Kelsea Ballerini made magic at the 2023 MTV VMAs.
During her performance of her hit “Penthouse,” the country star wore not just one dress, but another that she revealed mid-performance. Ballerini, who celebrated her 30th birthday on Tuesday, began the song in a strapless floor-length white dress.
As she sang the lyrics, “And it stings rolling up the welcome mat / Knowing you got half”, the spotlight turned up and the singer immediately changed into a short black strapless dress.
After the costume change, Ballerini posted a TikTok documenting how she practiced the quick change. She captioned the post, “tell my future kids I used to be Houdini #penthouse #vmas.”
In the video, Ballerini shared her preparations for the show and her performance.
She was rehearsing the key words that represented the moment she was to drop the white dress to reveal a shorter black dress. After she took off her white dress to reveal a black one underneath, members of the “Miss Me More” singer’s team laughed.
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Ballerina’s Houdini performance follows the recent conclusion of her Heartfirst tour. In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Ballerini shared how “amazing” her latest tour was.
“Just watching the music evolve and the connection and the singing get louder and stronger over the last six months has been really crazy,” Ballerini told PEOPLE during her new partnership campaign with Sonic.
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Along with her recent tour, the country singer also released an extended version of her 2023 EP. Roll out the welcome matunder the title Rolling up the welcome mat (forever)last month. Original Roll out the welcome mat, was released on Valentine’s Day 2023, a few months after her divorce from Morgan Evans was finalized. After her relationship with Evans (38), Ballerini started dating Chase Stokes.
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Ahead of her performance on Tuesday, Stokes, 30, posted a celebratory birthday post for his girlfriend on Instagram.
The Foreign banks star added a photo carousel, including photos of the two hugging as well as their high fashion formal moments. “Dirty 30 looks damn good on you Ballerina,” Stokes wrote. “I love you ❤️.”
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