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Its minor chaos in theKelsea Ballerinihousehold at the moment.
So now Im sitting outside melting like the Wicked Witch, Ballerini says.
I realized that sometimes the best hook is just the most obvious one.
Subject to Changeis also Ballerinis most sonically rich record and her most country.
Ballerini went deep into that decade in quarantine: Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow, Faith Hill.
I listened to a shit ton of Sheryl during this process, Ballerini says.
So naturally you hear that.
And ironically, not purposefully, its the most sonically country record Ive made.
I love that people probably expected something else.
Youll hear a lot of discovery of self on my record.
Theres so much freedom in that line.
I keep using the wordownership, but I feel it on this album.
Theres freedom in taking ownership of your choices in your life.
Thats the through-line throughout the whole thing.
And theres a billion different ways to not just say I support women but actually do it.
Drink wine!And it doesnt work like that.
Ive tried to include more women in my storytelling and the process of making records.
I just love the idea of reconnecting with my little me, the most pure version of ourselves.
And I love this lyric.
Thats a really hard part of life, and its an okay part of life.
I Feel Like a Woman!, Shania Twain
Unapologeticis exactly the word I would use.
Like, cursing on a record was a choice I have never made before.
Shes become a mentor to me and just is so wise.
And even in her resilience she still pushes, and that to me is the making of an icon.
I wanted the chorus to feel like how the first time you hear it, you might sing along.
Just like Kenny is saying,Cant we all get along?
Were all gonna die someday, Im just saying,Im doing my best.
Call your mom, drink a beer: Its not that deep.
I say that to my friends a lot: Its not that deep.
Its messy, and its supposed to be.
TheSubject to ChangeLyric Thats a Big Sister to Homecoming Queen?
Its the first song I wrote for the record in summer 2020.
Those were all feelings that I had during Homecoming Queen?
and certainly during Marilyn.
