Kelsea Ballerini defines "Sorry Mom"

"Sorry Mom" is also one of my favorite songs on the record, um

It's about just this beautiful change that’s happened in my life the last couple of years where

My relationship with my mom has kind of pivoted from mother-daughter to woman-to-woman

And, um, that's allowed a lot of these really open beautiful conversations between us

And, you know, the reality is

I think every parent just wants to, like, bubble wrap their kids, you know?

And I, I'm sure I’ve made some decisions and mistakes or whatever in my life

That my mom wishes she could've shielded me from

But at the end of the day, I'm healthy and I'm happy

And we are close and that's what matters to her, you know?

And so that's, that's what this song represents, it's like a

Maybe I ran all the red lights, maybe we got into a few, few fights, but

At the end of the day, like, I love you and I’m the woman that you’re proud of