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Post by Juan Carlos on Sept 2, 2019 14:35:03 GMT -5
Artist: Kelsea Ballerini Single: "Homecoming Queen?" Writers: Kelsea Ballerini, Nicolle Galyon and Jimmy Robbins Label: Black River Entertainment Impact Date: September 9, 2019 Lead single from Kelsea Ballerini's upcoming third album due out next year called "Homecoming Queen?", which is stylised in all lowercase. The track, which was featured in the 8/26 Country Aircheck edition with a mysterious question mark advertisement, was released on September 5 at midnight ET and is impacting Country radio immediately after its release.
Kelsea's new single is expected to be out within this week, impacting Country radio immediately after its release. The mysterious advertisement in the latest Country Aircheck edition, which includes a question mark, looks to be from her.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Sept 3, 2019 18:19:29 GMT -5
The track is called "Homecoming Queen?" and it comes out this Thursday at midnight ET. It was co-written by her with Nicolle Galyon and Jimmy Robbins.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 3, 2019 18:37:50 GMT -5
Very curious to see what direction she goes with the lead single, I'm hoping it's stronger than "Legends" was so radio can't give it a slow climb.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Sept 3, 2019 18:40:40 GMT -5
The track is called "Homecoming Queen?" and it comes out this Thursday at midnight ET. It was co-written by her with Nicolle Galyon and Jimmy Robbins. The Country Aircheck going for adds section lists this without the question mark. |
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 3, 2019 18:42:30 GMT -5
The song is registered at ASCAP without the question mark as well. I'm assuming that it's prominent within the song itself but I'm not entirely sure it is supposed to have the question mark. We'll see lol.
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Post by recordyear on Sept 3, 2019 18:50:21 GMT -5
I hope they would keep the question mark if it was there to add a little personality in it, like Shania Twain and her use of exclamation mark!
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Post by recordyear on Sept 3, 2019 19:04:00 GMT -5
The track is called "Homecoming Queen?" and it comes out this Thursday at midnight ET. It was co-written by her with Nicolle Galyon and Jimmy Robbins. I know she said Thursday midnight but she then said it will be released on 9/6? |
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 3, 2019 19:20:32 GMT -5
The track is called "Homecoming Queen?" and it comes out this Thursday at midnight ET. It was co-written by her with Nicolle Galyon and Jimmy Robbins. I know she said Thursday midnight but she then said it will be released on 9/6? She meant Friday; 12 am EST on Friday morning...it'll still be Thursday night for many folks though lol. |
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Post by jab820 on Sept 3, 2019 20:02:18 GMT -5
Another slower song as a lead is definitely interesting... Maybe it picks up? Interested to hear the rest. |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 3, 2019 20:36:19 GMT -5
The demo clip sounds very old school Taylor Swift ballad-y and I'm excited to hear the finished product when it comes out. So ready for new Kelsea Ballerini music! I'm hoping they drop the whole album sometime early next year at the latest.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 3, 2019 20:40:48 GMT -5
The demo clip sounds very old school Taylor Swift ballad-y and I'm excited to hear the finished product when it comes out. So ready for new Kelsea Ballerini music! I'm hoping they drop the whole album sometime early next year at the latest. I hope it blasts up the chart and they can release it this year but yeah next spring is probably more likely! |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 3, 2019 20:45:22 GMT -5
The demo clip sounds very old school Taylor Swift ballad-y and I'm excited to hear the finished product when it comes out. So ready for new Kelsea Ballerini music! I'm hoping they drop the whole album sometime early next year at the latest. I hope it blasts up the chart and they can release it this year but yeah next spring is probably more likely! She's big enough that she could probably drop it in November or December if they wanted to, but since the single will surely take until 2020 to peak and since we haven't heard any news yet for the album, I imagine it'll probably come around like February-ish if I had to guess. Maren Morris and Brett Young dropped their latest albums only a few months into their lead singles' runs and I think she could pull it off here and be fine, but they'll likely hold off a little. |
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Post by fe_lipeoliveira on Sept 3, 2019 21:19:25 GMT -5
I hope they would keep the question mark if it was there to add a little personality in it, like Shania Twain and her use of exclamation mark! Yeah (And Also Her Use of Parentheses)! |
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Post by The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 on Sept 3, 2019 22:00:58 GMT -5
Not gonna lie... before listening to that demo snippet, I was low-key hoping this would be a hot Laura Bell Bundy cover. I know, I obviously set myself up for disappointment LOL
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 3, 2019 22:12:41 GMT -5
Not gonna lie... before listening to that demo snippet, I was low-key hoping this would be a hot Laura Bell Bundy cover. I know, I obviously setting myself up for disappointment LOL I love that you mentioned this song because it's fabulous. My favorite from Achin' and Shakin'. I also love the "Homecoming Queen" that both Sheryl Crow and Brandy Clark did versions of on their last country albums a few years ago. Optimistic that Kelsea Ballerini will make it 3-for-3 and deliver another great "Homecoming Queen" song for me to enjoy.  |
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Post by recordyear on Sept 3, 2019 22:17:51 GMT -5
I hope it blasts up the chart and they can release it this year but yeah next spring is probably more likely! She's big enough that she could probably drop it in November or December if they wanted to, but since the single will surely take until 2020 to peak and since we haven't heard any news yet for the album, I imagine it'll probably come around like February-ish if I had to guess. Maren Morris and Brett Young dropped their latest albums only a few months into their lead singles' runs and I think she could pull it off here and be fine, but they'll likely hold off a little. She said the album will be released next year. |
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Post by collinkottke on Sept 4, 2019 14:13:01 GMT -5
Not surprising, but it looks like this will be getting the hourly treatment on iHeart stations. Kelsea is re-posting pictures of people with coffee mugs she sent out as promo pieces and one was a re-post of the iHeart station in Phoenix and the text on the photo said to "Listen every hour starting at 6AM!" on Friday.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Sept 4, 2019 20:26:28 GMT -5
There are a couple of download assets (images and liners) here, plus a song teaser clip, which seems to be the chorus. The question mark is being kept. |
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Post by bigfan101 on Sept 5, 2019 12:19:55 GMT -5
^ she looks so much older, mature in that photo.
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Post by tryexp on Sept 5, 2019 17:16:23 GMT -5
I like the flow of this song, but have to say the fact that it's a ballad worries me, not because I care about radio charts, but I could see this song having a long climb and the album not being released till late spring. Great message though!
Also I think it's interesting Kelsea said the album will be a lot sadder than what we might think. Given Miss Me More was the one song that performed better than I expected on the last record, I hope they saved some uptempos for this project!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2019 20:38:19 GMT -5
I like this a lot.
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 5, 2019 23:04:15 GMT -5
Looks like the official title according to iTunes/Apple Music is not capitalized: "homecoming queen?" In case that matters for the purposes of the thread title.
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Post by bigfan101 on Sept 5, 2019 23:04:19 GMT -5
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Big risk for an opening message style single off a new album...but I think she killed it. Seems so authentic.
Could be her biggest single yet.
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Post by bigfan101 on Sept 5, 2019 23:12:12 GMT -5
Music video is so good too.
Ahhh, I’ve decided. This is going to be massive.
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