![]() She is also the fifth solo female country musician for whom there are two back-to-back hits when Dibs rocked the stages and radio stations. She is the 11th in history to achieve such a feat. It was in May 2015, that her first debut album was released and for her, it felt like she had waited forever for this very moment to emanate.Īfter Carrie Underwood’s solo, it was Ballerini who hit the number one slots of the Billboard Country Airplay charts. She also performed at the Grand Ole Opry on 14th February 2015. In November, she also released an extended play that she had self-titled. Her debut single, Love Me Like You Mean It was released in late 2014. At 19, she signed with Black River Entertainment. Three years from there, she had moved to Nashville to pursue her dream. We didn’t do it for the fame or the glory ![]() Her first song was dedicated to her mother and she wrote it when she was 12. She sang initially for the choir of her school and also for her church. Initially, she began with dance lessons but by the age of ten, she switched over to songwriting and singing. ![]() It was her deep interest in this musical form that made her through the struggling years. Her father had worked as a sales manager in a country studio and thus Ballerini was always in touch with music, she knew country music and loved it from the core of her heart. She knew she would have to take a plunge deeper than where she was standing. With star-filled eyes, the reply came as a shock to the young girl when she carried home a lesson from this incident. After listening to her, the man with the label responded stating Taylor Swift had already filled the place. ![]() She was 14 when she had first auditioned for a song when she barely knew how to play the guitar right. As a child, she began writing songs and put forth her first album The First Time in 2015. She has been bitten by the musical bug long before life even could be called growing. Kelsea Ballerini, one of the most influential songwriter and country musicians in the history of country music. Not even the brightest sun could ever fade Like we were written down in permanent marker This has all the elements of a smash hit in the making.Kelsea Ballerini I Quit Drinking by Snehashree Mandal for Country Music News International In “I Quit Drinking”, Kelsea Ballerini & Lany have created a modern love song with a twist. His pop sensibilities shine through and give this country track ability to cross genres. Lany’s part of the song is a smart choice. ![]() You will hear it in many of the current country hits, and because it works so well to drive home the hook, I’m sure we can expect this trend to continue.Įnter Lany in verse two and the music builds in intensity and into full swing into the chorus, which is a nice duet. The pause & hook line combination seems to be a common arrangement choice in modern country music. Ballerini lifts her vocal register in the chorus which helps to distinguish the chorus melody from the verse and pre-chorus, and after a pause she ends the chorus with the hook “you’re the reason, I quit drinking”. The pre-chorus sees a shift in melody building up towards the chorus. This helps to keep the verse interesting and the listener engaged. Melodically, Ballerini keeps it simple in the verse, the phrasing however, is quite clever in the way it places itself at intervals between the rhythm of the piano chords. The music features a simple piano chord arrangement you will hear repeated for most of the song. The work put into creating conversational lyrics has paid off here, making the lyrics a real highlight of the song. Country music fans enjoy being taken on a journey with lyrics that form a meaningful and relatable story.īallerini & Lany do a great job painting a picture of reflection, relationships, sacrifice, and the reasons for getting sober. Scan through the lyrics and you will see Tequila, Alcohol, Drunk, Whisky, Champagne, Drinking, Hungover, Sober, Cabernet & Mixing (drinks)!Īlthough they have jam packed the alcohol references here, the lyrics work well and create imagery. Kelsea Ballerini & Lany have managed to outdo most other drinking songs here, by having a total of ten references to Alcohol. If you’re a fan of country music, you’ve probably noticed an abundance of “Drinking Songs”, or songs which make reference to drinking. ![]()
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