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Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarksonis ready for 40!

“I’m not concerned about it,” the singer, 39, said about her birthday next month. “My life gets exponentially better each year. Which is what should happen, you should get wiser.”

She continued, “I’m really excited. Everything’s in a good place now.”

When it comes to her celebration plans, Clarkson wants to do a “whole thing.”

“I was gonna go low key and then, I just had a really fun time with my girlfriends in San Francisco,” she said. “So I’m like, maybe I’ll do that again.”

Kelly Clarkson.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images

Kelly Clarkson

When asked if she might take a trip somewhere like Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Clarkson explained she doesn’t have “long enough” with her busy schedule.

“I’m waiting till the summer — I’m actually doing [a] ‘celebrate my 40 years summer,’ whole thing. I’m doing a whole thing. So I’m just gonna be chilling. That’s my happy 40.”

Monday night was episode two of the competition series, which Clarkson co-hosts withSnoop Dogg.

At last week’s premiere, the Grammy-winner clarified howshe wants to be identifiedmoving forward, considering herpreviously requested name change.

TheKelly ClarksonShowhost then joked, “I don’t think I can change Clarkson at this point. I’m 20 years in!”

US Weekly, which wasfirst to obtain the docs, reported that Clarkson wrote that she had a “desire” to adjust her moniker, because “my new name more fully reflects who I am.”

InAmerican Song Contest, 56 artists — some already established, and some up-and-coming — will take the stage to perform original songs, each representing the 50 states, five U.S. territories and Washington, D.C.

American Song Contestcomes from the producers ofThe Voiceand Eurovision Song Contest, and premiered earlier this month.

source: people.com