Kelsea Ballerini is sharing her honest reaction to her American Country Music Awards loss earlier this year.

Ballerini, 32, reflected on going home empty-handed from the awards show in May during a video interview with Elle published Wednesday, October 8.

“I wish I had a good answer for this, or I’d probably sleep a little better at night,” the “Miss Me More” singer responded when asked why she thought the loss happened. “I had seven [No. 1 hits], and then one day, I just didn’t anymore. I still put in the work, and I still show up and put out songs that are undeniably country to the radio, and it’s just different now, and that’s OK. If this was what success looks like for those first seven songs, and now that’s shifted for whatever reason, where else can we go?”

Ballerini said she’s “n

See Full Page