Kelsea Ballerini Meets Fans At ‘Baggage Claim’ To Celebrate Album Release

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Spotify and Kelsea Ballerini present Baggage Claim: an Exclusive Listening of Patterns by Kelsea Ballerini at The Carlyle in New York City. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spotify

Kelsea Ballerini celebrated the release of her newest album Patterns with an exclusive Spotify listening event, “Baggage Claim,” last Thursday (Oct. 24) at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City.

Kelsea Ballerini and Cassie Dilaura speak onstage during Spotify presents Baggage Claim: an Exclusive Listening of Patterns by Kelsea Ballerini at The Carlyle in New York City. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spotify

Ballerini invited her top Spotify listeners in the area to hear the album before its release, and participated in a Q+A session. She also performed the previously-released “Two Things.”

“I would argue that this is the most love-filled record I’ve ever made,” Ballerini said of Patterns. “I think the presence of love in every song is at the forefront.

“There’s a lot on it,” she added. “If you want a friendship song it’s there. If you want a falling in love song, it’s there. If you want like, ‘I’m gonna ram my head through a wall because I’m so frustrated at someone’ songs. Obviously, it’s there, there’s a couple of those.”

When asked about the process of making the album, Ballerini reflected, “This is the most pressure I’ve ever put on myself to make a record because I felt so grateful that there were new ears on my music, but then I also wanted to honor the people who had been on board since ‘Love Me Like You Mean It.’”

“How Much Do You Love Me” intrigued fans right away, and Ballerini clued them in on the behind the scenes of the track. “This song is the softest song on the album. I remember writing it downstairs on guitar and Chase [Stokes] was like ‘what’s that?’ And I was like, this is a love song.”

Spotify and Kelsea Ballerini present Baggage Claim: an Exclusive Listening of Patterns by Kelsea Ballerini at The Carlyle in New York City. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spotify

Spotify and Kelsea Ballerini present Baggage Claim: an Exclusive Listening of Patterns by Kelsea Ballerini at The Carlyle in New York City. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spotify

Spotify and Kelsea Ballerini present Baggage Claim: an Exclusive Listening of Patterns by Kelsea Ballerini at The Carlyle in New York City. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spotify

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