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\"I wasn't worried about anything other than presenting the songs as honestly as possible,\" Ballerini said in a press release about her new project. \"Most of them started with me and my guitar.\"

\"The only way I've been able to handle my life since I was 12 was to write about it. Ironically, I started writing music because my parents got divorced; that was my therapy,\" she continued. \"'Rolling Up the Welcome Mat' was how I processed everything. It's the way I got my feelings out of my body and heart and put them to music, which is the purest way I could've handled it.\"

Depicted in the short film and the lyrics of the new songs is the breakdown of a relationship. Ballerini announced in August that she and fellow country singer Morgan Evans were splitting up after nearly five years of marriage. They were married in December 2017.

Ballerini's most recent album, \"Subject to Change,\" was released in September. \"Heartfirst,\" the first single off the album, was nominated for a Grammy this year.

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