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Kelsea Ballerini’s Full Week In Hollywood

Kelsea Ballerini was feeling the love from Hollywood this past week when she was there to tape segments for Season 27 of her part on NBC’s The Voice, which starts…

Kelsea Ballerini posing on the Hollywood red carpet with long earrings and a gold dress.
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Kelsea Ballerini was feeling the love from Hollywood this past week when she was there to tape segments for Season 27 of her part on NBC's The Voice, which starts to air sometime in the spring.

Among photos she posted on her socials was herself riding around in a Mercedes-Benz, standing through the sunroof on the California streets, with her boyfriend, Chase Stokes, on the beach during a photo shoot and pictures of herself and fellow Voice coaches backstage at the studio.

Kelsea posted the videos and photographs of her in Los Angeles last week on Instagram. She wrote in her signature, all lowercase writing, "here’s some thoughts-

1- we're officially one week away from Patterns coming out
2- season 27 of The Voice is wrapped until we go to the lives in the spring and ooooweeee is it one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life i can’t wait for you to see it all
3- why carve a pumpkin when you can paint it with glitter?
4- LA you’ve been kind, and thank you @mercedesbenzusa for loaning me my dream car for the stay i felt way cooler than i am (#mbambassador)
5- how many breakdowns a week would you say is average?"

Ballerini recently released a new song and music video for "Sorry Mom" from her forthcoming Patterns album, which will be out on Friday (10/25).

Kelsea posted a bunch of new photos for the new song on her Instagram, including a photo of herself with her mom, Carla. She captioned the sweet post, "'Sorry Mom,' a love letter to the growth of mother and daughter to woman and woman, is OUT in the world, and I couldn't be more proud to share this song with you. It was one of the first songs I wrote for this album, alongside my 4 dear brilliant magical friends and collaborators (who I had the honor of making all of Patterns with), and we hope you love it."

The song's first verse and chorus lyrics are: "Sorry, Mom, I smelled like cigarettes / And my eyes were Casa red /With a poundin' in my head / Showin' up again on Sunday mornin' / You just made the eggs And turned your head / I turned out alright / So you can sleep good at night / Maybe I ran all the red lights / Maybe we got into a few fights / It's a different cloth we cut / But underneath wе're the same blood /So I know it took a littlе tough love / To become the woman that you're proud of."

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