What I Have

Album: Subject to Change (2022)
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Songfacts®:

  • "What I Have" is an introspective acoustic ballad where Kelsea Ballerini takes stock of her blessings. Instead of comparing herself to others, the singer is grateful for what she has.
  • Ballerini wrote "What I Have" with Cary Barlowe, and Alysa Vanderheym, who also produced the track.
  • Ballerini first performed "What I Have" at the Grand Ole Opry on January 22, 2022. She told fans the song's lighthearted rumination on comparison and contentment comes from a renewed perspective that she discovered during the COVID-19 pandemic. "I'm finding is what I think probably a lot of us have found in the last couple of years as we've kind of been forced to step back and look at our lives and had a lot of time to do that, it's made you kind of look at what you have differently," the singer explained, "And for me, I've started to really appreciate the little things a lot more."
  • Ballerini released the reflective song on September 2, 2022, just days after announcing her divorce from Morgan Evans.

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