I Hate Love Songs

Kelsea Ballerini

I hate Shakespeare and Gosling and cakes with white frosting

Two names in a heart-shaped tattoo

I think cupid is stupid and violets are purple not blue

I hate catching bouquets, the honeymoon phase

And letterman jackets don’t fit

Your eyes can’t hold stars and you’d die if your heart really skipped

I hate love songs

Yeah, I really do

I hate love songs

But I love you

I hate pink hearts with glitter and Valentine’s dinner

And roses just die in a week

We were drunk when we met so we don’t know our anniversary

And I’m far too vain to kiss in the rain

The clouds, they aren’t numbered to nine

And you make me feel something but it sure as hell ain’t butterflies

I hate love songs

Yeah, I really do

I hate love songs

But I love you

Yeah

And I’ll always love you but I don’t have to sing it

“For worse or for better” don’t rhyme

They say I got the right one so now I should write one

But I’d rather just show you tonight

I hate love songs

Yeah, I really do

I hate love songs

But I love you

I hate love songs

The old and the new

I hate love songs

But I love you

Background

Ballerini’s new single has a lullaby feel to it with calming guitars and riffs that take your mind to another place. It takes a twist on the traditional love song. This ballad that she wrote with Shane McAnally and Old Dominion’s Trevor Rosen is as groovy as it is sweet. Despite the title, the song is covered in odes to being in love. It’s a tribute to meeting someone unexpectedly.