Kelsea Ballerini & Jason Owen

10/08/19 • 67 min

Kelsea Ballerini and her manager, Jason Owen, sit down with us to talk about their plans for Kelsea’s upcoming third album, featuring the powerful lead single, “homecoming queen?.” Kelsea also gives us the details on her growing friendship with Halsey and their upcoming CMT Crossroads special, we talk about the hardest question she gets asked and so much more. Jason tells us how he navigates the careers of clients Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves and Dan + Shay, how saying “no” can be way more powerful than saying “yes” in developing an artist’s career, and gives us some details on the new scripted TV drama he’s co-executive producing for FOX.

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Cody Alan

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