Watch Kelsea Ballerini Sing ‘Heartfirst’ — From Quarantine — at CMT Music Awards

Kelsea Ballerini gave the stay TV debut of her new music “Heartfirst” at Monday evening’s CMT Music Awards. However Ballerini wasn’t onstage in Nashville — moderately, she sang the upbeat slice of country-pop at house after being sidelined by a case of Covid-19.

Wearing a inexperienced costume and strumming a white acoustic guitar, Ballerini carried out “Heartfirst” in her yard towards a white backdrop. It was a pretaped efficiency (Are you able to blame her? She has Covid), however Ballerini offered it by exuding the kind of charisma you’ll be able to’t faux. Earlier within the night, the nation singer posed in entrance of a step-and-repeat in her driveway, poking enjoyable at her quarantine.

Ballerini was slated to co-host the CMT Awards with the actor Anthony Mackie, however after testing optimistic for the virus, she pivoted to internet hosting remotely.

“[They] introduced a part of the CMT set to my home, to my little bubble, and set it as much as the place I can nonetheless host and carry out…We’re doing our rattling finest,” Ballerini stated. “Let’s make some lemonade collectively out of those very bitter lemons.”

“Heartfirst” is the follow-up to Ballerini’s collaboration with LANY, “I Give up Ingesting,” and her Quantity One duet with Kenny Chesney, “Half of My Hometown.” It’s the primary preview of a brand new undertaking from Ballerini, who will play some pageant dates this summer season. Earlier this month, Ballerini introduced she was the brand new mannequin for Covergirl cosmetics and spoke to Rolling Stone in regards to the artists who’ve impressed her profession.

“One of the vital elementary elements of my profession has been the ladies which have come earlier than me turning round and reaching out their hand to me,” she stated. “That began with Taylor Swift. Shania has been an enormous a part of that. Trisha Yearwood has been part of that. Alison Krauss has been part of that. These girls flip round they usually go, ‘I’ve been you. I see you. I perceive you. Let me allow you to. Let me spotlight you. I’ve this massive platform that I’ve spent all these fantastic years constructing and I wish to share it now.’ It’s a lovely factor to do they usually don’t need to do it.”