Last week, all we had of Kelly Clarkson's new single, "My Life Would Suck Without You," was some uncharacteristic sex doll-esque cover art and a 30-second snippet we've been playing on repeat in 3-minute loops -- just pining for the day we could hear the song in its full, robotic glory.

The surging keyboard-pop track wasn't meant to make its proper radio debut until Jan. 19, but this morning -- possibly buoyed by the too-good-to-resist corporate synergy of tonight's American Idol premiere -- the song premiered in full on New York radio station Z100.

Listen to it on the radio station's website, or here -- until the shadowy minions of Clive Davis remove it from the Web.

Conjured up by Dr. Luke and Max Martin -- the same evil earworm geniuses behind Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" -- the track has long been tipped as Clarkson's return to the (not so) guilty-pleasure pop of that song and her other Breakaway hits.

And thematically, the new single seems to pick up where "Since U Been Gone" left off, with Clarkson significantly cooled down after the "you had your chance you blew it" ranting of "Since U Been Gone" (we guess the lacklustre sales of My December will do that to a gal), and taking back some dirtbag boyfriend. Because, as the title goes, her life would just suck without him.

"Being with you is so dysfunctional/ I really shouldn't miss you, but I can't let go," she sings.

We can't let you go, either, Kelly -- although the predicted overexposure of your new song may just test our limits.

Clarkson's forthcoming album, All I Ever Wanted, is out March 17.

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