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Kelsea Ballerini To Release ‘Ballerini,’ A Counterpart To Her Album ‘Kelsea’

Kelsea Ballerini is releasing a new album of songs from her project Kelsea project called Ballerini which will contain all the same songs — and in the same track order…

Kelsea Ballerini To Release 'Ballerini' A Counterpart To Her Album 'Kelsea'
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Kelsea Ballerini is releasing a new album of songs from her project Kelsea project called Ballerini which will contain all the same songs — and in the same track order — as Kelsea. The difference will be in the tunes' presentations. Each will portray a completely different approach from the singer who calls the new album "the other side of the same story."

In addition, she has re-recorded her song "Club" in a more subdued style.

Ballerini is the counterpart to her album from earlier this year, Kelsea. She explained the album in a trailer for is this way, "Kelsea is glitter: bold and effervescent and dreams that are boundless. She's who I want to be. While Ballerini is emotional, vulnerable, soft: observes her surroundings and chooses her words carefully. She's who I am."

Ballerini will be out on September 11, 2020.

Meanwhile, she is scheduled to appear on The Late Late Show With James Corden to promote her new album on September 14.

Kelsea will also perform her current single, "Hole in the Bottle," during the 2020 ACM Awards, where she'll be singing from Nashville's famous Ryman Auditorium. She is an ACM nominee for Female Vocalist.

The 2020 ACM Awards will air September 16 at 8PM ET on CBS.

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