Kelsea Ballerini Details Morgan Evans Split In Short Film ‘Rolling Up The Welcome Mat’
14.02.2023 - 21:09
/ etcanada.com
Kelsea Ballerini is unpacking the events and the aftermath of her split from her ex, Morgan Evans. On Tuesday, the 29-year-old GRAMMY-nominee released her six track EP, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, along with an accompanying short film.
“Here’s my healing journey. here’s my heart. here’s my truth,” Ballerini wrote on Instagram of the project. “I’ve never been this open, I’ve never been this bold, and I’ve never been this proud of my art. so with love and respect, I’m rolling up the welcome mat. six song story and short film out now. happy valentine’s day.”
The new music and film comes after the songstress announced that she and Evans were ending their marriage in August. Their divorce was finalized in October.
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat begins with the track, “Mountain with a View,” and sets the stage for the entire short film, which is set in a big house surrounded by windows, with a brown welcome mat at the front of the residence.
“Mountain With a View” seems to be a direct callback to her ex’s song, “Over For You,” where Evans asks when she knew the relationship was over.
Ballerini sits at an empty table, following a phone call which reveals she’ll be at home alone while he’s on the road performing a show, as she begins to realize this is the end.
“I’m wearing the ring still. …I think I’m lying. Sometimes you forget yours. I think we’re not trying. I realized you loved me way more at 23. I think that this is when it’s over for me,” she sings.
Ballerini continues on about how at 29, just six years after she got married, she’s no longer on the same page she was when she was younger.
Her song, “Just Married,” sees her love returning home and planting kisses on her. However, he doesn’t spend time with her. Ballerini sings