Kaylee Bell has been busy since she last popped into the ZB studio. 

The Kiwi country singer has released a new single, has a new album ‘Cowboy Up’ on the way and a five date tour coming later in the year, but she’s also become a mother.  

Her son, only six months old, has already been around the world – Bell taking her family along as she performs in America, Australia, and around New Zealand. 

“He’s definitely just getting chucked in and taken for the ride,” she told Mike Hosking. 

Motherhood wasn’t necessarily something Bell had on her agenda, revealing that it’s not something she thought she’d get the chance to do. 

“But it’s just so nice,” she said. 

“I love that I get to go and, you know, play a show and I walk off the stage and he’s there now, or I get to come home to him at the end of the day.” 

“In this industry, it’s so nice to have something so grounding.” 

Pregnancy is not an easy experience but Bell’s schedule remained packed, the singer working right up until 34 weeks, at which point she could no longer fly. 

“I cut a record here in New Zealand,” she explained to Hosking. 

“And then I had James at the end of January, and we were back on stage after six weeks for CMC Rocks in Australia.”  

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