Current:Home > MyMaren Morris Is Already Marveling at Beyoncé’s Shift Back to Country Music -WealthMap Solutions
Maren Morris Is Already Marveling at Beyoncé’s Shift Back to Country Music
View
Date:2025-04-19 05:33:36
Maren Morris is going to stick around ‘round, ‘round for Beyoncé's new music.
In fact, the "Bones" singer, who hasn't shied away from criticizing the problematic atmosphere surrounding country music, shared her reaction to Queen Bey teasing a shift back to the genre with her upcoming Act II album.
"I feel like she's always been genre-less, but I think the leaning into country elements and sort of reclaiming country music back to Black people because they created the genre is such a statement," she told E! News on Feb. 13, while promoting a collaboration with Visible Wireless. "Rhiannon Giddens playing banjo on "Texas Hold ‘Em," which is such an amazing statement in itself."
And in addition to her enthusiasm over the legendary banjo player's collaboration with Beyoncé, the 33-year-old also expressed her anticipation to hear the entire album, which drops on March 29.
"Obviously, like most people, I'm so utterly excited to hear the whole album," she added. "I was listening to ‘16 Carriages' this morning and just marveling at the production and the lyrics and the vulnerability."
And in addition to Beyoncé, there are plenty of other country music stars—particularly Lainey Wilson at the moment—that Maren finds inspirational.
"It's just nice to meet women that are in that genre and killing it," she continued. "It's so refreshing when they're also just, like, such a good individual."
After all, Maren has spoken out about the struggles she's faced within the genre. Last fall after previously slamming Jason Aldean and his wife Brittany Aldean's comments about gender identity, the 33-year-old teased an exit from the country music genre, citing its surrounding racism, misogyny and homophobia.
"The stories going on within country music right now, I've tried to avoid a lot of it at all costs," she told Los Angeles Times in September. "I feel very, very distanced from it. I had to take a step back."
However, the Grammy winner later clarified that she wouldn't be stepping back from her country roots entirely.
"I don't think it's something you can leave," she explained on The Tonight Show in November. "It's a music that's in me and that's what I grew up doing. It's the music I write. Even if I've been genre-fluid my whole career, you can't scrub the country music out."
veryGood! (6934)
Related
- Pregnant Kylie Kelce Shares Hilarious Question Her Daughter Asked Jason Kelce Amid Rising Fame
- 2 children among 5 killed in Ohio house fire on Thanksgiving
- An abducted German priest is said to be freed in Mali one year after being seized in the capital
- Man fatally shot in the parking lot of a Target store in the Bronx, police say
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Purdue back at No. 1 in AP Top 25, Arizona up to No. 2; ‘Nova, BYU, Colorado State jump into top 20
- Why Ravens enter bye week as AFC's most dangerous team
- Kevin 'Geordie' Walker, guitarist of English rock band Killing Joke, dies of stroke at 64
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- 4th victim in Alaska landslide is 11-year-old girl; 2 people still missing, officials say
Ranking
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- Taylor Swift Subtly Supports Travis Kelce’s Record-Breaking Milestone
- Caretaker charged in death of her partner and grandmother in Maine
- 3 college students of Palestinian descent shot in Vermont in possible hate crime, authorities say
- Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
- Tom Brady Shares Glimpse of Tropical Vacation With His and Gisele Bündchen's Kids
- Great Lakes tribes’ knowledge of nature could be key to climate change. Will people listen?
- What Lou Holtz thinks of Ohio State's loss to Michigan: 'They aren't real happy'
Recommendation
Krispy Kreme offers a free dozen Grinch green doughnuts: When to get the deal
6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in the 2020 beheading of a French teacher
Failed wheel bearing caused Kentucky train derailment, CSX says
Politics and the pulpit: How white evangelicals' support of Trump is creating schisms in the church
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
Selena Gomez Debuts Blonde Highlights in Rare Hair Transformation
Jill Biden says White House decor designed for visitors to see the holidays through a child’s eyes
Man accused of threatening shooting at New Hampshire school changes plea to guilty