Elizabeth Nichols was in law school, writing country songs on the side, when she independently released 'I Got a New One' in December 2024 — an attitude-driven kiss-off to toxic, possessive exes that she'd already been playing at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe and on tour with Wyatt Flores.
Kelly Clarkson covering it on her show's Kellyoke segment is what actually changed things: streams jumped 462% in four days, and the song landed on viral charts in six countries.
She dropped out of law school after that, and in April 2026 came back to the Kelly Clarkson Show as a guest in her own right — a genuinely fast pivot from law student to touring songwriter, built on one song a talk-show host happened to like.