{"id":1316989,"date":"2019-11-27T07:25:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1815164"},"modified":"2019-11-27T07:25:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:25:53","slug":"kelsea-ballerini-joins-walker-hayes-for-acceptance-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/kelsea-ballerini-joins-walker-hayes-for-acceptance-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsea Ballerini Joins Walker Hayes for \u201cAcceptance Speech\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
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Walker Hayes has new music coming out on Dec. 6, so he\u2019s just starting to tease his fans, friends and followers with bits and pieces of each track. <\/p>\n

So on Monday (Nov. 26), when he tweeted a mere 10 seconds of a song called \u201cAcceptance Speech,\u201d my head was spinning with all the things this song could possibly be about. Because I doubt it\u2019s literally about the accepting of any kind of award. Could it maybe be about the acceptance of things that you cannot change? And the speech you give yourself every morning? Or maybe it\u2019s about the kind of acceptance the whole world needs more of, like a modern take on Garth Brooks\u2019 \u201cWe Shall Be Free<\/a>\u201c?<\/p>\n

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Track 7: ACCEPTANCE SPEECH<\/p>\n

The old me couldn’t make It tonight, so accepting on my behalf is someone better pic.twitter.com\/VD4wA4z0Bu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Walker Hayes (@walkerhayes) November 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To make things curiouser and curiouser, right after Hayes had tweeted about it, saying, \u201cThe old me couldn\u2019t make it tonight, so accepting on my behalf is someone better,\u201d Kelsea Ballerini shared her thoughts on Track No. 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to be a part of writing this song with Walker,\u201d Ballerini wrote, \u201cand couldn\u2019t be more honored that it is on this project. He is a FORCE and game changer and this song is so special.\u201d Ballerini and Hayes have been longtime friends, tour mates and collaborators, but this may be the first time they penned a single together. <\/p>\n

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I got to be a part of writing this song with Walker and couldn\u2019t be more honored that it is on this project. He is a FORCE and game changer and this song is so special https:\/\/t.co\/AhnN6PyBuJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) November 27, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hayes album 8Tracks, Vol. 3: Black Sheep <\/em>will be out almost exactly two years after his last full-length studio album, boom.<\/em>, which yielded Hayes\u2019 biggest hit to date, \u201cYou Broke Up with Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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