By Lindsey Smith
Kelsea Ballerini pulled double duty at the 2021 CMT Awards on Wednesday (June 9).
Aside from doing a stellar hosting job alongside Kane Brown, Ballerini also took to the stage to perform!
The country star gave the live debut of her new collaboration, I Quit Drinking, with Paul Klein of the alt-rock group LANY.
Ballerini and Klein took to the roof at the intersection of 5th & Broadway to give the world premiere of the track. The song is a break up anthem about quitting drinking because it brings back too many memories of a past relationship.
The country icon sings in the chorus: You re the reason there s no whiskey anywhere inside this house / You re the reason all my friends know I don t go downtown / You re the reason I hate champagne, never used to turn it down / You re thе only thing I want when one drop hits my mouth / Baby, you re thе reason I quit drinking.”