Kelly Clarkson has been outspoken about the pressures that the music industry can place on young singers in the past, and in a new interview with British magazine Attitude, she recounts her own experience with body image expectations.

Clarkson was just 20 when she won the inaugural season of American Idol in 2002 and found herself suddenly thrust into the spotlight with platinum albums and huge hits like “Since U Been Gone” and “Behind These Hazel Eyes.” As a result, she remembers, she was pressured to lose weight so she could be as “skinny” as her fellow pop stars.

Read more about Kelly Clarkson’s weight struggle and her famous words for fat-shamers here.