Morgan Evans Releases ‘Vulnerable’ Docuseries After Kelsea Ballerini Split: ‘Over for You’ Docuseries Revelations

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Morgan Evans Releases ‘Vulnerable’ Docuseries After Kelsea Ballerini Split: ‘Over for You’ Docuseries Revelations

Country music blues. Morgan Evans released a “vulnerable,” five-part docuseries in the wake of his split from Kelsea Ballerini. The “Young Again” singer, 37, dropped the doc via his YouTube channel on Tuesday, February 28. The Australia native, who has been candid about his messy breakup from Ballerini, 29, details his emotional state in the footage while touring his home country and New Zealand for several weeks in late 2022. As Evans performs, records and releases “Over for You,” a song he wrote in the aftermath of his split from the “Love You Like You Mean It” singer, he also reflects on his life, values and “personal grief” while visiting family and interacting with friends and fans. “When we started filming this as a tour docuseries last year, we had no idea it would end up documenting some of the most vulnerable parts of my life as an artist and a songwriter,” the trailer teased, which dropped on Tuesday just before the docuseries debuted. The teaser noted that the footage — some of which was filmed in September 2022, one month after Ballerini filed for divorce — “[captured] Morgan’s journey dealing with personal grief in the midst of his biggest tour to date.” Ballerini and Evans were married for nearly five years when the three-time Grammy nominee filed for divorce from the “Young Again” artist, per documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time. “With very active schedules coming up, please be mindful that we are both fragile, actively healing, and showing up the best we can,” Ballerini shared via her Instagram Stories in the wake of their split. [jwplayer tTG4RXWU-zhNYySv2] Evans, for his part, made it clear that the “Heartfirst” singer was the one who initiated their breakup. "I am very sad to confirm that after almost 5 years of marriage, Kelsea and I are parting ways. I wish it were otherwise but sadly it is not," he shared via social media at the time. Weeks later, Evans wrote and performed “Over for You,” on which he sings, in part, “How long have you been waiting / To take our pictures down? / How long have you been breaking? / Why am I just finding out? / It kills me to know / You were drifting alone.” Ballerini, for her part, appeared to reply to her ex’s notion that he was stunned by the breakup when she released her Rolling Up the Welcome Mat EP on Valentine’s Day 2023. On her new track “Blindsided,” she seemingly sings in response: “And now you’re saying that you’re lost / And that’s lost on me / Years of sitting across from me in therapy / I know the truth is hard to hear, but it wasn’t hard to find / Baby, were you blindsided or were you just blind?” After the release of Ballerini’s latest tracks — and her tell-all appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, during which she detailed their separation — Evans slammed his ex via Instagram. “It’s really sad for me to see this person, who I spent so much of my life with, and loved with all my heart, saying things that aren’t reality and that leave out what really happened,” the “Things That We Drink to” singer wrote. “She knows I’m not the type of guy to speak on those things publicly. If this is what she needs to heal, I hope it helps.” Keep scrolling for Evans’ biggest revelations from his Over for You docuseries:

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Morgan Evans Releases ‘Vulnerable’ Docuseries After Kelsea Ballerini Split: ‘Over for You’ Docuseries Revelations

