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Kelsea Ballerini On Taylor Swift: ‘I’m Always On Her Team’

After being asked on the Grammy Red Carpet by E! about writing her new music while on vacation, Kelsea offered about the new song out this week (4/8), “I just…

Kelsea Ballerini On Taylor Swift: 'I'm Always On Her Team'
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After being asked on the Grammy Red Carpet by E! about writing her new music while on vacation, Kelsea offered about the new song out this week (4/8), "I just had a song go number one at country radio ("Half of My Hometown")," noting that her new song is "Heart First" is very different in tone. "This one is the other side. It's, like, a bop: Breezy, windows down, go for a drive, get right."

Ballerini posted to Instagram about the new tune, "that's just the kind of risk that we take. HEARTFIRST APRIL 8."

Kelsea also talked about her friend Taylor Swift saying, "I feel like she constantly makes people proud whether you know her or not because she's always just advocating for change and pushing everything forward for everyone. I'm always on her team."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.