Kelsea Ballerini’s ‘If You Go Down’ Is An Anthem For Best Friends

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

September 16th, 2022 12:28 PM

Kelsea Ballerini is leaning on her girlfriends to help her get through divorce from her husband of five years, Morgan Evans. Kelsea’s new infectious best friend anthem “If You Go Down (I’m Going Down Too)” is now out. She shared the song’s new video on her socials.

With the lyrics newly revealed this week, the song includes the lyrics, “I’ve known you since Brad, and Angelina / We go back like Pontiac seats / If I got an aisle with a mess I gotta clean up / I know you’ll be showin’ up with bleach / All those names that we don’t ever speak of / Got a couple nights that have slipped my mind / Proof and photographs have been deleted / If you ever needed an alibi.”

The catchy chorus includes: “‘Cause dirt on you is dirt on me / And we both know our hands ain’t clean / If it all blows up and we end up on the news / If you go down, I’m goin’ down too.”

The song continues to make references to robbing a bank, bodies being buried in the same ditch, and even “hypothetically” killing your husband.

Ballerini posted the new video to her Instagram, writing, “we go back like Pontiac seats, don’t we y’all?”

Many fans responded with fire emojis.  One fan confessed, “Not trying to be dramatic, but I think this album is going to change my life.” Another fan observed, “I’m I the only one who gets young Dolly Parton vibes from Kelsea?? you keep rocking it, girl!!” One more fan had no problem being dramatic, commenting in all caps, “WHAT A FREAKING VIBE.”

Kelsea’s new Subject To Change album will be released on September 23. In announcing her latest project in July, she narrated the photo of her new album cover on Instagram. She said in part, “In my younger years, the idea of change scared me. It had proved to be a faceless force that had patterned my past with uncertainty. Only in the gift of growth have I learned that in the stark and constant juxtaposition of life, living happens that when I unclinch my fists, undig my heels and unravel the architecture unbuilt by my youth, a true metamorphous can happen.”

She added, “This is a season of becoming, healing, loving, dancing and feeling, and like everything, it is subject to change.”

12 Kelsea Ballerini Songs That Made Her A Star

• 12. “Yeah Boy” (2016)

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  Described as an ode to the 1990s, in the song's video, Kelsea is shown performing the song in a colorful bodysuit in front of a neon backdrop and a brick wall spray-painted with graffiti, with female backup dancers.

• 11. “Legends” (2017)

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  This song is a bit legendary as it topped the Hot Country Songs chart on Billboard. Ballerini performed the song at the 2017 CMA Awards with country legend Reba McEntire.

• 10. “I Hate Love Songs” (2018)

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  The song was originally not going to be recorded for her second album. Still, after receiving a standing ovation for her performance of it at the Grand Ole Opry in August 2017, Ballerini decided to include it on the record. She said at the time, "I called my label, I was like, 'I think we need to cut this song.'"
• 9. “Miss Me More” (2018)

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  A critically acclaimed song for Kelsea, she performed it many times on TV, including at the 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards. Thirteen days later, she performed it on Season 15 of 'The Voice,' and then in June of 2019; she performed the song at the 2019 CMT Music Awards.

• 8. “Homecoming Queen?” (2019)

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  The lead single from her third studio album 'Kelsea,' which was released in March of 2020. In an interview with The Tennessean, Ballerini revealed that "Homecoming Queen?" heralded "a new, more emotionally vulnerable phase of her career."

• 7. “Dibs” (2015)

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  The name of her dog, which she got as a puppy when this song first came out. The song's video consists of footage Kelsea took herself while on tour in York, Pennsylvania, Greenville, South Carolina, and St. Leonard, Maryland, performing in front of live crowds, celebrating her 22nd birthday, and spending time with her dog.
• 6. “Love Me Like You Mean It” (2014)

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  Her debut single and the song that brought her to the country music dance. "Love Me Like You Mean It" peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making Ballerini the first solo female to top that chart with her debut single since Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in 2006.

• 5. “The Other Girl” (with Halsey) (2020)

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  A solid collaboration. Ballerini and Halsey performed the song live on 'CMT Crossroads' on March 25, 2020. The song won a CMT Music Award for Performance of the Year, marking both artists' first CMT award.

• 4. “Peter Pan” (2016)

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  Another chart-topper for Kelsea, the song was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold 672,000 copies in the US as of March 2017. Ballerini first performed the song live with Nick Jonas at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
• 3. “Heartfirst” (2022)

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  Her new single and already a hit with fans. Kelsea co-wrote the song with Alysa Vanderheym and Little Big Town member Karen Fairchild. She recently said it was the first song that she ever wrote where she did not come up with the title first; instead, the opening line "Met him at a party/ Accidentally brushed his body/ On the way to get a drink at the bar" was the first lyric she wrote for the song.

• 2. “Hole in the Bottle” (2020)

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  A catchy and fun drinking song. A remix of the song featuring Shania Twain was released on November 13, 2020. An alternate song recording is also included on Ballerini's fourth studio album, 'Ballerini.'

• 1. “Half of My Hometown” (featuring Kenny Chesney) (2021)

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  A classic sounding and much-loved country song with fellow native East Tennessean Kenny Chesney. The song won both Musical Event of the Year and Video of the Year at the 55th Annual Country Music Association Awards and is nominated for Single of the Year at the 56th CMA Awards.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

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