Ms. Ballerini, 24, further hones that approach on her strong second album, “Unapologetically,” which will be released Friday. This is where Ms. Ballerini excels, though: with a male antagonist in mind and keen to dismiss him. “I didn’t wear my high heel shoes/’Cause I couldn’t be taller than you,” Ms. Ballerini laments. Even the way Ms. Ballerini lingers over certain vowels suggests the shadow of Ms. In order to fully come into her own, though, Ms. Ballerini needs to shake free of that as effectively as she brushes off country music’s simpleton men.

Source: New York Times November 01, 2017 17:48 UTC