'Subject to Change': Kelsea Ballerini announces her next album

By Carena Liptak

Kelsea Ballerini has officially dropped the details for her next studio album, after weeks of new music teases.

Called "Subject to Change," the new album comes out Sept. 23. Ballerini shared the cover art on her social media: It's a blurred photograph of the singer in a floor-length, flowing yellow dress, her hair windswept in front of her face.

Ballerini's picture is set against a backdrop of a starry blue sky, calling to mind some of the same visual aesthetics she established in the music video for the album's first single, "Heartfirst."

💛 SUBJECT TO CHANGE 💛
SEPTEMBER 23
(album pre-order/pre-save/pre-add tomorrow night at midnight et) pic.twitter.com/Ur6zSTLQYH

— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) July 13, 2022

Ballerini also shared an audio clip of herself discussing some of the themes behind the record, which revolve around change.

"In my younger years, the idea of change scared me," the singer said. "It had proven to be a faceless force that patterned my past with uncertainty."

But with time and growth, Ballerini said, she came to have a different perspective, learned to let go of things outside of her control and began to embrace the beauty in finding new beginnings.

"This is a season of becoming, healing, loving, dancing and feeling," she said. "And like everything, it is subject to change."

Earlier this week on TikTok, Ballerini teased her upcoming album with a few cryptic details. In those clips, she said that her project would be heavily influenced by '90s country and also hinted that a new single might be on its way sooner than fans think.