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How do you solve a problem like Kelly Clarkson? How she tickled us so when she recently performed an uh-mazing medley of her hits on "Ellen"! In fact, Kelly, since you've been gone, we've only grown more and more hungry for you to return with a new album. You see, our lives suck without you (OK, we'll stop with the reference puns), and four months is way too long for us to go without hearing your soaring, glass-piercing vocal prowess on that rumored new album.

The good news, of course, is that clips of two songs from Kelly's upcoming album, "Dumb + Dumb = You" and "Let Me Down," have leaked, and they were superb -- until they were just yanked from SoundCloud. But, hey, this is the internet, so they're bound to pop up again sometime soon (and we'll be sure to update this post so you can hear them, too).

On the other hand, this is the internet, so we're not even positive they're legit tracks. OK. We'll be good and wait patiently and carve out space in our iTunes library for new Kelly Clarkson music. Whenever you're ready, lady.