Big personal and professional changes inspire new music by Maren Morris.
The “My Church” singer-songwriter, 34, appeared on the Sept. 25 episode of Dax Shepard Armchair expert podcast and opened up about how creative she feels after her divorce from ex-husband Ryan Hurd and her departure from the country genre.
Morris spoke about entering a new creative space after a “huge 180 in my life over the last two years,” telling the podcast host about her move from country-focused Nashville label Columbia Records to the company’s New York branch.
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“I think just kind of reshaping this genre shift away from country and more like, in any area, genre-less space, was really hard, but necessary and scary — to just walk away from something that I’ve been building for so long,” she said. “It didn’t fit me anymore. It didn’t fit me.”
The Grammy winner then touched on her change in relationship with Hurd, 37, with whom she shares son Hayes Andrew, 4. “We agree, but the co-parenting thing is going well and we’re doing our best this way, but it’s still pretty fresh,” she explained. “I was so deeply creative last year because of, probably, all this transition.”
There is a lot to write about, but also about freedom, continued Morris. “I don’t have to serve this machine of what I think country music was or what it expected me to be. Now I can just do my thing.”
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Maren Morris performs in San Francisco in May 2024.
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“Cut!” the performer expressed feeling “lucky” to have the support of her fans and the “freedom” to go through the changes in her life. “But now it’s like the sky’s the limit. Where do we go from here?”
Morris released a new EP, Interruptionin August, and she has tour dates lined up through the end of the year, including opening for Pink. However, he does not want to spend all his time working.
“I also know when sometimes I have to say no to opportunities because I don’t want to be away all the time. I don’t want to be on tour 280 days a year. Like, I want to be at home,” she told Shepard, 49. “I want to be a good mom and also have a social life because then I really have nothing to write about.”
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Maren Morris in New York in August 2024.
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“If I don’t go through the s—show dates, there’s no album,” added Morris, who publicly announced in March that he is bisexual. – The well must be filled like this.
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