{"id":19427,"date":"2019-10-17T09:17:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1813378"},"modified":"2019-10-17T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:17:59","slug":"michael-ray-tells-the-story-of-his-parents-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/michael-ray-tells-the-story-of-his-parents-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Ray Tells the Story of His Parents\u2019 Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n16m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>To coincide with the opening weekend of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-on-tour\">CMT on Tour<\/a>, Michael Ray is releasing an autobiographical music video, \u201cHer World or Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video is based on Ray\u2019s experience as a child of divorce, with his entire family and himself as a child portrayed, as they navigate hard life changes and separation until the death of Ray\u2019s grandmother brings them together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to tell the story of my parents\u2019 divorce and that part of my life \u2014 the confusion and the fact that it wasn\u2019t easy for a while. And losing my grandparents was a massive hit, not only to me, but my whole family,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQNc511JPUo?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQNc511JPUo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ray was raised in rural central Florida and was very close with his grandfather, who taught him how to play guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my parents were going through their divorce is when my grandfather started teaching me guitar chords \u2014 it was my outlet. It was my way to get away from all the hell and chaos that was going on,\u201d Ray says.<\/p>\n<p>The new video features actor Chad Michael Murray in the role of Michael\u2019s father. The two met at the CMT Awards four years ago and have been friends ever since.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"fb215a2b\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Chad-Michael-Murray-1571324992-e1571325008978.jpeg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Chad Michael Murray\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis song touched me. It\u2019s my favorite, personally. Watching the song play and seeing everybody react and seeing them go through their own honest memories is trippy. It\u2019s really fun to watch,\u201d Murray says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so relatable and it deals with so many issues that everybody\u2019s going through,\u201d he adds. \u201cYou\u2019re going to see so many people come up to you and say, \u2018That\u2019s my song.\u2019 And it will be for different reasons because they went through different trials and tribulations to get them there. That\u2019s what\u2019s cool about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-on-tour\">CMT on Tour<\/a>, which also features Jimmie Allen and Walker County, launches today in Greensboro, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1813378\/michael-ray-tells-the-story-of-his-parents-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 16m ago To coincide with the opening weekend of CMT on Tour, Michael Ray is releasing an autobiographical music video, \u201cHer World or Mine.\u201d The video is based on Ray\u2019s experience as a child of divorce, with his entire family and himself as a child portrayed, as they navigate hard life changes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 02:57:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}