Rising country songstress Karley Scott Collins is a “Runner” on her latest release, available now. Listen HERE.

Co-written with Sam Backoff, Zane Callister, and Ashley Ray, the piano-driven ballad is a personal tale of dealing with scars after love is lost.
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“I wrote ‘Runner’ about my first heartbreak. They always say the first cut is the deepest and it really was for me,” shared Collins. “It took me 7 years to figure out how to write this song, and it’s about how when someone hurts you so deeply, you look for the worst parts of them in everyone else you try to love in the future.”

Named an artist to watch by the Nashville Briefing, Collins was recently announced as an opener on Keith Urban’s 2025 HIGH AND ALIVE TOUR across the U.S. and Canada. Kicking off May 22 in Orange Beach, AL, Collins will support on more than 40 dates. Visit KarleyScottCollins.com for schedule and tickets. She will also perform tomorrow night (Feb. 1) on the Grand Ole Opry and at Tortuga Music Festival in April.

Only Shaylen can write herself into a song. Because the tenacious singer/songwriter draws inspiration from real life experiences for the songs she sings. Shaylen proves her staying power with the delivery of her first release on Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment with aching new track “To Tell You The Truth,” out now. Penned alongside Lindsay Rimes, Conor Matthews and Seth Ennis, the powerhouse vocalist appears to be doing better than ever from the outside while going crazy on the inside to move on from an ended relationship. Tonight (9/20), Shaylen will take the stage at Barstool Nashville to celebrate the release of “To Tell You The Truth” with a free performance at 8:00P CT.

HEAR “TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH” NOW

“‘To Tell You The Truth’ means a lot to me for many reasons,” shares Shaylen. “I was actually really sick the day that we wrote this song and honestly, shouldn’t have gone into the write that day. But I just had this strong feeling that there was a song to be written and I had to write it.”

She adds, “I wanted to convey how it feels when you’re at the most vulnerable stage of a breakup where part of you doesn’t want to tell the person you miss them while the other part wants to risk it all and call them, even though they broke your heart. There was such a special energy in the room with my co-writers Lindsay Rimes, Conor Matthews and Seth Ennis that day and this crew brought it all together better than I could’ve imagined. I’m so excited for this song to be my first official release with Nashville Harbor!”
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WATCH “TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH” VIDEO HERE

The excitement surrounding Shaylen continues to soar, as she sets her Grand Ole Opry Debut for October 5. Watch the sweet moment Opry member Chris Young invited Shaylen to step into the hallowed circle for the first time HERE.

​GRAMMY-nominee, Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music award winner Kelsea Ballerini continues running her fingers through the small details of her own life to deliver songs and videos that are palpably rich in a sense of both how life evolves and the way opposing ideas can define the same moments in time. Having sold out her PATTERNS release-celebrating Madison Square Garden debut on Oct. 29 in mere minutes, the East Tennessee songwriter/artist/creative offers “Two Things,” a yearning song that explores the ways opposing emotions can create their own gravitational pull.

“I’ve learned it’s in the nuance of real love,” offers the woman nominated for "Female Vocalist" and "Musical Event" at the CMA Awards, “you can’t understand how incredibly angry or hurt someone can make you, while at the same time, the ability to forgive and move towards healing that can be present. And that is a reality that goes both ways, too. You can also make someone so angry or hurt, and they can find forgiveness and desire in the midst of it.”

Listen to "Two Things" HERE.
 
Filmed on location in New York City and somewhere far more bucolic, the clip also balances urban sidewalk cafes, the curb outside the boutique Carlyle hotel, city traffic and the bed in a luxurious suite with giant trees, a back road, small towns and a humble, almost homey feeling bedroom. Ballerini ponders the rush of emotions as she hangs emotionally suspended in the in-between between the extremes. Directed by P. Tracy, whose work includes clips from Halsey, Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne + Yungblud, the diffused light and languid cuts create a visual mirror to the video’s and song’s own slow coming to clarity. 

Watch the official music video premiere of “Two Things” today on YouTube, at 5pm CT HERE.

The song, which emerges from one of those fights where everything’s over, considers the things that are said and the truth in one’s heart. Emotionally, it is a journey from shattered relationship to racing to reunite and heal what is broken, while visually, it’s a thoughtful unfolding of a young woman moving through the world as her clarity emerges.
 
“This song embodies the intensity of a crossroads moment in a relationship, it’s full
of duality and mixed emotions,” Ballerini explains. “I love that Patrick felt that, too, and created a palette and action that is more low impact but represents all of those feelings. Plus, who doesn’t want to sit in a sunflower field in the middle of New York?!”

Kelsea's fan channel on Stationhead will be hosting two listening parties in celebration of the release and invite fans to stream "Two Things" along with other fan-favorite Kelsea tracks on 9/20 at 5:30pm CT and 9/21 at 4pm CT.
 
Again working with collaborator/co-producer Alysa Vanderheym, PATTERNS saw Ballerini use an all-girl approach. PATTERNS began with a songwriting retreat with Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Hillary Lindsey, GRAMMY Songwriter of the Year nominee Jessie Jo Dillon and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild, creating a judgement-free zone to explore female friendship, vulnerability, and the juxtaposing reality that’s the way relationships are, not Instagram-delivered.
 
As “Cowboys Cry Too (with Noah Kahan)” conquers country radio and has almost 75 million streams, “Sorry Mom” and now “Two Things” provide a fuller sense of Ballerini’s PATTERNS. Look for Ballerini's performance at the People’s Choice Country Awards on Sept. 26.