Knoxville, Tennessee born Kelsea Ballerini wrote her first song at the age of 13 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee two years later. The former dancer (yep, she was a ballerina) signed a deal with Black River Entertainment at the age of 19. This is her debut single, which premiered on the Country Airplay chart in October 2014.
Ballerini co-wrote the song with Josh Kerr, Forest Glen Whitehead and Lance Carpenter. The singer told The Boot that she knew early in the recording process that this was the perfect single to introduce her debut album. "What made me love the single and what made me want to lead with "Love Me Like You Mean It" was the confident-girl stance on it," she said. "And so, my whole album, I really wanted to have that theme of confidence in a girl, and being okay with who you are, and talking about heartbreak, and talking about all those things but trying to make it positive, and so with that mindset, it helped me narrow down songs for the album."
The young singer received a huge boost when Taylor Swift tweeted in March 2015 regarding her self-titled EP, which contains this song: "Driving around with the @KelseaBallerini EP on repeat. SO lovely."
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