kelsea is the self-titled third studio album by country singer Kelsea Ballerini, released on March 20, 2020. It is her first studio project in over 3 years, since the release of her 2017 album Unapologetically.
The album’s lead single “homecoming queen?” was released on September 6, 2019. The song reached at 19 on the Billboard’s Country airplay and peaked at 82 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
On November 8, 2019, Kelsea released the album’s first promotional single, “club.”
Kelsea unveiled the official cover art for the album in a tweet on January 22, 2020 and also revealed that the pre-order of the album would be on January 24, 2020 along with the release of a new song called “la.”
Ballerini shared via Twitter:
while I was writing and making this album, I was also coming up for air for the first time in 6 years. I was re-getting to know myself. you hear a lot of that throughout the record. it’s the music that puts us on a first name basis. Smiling face with 3 hearts
Ballerini shared via Twitter:
self aware, dynamic, authentic
Kelsea released a 2 picture Instagram post debuting the song art for “hole in the bottle” followed by a seemingly blank white photo. It didn’t take long for the internet to crack the code however, a Kelsea Ballerini fan-page released an altered picture that shows a cryptic message of the tracklist.
Kelsea was certified gold on January 19, 2022.