Kelly Clarkson Unknowingly Inspired Kelsea Ballerini To Perform
Kelsea Ballerini named Kelly Clarkson as the main inspiration behind her decision to get into music. And Kelly has no idea!
By Admin on April 25, 2018
Kelsea Ballerini named Kelly Clarkson as the main inspiration behind her decision to get into music. And Kelly has no idea!
When the “I Hate Lovesongs” singer was 14, she went to a show for Kelly’s Behind These Hazel Eyes Tour. It was there that Kelsea had her major epiphany… she wanted to sing.
Kelsea told Buzzfeed:
“She had these two massive screens of her eyes above the stage, and so depending on the song they would cry or blink or wink. It was right when I thought I was gonna move to Nashville and be a singer, so I was super into it. I remember I was watching her sing one of these songs and I was having a moment of, ‘That’s exactly what I’m gonna do with my life, this is it.’ And I looked up and the eyes winked. And I was like, Kelly Clarkson just told me that I have to be an artist. I swear, true story.”
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“I was on radio tour and I had just gone through media training so I was trying to answer everything perfect and just be perfect all the time. But that’s just not who I am, and it was exhausting. I remember she was telling me, ‘It’s gonna feel like cool wins sometimes, and sometimes it really might win. But, in the long run, if you’re just yourself, and you don’t worry about being cool or being perfect or saying the right things, you’re gonna be A: happier, and B: in the long run that’s the win.'”
