Ellen Degeneres Show on Tuesday (Feb. 2), performing her current single, "Next Girl."
The song is currently rising up the country charts and has already broken the Top 40 on
Billboard's Country Airplay chart.
Pearce's appearance on
Ellen is a fun, full-circle moment for the singer, as it's not the first time she's performed on that stage. Way back in 2014, a young Pearce was the backup singer for Lucy Hale during the latter artist's
Ellen performance of "Lie a Little Better," off her debut album,
Road Between.
This particular performance isn't the only time Pearce can be spotted singing backup for Hale. She actually toured with the singer and actor for three months that year, even moving to Los Angeles for the gig. But Hale always knew that Pearce was destined for a spotlight of her own: In a 2018