Country music blues. Morgan Evans released a “vulnerable,” five-part docuseries in the wake of his split from Kelsea Ballerini. The “Young Again” singer, 37, dropped the doc via his YouTube channel on Tuesday, February 28. The Australia native, who has been candid about his messy breakup from Ballerini, 29, details his emotional state in the footage while touring his home country and New Zealand for several weeks in late 2022. As Evans performs, records and releases “Over for You,” a song he wrote in the aftermath of his split from the “Love You Like You Mean It” singer, he also reflects on his life, values and “personal grief” while visiting family and interacting with friends and fans. “When we started filming this as a tour docuseries last year, we had no idea it would end up documenting some of the most vulnerable parts of my life as an artist and a songwriter,” the trailer teased, which dropped on Tuesday just before the docuseries debuted. The teaser noted that the footage — some of which was filmed in September 2022, one month after Ballerini filed for divorce — “[captured] Morgan’s journey dealing with personal grief in the midst of his biggest tour to date.” Ballerini and Evans were married for nearly five years when the three-time Grammy nominee filed for divorce from the “Young Again” artist, per documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time. “With very active schedules coming up, please be mindful that we are both fragile, actively healing, and showing up the best we can,” Ballerini shared via her Instagram Stories in the wake of their split. [jwplayer tTG4RXWU-zhNYySv2] Evans, for his part, made it clear that the “Heartfirst” singer was the one who initiated their breakup. "I am very sad to confirm that after almost 5 years of marriage, Kelsea and I are parting ways. I wish it were otherwise but sadly it is not," he shared via social media at the time. Weeks later, Evans wrote and performed “Over for You,” on which he sings, in part, “How long have you been waiting / To take our pictures down? / How long have you been breaking? / Why am I just finding out? / It kills me to know / You were drifting alone.” Ballerini, for her part, appeared to reply to her ex’s notion that he was stunned by the breakup when she released her Rolling Up the Welcome Mat EP on Valentine’s Day 2023. On her new track “Blindsided,” she seemingly sings in response: “And now you’re saying that you’re lost / And that’s lost on me / Years of sitting across from me in therapy / I know the truth is hard to hear, but it wasn’t hard to find / Baby, were you blindsided or were you just blind?” After the release of Ballerini’s latest tracks — and her tell-all appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, during which she detailed their separation — Evans slammed his ex via Instagram. “It’s really sad for me to see this person, who I spent so much of my life with, and loved with all my heart, saying things that aren’t reality and that leave out what really happened,” the “Things That We Drink to” singer wrote. “She knows I’m not the type of guy to speak on those things publicly. If this is what she needs to heal, I hope it helps.” Keep scrolling for Evans’ biggest revelations from his Over for You docuseries:

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‘It Scares the S—t Outta Me’

Evans called “Over for You” the most “personal thing I’ve ever written, most personal thing I’ve ever shared … it scares the s—t out of me [to release it],” he said in the docuseries when talking about performing the track live for the first time. “I’m sort of paralyzed by it a little bit because I don’t know what the right thing to do is ‘cause its the most authentic thing I’ve ever communicated through music and I don’t want to tarnish that by however we share it.”

The country crooner added: “It’s the only song I’ve written since going through all this s—t — it felt like channeling all that awfulness into something positive.” He premiered the song live in Australia on September 24, 2022.

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Acknowledging the Positive Amid the Pain

”Life’s a weird thing. You don’t want to ever go, like, back in time … but I think at different stages of life you can … acknowledge the positive in different parts of it and maybe I’m trying to do that right now,” Evans shared.

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‘Everything’s Blowing Up and Destroyed’

Evans’ dad got candid about this difficult period of time in his son’s life, noting in episode 3 that the “Diamonds” singer coming home to Australia is doing him good.

“Everything’s blowing up and destroyed in his life. I think he needed to come home and feel like he’s a special person and everyone loves him,” Morgan’s dad, John Evans, told the camera, calling the tour and time at home a “reset for him to work out what’s important to him … what he wants, what he values.”

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‘It’s Starting to Feel More … Like My Story Now’

Morgan spoke out about the feeling of control he felt amid the breakup when writing and releasing “Over for You,” explaining, “It’s starting to feel more … like my story now and not something that I’m watching happening.”

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‘Before You Know It, You’re Divorced’

Morgan cracked a joke about his and Ballerini’s divorce when reminiscing about his Australia and New Zealand mini tour.

“I can’t believe it’s almost over. Isn’t that the way life goes? Crazy isn’t it? You look forward to it for f—king so long and get all hyped up and have … fun doing it… and some of the days feel long,” he shared, before quipping, “And then before you know it, you’re divorced.”

He added: “That’s some real s—t right there.”

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‘I’m a Long Way From Where I Was’

Morgan reflected on how the time touring Australia and New Zealand helped him gain perspective and heal from his split from Ballerini, noting he feels “a long way from where I was three weeks ago [at the beginning of the tour],” adding that he’s taking things “one day at a time.”

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Hope for the Future

Though he was initially “dreading heading back to the States” after the tour was over, Morgan found new energy after performing in Australia and New Zealand. "I love Nashville so much, I love country music so much. … if I can bring in this perspective that I’ve gotten here in the last three weeks, I think I'll be in as good as a spot as I could be.”