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- Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas sat down with Kelly Clarkson for her new four-part special Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson to talk about some of the most meaningful songs in their catalogue
- During the segment, Joe recalls recording “When You Look Me in the Eyes” in the basement of an office building in New Jersey
- Following the Tuesday, Aug. 19 premiere, Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson will air three more episodes in the coming weeks
The Jonas Brothers are opening up about the lasting impact of one of their earliest songs.
While appearing on Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson on Tuesday, Aug. 19, Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas sat down with Clarkson to go through some of their biggest — and most meaningful — tunes to date including “Year 3000,” “When You Look Me in the Eyes,” “Little Bird” and “Love Me to Heaven.”
And when it came time to sing 2008’s “When You Look Me in the Eyes” from the band’s self-titled second album, Joe, 36, recalled the experience of recording the song in their native New Jersey.
“It’s a song we wrote with our dad and we wrote it many years ago,” he explained. “I remember recording it in the basement in an office building in New Jersey and we had to be really quiet when we walked through the hallways.”
Clarkson, 43, joked that the ordeal sounded “so inspiring” before Nick, 32, chimed in to quip that the studio “definitely wasn’t sanctioned.”
Even after all these years, Joe explained, the song still holds a special significance for the brothers and has solidified a spot on the band’s setlist for years to come.
“It was really special to be able to create this song with our dad and years later still play it and all these fans come to our shows and sing it,” Joe continues. “Honestly it’s one of the earlier songs we can think of that kind of reflects, I guess, young love, finding out who we are as people, traveling the world and this one we’ll play forever.”
“It’s one of our favorites,” he concludes, before the group performs a rendition of the song.
At the Jonas Brothers’ recent opening night for their JONAS20: Greetings From Your Hometown Tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, their dad Kevin Jonas Sr., mom Denise Jonas and little brother Franklin Jonas all joined them onstage to sing “When You Look Me in the Eyes.”
Later in the song, they were also joined by Kevin’s wife Danielle Jonas and his two daughters Alena, 11, and Valentina, 8, who sat with Kevin Sr. at the piano. Before the song ended, the eldest Jonas belted out the chorus he helped write all those years ago.
“Watching the @jonasbrothers pour their hearts out on stage will never get old. Being on stage with them and seeing the whole family perform together made the night truly unforgettable. Forever proud of our Jersey boys 🤍”
Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson premiered on Aug. 19, 2025 on NBC. New episodes will air on Aug. 26, Sept. 2 and Sept. 9 with appearances from Gloria Estefan, Teddy Swims and Lizzo respectively.
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