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It wasn't supposed to work - being a new artist, a female artist, an artist on an independent. That's what made it so much sweeter when we hit No. 1.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I've always been drawn to the message of 'Be yourself. Love yourself.' I need to be reminded of that all time.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I love getting facials. I've even started doing microdermabrasion to keep all the makeup and dirt out of my pores. And when I'm traveling, I'll always grab a moisturizing face mask.
Kelsea Ballerini
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The artists that I relate to and love the most are the ones where I can listen to the record, and I can know them better, and for me, that's writing it.
Kelsea Ballerini
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Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum is like my big sister.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I listen to everything. I sing country music, but I listen to different stuff.
Kelsea Ballerini
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It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.
Kelsea Ballerini
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There's a YouTube video of these two kittens that just fall over and pass out. My blood sugar's crazy, so I would pass out sometimes, like the fainting kittens.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I grew up performing in glee club at my school; I was the ostrich in 'Peter Pan,' and then I was super-involved in church choir and worship leading at my church. So I always loved music and was involved with it, but never really thought it was what I wanted to do until I started writing.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I see little girls at my meet-and-greets who are like, 'Kelsea! It's my first concert and I came to see you.' And I'm thinking, 'I don't want to post anything online that your mom would be mad at me for, because you're important to me.'
Kelsea Ballerini
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My favorite songwriting trick is writing something like 'XO.' In my brain, I thought, 'This is probably going to be a love song. How can I change that and find ways to twist that.' As a songwriter, it's your job for the song to take twists and turns that people don't expect.
Kelsea Ballerini
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Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.
Kelsea Ballerini
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My favorite festival beauty look is definitely braids and hats: a messy fishtail braid and a cute outfit, and I'm ready!
Kelsea Ballerini
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Growing up in east Tennessee gave me my country roots, my twang, and a lot of my stories.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I grew up loving music and being super involved in church choir and school musicals and such, but when I started writing is when I fell in love with the idea of doing it for the rest of my life.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I feel like if you just walk with a purpose, people will think you're supposed to be there. That's my life theory.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I have a picture of me with Lady Antebellum, when they released their first single and I was at CMA Fest as a fan. I'm in flower-power shorts and a headband - so not cute - and I'm fan-girling next to Hillary. I couldn't believe I was standing next to her.
Kelsea Ballerini
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The thing that's been most important to me is being interactive with people that are listening to my music.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I am such a girly girl, and I love not playing it safe. I'm so new to this world, so it's fun to establish myself as a fashionista.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I get to remind myself and other people to be yourself, to rock you who you are, and don't worry about if it fits.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I wanted to be the girl that talks about getting a guy. I felt like that was a different approach to writing.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I was living in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I didn't really know how you would become a singer. I didn't even think that I could do it. I didn't even dream about it. But when I was 12, it was that year where I got tall, boys got cute, everything was weird. Then my parents split up on top of that, so it was a big year of change for me.
Kelsea Ballerini
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As a young woman, I just think there's something really confident and empowering about being able to flirt back.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I'm not super traditional at all.
Kelsea Ballerini
