Kelsea Ballerini shut down accusations that she was lip-syncing whereas on stage on the Individuals’s Nation Music Awards. 

“I simply wanna say, if I used to be lip-synching, I might’ve sounded loads higher,” she wrote throughout her Instagram Tales following the present on Thursday, September 28. She then identified, “One of many cameras was off. Thanks and goodnight.” 

The 30-year-old singer adopted up by sharing a photograph of herself backstage on the Grand Ole Opry, writing, “Me singing reside watching different folks considering in any other case.” 

NBC shared a clip by way of X — beforehand often known as Twitter — of Kelsea performing her tune “Mountain With a View” in the course of the awards ceremony. In its tweet, the community wrote that she delivered a “flawless, glitch-free efficiency.” Nonetheless, fairly a couple of viewers questioned whether or not or not she was singing reside. 

.@KelseaBallerini‘s FLAWLESS glitch-free efficiency 🤩 no one does reside vocals like her! watch the #PCCAs on NBC and @peacock. pic.twitter.com/dI4OVz3jDt

— NBC Leisure (@nbc) September 29, 2023

“Besides that she wasn’t singing,” one X person tweeted. “You had been lip-syncing! You had been off twice!” one other claimed whereas a 3rd alleged, “She was lip-syncing. What are you speaking about? She wasn’t even singing to start with, you’ll be able to see the error.” 

Kelsea isn’t afraid to answer baseless rumors, and she or he has addressed the identical subject prior to now. In 2020, the “Blindsided” singer collaborated with Halsey for the CMT Awards to sing “The Different Lady.” In response to followers who alleged that “many” performers weren’t singing reside, Kelsea replied to 1 commenter, “Not true, each efficiency was prerecorded as a result of, ya know, COVID.”

Other than coping with social media bullies, Kelsea has been thriving in her profession and private life. After divorcing her ex-husband, Morgan Evans in 2022, the Tennessee native began relationship Outer Banks heartthrob Chase Stokes. Although he couldn’t attend the Individuals’s Nation Music Awards together with his girlfriend final night time, Kelsea advised E! Information that he was there “in spirit.” 

“He was at rehearsals,” she gushed on the purple carpet. “It was his first time on the Opry, which was very enjoyable to point out him round my dwelling away from dwelling.” 

As for the way the couple first met, Kelsea beforehand revealed that she was the one who slide into Chase’s DMs. 

“I used to be able to open again up,” she advised “Name Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper in February, referring to her alternative to begin relationship once more. “I simply felt, why not? I’ve by no means actually dated; I don’t know the way it works. I’m like, ‘Let’s simply put ourselves on the market; let’s simply vibe.’ And it’s been enjoyable.” 

As for what she messaged Chase, 31, Kelsea revealed that since his Instagram deal with is @hichasestokes, she easy began the dialog with, “Hello, Chase Stokes.”