{"id":51081,"date":"2025-11-07T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/kelsea-ballerini-releases-meditative-single-i-sit-in-parks\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:51:02","slug":"kelsea-ballerini-releases-meditative-single-i-sit-in-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/kelsea-ballerini-releases-meditative-single-i-sit-in-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsea Ballerini Releases Meditative Single &#8216;I Sit in Parks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kelsea-ballerini\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kelsea-ballerini\" data-tag=\"kelsea-ballerini\">Kelsea Ballerini<\/a> has dropped a new single, \u201cI Sit in Parks.\u201d The vulnerable, contemplative song comes ahead of her upcoming EP, <em>Mount Pleasant<\/em>, set for release Nov. 14. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe nostalgic single sees Ballerini focusing what she wants but may never have. \u201cI sit in parks\/ It breaks my heart \u2018cause I see just how far I am\/ From the things that I want,\u201d she sings on the reflective ballad. \u201cBy now is it a lucid dream\/ Is it my fault for chasing things\/ A body clock doesn\u2019t wait for\/ I did the damn tour\/ It\u2019s what I wanted, what I got\/ I spun around and then I stopped\/ And wondered if I missed the mark?\u201d She later invokes <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, singing, \u201cBut Rolling Stone says I\u2019m on the right road.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWelcome to the park, where daydreaming and crash outs, \u2018what a life\u2019 and \u2018what now?,\u2019 wandering and wondering\u2026are all at play,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQuPhf5EeeY\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">noted on Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelsea Ballerini - I Sit In Parks (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Ccgd5MT9s4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Mount Pleasant<\/em> will feature six songs, including \u201cI Sit in Parks.\u201d The EP\u2019s title seems to refer to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where the Netflix series <em>Outer Banks<\/em> is filmed. Earlier this fall, Ballerini and <em>Outer Banks<\/em> star Chase Stokes confirmed they were ending their relationship after more than two years together. That life change may have inspired <em>Mount Pleasant<\/em>\u2018s tracks. <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI have always made records \u2013 whether songs, EPs or albums \u2013 to capture a moment in time,\u201d Ballerini said in a statement. \u201c<em>Mount Pleasant\u00a0<\/em>is a collection of six songs I\u2019ve written throughout the summer, marking a chapter of heavy self-examination, longing, and stepping further into who I am as a 32-year old woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBallerini\u2019s last album, <em>Patterns<\/em>, arrived last October. In January, she embarked on her first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/kelsea-ballerini-tour-dates-2025-patterns-1235140906\/\">headlining arena tour<\/a> in support of the LP. She also took on her first season as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-voice-season-27-coaches-cover-tiny-dancer-1235252334\/\">coach on\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0In June, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/kelsea-ballerini-duet-noah-kahan-cma-fest-1235358443\/\">brought Noah Kahan on stage<\/a> at CMA Fest to duet on her song \u201cCowboys Cry Too\u201d and his hit \u201cStick Season.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kelsea-ballerini-i-sit-in-parks-single-1235461496\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelsea Ballerini has dropped a new single, \u201cI Sit in Parks.\u201d The vulnerable, contemplative song comes ahead of her upcoming EP, Mount Pleasant, set&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":51082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}