Getting Personal With Kelsea Ballerini

glamour.com:

would come to embody the Platonic ideal of the concept.When Ballerini agreed to sing a few songs from her reflective fifth studio album, , at the event, she knew there would be some important eyes on her.

One look around the 100-seat venue and that was obvious— and were there, as were Olympians and to name a few—but what she didn’t know was that moments before she took the stage, a ripple permeated the room.

Audible gasps were heard. And within seconds Beyoncé——serenely took her seat at a small round table inches from the stage to wait for Ballerini to start singing.

Which she did, but not before kicking off her heels in what felt like a game-time decision.“My East Tennessee came out didn’t it?” the 31-year-old told me after the event when asked about the shoe toss. “Honestly, I just wanted to be comfortable to be able to move around freely and sing along with the women in the room.