Maren Morris clarifies plans in country music after revealing she’s stepping away
Maren Morris clarifies plans in country music after revealing she’s stepping away LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 24: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Maren Morris performs onstage during the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for iHeartRadio) (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
Nearly two months after announcing she would be stepping away from country music, Maren Morris is clarifying comments she made in an interview with the Los Angeles Timeslast September.
“I don’t think it’s something you can really leave because it’s a music that’s in me,” Morris, 33, told Jimmy Fallon during an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show’ last Tuesday. “That’s what I grew up doing.”
Morris added, “That’s the music I write, even if I’ve been kind of genre-fluid my whole career, you can’t scrub the country music out. So, it was very hyperbolic.”
When pressed further about whether she was leaving country music, Morris told Fallon, ”No, no, no. I’m taking the good parts with me and all are welcome. But, yeah, there were just some facets of it that I didn’t really jibe with anymore.
“So, I’m a lot happier now.” Watch her FULL interview with Fallon below.
As she leaves behind certain parts of the country music genre, Morris says she will continue to make music.
Morris released two new tracks this fall called “The Tree” and “Get the Hell Out of Here.” The new tracks are part of her EP called “The Bridge,” which she told the Los Angeles Timesis one of many metaphors as she started “imagining a path out of the world of country music.”
“These two songs are incredibly key to my next step because they express a very righteously angry and liberating phase of my life these last couple of years, but also how my navigation is finally pointing towards the future, whatever that may be or sound like. Honoring where I’ve been and what I’ve achieved in country music, but also freely moving forward,” Morris said in a statement this past September.
Over a decade ago, Morris moved from Texas to Nashville for country music. She wrote songs for country artists like Tim McGraw, according to the LA Times. She later got a record deal of her own.
According to People Magazine, Morris is planning to release music on Columbia Records instead of Columbia Nashville. “The Bridge” EP marks her move to Columbia Records,the Times reported.
“I thought I’d like to burn it to the ground and start over,” she says of country music, according to the newspaper. “But it’s burning itself down without my help.”
She is working on her next LP with producer Jack Antonoff who produced “Get the Hell Out of Here.” Antonoff has worked with Taylor Swift, Niall Horan and Zedd. Read more here.
Maren Morris through the years LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 01: Singer Maren Morris performs during The Event hosted by the Shaquille O'Neal Foundation at MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 01, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation) (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for The Shaquille O)
Maren Morris through the years LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 20: DJ/producer Zedd (L) and recording artist Maren Morris perform onstage during the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Maren Morris through the years NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 11: Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd attend the 2022 CMT Music Awards at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on April 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT) (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT)
Maren Morris through the years LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Maren Morris attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Maren Morris through the years NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - DECEMBER 02: Maren Morris performs at Bridgestone Arena on December 02, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Maren Morris through the years HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 23: Maren Morris attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Prime Video's "Daisy Jones & The Six" at TCL Chinese Theatre on February 23, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Maren Morris through the years NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 28: Maren Morris performs on NBC's "Today" at Rockefeller Plaza on July 28, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Maren Morris through the years NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: In this image released on September 16, Maren Morris performs onstage for CMT Giants: Vince Gill at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Catherine Powell/Getty Images for CMT) (Catherine Powell/Getty Images for CMT)
Maren Morris through the years INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 29: Maren Morris performs onstage during Day 1 of the 2022 Stagecoach Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 29, 2022 in Indio, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Stagecoach) (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
Maren Morris through the years LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 05: Singer Maren Morris attends the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards Radio Row at Park MGM on March 05, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for ACM) (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for ACM)