Kelly Clarkson Breaks Tradition & Sings Live at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2018 (Video)

Kelly Clarkson is one of the only singers who performed live during the 2018 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

The 36-year-old entertainer broke from tradition and gave live vocals for her “Heat” performance at the event on Thursday morning (November 22) in New York City.

“I’m thankful I get to perform on the coldest freaking Thanksgiving ever… live!” Kelly jokingly said while walking up to the stage in Herald Square.

Kelly performed on the stage in front of Macy’s and not on a float as most performers do. She said her The Voice contestant Brynn Cartelli also sang live. Performers usually lip sync during the event due to the cold weather and other logistical factors, but these two went ahead and sang live!

“Umm, I don’t know if y’all know this, but that was live!” Kelly said on her Instagram Story. “Brynn Cartelli, thank you. Singing in this cold weather with me. It’s so cold in New York. I just wanted y’all to know, you probably all thought that sounded so good from Brynn Cartelli, but that was live as well. So Brynn Cartelli was rocking those runs this morning. I didn’t even give those runs this morning. I was like, nope!”

John Legend and Rita Ora both took to Twitter to explain why they did not sing live during the parade.