Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey Heat Up CMT Awards With Seductive ‘The Other Girl’ Performance

Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey joined forces for a jaw-dropping performance of “The Other Girl” during the 2020 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday (Oct. 21).

The steamy performance featured Ballerini and Halsey in a bar, performing the track while also flaunting their girl power as they made their way around the bar interacting with each other.

“What’s really special about this performance is Ashley and I got together a couple months ago and we were trying to figure out, how can we give this song a visual, like how can we bring this to life in some way,” Ballerini said ahead of the performance. “So yeah, we had this idea to kind of bring almost like Coyote Ugly into modern-day 2020 vibe, so I’m really excited. It’s our first big performance of the song that we’ve done of the song ever, so obviously we had to make it major. We’re kind of doing a Coyote Ugly, Britney Crossroads, southern-grunge hot performance and I’m really excited about it. I think the whole performance is very empowered, we’re both trying to really show off our confidence as artists and as women and I’m excited to really try to exude that tonight.”

Wow @KelseaBallerini and @Halsey brought the #CMTawards down tonight!🎉 pic.twitter.com/OsKwHLBKgM

— CMT (@CMT) October 22, 2020

The superstar pair debuted the infectious track on CMT Crossroads earlier this year. In fact, their performance of “Graveyard” from their Crossroads performance was nominated for CMT Performance Of The Year. Ballerini was also nominated for Female Video Of The Year and Video Of The Year.

“The Other Girl” was co-written by Ballerini alongside Shane Mcanally and Ross Copperman and appears on Ballerini’s brand new album, kelsea.

The 2020 CMT Music Awards aired Wednesday night (Oct. 21) on CMT and featured performances from Ashley McBryde, Dan + Shay, Gabby Barrett, Jimmie Allen, Noah Cyrus, Kane Brown, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Brooks & Dunn, Maren Morris, Morgan Wallen, Sam Hunt and Shania Twain as well as debut performances by Caylee Hammack, HARDY, Ingrid Andress, Mickey Guyton, Riley Green and Travis Denning.

The show was co-hosted by Kane Brown alongside Ashley McBryde and Sarah Hyland.