I’ve become less enthusiastic about posting music videos on Popservations these days, making exceptions for, well, exceptional clips and those for spinworthy songs I’ve otherwise missed mentioning.

So here we are with Kelly Clarkson‘s latest single, “People Like Us,” which falls into neither camp. Thus, out of simple obligation — I’m a diehard Clarkson fan (on board from the minute she first belted Aretha on Idol) —  here’s the music video. With the potential to be a huge hit, “People Like Us” deserved better.

Someone needs to explain pop stars’ obsession with dystopian music videos in which folks are held in lab facilities under the watchful eye of whitecoats. See: Adam Lambert, Dragonette, and others that aren’t coming to mind at the moment. At least the product placement is handled better than most.

Purchase Kelly Clarkson – “People Like Us” via iTunes, Amazon MP3.