Click Here for Video Sample! Sophomore Release On Limited Edition Vinyl LP!
2019 Grammy Award Nominee:
• Best Country Album
Growing up means never apologizing for who you are, and what you've been through. And for Kelsea Ballerini, one of Country's new voices, growing up also meant having the courage to put it all the loss, the love and the highs and lows of life into song. The result? Unapologetically, Ballerini's sophomore LP, a collection of songs all which she wrote or co-wrote, as on her Gold-certified debut The First Time meant to share her experiences over the past two years like a sonic journal, inviting listeners to open the book of her story and listen along.
Working with songwriters like Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally, Ashley Gorley and Hillary Lindsey and her production team from her debut, Jason Massey and Forest Glen Whitehead, Ballerini wrote over 200 songs but culled them into twelve sharp chapters in her life journey. Throughout all these songs, Ballerini and her creative partners use a dynamic sonic palate: electronic textures, acoustic instrumentation, clever beats, layered melodies and a full range of Ballerini's vocals, perfectly imperfect unlike an auto-tune-obsessed generation, she embraces the gorgeous frays within her notes. And she doesn't worry about genre barriers, either.
"We let ourselves be a little more free," she says, referring in particular to her relationship with producer and collaborator Whitehead, an integral part of her creative process. "You want to make the lyrics pop, and you want to make how you wrote the song translate, and sometimes that's a banjo and sometimes that's a beat drop. If the heart of the song gets across, I don't care which one it is... You have to use your intuition and your heart, and do things your own way. That's what I hope my next chapter really is. I've just wanted every song, even the vulnerable ones, to make you feel empowered. There is so much strength in being vulnerable."
Vulnerable: though loss, life and love. That's living Unapologetically.
Features:
• Vinyl LP
• Limited Edition
• Limited time digital download of Unapologetically Deluxe Edition
Selections:
1. Graveyard
2. Miss Me More
3. Get Over Yourself
4. Roses
5. Machine Heart
6. In Between
7. High School
8. End Of The World
9. I Hate Love Songs
10. Unapologetically
11. Music
12. Legends
