(9 Aug 2023)
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Los Angeles - 1 August 2023
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelsea Ballerini, recording artist:
"My journey with this album has been unlike any music I've ever put out and it's been the most unexpected connection and response. I keep saying that we've been playing catch up since February 14 because we have. The intention was to like put out the six songs and just let them exist and whoever needed them or wanted to dig into them could, but it was never going to be something I played on tour. It was never going to be something that I really ever dove fully into. But we just did not get that luxury. People really connected to it very, very swiftly. And so, I had to do some internal recalibration of like, okay, well then, A, that means that I'm not alone. That's a really nice feeling. And B like, what does that look like if I start singing these songs live? What does that feel like? Am I willing to do that? Am I willing to go there? And the answer just kept being yeah. And then as I did it, I was like, “Whoa, this feels so different.” Like every time I sang a song, like “Penthouse,” it felt different. It felt better. It felt less about what I wrote it about and more about the connection I was feeling with these other people that have experienced a life shift or whatever. "
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelsea Ballerini, recording artist:
"But, although it was still terrifying, the reason I did was because I think you hear a lot of narratives in music, especially in country, where it's like, “This didn't work out. I'm going to like, blow up your car and, you know, toilet paper your yard because it's all your fault.” And I love those songs. I get down to those songs, but there's not a lot of narratives about like the intricacy of a big breakup and how it takes two and how there's like so much emotional finesse in that. And so I wished I would have had those songs when I was making that decision for my life. And that was why I put it out. And it truly brought me back to why I want to be an artist."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelsea Ballerini, recording artist:
"I mean, I don't think a quote unquote divorce album is the first time that I have felt like it's different being a woman in country music, that's for sure. I guess divorce albums have become a thing in country music, but also like Adele, Kelly Clarkson. So, I think maybe that is a thing and I think people relate to them so deeply because it's something that was taboo to talk about, especially from a woman's perspective for a really long time."
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