Kelsea Ballerini has a Valentine's Day present for her fans. At midnight on Feb. 14, the singer dropped a surprise album containing six new songs, ...
She will also co-host the CMT Music Awards on April 2. Ballerini wrote or co-wrote each song on the album and also wrote and directed, with co-director Patrick Tracy, the 20-minute film. 22, then head to Canada and the U.S.
Kelsea Ballerini responds to Morgan Evans' 'Over for You' breakup track in a new six-song EP titled 'Rolling Up the Welcome Mat' — read more.
[Ballerini and Evans had quietly split prior to their divorce](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/why-kelsea-ballerini-morgan-evans-had-no-choice-but-divorce/). “I put on a smile and sang about how it’s OK to cry, dying inside.” “Years of sitting across from me in therapy / I know the truth is hard to hear, but it wasn’t hard to find / Baby, were you blindsided or were you just blind?” “You didn’t ever wanna leave the house, I didn’t want a family,” she pens. [which Evans dropped in November 2022 after getting emotional](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/morgan-evans-performs-new-song-inspired-by-kelsea-ballerini-split/) when he debuted the track at a concert in September 2022, he asks a series of questions about the end of the relationship including: “How long have you been breaking? “You’ll say I’m crazy for bein’ the one to leave / Scream I’m just like my parents and givin’ up easy,” she sings in the opening song.
In a surprise short film and EP, both titled "Rolling Up the Welcome Mat" released on Valentine's Day, the country singer-songwriter reveals details that hint ...
The final song on the EP, “Leave Me Again,” shows how much Ballerini's grown since her breakup. On next song on the track, “Interlude,” Ballerini struggles with the public discovering their breakup. "It’s the way I got my feelings out of my body and heart and put them to music — which is the purest way I could’ve handled it.” Or, to put it another way: "Was there nothing ever wrong, ‘cause you were always right? It’s about the complexities of the feelings you go through during a massive shift at a young age,” she says. “I realize you loved me much more at 23 / I think that this is when it’s over for me.” She wonders how he really felt about her: "We got along real nice, but when I left town, did you hate me?" The surprise short film follows her latest album, "SUBJECT TO CHANGE," released in 2022. "So with love and respect, i’m rolling up the welcome mat. Evans and Ballerini have spoken about the divorce already. [CMAs red carpet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek2dw2oH5NY.). Ballerini wrote and co-directed the 20 minute-long film, divided up into six parts (one for each song).
In the 20-minute clip, the country star details the devastation of her divorce from fellow artist Morgan Evans.
“I’ve always tried to share my life with you in a real and vulnerable way, while also protecting layers of my personal life as they unfold,” she wrote in the all-text message. “I’m wearing the ring still / But I think I’m lying / Sometimes you forget yours / I think we’re done trying,” she sings. 14) called Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, and its accompanying short film.
In her newly released EP and accompanying short film, Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, Kelsea Ballerini is sharing an intimate look at her breakup from husband ...
[linked to actor Chase Stokes](https://www.eonline.com/news/1364331/kelsea-ballerini-teases-bedroom-video-with-chase-stokes)—wrote in an Aug. "I was writing by myself for most of the project, and it was nice to trust myself again," she continued in a Feb. "Rolling Up The Welcome Mat was how I processed everything," she added. "The only way I've been able to handle my life since I was 12 was to write about it. Her first track, "Mountain With A View," includes lyrics that refer to the demise of a relationship after marriage. "I realize you loved me much more at 23 / I think that this is when it's over for me."
Kelsea Ballerini is unpacking the events and the aftermath of her split from her ex, Morgan Evans. On Tuesday, the 29-year-old GRAMMY-nominee released her ...
For the final song, “Leave Me Again,” Ballerini sits in an empty closest playing just her guitar. “Blindsided” is the second to last track, which is a little more up-tempo. “Like that time in 2019 before that big show, we had a big fight, I slept on the couch. “Congrats Kels.” In “Interlude,” Ballerni sings about fans catching wind of her breakup and commenting on her appearance. Ballerini sings about just going through the motions of a marriage after their wedding date: “December two.” However, the song isn’t just about her ended love. “I wanna set it straight but my lawyers say I shouldn’t,” she sings. “I’ve never been this open, I’ve never been this bold, and I’ve never been this proud of my art. In the video, the couple share sweet moments as they play games and slow dance. On Tuesday, the 29-year-old GRAMMY-nominee released her six track EP, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, along with an accompanying short film. here’s my truth,” Ballerini wrote on Instagram of the project.
American country pop singer and songwriter Kelsea Ballerini has opened up about her divorce from Australian singer-songwriter Morgan Evans in a ...
In the film, Ballerini talks about her increasing disillusionment in the relationship and marriage with Evans and how her divorce affected her emotional and mental well-being. Ballerini is known for her distinctive voice and versatile singing style that blends traditional country with contemporary pop. American country pop singer and songwriter Kelsea Ballerini has opened up about her divorce from Australian singer-songwriter Morgan Evans in a heartbreaking new short film.
Over the last few weeks, Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes have all but confirmed rumors that they're dating.
The rumors grew, and though Ballerini initially brushed them off, she later appeared to lean into the speculation: In one TikTok video responding to the gossip, she [even appeared to show a blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse](https://tasteofcountry.com/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-dating-tattoos-video/) of the Outer Banks actor sitting in bed beside her. Ballerini's Rolling Up the Welcome Mat EP arrives five months after her latest studio album, Subject to Change. [spied the pair ](https://tasteofcountry.com/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-pictures-relationship-rumors/)watching the National Championship game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
Country music may have never had a record as singlemindedly focused on a marital split as Kelsea Ballerini's surprise EP 'Rolling Up the Welcome Mat.'
The final song on the EP, “Leave Me Again,” is played by Ballerini on an acoustic guitar, and finds her at a more magnanimous point than most of the preceding numbers — “I hope when I see you that you smile / I hope that you find somebody new / I hope that you get the house, and the good wife, and the kids” — but not so magnanimous that she doesn’t reserve the emotional punchline for herself: “And I hope I never leave me again.” Ballerini fans may recognize this as a sort of rewrite of, or sequel to, “Miss Me More,” a No. Ballerini has proceeded past the “What Would Shania Do?” questions and gone her own different way here by leaving the drawer open, even if it’s highly likely we will see her in a sparkly bodysuit, spreading good cheer again, before 2023 is out. “You didn’t ever want to leave the house, I didn’t want a family”… Her solution to that, now, is an unexpectedly savvy one: parcel all that pain into a dam-burster of a side project with no commercial expectations, no press (“divorce press” or otherwise) and no holds barred, before presumably getting back to the sunny side of the street. All of the aforementioned artists worked a decent amount of detail into their confessional accounts of splits — the red scarf; the Hollywood Bowl show where Natalie Maines contends she met her replacement — but Ballerini may have them all beat for the sheer volume of historical annotation she packs into six songs. And yet, six months later, Ballerini is back with the surprise drop of an EP that is so single-mindedly about that split, it’s nothing but a divorce record.