Maren Morris to leave country music over industry’s “homophobia and transphobia”

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is taking “a step back” from country music after years of from inside the industry. “I thought I’d like to burn it to the ground and start over,” Morris told in a candid new interview. “But it’s burning itself down without my help.”For starters, the 33-year-old Grammy-winner will now release music through Columbia Records instead of their Nashville branch.

Maren Morris is over it!

Maren Morris is “taking an axe to the tree” that is rotting at the root — a metaphor in her new song “The Tree” about country music’s deep-rooted issues to grow with the times.

Maren Morris confirmed that she’s taking a step back from country music during an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

Maren Morris seemingly takes aim at the state of country music with the release of her new songs “The Tree” and “Get the Hell Out of Here.”

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s been a challenging time lately for Maren Morris in the country music world, as her views on key issues of the day have been in conflict with those of some of country’s more right-leaning artists or fans. She addresses the toll this has taken on her in a music video that came out Friday morning for a new song, “The Tree,” that makes it clear she’s feeling some estrangement from the genre, or even ready to think about moving on — although, ironically, the style of the song couldn’t be more country.

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “I don’t know when we decided to let people write songs about things that they don’t do,” says country star Ashley McBryde. “As far as the singer-songwriter sentiment, I don’t know when we stopped demanding that of ourselves.