Jalen Hurts Introducing Kelsea Ballerini at the TIME100 Next Gala 2023

Transcript

00:00 Well, I just like to have some bad times,

00:02 I just like to see the grace and presence of everyone here.

00:07 And I look in the door and I see,

00:10 I see perspective, I see knowledge, I see opportunity,

00:14 I see perseverance, I see so many special minds

00:18 and so many special things in the future.

00:21 And I just want to personally encourage everyone here

00:23 to keep going.

00:24 We're all here for a reason,

00:27 because we're all gifted at something,

00:29 something that we've worked so hard for.

00:31 We're all unique in our own way,

00:33 we're all our own breed of one.

00:35 And I just want to encourage everyone to keep going.

00:38 You know, I think there's a misconception out there

00:40 in the world that with the goals we set

00:45 and the things that we want to accomplish,

00:46 that there's a point where we'll say we'll arrive, right?

00:51 But there is no arrival, there's only the journey.

00:54 So enjoy the journey and keep going.

00:58 Now, Indigo Worthy...

01:00 (audience applauding)

01:03 That was from the heart.

01:07 (audience laughing)

01:08 Now I'll read the paper.

01:09 Indigo Worthy achieved the text work.

01:11 And our next performer has worked tirelessly

01:14 to get where she's wanted to be.

01:16 She signed her first record deal at the age of 20,

01:18 has spent a decade writing music, performing, touring,

01:22 and perfecting her craft.

01:24 2023 was a year when it seemed like everything

01:26 came together professionally and artistically.

01:29 She spent the summer touring,

01:31 performing on some of music's biggest stages,

01:34 and secretly, in a very limited spare time,

01:37 wrote the music of an album

01:38 that has been called her magnum opus.

01:40 Here is Time 100 Next Artist, Kelsey Ballerini.

01:45 (audience applauding)