Kelly Clarkson closed out the seventh and final season of The Kelly Clarkson Show with a widely praised cover of "Golden," the Oscar-winning song from KPop Demon Hunters, for a special "Kelly by Request" episode. Fans and viewers online hailed her vocal performance, particularly her ability to hit the song's high notes in its original key without falsetto, with the segment reportedly built around the track after it became the most-requested "Kellyoke" cover in the show's history.

The finale followed Clarkson's announcement in February that the talk show would end after its current season, a decision she said would allow her to prioritise her children. Executive producer Alex Duda told USA Today the "Golden" performance shaped the entire final episode, aiming for a celebratory, concert-like send-off rather than a sombre one. It was not Clarkson's first brush with the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack; she and her band My Band Y'all had earlier covered "What It Sounds Like" from the same Netflix film in January.