{"id":1303131,"date":"2019-02-01T09:29:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1802615"},"modified":"2019-02-01T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:29:44","slug":"maren-morris-on-the-status-quo-and-stupid-molds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/maren-morris-on-the-status-quo-and-stupid-molds\/","title":{"rendered":"Maren Morris on the Status Quo and Stupid Molds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 19m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Do women in country music need to be super religious?<\/p>\n

Do women in country music need to be super conservative?<\/p>\n

Should women in country music never show their body?<\/p>\n

No. No. And no. That\u2019s what Maren Morris<\/a> says in the Genius<\/a> lyric breakdown for her latest single \u201cGirl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know who made these strictures,\u201d Morris says. \u201cThere\u2019s just such a stupid mold that we ourselves are attempting to fit into. And it\u2019s just bullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says that what inspired the song was a little fight she had with a woman she was working with. \u201cAn hour into the write, I realized it was me looking in the mirror and being like, \u2019This is all your<\/em> shit, your<\/em> insecurities, your<\/em> bullshit.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The Morris goes on to break down the inspiration for the song, belting it out as she does, and she does it line by line.<\/p>\n

This shit\u2019s unflattering<\/em>: \u201cI was just talking freely about how ugly I was being. It was unflattering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vanity\u2019s my vitamin<\/em>: \u201cHow do you tell the difference anymore? If it\u2019s our real self or having a moment of just being completely vain. We\u2019re all guilty of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

What you feel is natural<\/em>: \u201cIt\u2019s completely natural to feel like, \u2019Today I suck.\u2019 That\u2019s okay. Picking yourself up off rock bottom felt really image evoking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Girl, won\u2019t you stop your crying<\/em>: \u201cSo many of us have that fear of looking stupid. It gets honestly more confusing as we get older. So the acknowledgement that you actually are out on the ledge and you\u2019re trying is such a therapeutic, loving thing to say to someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t you lose your halo:<\/em> \u201cI love that the fact that this song switches point of view quite a bit. The chorus was a tough love, older person telling you you need to get it straight. You need to get over it for now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drawing comparisons<\/em>: \u201cCompare, compare, compare. Comparison is such a killer. I\u2019m not trying to do what you do. And the crown thing, it was like: we can all be queen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toward the end of the video, Morris explains the middle of the song, and how she moves from one perspective to another. \u201cChanging the point of view in that pre-chorus, I kind of equate it to myself stepping in and out of the mirror,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just imagine a crown sitting on a head, and if you\u2019re down and out and you hang your head low, it\u2019s gonna fall off.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo hold your head up high. Keep that halo up there.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a tweet following the release of this Genius video, Morris shared that she is obsessed with reading lyrics, so this assignment was perfect for her.<\/p>\n

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i definitely had 3 cups of coffee before this interview & think I meant to say \u201cDolly\u2019s outfits would give me a run for my $\u201d loved chatting with @Genius<\/a> . I\u2019m obsessed with reading lyrics so this was really fun. https:\/\/t.co\/xs7lHg2Mfk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Morris\u2019 tour is scheduled to start on March 9 in Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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