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Kelsea Ballerini unpacked five more tracks in her Patterns era on Friday (March 7).
The award-winning singer-songwriter debuted five new songs on the deluxe edition of her latest studio record. Ballerini teamed up Jessie Jo Dillon, Little Big Townâs Karen Fairchild, Hillary Lindsey and Alysa Vanderheym to pen the newest additions to the Patterns track list. Ballerini said the songs were âwritten and recorded over the holidays on car rides and backstage on the first legâ of her first headlining arena tour.
Ballerini revealed the release date of her deluxe album during her February 26 tour stop in Fort Worth, Texas. The surprise announcement arrived after Balleriniâs encore performance of âPenthouse,â which appeared on her deeply personal EP, Rolling Up The Welcome Mat. After her performance, Ballerini said âthis is normally where the night would end. But I feel like itâs a good time to tell you that the Patterns deluxe (album) comes out March 7. There are five new songs on it. âŚmy favorite is what weâre going to play for you tonight.â Thatâs when Ballerini debuted âFuture Trippingâ for the first time, and shared a video of that moment on social media.
The deluxe record also includes âTo The Men That Love Women After Heartbreak,â an emotional ballad that Ballerini, who celebrated her two-year anniversary with actor Chase Stokes in January, teased on TikTok and played live for the first time in November 2023 at the historic Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Videos of the performance circulated on social media, and the song has been a fan-favorite long before its release. Fans were quick to notice âTo The Men That Love Women After Heartbreakâ did not appear on the original Patterns track list. Ballerini assured fans, however, in a live Q&A on Instagram ahead of Patternsâ debut in October, âIâm not gonna do you dirty. I definitely got you. I definitely got you. But itâs not on the record. But I wouldnât do you like that.â Patterns now ends with a stunningly-written ballad that serves as a tribute to growing from heartache and looking ahead to a brighter future ahead.
16. âTo The Men That Love Women After Heartbreak (written by Ballerini, Dillon, Fairchild, Lindsey, Vanderheym)
17. âFuture Trippingâ (Ballerini, Vanderheym)
18. âPut It To Bedâ (Ballerini, Vanderheym)
19. âCut Me Upâ (Ballerini, Dillon, Vanderheym)
20. âHindsight Is Happinessâ (Ballerini, Vanderheym)
The newest tracks join âBaggage,â âFirst Rodeo,â âTwo Things,â âWe Broke Up,â âCowboys Cry Tooâ with Noah Kahan and more from the original edition of the album. Ballerini said when she released Patterns in October that she took âthe beautiful and brutal look into myself and the people I love the most. The celebrations and challenges in the name of betterment, growth, and all around elevated vibes. The healthy habits that I hold close and the ones that gotta go.
âWritten from my truest self, but meant for you to project onto your own lives and try on for fit,â she continued âWhether you relate, want a song to cry in the back of an Uber music video style to, dramatically/drunkenly tell someone how much you love them, or scream sing about moments gone wrong before they went rightâŚitâs all yours.â Ballerini added that she embraced a sense of freedom unlike ever before while creating the record, and credited âthe angel-on-earth women who made it with meâŚthe womanhood we made this with will forever be the award.â
Ballerini âaccidentallyâ confirmed a deluxe album was on the way in a recent interview with Byrdie. She also hinted at the expanded record on TikTok when she teased upcoming changes to the set list of her arena show âbecauseâŚhypotheticallyâŚnew music needs a lil room,â she wrote in the caption on TikTok. Balleriniâs ongoing arena tour includes special guests Sasha Alex Sloan, Ashe, The Japanese House and MaRynn Taylor. See the list of tour stops here.
Find Balleriniâs full deluxe album on iHeartRadio here, and listen to a few of the tracks below.