Nation star Kelsea Ballerini doesn’t fairly perceive why anybody would complain about artists like Beyoncé and Submit Malone being nominated in nation classes.
The 31-year-old singer, a Grammy nominee this yr in the most effective nation duo/group efficiency class, spoke on SiriusXM’s Fierce: Ladies in Music on Friday in regards to the upcoming awards. Present host Lori Majewski requested the Tennessee native about what she thinks about artists like Beyoncé, Submit Malone and Kacey Musgraves, who dabble in a number of genres, being nominated in opposition to “hardcore nation” performers like Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.
“That class, to me, represents what nation music has been this yr, and that’s what the album of the yr class ought to characterize. What has occurred in nation music and been profitable in groundbreaking this yr. I don’t actually perceive the opposite opinions apart from like, it’s wonderful to have big, revered artists and different genres are available and rejoice ours,” the “Cowboys Cry Too” singer stated. “I don’t perceive why that might be something however nice.”
Ballerini stated she doesn’t perceive why it’s OK for nation singers to attempt pop however not the opposite method round. “You don’t need to be a rustic artist to make a rustic report,” she added. “These don’t need to exist in the identical aircraft.”
The singer additionally talked about bringing her boyfriend, Outer Banks star Chase Stokes, as a date to the Grammys. Ballerini is nominated for “Cowboys Cry Too,” her duet with folk-pop singer Noah Kahan. “It simply so occurs that we’re all pals, him [Kahan] and his fiance, and Chase and I. They dwell very near us and we go over and we hang around,” she stated. Ballerini stated she advised the group on the Nation Music Awards that the 4 of them would have a double date evening at Sunday’s Grammys.
“Noah and I are gonna take some images, after which we’re gonna go in and simply drink some wine and watch performances and it’s gonna be the most effective date evening ever,” she stated. “It’s each, it’s like date evening for us after which double date evening after which celebrating a tune that I’m so happy with with an artist that I simply adore.”
Ballerini had nothing however reward for Kahan. “I can’t say sufficient. Actually each collaboration has taught me one thing very completely different and a few have been extra constructive experiences than others as they do,” she stated. “However Noah, he’s simply such a superb human and he’s such a rattling good songwriter.”
As a five-time Grammy nominee who has but to win the award, Ballerini mirrored on her observe report.
“I don’t win issues,” she stated. “I don’t, and I’m cool with it. There are specific issues that used to love actually make me cry myself to sleep. One is when individuals stated I wasn’t nation and two is dropping awards.”
The star says she’s modified her relationship with all of it. “Folks establish nation music in several methods. To me, it’s are you writing your reality of your story? That to me is nation music. Whether or not it’s a banjo or a beat drop to me, doesn’t matter,” Ballerini stated, noting that attending to carry out on reveals just like the CMAs or the ACMS is an award itself. “As soon as I rewired my mind to assume like that, I’m so ecstatic to point out up and, and carry out more often than not, a few of the time.”
