Hero. “Having him be this safe place to land after a crazy adrenaline rush or a low night is great,” she told at the time. "I don't need anyone else, but it's so nice to have the luxury of someone you love rooting for you.
22.03.2022 - 21:57 / variety.com
Chris Willman Music WriterCountry superstar Maren Morris is not trying to play things down the middle. She had pop hits with Zedd on “The Middle” and on her own with “The Bones,” but her third album, “Humble Quest,” carries an extra level of humility in not having any overt pop aspirations.
Never mind that it’s her first time doing an entire record with pop maestro Greg Kurstin (Adele, Paul McCartney), whom she’d previously done just a trio of tracks with, following the death of her primary producer, Busbee.The album — out this Friday — is upbeat, but she speaks with Variety about some, yes, humbling circumstances feeding into the record’s celebratory spirit.After you had such crossover success with “The Middle” and “The Bones,” it would have been reasonable to expect at least a little bit of pop-leaning stuff on this album. Yet this album feels the closest of any of yours to being straight-up country. I think maybe, in an influential way, doing the Highwomen record [with Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby] re-sparked something that made me feel like I was at the beginning of my career again, as a 10-year-old touring little honky-tonks around Texas, And then just with the organic way we were writing songs for this album — some of it on Zoom, some in-person — I was writing with Greg, who would start on real instruments.
We weren’t writing to 808 loops. I don’t know if it was lucky No.
3 or just feeling settled and solidified as an artist where I am, to not have to chase down a concept or a genre. And I still feel like it’s very much me, and that the music on this record is still very ambitious and exploring new sounds.
Hero. “Having him be this safe place to land after a crazy adrenaline rush or a low night is great,” she told at the time. "I don't need anyone else, but it's so nice to have the luxury of someone you love rooting for you.
Maren Morris rocks a cool snakeskin dress for the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday (April 3) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.Ed Sheeran and J Balvin teamed up for a two-pack of bilingual singles, «Sigue» and «Forever My Love.» Summer Walker had Cardi B hop on the extended version of her SZA collab, «No Love.» And John Legend joined Sebastián Yatra on a new version of his song, «Tacones Rojos.»There were also of plenty of exciting new album releases this week, from Machine Gun Kelly'sto Maren Morris' to Latto's to Sofia Carson's self-titled release.Plus, new tracks from Chance the Rapper, Tate McRae, FINNEAS, mxmtoon, Tai Verdes and more!Read on to check out some of our favorite recommendations for new songs and albums to listen to this week — plus, where you can stream them now!Stream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple / SpotifyStream it now: Apple /
Taylor Swift shift from country to pop star.But Morris was feeling so grounded by monumental changes in her life — becoming a mother during the pandemic, losing her producer to cancer and the racial reckoning in America — that the music that leapt out wasn’t exactly club bangers.“If people are expecting some giant (expletive) pop record, I think they are going to be surprised,” said Morris from her home in Nashville, Tennessee. “But I think that it’s still very much me.”“Humble Quest,” coming out Friday, reflects Morris’ personal growth after two popular albums and multi-platinum hits that centered her as an outspoken and genre-fluid star in a rapidly changing country music landscape.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Just in time for the Academy Awards, the Will Smith tennis drama “King Richard” arrives Thursday on HBO Max. Reinaldo Marcus Green's film, which is nominated for six Oscars including best picture, first streamed for 30 days when it debuted simultaneously in theaters and HBO Max in November.
People magazine, the "Circles Around This Town" singer said Ryan helped diagnose her with postpartum depression after their son, Hayes Andrew, was born in March 2020 during the very early days of the COVID pandemic. "I do check-ins all the time [with] therapy, which I've done for years, and my husband was a huge help diagnosing that too," Maren said. "Sometimes it's just someone really close to you saying, 'Are you OK?' It's so simple, but it kind of snaps you out of whatever fog you're in that you think is normal, but isn't."Maren's depression started to ease about six months after her son's birth.
Maren Morris, 31, encouraged fans to “find [their] light” in a pair of photos that she tweeted out on Tuesday March 22. The singer gave fans two different angles of herself in the same outfit, while she seemed excited that her new album would be coming out on Friday March 25. The country star joked about how the key to a good photo is really about finding the best camera angle.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Just in time for the Academy Awards, the Will Smith tennis drama “King Richard” arrives Thursday on HBO Max. Reinaldo Marcus Green's film, which is nominated for six Oscars including best picture, first streamed for 30 days when it debuted simultaneously in theaters and HBO Max in November.
Maren Morris has a message for her haters. The country music star called out the "prudes" in her Instagram comments who continue to slam her Playboy shoot from 2019. The drama started after the 31-year-old recently posted a throwback snap from her appearance, which showed the 31-year-old topless while rocking a cowboy hat.
Maren Morris has a message for all of the haters: ‘Get over it!’
Maren Morris is still proud of her 2019 Playboy cover. The 31-year-old clapped back at critics about the sexy shoot, and responded to trolls via Instagram on Saturday, March 19. “Before I go into the next album era, I did @playboy in 2019 and got a lot of hate at the time, but I’m the proudest that I showed country female sexuality in its realist form here,” she wrote on a caption of one of the black-and-white images from the magazine, shot by Harper Smith.
Maren Morris is no longer putting up with the haters.
Maren Morris has been supported by Jenna Dewan, Amanda Kloots and Mickey Guyton as she defended her Playboy shoot and encouraged women in the country music scene to "own their sexuality".Exclusive: Miranda Lambert's stylist shares the singer's wardrobe secretsMaren posted a picture from her 2019 Playboy shoot and shared how proud she was that "showed country female sexuality in its realist form here". "We are nuanced, we are messy and stretch-marked in the most beautiful way.
Maren Morris is proud of her body.
Proud of her mom bod! Two years after giving birth to son Hayes, Maren Morris has been proud of her body and her sexuality.
Maren Morris is roasting her own genetics.