Kacey Musgraves‘ fifth studio album, Deeper Well, has arrived.
The singer-songwriter first teased the news of the album in early February, with a series of photos and a social media post which read, “I’m saying goodbye to the people that I feel are real good at wasting my time…No regrets, baby, I just think that maybe you go your way and I’ll go mine.” Those words, of course, are lyrics to Deeper Well‘s title track; Musgraves co-wrote the song with longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. Musgraves followed by releasing another song from the album, “Too Good to Be True.”
Musgraves told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about the new album, saying, “I’ve found more of a connection to my softer side, my roots, like some of the Americana, the folk, the country…really the warmth of that. I felt drawn to that. I felt like I was in a softer place myself after [Musgraves’ 2021 album] star-crossed and going through a divorce and doing a lot of therapy and honestly falling in love again and opening myself back up to the human experience. These songs just kind of started coming out.”
On her new project, Musgraves drew inspiration from the energy and artistic legacy of New York City’s Greenwich Village. She also recorded the album at the iconic Electric Lady studios.
“Sometimes you reach a crossroads. Winds change direction,” Musgraves previously said in a statement. “What you once felt drawn to doesn’t hold the same allure, you get blown off course but eventually find your footing and forage for new inspiration, new insight and deeper love somewhere else.”
The 14-track album was announced after Musgraves picked up her seventh Grammy honor, for best country duo/group performance for her Zach Bryan collaboration “I Remember Everything.” That Grammy victory made Musgraves the first artist to win in all four country field categories, having previously won best country solo performance in 2019 (“Space Cowboy”), as well as best country album and best country song in both 2014 (Same Trailer, Different Park and “Merry Go ‘Round”) and 2019 (Golden Hour and “Space Cowboy”).
“I Remember Everything” became Musgraves’ first Hot 100 chart-topper, and spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart; she has also earned four top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 to date, among them star-crossed and Golden Hour.
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