Kelly Clarkson is just as obsessed with Meryl Streep and Martin Short as the rest of America.
The OG “American Idol” winner, 43, revealed Thursday that her new single, “Where Have You Been,” was inspired by the two iconic actors, who both star in the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building.”
The song dropped one day early for listeners of the multi-hyphenate star’s Sirius XM channel, “The Kelly Clarkson Connection.”
“I wrote this song. This is — I’ve rarely done something like this, but I was watching ‘Only Murders in the Building.’ It’s Martin Short’s face. He says to Meryl Streep’s character in the show, ‘Where have you been?’” Clarkson said on the Sirius XM show.
“He’s like, he’s in awe and I was like, ‘Has there been a, has anyone written a song?’ ‘Cause the song is happy; ’cause it’s like you found something that you thought was almost basically a unicorn and did not exist.”
Introducing the song, she added, “I hope you dig it.”
Rumors have swirled for over a year that the pair are dating.
Streep, 75, first appeared on “Only Murders in the Building” in the show’s third season as Loretta Durkin, the criminally overlooked actress who finally has a chance at her big break … and love, both thanks to Martin Short’s character, Oliver Putnam.
Though she and Short, 75, have known each other for years, they reportedly only began a romantic connection once they began working together on “Only Murders.”
The “Father of the Bride” star was married to wife Nancy Dolman for 30 years until she passed away in 2010 from ovarian cancer.
Streep has been separated from her husband, Don Gummer, since 2017, as Page Six was first to reveal in 2023.
The romance between the pair was “completely unexpected” and “took them by surprise,” a source recently told Page Six.
“Meryl couldn’t help but fall for Martin,” the insider said. “He is a gentleman, he keeps her laughing and is an all-around positive person. She loves being around him.”
Neither “were looking for a relationship when they started dating,” the person added.
“Only Murders in the Building” co-creator John Hoffman told Decider last year that watching Streep and Short’s love bloom was “one of the most unexpected turns.”
“I remember thinking, like ‘God,’” Hoffman admitted. “As I got to know Meryl, as I’ve known Marty and as I watched the two of them work together in Season 3, I just — it was unbelievable. We were laughing our heads off and they just delighted in each other on screen, off screen in every way.”
