I was going to try to do a song of the week, but I couldn’t choose just one song. Which song to choose.
Kelsea Ballerini’s latest EP was amazing and I don’t normally listen to her or country music. I saw her on my TikTok for you page and I don’t really know what happened from there. I listened to the album? I like songs that seem deep and I could tell from the snips she was posting that this music had depth and meaning so sure I can spend 30 minutes hearing and seeing what it’s about and then apparently never turning it off after that and spending 8 days with it on repeat even though I have a boyfriend and dog that I live with and am completely obsessed with both of them so I really can’t relate but I also can at the same time because I just tap back into the pain I have felt before which was a lot and so yeah I can feel it and I can feel her in it and what she was going through and channeling while writing these songs.
Feels like: a fresh sprout in the ground. Maybe after a forest fire. Feels like being alone at night, not knowing what to do with yourself. Hurting, feeling completely alone. Having realizations like seizures. Probably crying. Maybe just feeling empty. Aching. Maybe thinking about the life you could have had instead. What you traded for, what you have. That’s what you have right now. You didn’t think it’d feel like this, did ya. Feels like you’ve grown. You are growing. You are finally being you. Just you. (you still cry though)
She also put out a short firm along with the EP. Watch it here. It accompanies the songs very well and I am sure was very therapeutic to make.
I think I’ll share more about what I am listening to more often. It’s fun.
The Hub Hayley 