says it happened when they were hanging out at their Nashville home together.
"Out of nowhere I just said, 'Thanks for being an awesome guy,'" she says. "I've never been loved properly by a man, and I was just like, 'I thank you so much for that.'"
Then, much to Kelly's surprise, Blackstock proposed.
"[I had] not a damn clue!" she recalls to the mag. "If I did I would have worn something besides Uggs and a sweatshirt with no bra."
Kelly is sure to be all smiles while rocking her gorgeous ring at this Sunday's, Feb. 10, Grammy Awards, where her number one hit, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," is nominated for record of the year and best pop solo performance.
"I knew from the moment I heard it that it was going to be huge," she tells Associated Press of the song. "I've heard everything from `I got out of an abusive relationship' to `I'm surviving cancer' ... and I think everyone in the world needs that type of song -- something that makes you feel empowered."
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Kelly Clarkson, wedding plans: singer opens up about surprising engagement, upcoming nuptials
Kelly Clarkson is glowing -- and has good reason to be.
She recently got engaged to music manager boyfriend Brandon Blackstock, and their love has been a main reason for the singer's happiness.
"I didn't know life could be this happy," she tells this week's PEOPLE, where she appears on the cover.
Kelly is excitedly planning an "earthy outdoor all wedding," complete with yellow roses, the mag reports.
Recalling how Blackstock popped the question, Kelly says it happened when they were hanging out at their Nashville home together.
"Out of nowhere I just said, 'Thanks for being an awesome guy,'" she says. "I've never been loved properly by a man, and I was just like, 'I thank you so much for that.'"
Then, much to Kelly's surprise, Blackstock proposed.
"[I had] not a damn clue!" she recalls to the mag. "If I did I would have worn something besides Uggs and a sweatshirt with no bra."
Kelly is sure to be all smiles while rocking her gorgeous ring at this Sunday's, Feb. 10, Grammy Awards, where her number one hit, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," is nominated for record of the year and best pop solo performance.
"I knew from the moment I heard it that it was going to be huge," she tells Associated Press of the song. "I've heard everything from `I got out of an abusive relationship' to `I'm surviving cancer' ... and I think everyone in the world needs that type of song -- something that makes you feel empowered."
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I think they prob talked about it, but the surprise of how it happened was there in that moment. People who are in a relationship should (and often do) talk about where they see it going and all that sort of thing you know.
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I know that a lot of people get into circumstances beyond their control - and many people don't have the kind of support systems that my parents did - but I have so many friends now, as well as the words of my own parents, that tell me that so much of this bullshit is because there's still a disconnect in the US between the reality of marriage and the expectations surrounding getting married. That, and institutional issues like how single people are essentially punished financially for being single (social ramifications aside). It's all around busted.
I really don't plan on getting married unless the benefits are really worth it, although my boyfriend has a really, really unique last name that only his family has. It was legally changed in the 1800s.