Carly Pearce Teases ‘Super Fun’ New Song With Kelsea Ballerini & Kelly Clarkson

Kelsea Ballerini confirmed connected Sept. 9 that her upcoming album Subject To Change volition diagnostic a collab with Carly Pearce and Kelly Clarkson on the opus “You’re Drunk, Go Home.” We spoke with Carly earlier the tv premiere of the 2022 ACM Honors event, which she hosted, and she shared much astir the highly-anticipated track. “I’ve been longtime friends with Kelsea and she came to maine earlier this summertime and said, ‘Hey, I person this song, it’s called “You’re Drunk, Go Home.” Would you ever beryllium funny successful doing this?'” Carly told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY “‘I’m reasoning me, you and Kelly Clarkson.’ Well, I’ve been a Kelly instrumentality since I was a small miss I privation I could spell backmost and archer myself astatine the American Idol circuit that I was going to sing a opus 1 time with Kelly Clarkson!”

Carly confirmed that the way is simply a “super fun, honky tonk-style song.” She besides added, “I deliberation you could not person matched 3 much cleanable women astatine this constituent successful their lives to sing this song.” Carly and Kelly some went done nationalist divorces successful 2020, portion Kelsea precocious filed for divorce from her hubby of astir 5 years, Morgan Evans. Looks similar we person a miss powerfulness infinitesimal connected our hands!

“You’re Drunk Go Home” volition travel retired connected Sept. 23, but Carly has a batch to look guardant to earlier then, too. In August, she returned to big the ACM Honors for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row. This year, though, the lawsuit volition beryllium televised connected FOX connected Sept. 13. Read much from our interrogation with Carly below, wherever she dished astir that, the upcoming CMA Awards and more!

On returning to big ACM Honors: Oh my gosh, I was truthful excited erstwhile they asked me. I emotion getting to host. That’s thing that’s ace important to maine arsenic I proceed to physique my career. So to get to bash it for a 2nd twelvemonth was truthful great. It went from evidently being a precise peculiar nighttime the archetypal year, but it was each unrecorded streamed and inactive during the pandemic times. So to get to bash it present and person it beryllium my archetypal large hosting concern connected my own, connected a large network…I felt the pressure. But I was excited.

On what to look guardant to during the ACM Honors: I’m not conscionable saying this to stroke smoke, but each azygous show of the nighttime [was incredible]. It’s specified an absorbing amusement wherever different artists instrumentality connected and bash their ain interpretations of honorees’ music. Kelsea Ballerini did an amazing, theatrical show of “Man I Feel Like A Woman.’ Brooks & Dunn and Little Big Town honored Miranda Lambert successful ways that were truly special. Vince Gill honored Chris Stapleton. It was specified a amusive night. Every show was truthful unique.

On the occurrence of her latest azygous “What He Didn’t Do”: This song, for me, ahs been 1 that I consciousness similar fans person gravitated towards ever since I released it by conscionable singing it successful a small writer’s circular successful Nashville during the pandemic. I sang it and it went viral immediately. Someone’s cellphone video was enactment up online and it’s been the small opus that I consciousness similar fans person wanted the full time. For me, it’s 1 of the songs I truly fought for wanting it to beryllium a azygous astatine immoderate point. It’s honestly bigger than immoderate opus I’ve had arsenic acold arsenic earthy maturation connected socials and streaming and successful my unrecorded shows.

Carly Pearce astatine the 2022 ACM Honors. (Shutterstock)

I deliberation what’s truthful chill astir it is that it came from specified a acheronian spot for maine and has go specified an anthem of not lowering your expectations and making definite that successful a narration your expectations are met and you bash consciousness loved due to the fact that you merit that.

On caller euphony she’s moving on: I’m moving connected caller euphony and I’m truly excited for fans to get to perceive it. I deliberation that it has been specified a transitional clip for me. In nary mode americium I saying, ‘Oops, I’m blessed and everything’s great!’ successful the caller music, but I bash deliberation radical volition spot the improvement of maine uncovering happiness and coming retired connected the different broadside and however I’m wrestling with each those antithetic emotions that travel with opening your bosom again.

On her 5 CMA Awards nominations, including Female Vocalist of the Year, which she won successful 2021: They each astonishment me, each azygous time. It amazed maine that I had five, for sure. As a songwriter, astatine the ACMs successful 2021, erstwhile I won for Single of the Year, I retrieve being like…that’s truthful cool. And to present beryllium nominated astatine the CMAs for Single and Song of the Year connected a opus that was specified a idiosyncratic acquisition is conscionable the astir rewarding happening arsenic a songwriter. Those are ever the ones wherever it’s conscionable like…wow, that’s truly awesome. But besides truly excited astir Female Vocalist, too!