Kelsea Ballerini is giving credit where credit is due – and in this case, that means speaking out about how she really feels about it Taylor Swift record music with curse words.

While promoting her new album, Patternsthe four-time Grammy nominee recently opened up about her early career, songwriting and what she learned from observing the international pop superstar in a new interview with Taste of country evenings host Eva Paulus.

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During their lively conversation, Ballerini talked about exactly how the “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” singer influenced her as a songwriter and artist, and told Paul that they do indeed still keep in touch.

“I think when she started swearing on her records, I think she gave everyone permission to just talk… write the way they talk and write the whole truth,” Ballerini said of the 34-year-old pop star, who goes by quite the name has created by using autobiographical stories in her lyrics, “Easter Eggs”, and deliberate but limited use of more mature phrases and curse words.

“And so, yeah, I was very careful not to say anything on this record just out of shock and awe, but if it felt like it was the right thing to say, I would say it,” Ballerini added.

Early in her career, Swift didn’t often swear on her records, allowing fans to count and pinpoint the exact lyrics in which she debuted what some might see as “naughty” language. “S–t” made its first recorded debut in “I Did Something Bad” on her sixth studio album, Reputation. Aand it wasn’t until she switched labels and released her eighth studio record, Folklorethat the world heard Swift sing the word “f–k” — a detail that likely made the already harsh lyrics even louder.

It also represents the clear separation from the “Radio Disney” aesthetic artists like Ballerini and Swift, whose careers began at such a young age with hits that “weren’t calculated,” as Ballerini suggested.

“I started so young and even though ‘Love Me Like You Mean It’ and ‘Dibs’ were on country radio, they were also on, like, Radio Disney. And so I was just, I really wasn’t cut out for that, but, to that to protect,” Ballerini shared. “I’m 31, you know? And so I think especially with (Rolling up the welcome mat), I was like, I just want to write like I talk.

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And that’s exactly what she did for her latest full-length record, Patterns, available everywhere on Friday, October 25.

Hopefully, fans will witness more of Ballerini’s authentic adult self next spring, during Season 27 The Votewhere she will act as coach and take a seat in the red swivel chairs next to it Michael Buble, Johannes Legend And Adam Levine. She previously served as a combat advisor for season 16 Kelly Clarkson and later made a guest appearance as a fill-in coach at the American Idol alum was sick during season 20.

Let’s hope Ballerini is willing to pass on advice shared by not one but two Grammy-winning pop sensations!

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