One Last Thing with Kelsea Ballerini: The Country Star Reveals Her Last Onstage Wardrobe Malfunction (Exclusive)

Kelsea Ballerini knows that the show must always go on.

In the new issue of PEOPLE, the country superstar, 31, opens up about her last onstage wardrobe malfunction.

The "Baggage" singer — who just released her acclaimed album Patterns last month — was on the road for her Heartfirst Tour in 2022 and 2023 when she suffered the incident in question.

"I do all these costume changes, and I had jeans on," Ballerini recalls. "I was singing 'Miss Me More', and because I have my [in-ear] monitors in, in my brain, I'm like, 'Man, people are really yelling this . Things feel extra rowdy tonight!' And then I realized that they were yelling at me to zip my fly. That was embarrassing."

Ever the trouper, Ballerini knows how to recover like a pro through any style snafu.

"I've gotten stuck in a zipper in quick-change before and just had to grab the microphone and be in the tent behind the stage, like, 'Be there in a sec, please don't leave!' " she quips. "But I feel like all those moments now, instead of being embarrassed, I just roll with it. It happens."

After celebrating her new record Patterns with a sold-out album release concert at Madison Square Garden in October, Ballerini will embark on her first-ever arena tour, kicking off in January.

Here, the country star reveals more of her "lasts."

Last girls’ night
They don’t look like they used to! Ordering in pasta, playing We’re Not Really Strangers or Cards Against Humanity and lots of wine. 

Last time I was starstruck
Walking into my first day on-set at The Voice with [fellow season 27 coaches] John [Legend], Michael [Bublé] and Adam [Levine]. I grew up on their music. I was like, “Holy cow, keep it together.”

Last tattoo
I got the word “sunflower” down my back. They’re always growing toward the sun. That’s representative of where I’m at in my life right now: growing within myself toward good things.

Last song stuck on repeat
All I do is go around singing, “I beg you, don’t embarrass me, motherf---er” [from “Please Please Please” by Sabrina Carpenter]. So good.