Kelsea Ballerini opens up about her divorce from Morgan Evans on surprise new EP: 'Here's my truth'

• Kelsea Ballerini has opened up about her divorce from Morgan Evans on a surprise new EP.
• The country music star released "Rolling Up the Welcome Mat" along with a short film of the same name on Tuesday.

Kelsea Ballerini has opened up about the reasons behind her divorce from Morgan Evans on a surprise new EP, "Rolling Up the Welcome Mat."

The country music star released the six-track EP on Tuesday alongside a short film of the same name.

In the film, Ballerini sings the tracks from the EP while she and an actor, who looks a lot like Evans, play out scenes from a troubled romance at home.

In August, Ballerini announced she and fellow country musician Evans were splitting up after nearly five years of marriage.

"These are six songs I wish I had last year," Ballerini said of the project, according to People.

"It's about the complexities of the feelings you go through during a massive shift at a young age. 'Rolling Up the Welcome Mat' was how I processed everything. It's the way I got my feelings out of my body and heart and put them to music — which is the purest way I could've handled it."

Announcing the release of the EP on Instagram, she wrote: "Here's my healing journey. Here's my heart. Here's my truth. I've never been this open, I've never been this bold, and I've never been this proud of my art."

"Happy Valentine's Day," she added.

Though Ballerini never mentions Evans by name, "Rolling Up the Welcome Mat" is laden with lyrics nodding towards their split.

"I'm wearing the ring still / But I think I'm lying / Sometimes you forget yours / I think we're done trying," she sings on the EP's opening track, "Mountain with a View."

On "Just Married," Ballerini sings: "It was a beautiful wedding / Sometimes I still taste the Veuve / And dammit I wish I wasn't this ready / To undo I do."

The EP closes with a track titled "Leave Me Again" in which Ballerini discusses finding the strength to leave.

"For a while the shoe fit / But then I outgrew it / And staying only made me get real good at pretend / So, I hope I never leave me again," she sings.