Kelsea Ballerini’s “Miss Me More” Lyrics Meaning

“Miss Me More” is a self-empowerment track with a twist. The story is founded in a breakup, as in Kelsea plays the role of someone whose romance has sadly collapsed. This relationship was marked by her self-sacrificing attempts to please her man. For example, she wouldn’t wear certain things because he didn’t like them. She also lost contact with her friends as a result of the relationship.

She apparently sacrificed all these things because she thought she loved the guy, as in she would be hurt when he left. In contrast, now that the relationship has indeed ended, she realizes she doesn’t miss him but rather misses herself more. In other words, she can’t wait to go back to being the person she was before she transformed herself to satisfy this guy.

So Kelsea has decided to once again start doing the things she personally enjoys, such as blasting her favorite music. In the end, she can’t believe that she surrendered her own independence in order to please that guy. She also concludes that such was his intent all along, to make her lose herself. In fact she doesn’t seem to actually miss any aspect of being with him at all. Rather she is dedicated to realizing the person she was before this unfruitful relationship.

Facts about “Miss Me More”

• Writer(s): Kelsea Ballerni co-wrote “Miss Me More” with songwriters Leland and David Hodges.  
• Producer(s): The track was produced by Jason Massey and Forest Glen Whitehead.
• Album/EP: This is the second track on Kelsea 2017 album Unapologetically.
• Release Date: The release date for “Miss Me More” was 20th October, 2017.
• Label: Kelsea released this song through Black River Entertainment.
• 1st Interesting Stuff: Kelsea Ballerini, especially considering the massive success of “Miss Me More”, was a noticeably-snubbed nominee from the 2019 edition of the Academy of Country Music Awards. That said, it’s noteworthy to mention that the album it was featured on (Unapologetically) was nominated for a Grammy.
• 2nd Interesting Stuff: The video for this song features Kelsea literally fighting with a representation of herself. This is symbolic of her doing away with her “unrecognizable self”, which is a central theme of the track.
• 3rd Interesting Stuff: This song was written based on the hook – “I thought I’d miss you, but I miss me more” – that Kelsea herself had composed. The writing of the track was inspired by a real-life experience she went through after a breakup.
• 4th Interesting Stuff: The official music video for “Miss Me More” was initially supposed to have been released on November 8, 2018. However, Kelsea and her team delayed it for a day as a way of showing respect to the victims of the Thousand Oaks Shooting. This incident (a mass shooting) took place in Thousand Oaks, California and claimed the lives of 13 people, including the shooter.

How did “Miss Me More” perform on the charts?

It made it into the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 91 on that chart. It also peaked at positions 18 and 15 on the Billboard’s US Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs respectively.

What has Kelsea Ballerni said about “Miss Me More”?

 In a 2018 interview Kelsea had with the BBC, she said the following about this song’s lyrics: