Breaking Down the Lyrics of Kelsea Ballerini’s ‘Interlude (Full Length)’ and ‘How Do I Do This’

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Nearly one year after filing for divorce from Morgan Evans, Kelsea Ballerini has updated her breakup EP with new eyebrow-raising lyrics.The 29-year-old singer released Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good) on Friday, August 11, giving her fans a place to permanently listen to the tweaked versions of “Penthouse” and “Blindsided,” which she has been performing live for months.

She also shares new insight into the aftermath of her split via “Interlude (Full Length),” a song that was previously only 45 seconds long.“Kinda scary opening a wound that time had mended / But everyone wanted the ‘Interlude’ to be extended / Guess I gotta send it,” she begins in the new section.And “send it” she does. “I got drunk, and you meditated / Said I’d get it one day with age / Guess it got your ego inflated,” she sings. “Wasn’t supposed to be a takedown / But which side are you gonna take now?”Ballerini and Evans have been taking digs at each other via their music since their split in August 2022.

In “Interlude (Full Length),” she admits that they both “turned goodbye to a game to a hobby.”“You collected bones, but I buried the bodies / All this back and forth,” she sings before potentially making a nod to Evans’ track “Tequila Man” sounding eerily similar to her “Leave Me Again” ballad. “Well, it’s feeling pretty sloppy / Paste, copy.”Ballerini and Evans have unfollowed each other via social media and haven’t crossed paths as they each continue to live in Nashville. “I wonder what we’ll both say / When we see each other ’round town / We said we’d handle this the right way / I guess we’ve done each other wrong now,” she sings.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesWhile Ballerini has not publicly commented on reports that