Kelsea Ballerini Says 'Literally Kill Me' About Her 20s: 'Could Not Pay Me to Go Back'

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00:00What's kind of inspiring this new music? I know you said before that sometimes it's harder to

00:04write when you're in a happier place. So true. So do you ever get those like writer block moments?

00:08I do. I do. But I think even when you're happy in your life, there's still areas that you're

00:13like, Oh, I, I feel uncomfortable in this. And I think one thing that I'm looking at right now is

00:1831. And I like, I love my thirties so much could not pay me to go back to my twenties. Literally

00:24kill me. But you know, like I think just growing up into that womanhood, there's like a lot

00:31of beautiful things that come with that. But then also moments that you're like, Oh, okay. Like I

00:36haven't had to think about this before. What about this and how does this feel? So I think I'm just

00:40kind of writing. I've always written about my life. So I think I'm just writing about that,

00:43that phase of it. Sure. As you close the pattern chapter kind of, right? Yeah. I guess you kind

00:49of learned about yourself through that process the most, I'm sure there's a lot of like lessons.

00:53Yeah. So much. I mean, I think through writing it, um, I really think I dug my heels into,

01:00I've said this a lot, but like not rounding the edges on my songwriting and really being specific.

01:06And then I think through the tour, just that, like, I'm capable of doing things that I've always

01:11dreamed of doing, but never really knew if I could. And I think taking the second to like,

01:16I mean, it sounds weird, but like be proud of that. Yeah. It's really important. Yeah. As you are

01:21settle into your thirties. Yeah. What do you kind of, what are you most excited about this chapter?

01:26I mean, I, I'm so open. I've never been this open in my life. Yeah. Truly to anything, like

01:33to whatever the new record is going to sound like, or, or who I make it with or whatever.

01:38Um, if there's another creative outlet or role or anything that comes my way, like,

01:44yes, like to any, to anything, to a random trip, like, yes, I'm just open. I just want to exist

01:51in that openness. Yes, girl. I'm in my yes. Yes. I love that. This campaign is so much fun. I love

01:57it so much. I feel like you were going to give everybody hair envy. Was this as much fun as it

02:02looked? It was, you know, we shot this in December. Um, and obviously I was like, this feels so close to

02:07my roots. I grew up in Tennessee. I live in Tennessee still. Um, and I feel like since we

02:13shot it, just the, the way that like country and Western all that has just been in the media and

02:21in fashion and all that is just exploded. So I'm like, you guys nailed it. Yeah. Country frat hair,

02:26right? Yeah. What is your hair routine? It depends on what I'm doing, honestly. Um, but I just got off

02:33tour and that was kind of, I was looking down the barrel of that going, huh? Okay. 35 shows in two

02:39and a half months. How am I going to do this? And I decided to wear a wig on this tour. And honestly,

02:45a, it was fun because I felt like Hannah Montana and that's every girl's dream. Um, but it was nice

02:51because every night I would use this regenerative hair oil and we would just douse my hair, wig on,

02:57go out there, do the show wig off. And then I would sleep in it. And I always felt like I was

03:02protecting my hair and also it's not really good. Right. Yeah. It was kind of like the best of both

03:06worlds. No damage to the hair. I love it. I love that so much.