Kelsea Ballerini releases new single “Hole In The Bottle”
And collaborates with Halsey on her upcoming, self-titled album
Country pop star Kelsea Ballerini has cryptically shared the tracklisting for “Kelsea” by posting a blank white post next to the single artwork for the track “Hole In The Bottle” on her social media pages. Fans soon worked out how to edit the image to unveil the song names. And Halsey’s name is next to the track “The Other Girl”, whilst Kenny Chesney appears on “Half Of My Hometown”. Halsey also left a comment on the star’s post, writing: “Oh you BIG SNEAK!!!!!!!!!! (sic)”
Ballerini also revealed that Ed Sheeran co-wrote the song “Love And Hate” whilst taking part in Elle’s Song Association challenge. The 26-year-old singer also revealed that the record is “personal” and that she has been on a journey of “self-discovery”. Speaking of her follow-up to 2017’s “Unapologetically”, she said: “I’ve never done a self-titled album before, and I think “Kelsea” feels personal when you don’t add in the last name. The album is that. It’s been a really self-discovery few years”.
The star previously admitted to changing her creative process whilst making the album, which is markedly different in tone to “Unapologetically”. Back in September, she said: “We have 10 songs done, hundreds written, and we’re trying to figure what other colors and textures we need. There’s a song with horns, a song with a string quartet, two collaborations that are polar opposites, musically. I’m just having fun. “This time, I took the pressure off having a concept and just let myself write. And I wrote like crazy. I wrote more country than I’ve ever written and more pop than I’ve ever written. We put the saddest song out first”.
Meanwhile, Kelsea also revealed the inspiration behind lead single “Homecoming Queen”. She said: “I was touring really heavily and on [social media] I was only really showing the really cool moments of my life – on stage or on a red carpet, all that kind of stuff. What I wasn’t showing was that I was feeling really painfully insecure. So I wrote this song to say it’s OK to feel what you feel, and it’s also OK to share it, because we’re all human. You’re allowed to have a bad day, you know?”.
“Kelsea” is set for release on March 20th.
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