Kelsea Ballerini: Tattoos And Happiness

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

April 2nd 9:59 AM

Kelsea Ballerini shared her tattoos and took some time to take questions from fans on her Insta Stories, talked about her happiness, and showed off all her ink.

Kelsea Ballerini: Tattoos

Wearing a gray tank top and a black camo ball cap, she showed off her tattoos. She said, “I have a tattoo. This is from a song on my first record, Square Pegs. And I have this mountain with a view. I have my hummingbird, which is my favorite tattoo. I have a wave on my hip, and that’s it. Oh no, I have a little Virgo and a butterfly. They are tiny and dainty.”

She added with a smile, “That’s all for now, sorry mom.”

Choosing To Be Happy

In the following video slide, Kelsea talked about her happiness. She said, “Happiness is a choice. I go through days where I wake up, and I feel super overwhelmed or anxious or unsure of so much. But I think that there is really something to the power of choosing to be happy and positive choosing to be.”

She continued, “Our minds and our thoughts are so powerful; choosing to find silver linings, choosing to think good thoughts is hard cause life is not linear, but yeah, I’m happy. I’m choosing to be happy, but I actually am also happy.”

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CMT Performance

Ballerini also explained that she will be taping her CMT performance on the show that will air on Sunday (4/7). She noted when a fan asked if the show was live, “I’m pretaping my performance in a few days since I am also hosting the show, which is like a fun version running around like a headless chicken. The rest is live, baby.”

Hosting CMT Music Awards

This marks the fourth consecutive year she has taken the reins for country music’s first fan-voted award show.

Previously, Ballerini was at the helm of the 2021 and 2023 CMT Music Awards alongside Kane Brown. She hosted remotely for the 2022 show.

Kelsea said, “I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my 4th year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas.”

She added, “Hosting an awards show that celebrates the music that the fans love most has been an honor, and I know this year will be another unforgettable night.”

Photo – CMT 

The 2024 CMT Music Awards return to Austin, Texas’ Moody Center on Sunday, April 7th (8:00-11:00 PM ET) on the CBS television network. The show will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

Top Five Fun Kelsea Ballerini Songs

• "Yeah Boy" (2016)

  A fun song found on her debut album, “The First Time.” The music video for the song is an ode to the 1990s. Ballerini 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. When the song came out, Kelsea was touring with Rascal Flatts and headlining her own “The FirstTime Tour.”

• "Heartfirst" (2022)

  This is a song on Ballerini’s “Subject To Change” album, which seemed to catapult her to a new level of fame. Kelsea wrote the song with Alysa Vanderheym and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild in July 2021. According to Ballerini, 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.

• "Dibs" (2015)

  The fun song she named her dog after. The official music video for “Dibs” premiered on October 22, 2015. The video consists of footage Ballerini took 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. The chorus sings, Yeah, I’m callin’ dibs / On your lips / On your kiss / On your time / Boy, I’m callin’ dibs / On your hand / On your heart / All mine.”

• "Hole in the Bottle" (2020)

  Kelsea happily joins the country music ranks with a drinking song; a remix of the song featuring Shania Twain was released five months after the original single came out. The music video begins with a vintage black-and-white style with Ballerini dressed in flapper wardrobe reminiscent of the 1920s. Once the first chorus hits, colored scenes are introduced, and she is shown in a house painting a portrait of her dog Dibs in a field with a couple of friends who join her in lounging on a bed and performing a dance routine with the singer and playing chess with herself.

• "If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)" (2022)

  This song is a gem and puts Kelsea in the same company of “fun” murder songs like the Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl.” Ballerini said when the song came out, it was actually to evoke thoughts of the 1991 film “Thelma & Louise” and The Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl.” She told us then, “We really wanted to lean into a very ’90s country feel, and so we brought in fiddle for the song, which I think to me makes it. That’s also why there’s a Chicks reference to it, which everyone picks up on, which was absolutely intentional. I didn’t want to make it sound like anything else on the record. I wanted it to be its own moment.”

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

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