June 19, 2025
Kelsea Ballerini has opened up about what kind of relationship she has with Noah Kahan.
Speaking with People Magazine, Kelsea said, “I adore Noah.”
She said about Noah, her close collaborator, “I got to know him as an artist and a collaborator, but now we're dear friends and I just can't say enough about the human being that he is.”
“He’s a good human,” the songstress added.
She went on to speak about their CMA Fest collaborative performance, saying, “It's funny because for CMA fest, we've done so much together and I've called in to ask him to do the Variety [Power of Women] event with me and all this stuff. So I almost felt like I didn't want to bother him.”
“And so I texted him on the Monday, we played on the Friday, and I was like, 'I'm sure the answer is you want to be a hermit right now, but just in case, do you want to come play CMA Fest?' He was like, 'I've never done CMA Fest. I've never played a stadium.' I was like, 'Didn't you headline Fenway?' He was like, 'Yeah, but a proper football stadium,'” Kelsea added.
However, after some convincing Noah Kahan said “yes” at the very last minute.
“I was so grateful. And so we were able to play our song... and then my set got cut short because of the rain, but I was like, 'You came all the way down here with your friends and your family. We have to do ‘Stick Season,’” Kelsea Ballerini added.