Kelsea Ballerini has released her fifth full-length studio album, Patterns (out Oct. 25).
The four-time Grammy nominee’s new album follows last year’s Rolling Up the Welcome Mat EP, as well as that EP’s extended version, Rolling Up The Welcome Mat (For Good). Rolling Up The Welcome Mat earned critical acclaim, reached No. 11 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and earned a Grammy nomination for best country album.
In prepping to release the album, Ballerini has already shared songs including the Noah Kahan collaboration “Cowboys Cry Too” (which hit the top 20 on the Hot Country Songs chart), as well as “First Rodeo,” “Two Things” and “Sorry Mom.”
Over the span of 15 songs, Ballerini conveys her current moment on Patterns, creatively and personally. As the title suggests, also delves into the habits and patterns that have served her well, and those that have needed shifting. Above all, the album involves accepting all the facets of herself and the moments that have brought her to where she is presently.
“Patterns is an album about taking inventory of self and life as it is, moving through the things that need changing, and celebrating the wins along the way,” Ballerini said in a statement. “Writing this record really was just one big beautiful conversation with myself, Alysa (Vanderheym), Karen (Fairchild), Hillary (Lindsey) and Jessie Jo (Dillon). THAT is what I want to bring into my show…a night (well, a lot of nights) where we come together and have the greatest night dancing while unpacking all of it. With confetti and costume changes, of course.”
She will perform a headlining show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Oct. 29 to celebrate the new album, and recently revealed her upcoming first headlining arena tour, which launches Jan. 21 in Grand Rapids, MI at the Van Andel Arena.
Stream Patterns below.
