Kelsea Ballerini and LANY frontman Paul Klein debuted a brand new song at the 2021 CMT Music Awards.
On Wednesday (June 9), the Video Of The Year nominee and Klein gave the live debut of a brand new track called “I Quit Drinking.” You can watch the performance below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GPzytEeTk
According to Ballerini, the duo wrote the song in late January 2021 and she is so excited to finally release the track. “I Quit Drinking” is available now everywhere on all streaming platforms.
Ballerini is up for 3 nods at this year’s CMT Music Awards, including Video Of The Year (“Hole In The Bottle”), Female Video Of The Year (“Hole In The Bottle”) and Performance Of The Year (“The Other Girl” feat. Halsey).
Co-hosted by superstars Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, the 2021 CMT Music Awards aired on Wednesday, June 9 and featured performances from Ballerini with Paul Klein from LANY and Brown with Chris Young.
Additionally, the two-hour event included collaborations from BRELAND and Mickey Guyton, Brothers Osborne and Dierks Bentley, H.E.R. and Chris Stapleton, Ingrid Andress and JP Saxe, Lady A with Carly Pearce and Lindsay Ell, Lauren Alaina and Jon Pardi, Mickey Guyton and Gladys Knight, Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall and NEEDTOBREATHE with Carrie Underwood.
Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett also performed while Blanco Brown, Dylan Scott, Hailey Whitters, Lainey Wilson, Niko Moon and Tenille Arts appeared on the Ram Trucks Side Stage.
Presenters included Anthony Mackie, Brett Young, Busy Philipps, Carly Pearce, Dylan Scott, Gladys Knight, Iliza Shlesinger, Little Big Town, Michael Strahan, Mickey Guyton, Restless Road, Tennessee Titans’ Taylor Lewan and Trace Adkins, as well as CMT Hot 20 Countdown hosts Cody Alan, Katie Cook and Ashley ShahAhmadi.
