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.”ĪP: Did you have reluctance at all initially about putting these deeply personal songs out?īALLERINI: For sure. People really connected to it very swiftly.Īnd so, I had to do some internal recalibration of like, “OK, well then, A, that means that I’m not alone. It was never going to be something that I really ever dove fully into. … 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. And it’s been the most unexpected connection and response. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.ĪP: Talk to me about why you decided to re-release this collection of very personal songs.īALLERINI: My journey with this album has been unlike any music I’ve ever put out. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Ballerini reflected on what this EP has meant for her, both personally and professionally.

But after receiving an overwhelmingly positive response from fans, the pop country singer-songwriter is re-releasing “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” on Friday with some updated lyrics and a previously unreleased track. Back in February, recording artist Kelsea Ballerini quietly released an EP of strikingly intimate and vulnerable songs about her recent divorce from Australian musician Morgan Evans, with no expectation of performing or promoting them in the way she would a traditional album.

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